The Best Character Games for Playstation 4

Update : Gori: Cuddly Carnage added at rank #18.
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Traveler (2015)

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early access Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Building the game as Open World so you are able to go on in your speed - just to tell, only the ones who want to explore will find out the ultimative ending. Traveler contains 8 different themed worlds you are able to explore by your own.


  • character
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • story
  • episodic
  • loot
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • customization
  • action
  • first-person
  • pve
  • comedy
  • open-world
  • narrative

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Petal Crash (2020)

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Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!


  • 1990s
  • character
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • city-states
  • logic
  • arcade
  • anime
  • twin
  • family-friendly
  • local

3

Ultra Age (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Slash your way through a futuristic Earth overrun with ruthless mutants and powerful robots as Age, a young soldier sent on a mission to prevent the destruction of humankind. Ultra Age is a high-speed character action title co-developed by Next Stage and Visual Dart with Unreal Engine 4.


  • hack-and-slash
  • spectacle
  • action
  • robots
  • post-apocalyptic
  • character
  • third-person
  • rogue-like
  • pve
  • rpg
  • sword-swinging
  • anime
  • violent
  • sci-fi
  • fight

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Relicta (2020)

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Alone in the depths of the Moon, your scientific mind is the only thing that can keep your daughter alive …Play as a top physicist stranded on an eerie, derelict Moon base. Find your way around the enigmatic, terraformed craters by bending gravity and magnetism to your will in order to solve physical puzzles. Will you rush straight ahead and try to reach safety - or will you take your time to gather clues and unravel the intrigues of 22nd century orbital politics? Buried in the eternal darkness of the lunar craters lies a secret that might claim your daughter’s life - or change the fate of humanity forever. Are you ready to face the ultimate consequences of your research?


  • mars
  • character
  • snow
  • narration
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • action-adventure
  • physics
  • first-person
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • story
  • colourful

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Quest Hunter (2019)

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Quest Hunter is an isometric action-RPG where your choice drives the story. Find tons of treasures and secrets, solve puzzles, equip your character, level up your skills and finish off enemy bosses. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!


  • isometric
  • rpg
  • character
  • party
  • dungeon
  • story
  • magic
  • cartoony
  • cooperative
  • controller-support
  • customization
  • arpg
  • family-friendly
  • hack-and-slash
  • couch

6

Jitsu Squad (2022)

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Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.


What we like:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

7

Samurai Bringer (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

Samurai Bringer is a roguelite action game with levels which change with every playthrough, where you cut down hordes of Samurai and Demons to collect combat techniques and polish your fighting style in order to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese mythology.


  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • character
  • 2.5d
  • dungeon-crawler
  • mythology
  • lore
  • customization
  • action
  • isometric
  • action-adventure
  • top-down
  • ninja
  • procedural

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Skye Tales (2023)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Join Skye the friendly dragon and glide across the colourful, musical, cosy valleys of Brinn in Skye Tales, a gentle puzzle exploration game set in a world that couldn’t be happier to see you. Your playful world awaits!


  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • character
  • nonlinear
  • colourful
  • dragon
  • customization
  • open-world
  • ambient
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • platform
  • cozy

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Shotgun Farmers (2019)

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Shotgun Farmers is an online multiplayer shooter where missed shots grow new guns! Fire your bullets into the ground to plant your ammo. The longer it grows the more ammo you will get!


  • cartoony
  • shooter
  • first-person
  • cooperative
  • pve
  • character
  • fps
  • pvp
  • customization
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • team
  • 3d
  • funny
  • arena

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Hello Neighbor Hide & Seek (2018)

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iPod Touches are not supported* Experience playing a game of hide-and-seek with your brother as you both deal with a loss of a family member. The game explains events that lead up to the original Stealth Horror hit Hello Neighbor.


  • 3d
  • character
  • psychedelic
  • emotional
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • stealth
  • horror
  • platform
  • logic
  • first-person
  • colourful
  • story
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric

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