The Best Nonlinear Games for Playstation 5 - Page 3

Update : Big Walk added at rank #33.
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Astronite (2022)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.


  • 8-bit
  • platform
  • souls
  • nonlinear
  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • music
  • precision
  • action-adventure
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • shooter

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Murderous Muses (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.


  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

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Haneda Girl (2025)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.


  • soundtrack
  • nonlinear
  • attack
  • score
  • hack-and-slash
  • mech
  • ninja
  • cyberpunk
  • stylized
  • platform
  • sci-fi
  • stealth
  • physics
  • 2d
  • arcade

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Constance (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows

ConsTance is a puzzle game where you have to solve different puzzles in order to discover the secret of the game.


  • metroidvania
  • manipulation
  • time
  • mystery
  • logic
  • emotional
  • nonlinear
  • hand-drawn
  • hidden-object
  • vision
  • 2d
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • single-player
  • platform

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Paper Animal RPG (2023)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows

Paper Animal RPG is a cute roguelike game where you can explore a colorful world, fight scary enemies and relax with your friends at the campfire!


  • rpg
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon-crawler
  • cartoony
  • rogue-like
  • dungeon
  • mystery
  • cute
  • exploration
  • tactical
  • funny
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • controller-support
  • pixel

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Paper Animal Adventure (2025)

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j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Paper Animal Adventure is a cute roguelike game where you can explore a colorful world, fight scary enemies, and relax with your friends at the campfire! Will you be the one to seal the timelines and find the missing king?


  • rpg
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon-crawler
  • cartoony
  • dungeon
  • rogue-like
  • mystery
  • cute
  • tactical
  • exploration
  • funny
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • controller-support
  • family-friendly

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Amedama (2024)

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j Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Side-scrolling, soul-shifting sandbox action adventure brought to life with a striking new 2D style! With only his soul remaining, Yushin must fight tooth and nail, possessing body after body on a quest to find his sister. With just seven days left until his soul departs, can he save her in time?


  • dark
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • 2.5d
  • conversation
  • scroller
  • choices
  • historical
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • fantasy

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Project Colored Mountains (2024)

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early access Linux Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows

Project Colored Mountains is a 3D platformer game about a tiny little robot bouncing around a town (and a school, and a comically large store...). Play small parkour challenges, explore a large open world, and watch a story about both unfold.


  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • third-person
  • tutorial
  • cooperative
  • local
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • cartoony
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • robots
  • controller-support
  • colourful

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Minishoot Adventures (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Nintendo Switch 2 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows

Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!


  • bullet-hell
  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • metroidvania
  • nonlinear
  • exploration
  • shoot-em-up
  • minimalist
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • cute
  • open-world
  • adventure

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Codex Lost (2024)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows

The new open world, spellcasting action-RPG. The grimoires have been stolen, civilisation is in ruins. Rise, Curator! Craft ancient elemental magics and challenge the great lords who threaten to fracture reality itself.


  • souls
  • pve
  • nonlinear
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • fantasy
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • magic
  • 3d
  • action
  • dark
  • controller-support

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