PlayStation 5 will host a wide variety of indie releases across 2026. The following entries list each title with its date and platform info followed by key details developers and publishers have shared.
Coffee Talk Tokyo | May 21 | PS5
Coffee Talk Tokyo returns the series’ slow, dialogue-first cafe experience. Chorus Worldwide’s Tokyo instalment places players behind a counter where drinks are prepared and served to supernatural patrons, yokai and other otherworldly customers, who come for conversation. The core loop emphasizes relaxed narrative beats and character-focused scenes rather than action.
Fishbowl | April TBD | PS5
Fishbowl is a coming-of-age visual novel from the two-person studio imissmyfriends. The story spans a month and explores grief and self-discovery. Gameplay mixes narrative choices with sorting-and-matching puzzle elements, and the game frames its arc around taking life one day at a time as the protagonist moves through a personal journey.
Hela | TBD 2026 | PS5
Windup’s Hela is a 3D co-op adventure built for both local split-screen and online play. Players become a mousey familiar to a sickly witch, brewing healing potions and performing acts of kindness to help a nearby village. The title centers on puzzle-solving and teamwork rather than combat, and it explicitly supports cooperative play either on the same couch or over the network.
Inkonbini: One Store. Many Stories | April TBD | PS5
Nagai Industries’ Inkonbini is a nostalgic slice-of-life narrative inspired by early 1990s Japan. Players manage a small-town convenience store where daily routines — stocking shelves, preparing the shop — pair with branching conversations that let you learn customers’ stories and influence the neighbourhood through relationship-driven choices.
Mina the Hollower | Spring 2026 | PS5, PS4
Yacht Club Games’ Mina the Hollower blends an 8-bit aesthetic with modern design. The protagonist, genius inventor Mina, fights with weapons including the Nightstar whip and daggers and uses a hollowing ability that lets her burrow underground to alter combat and traversal inside dungeons on the cursed Tenebrous Isle. The soundtrack features Jake Kaufman (known for Shantae) and Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Shinobi).
Mortal Shell II | TBD 2026 | PS5
Cold Symmetry’s Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel to the first Mortal Shell. It retains the series’ heavy combat and nightmarish enemy design in a haunting open world. Players can awaken and possess the corpses of departed warriors to use their abilities. The sequel upgrades finishers and removes the stamina gauge to speed up combat. Firearms are introduced, including shotguns and rapid-fire crossbows, and the story places the player on a mission to reclaim the Undermether’s stolen eggs.
Mouse P.I. For Hire | March 19 | PS5
Fumi Games’ Mouse P.I. For Hire is a first-person shooter that borrows the hand-drawn, 1930s cartoon look. The game pairs detective noir storytelling with action: jazz-tinged presentation, machine guns, a hardboiled narrator, and exaggerated animation cues such as oversized white gloves. The fictional city of Mouseburg anchors the setting and tone.
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse | March 5 | PS5, PS4
Never Grave is a vibrant 2D search-action roguelike where the player controls a magical hat that can possess enemies and commandeer their abilities. Levels range from ruins to botanical gardens as the hat’s goal is to help rebuild a ruined village. The game includes a multiplayer mode that allows the player to bring three friends along, enabling cooperative runs with up to four participants.
Ontos | TBD 2026 | PS5
Frictional Games’ Ontos is positioned as a spiritual successor to Soma but set on a desolate moon base. The narrative-driven adventure emphasizes scavenging for materials, operating machinery, and making moral choices that can have severe consequences while the player investigates a failed mining colony.
Out of Words | TBD 2026 | PS5
Out of Words stands out for stop-motion and handcrafted visuals. The co-op platformer features two protagonists without mouths, Kurt and Karla, and tasks players with restoring their voices. The title focuses on communication and coordination through puzzles and physics-defying traversal, and it layers its gameplay under a story about connection and love, with memorable set pieces including a giant fish.
Over the Hill | TBD 2026 | PS5
Funselektor Labs and Strelka Games’ Over the Hill takes a non-racing approach to driving. The game prioritizes exploration and discovery across dynamic weather, day/night cycles, and terrain deformation. Players upgrade and customize vehicles and can join up to three friends to travel together and see what lies beyond the horizon.
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