Top 10 Indie Games Worth Playing in 2026 Here’s a top-10 selection of indie games to play in 2026 These picks strike a strong balance between popularity, long-term impact, and relevance in 2026. The list features a carefully curated mix of timeless classics, highly anticipated upcoming releases, and heavy-hitter indie titles that continue to shape the gaming landscape. Resident Evil Village | PS5, PS4 Are you ready to step into the shoes of Ethan Winters as you search for your kidnapped daughter in a mysterious, eerie village filled with terrifying creatures and dark secrets. Set in a chilling, atmospheric world, the game blends intense first-person horror with action-oriented gameplay, putting you right at the center of the story. Explore haunting environments, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and face memorable enemies like Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters, all while trying to survive and uncover the village’s sinister mysteries. PlayStation Plus gives you the opportunity to experience this terrifying adventure, with access to downloadable content, online features, and other exclusive benefits, making it easier than ever to dive into the horrors of the village and survive as Ethan Winters.   A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead | PS5 PlayStation Plus offers another thrilling survival experience this month with A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. Set in the same terrifying world as the A Quiet Place film series, you must navigate a post-apocalyptic environment filled with blind extraterrestrial creatures that hunt by sound. True to the franchise’s signature tension, The Road Ahead focuses heavily on stealth and silence, forcing you to carefully move through environments and avoid making noise to survive. The core gameplay revolves around sound management, where every step and action can attract deadly enemies, creating an intense and immersive experience. A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a survival first-person survival horror game. Expeditions: A MudRunner Game | PS5, PS4 What to Expect? Expeditions: A MudRunner Game offers a unique off‑road simulation experience where strategy, patience, and exploration take center stage. Players have to thinking ahead, mastering terrain, and navigate unpredictable environments This game is perfect for players who enjoy relaxed pacing, strategic problem‑solving, and immersive environments rather than fast‑paced action. On PlayStation Plus, you get the opportunity to dive into this atmospheric off‑road adventure, test your skills, and discover new paths off the beaten track. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | PS5, PS4 PlayStation Plus delivers another must-play hit from the acclaimed Yakuza series: the ninth main installment, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Take control of Ichiban Kasuga as he navigates a story filled with betrayal, loyalty, and redemption, alongside series legend Kazuma Kiryu. The game perfectly blends heartfelt drama, humor, and strategic turn-based combat, putting you at the center of an unforgettable RPG adventure. Lured to Honolulu with the promise of finding his birth mother, Ichiban Kasuga soon faces betrayal—until the enigmatic Kazuma Kiryu steps in to guide him. With PlayStation Plus, you can dive into this cinematic, action-packed world, explore vibrant locations, and engage in intense, tactical battles that define the Like a Dragon franchise. Darkest Dungeon II | PS5, PS4 Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Red Hook Studios, serving as the highly anticipated sequel to the original Darkest Dungeon. The game takes players on a grim “roguelike road trip of the damned”, where you form a party of flawed heroes, equip your stagecoach, and journey across a decaying landscape in a desperate quest to avert an apocalypse. The road is cruel. The enemies are relentless. Play Darkest Dungeon II on PlayStation Plus. A Little to the Left | PS5, PS4 A Little to the Left is a cozy single-player puzzle game developed by indie studio Max Inferno and published by Secret Mode. Your goal is to tidy up messy scenes by dragging, dropping, rotating, and arranging everyday household objects into satisfying, orderly configurations. The gameplay is calm and relaxing, with intuitive controls and a gentle pace—perfect for casual players or anyone who finds satisfaction in bringing order to chaos. By the way, watch out for the mischievous cat that playfully disrupts your tidy work. PlayStation Plus gives you the opportunity to experience this charming puzzle adventure. The Exit 8 | PS5, PS4 The Exit 8 is a short, atmospheric psychological experience that places you inside an endless underground passage, where nothing is quite as normal as it seems. Developed by KOTAKE CREATE, the game challenges your observation skills rather than your reflexes, creating tension through subtle environmental changes instead of traditional horror elements. To escape and reach Exit 8, you need to make the correct choice multiple times in a row. The experience is quiet, unsettling, and deliberately minimal, relying on atmosphere and psychological pressure rather than jump scares. PlayStation Plus gives players the opportunity to experience the Exit 8 on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog. Art of Rally | PS5, PS4 is a stylish top-down rally racing game inspired by the golden era of rally driving, created by the developers of Absolute Drift. In the game you race iconic vintage cars from the 1960s through the 1980s across colourful, simplified environments that span real-world regions like Finland, Sardinia, Norway, Japan, Germany, Kenya and Indonesia, mastering techniques such as Scandinavian flicks, counter-steering and handbrake turns as you progress through the Career mode and tackle daily and weekly challenges. This month Art of Rally is part of the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium game catalogue, giving racing fans a chance to experience its retro-inspired rally stages.