Blue Prince’s PS Plus debut could mark a turning point, showing Sony may be ready to treat top-tier indies as headline acts, not just filler content.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "When you think about it, the essence of every game is problem-solving in one way or another. For the puzzle genre, that's expressed through a series of brainteasers. A challenge is placed at your feet and you're pushed to understand it with limited contextual clues. From industry veterans to relative newbies, familiar franchises to brand-new IPs, 2025 saw a deluge of impressive puzzlers. Among our finalists are not merely well-designed templates based on familiar staples; a couple move the genre forward in interesting directions."
Blue Prince and Death Stranding 2 are also up for multiple awards at the AIAS event.
Why Blue Prince, from Dogubomb, is Eurogamer's 2025 game of the year.
I'm a fan of puzzle games in general. This one did not spark with me at all either.
I loved it, then suddenly I didn't. The puzzles got more and more obscure and inscrutable as it went along and it was eventually more annoying than fun.
I'd still recommend it though, I got about 40 quality hours out of it and 'finished' the game. Just need to pretend there aren't about 80 unsolved mysteries when you do so.
i dunno
its great, but if ur first language aint English, u cant rly play it ha
developer doesnt want to translate it.
It’s not like a great indie comes out every month and it’s also difficult to tell when an indie is going to be received well.
Let's see: Animal Well, Bugsnax, Kena, Sea of Stars, Sifu, Stray, and the list goes on. Sony has been treating top-tier Indies as headline acts for quite some time. Blue Prince is just continuing the trend.
They have been doing this for years even going back to PS3.
Here is some of the big games they have had day one on PS+..
All of these games are 75+ meta and many are upper 80's and 90's
Resogun (launched with ps4)
The Binding of Issac: Rebirth
Rocket League
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Hell Let Loose
Maquette
Bugsnax
Destruction AllStars
Deep Rock Galactic
Stray
Humanity
Tchia
Meet Your Maker
Rogue Legacy 2
Sea of Stars
Moving Out 2
Teardown
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Animal Well
The Plucky Squire
Harry Potter: Quiddich Champions
Death Note: Killer Within
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
I honestly don't understand the hype about Blue Prince. Played it for a couple of hours, then deleted it. It's more like a card game/game of chance than a puzzle game. The only two puzzles I came across took a few minutes to figure out the first time, then it's the same thing again every time they crop up.
I have 10 days off and wanted to play Expedition 33 and now see this. What to do!!
Seriously though, it would be a HUGE win for Sony and for smaller games for a PS Plus game to win GOTY!
Seriously incredible.