17 December 2021

Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate 100% tips

The game is cross-buy for the Vita and PS4. The Vita version is a lot harder to play and finish 100%. The screen is half the size so you can't plan things in advance as simply they're not visible, so on many levels, you must memorize where the enemies are to solve them. I died a ton of times by small invisible droplets of lava (or water if I was using the lave suit) that are in the walls. Reaction to controls is good but not stellar. Dealing with the bosses is a lot worse, especially from the 3rd one onwards as you can't see all the of the boss, the smaller enemies or their shots, so if you can play it on the PS4. It's still viable and I did it because I'm stubborn, but frankly, your life will be a lot easier if you play it on the PS4. It's still one of the best Vita shooters, just has to deal with the Vita limitations.

Also on the Vita version if the enemy to which you just shot goes outside the screen area by yours or his movement while the bullets or missiles are traveling towards him, do realize it's almost certain they will all hit the target but do no damage...


While you have the shield, you won't overheat by shooting missiles...


Let me stress the HUGE importance of getting all the 7 scientists plus the optional special green scientist with the flag, all the required diamonds, and all the secret areas for each of the 5 levels in each stage in one go. If you, don't you have to replay ALL the stages you did not achieve that and again from beginning to end while fulfilling these requirements, with the diamonds the only one that is cumulative in all runs. If it's the last stage of each area, yes you have to do the boss fight successfully another time.

So before exiting each level pause the game and verify that you have all diamonds picked and no dead scientists. Scientists are added at each level, so it's 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 at the final, the green scientist is not added to this count and there's no place to know if you picked it except when in the main map. If you die in a level and have to repeat it you have to visit AGAIN the secret areas.


Do realize that there's only one green scientist per stage and that most boss areas have diamonds in the area leading up to the boss, and some even have the stage green scientist too.


In the 6th and last area, Stage Carry the Torch, on the third level (when you should have 21 scientists rescued) DON'T exit the level before killing the lava spitter near the exit. After you do that there should be a new secret area with water just below where you pulled the door to open it. If it's not there, be sure to shoot every bit of wall that was possible in the part where you started the level, just below where the lava enemy was, as a dim area to the left will appear causing the other one to open.

The 4 secret areas in this stage are one on each of the 4 last levels. On the 2nd level (from start) the area is to the right where you need to climb the lava tunnel to pick the diamond, so do that again up to the diamond area to be sure it counts (I had to repeat this stage 4 times... 😐😑)


You'll almost certainly die with even small collisions with enemies, whether they're shooting or not, which is especially problematic in the 6th area in the dark areas.


In the penultimate stage of the last area, Reactive Relics of Lights Out, there's a path going up and right just before the exit to the last level, it has no survivors or diamonds but will make you miss the completion of the secret areas.


The secret area is much easier in the Vita than on the PS4 thought...



12 December 2021

Complete list of Vita, PS4 and PS3 cross-buy games with multiple trophy lists

This is likely a complete list of games that through cross-buy provide multiple trophy lists. Yes, the only games missing are trash trophy games, but those only interest some people, and probably they're not interested in any of these.

Some games only fulfill the requirements on a specific region, it's mentioned if it's the case. If the game only provides a 100% trophy list it's not mentioned, the ones that provide platinums for each stack of the game are mentioned. I did not consider multi-region stacks, and information is mostly for US and Europe stores.

6 December 2021

Complete list of twin stick shooters games for PS5, PS4, PS3 and PS Vita

Last update - Jan 2024

I'm updating this list which is frankly a huge PITA as in the last 2 years more than 80% of shooters that have been published on PSN is just terrible trophy hunters trash! Such is the sad state of game publishing on PlayStation platforms, something that sadly was predictable. Even more sadly, it will only get worse.

Being a fan of twin-stick, top-down and scrolling shooters, which is a niche, I found it awfully difficult to find information on what's really available for the PS4, Vita, and PS3 (and now PS5). In my quest, I even found quite a few I didn't even knew existed, and that the PS4 has quite a reasonable list. Probably not many fans of the genre, but considering how much time I spent digging this perhaps it's useful for other people.

4 December 2021

Complete list of puzzle games for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita

I do enjoy puzzle games a lot so I've been compiling for years this list. It will probably never be really complete but it's quite thorough. Still, a work in progress of developer, publisher, year released, cross-buy information, etc.

Classification into groups isn't easy either, hope I've done a decent job.

Since I don't condone trash games for trophy junkies, there's none or almost on the list.

Some of the games on this list will be stellar, some will be crap. Consider that before buying. I have opinions on the games I can give one at the end of the list.



PS4
Back To Bed - LOOT Interactive - 2015 (Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Batu Ta Batu - 2Awesome Studio - 2020
Chess Knights: Shinobi - QUByte Interactive - 2021
Chess Knights: Viking Lands - QUByte Interactive - 2021
Cluster Tumble - Prerolla Ltd - 2018
Darknet - Archiact Interactive Ltd. - 2017 (VR support)
Escape Plan - Fun Bits / SCE - 2012 (Vita cross-buy)
Felix the Reaper - Kong Orange / Daedalic Entertainment - 2019
Glass Masquerade - Onyx Lute / Digerati Distribution - 2019
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions - Onyx Lute / Digerati Distribution - 2020
GNOG - KO-OP - 2017
Gorogoa - Jason Roberts / Annapurna Interactive - 2018
Hitman Go: Definitive Edition - Square Enix Montreal - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Kill the Bad Guy - Exkee / Plug In Digital Ltd - 2017
Knot - Warlock Arts - 2016
Lara Croft Go - Square Enix Montreal - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Letter Quest Remastered - Bacon Bandit Games / Digerati Distribution - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Manifold Garden - William Chyr Studio - 2020
Metrico+ - Digital Dreams - 2016
Metropolis: Lux Obscura - Ktulhu Solutions / Sometimes You - 2018 (Vita cross-buy)
Mind Maze - Satur Entertainment / Sometimes You - 2021 (PS5 cross-buy)
Neverout - Gamedust Sp. z o.o. - 2018 (VR support)
Pachi Pachi On A Roll - Hidden Trap - 2021 (Vita cross-buy)
RETSNOM - SOMI  - 2016
Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle - HandMade Game - 2018 (VR support)
Salary Man Escape - Red Accent Studios - 2018 (VR support)
Semispheres - Vivid Helix - 2017
Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut - Blue Wizard Digital Ltd. / Digerati Distribution - 2017
Spiral Splatter - Neonchimp Games / Sometimes You - 2017 (Vita cross-buy)
Splice - Cipher Prime Studios - 2015 (PS3 cross-buy)
The Bridge - The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - 2016 (Vita / PS3 cross-buy)
The Spectrum Retreat - Dan Smith Studios / Ripstone - 2018
The Turing Test - Bulkhead Interactive - 2017
Waking Violet - MixedBag - 2018 (Vita cross-buy)


Vita
Back To Bed - LOOT Interactive - 2015 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Bloxiq - Blot Interactive - 2015 (US only)
Burn The Rope - Big Blue Bubble / RINGZERO - 2012
Escape Plan - Fun Bits / SCE - 2012 (PS4 cross-buy)
escapeVektor - Nnooo - 2013
Green Game: Timeswapper - iFun4all - 2016
Hitman Go: Definitive Edition - Square Enix Montreal - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Lara Croft Go - Square Enix Montreal - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Letter Quest Remastered - Bacon Bandit Games / Digerati Distribution - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Metrico - Digital Dreams - 2014
Metropolis: Lux Obscura - Ktulhu Solutions / Sometimes You - 2018 (PS4 cross-buy)
Mind Maze - Satur Entertainment / Sometimes You - 2021
Pachi Pachi On A Roll - Hidden Trap - 2021 (PS4 cross-buy)
PulzAR - Eiconic / XDEV / SCE - 2012
Puzzle by Nikoli V Sudoku - Nikoli / Hamster - 2012 (US only)
Quell Memento - Fallen Tree Games - 2013
Semispheres - Vivid Helix - 2017
Sketchcross - Spiky Fish Games - 2015 (US only)
Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut - Blue Wizard Digital Ltd. / Digerati Distribution - 2017
Smart as... - Climax Studios / SCE - 2012
Sokoban Next - PalmStorm Kft. - 2017
Spiral Splatter - Neonchimp Games / Sometimes You - 2017 (PS4 cross-buy)
Squares - LEAP Game Studios - 2015
Super Blackout - Fordesoft - 2014 (US only)
The Bridge - The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - 2016 (PS4 / PS3 cross-buy)
Waking Violet - MixedBag - 2018 (PS4 cross-buy)


PS3
American Mensa Academy - Silverball Studios / Square Enix - 2013
Auditorium HD - Cipher Prime Studios - 2010
Back To Bed - LOOT Interactive - 2015 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Cuboid - Creat Studios / Tik Games - 2009
Dead Space Ignition - Visceral Games / Sumo Digital / Electronic Arts - 2010
Echochrome - SCE Japan Studio - 2008
Echochrome II - SCE Japan Studio - 2010
Mensa Academy - Silverball Studios / Square Enix - 2013 (delisted)
Psych Yourself - Creat Studios - 2013
Robot Rescue Revolution - Teyon - 2014 (Europe only)
Splice - Cipher Prime Studios - 2015 (PS4 cross-buy)
TestYourself - Creat Studios - 2011
The Bridge - The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - 2016 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)
Tumble - Supermassive Games / SCEA - 2010 (delisted)
Voodoo Dice - Exkee / Ubisoft - 2010


PS5
Mind Maze - Satur Entertainment / Sometimes You - 2021 (PS4 cross-buy)




Action puzzles


PS4
Anarcute - Anarteam / H2 Interactive Co., Ltd. - 2018 (Asia only)
Angry Birds Star Wars - Exient Entertainment / Activision - 2013 (delisted)
Baseball Riot - 10tons - 2016 (Vita cross-buy in US only)
Chariot - Frima Studio - 2016
Contraptions - Moragami Co., Ltd / Funbox Media - 2019
Donut County - Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive - 2018
Dreii - Etter Studio GmbH / Bitforge AG- 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Fat City - Heavy Iron Studios - 2015 (CUSA02719)
Four Sided Fantasy - Ludo Land / Serenity Forge - 2016
Gods of Almagest - Arrayansoft - 2021 (US only)
Neonwall - Norain Games / JanduSoft - 2018 (VR support)
I Am Bread - Bossa Studios - 2015
iO - Gamious - 2017 (Vita cross-buy)
MouseCraft - Crunching Koalas / Curve Digital - 2014 (Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Mugsters - Reinkout Games / Team 17 Digital - 2018
Nihilumbra - BeautiFun Games - 2015 (Asia only)
One Upon Light - Singapore University of Technology and Design - 2015 (delisted)
PHOGS! - Bit Loom Games / Coatsink - 2020
Pushy and Pully in Blockland  - Resistance Studio - 2020
Shiftlings - Rock Pocket Games / Activision - 2015
Spy Chameleon - Unfinished Pixel -  2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Super Exploding Zoo - Honeyslug Ltd - 2016 (Vita cross-buy) (delisted)
Tennis in the Face - 10tons - 2014 (Vita cross-buy in US only)
Tetrobot and Co. - Swing Swing Submarine / Neko Entertainment - 2016
The Savior's Gang - Catness Game Studios SL - 2019
Tiny Brains - Spearhead Games / 505 Games (PS3 cross-buy) (delisted)
Transcripted - Alkemi Games / Plug In Digital - 2017
Tumblestone - The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - 2016
Unmechanical: Extended - Talawa Games / Teotl Studios / Grip Games - 2015 (PS3 cross-buy)


Vita
A Virus Named TOM - Misfits Attic - 2016
Angry Birds Star Wars - Exient Entertainment / Activision - 2013 (delisted)
Angry Birds Trilogy - Exient Entertainment / Activision - 2013 (delisted)
Baseball Riot - 10tons - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy in US only)
BreakQuest: Extra Evolution - Beatshapers - 2013
Coconut Dodge Revitalised - FuturLab - 2013
Chronovolt - Playerthree - 2012 (US only)
Contraptions - Moragami Co., Ltd / Funbox Media - 2020
Crazy Market - The Game Atelier - 2013
Dreii - Etter Studio GmbH / Bitforge AG- 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Fat City - Heavy Iron Studios - 2015
Furmins - Housemarque / Beatshapers - 2013
Gods of Almagest - Arrayansoft - 2021 (US only)
iO - Gamious - 2017 (PS4 cross-buy)
Lemmings Touch - D3T Ltd / Sony XDev Studio Europe - 2014
MonsterBag - IguanaBee / SCE - 2015
MouseCraft - Crunching Koalas / Curve Digital - 2014 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Nihilumbra - BeautiFun Games - 2015
Pushy and Pully in Blockland  - Resistance Studio / eastAsiaSoft- 2020 (Physical only)
Spy Chameleon - Unfinished Pixel -  2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
SunFlowers - The Game Atelier - 2012
Super Exploding Zoo - Honeyslug Ltd - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy) (delisted)
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - DrinkBox Studios - 2012
Tennis in the Face - 10tons - 2015 (PS4 cross-buy in US only)
The Hungry Horde - Nosebleed Interactive / SCE - 2014


PS3
Angry Birds Star Wars - Exient Entertainment / Activision - 2013 (delisted)
Angry Birds Trilogy - Rovio Entertainment / Activision - 2012 (delisted)
Aqua Panic! - EKO Software - 2010
Braid - Number None / Hothead Games - 2009
Chariot - Frima Studio - 2015
Closure - Eyebrow Interactive, LLC - 2012
Cubixx HD - Laughing Jackal - 2011
Diner Dash - GameLab / PlayFirst - 2009 (delisted)
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown - Gastronaut Studios / PopCap - 2010
Flight Control HD - Firemint Pty Ltd - 2010 (Europe only)
Flock! - Proper Games / Capcom - 2009
Geon - Strawdog Studios Ltd / Eidos- 2008
ibb & obb - Sparpweed Games - 2013
Lemmings - Team17 / SCEE - 2006
Mercury HG - Eiconic / UTV Ignition Games - 2011 (delisted)
MouseCraft - Crunching Koalas / Curve Digital - 2014 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Puzzle Dimension - Doctor Entertainment - 2011
Slam Bolt Scrappers - Fire Hose Games - 2011 (Delisted)
Snakeball - Gamoola Soft - SCE - 2007 (no trophy support)
Super Rub-A-Dub - Sumo Digital / SCE - 2007 (no trophy support)
Super Stacker - SparkWorkz / InXile Entertainment - 2010
Switchball - Atomic Elbow AB / Sierra Online - 2009
Tales from Space: About a Blob - Drinkbox Studios - 2011
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - Drinkbox Studios - 2014
The Last Guy - SCE Japan Studio - 2008
Tiny Brains - Spearhead Games / 505 Games (PS3 cross-buy) (delisted)
Trash Panic - SCE Japan Studio - 2009
Unmechanical: Extended - Talawa Games / Teotl Studios / Grip Games - 2015 (PS4 cross-buy)
Warp - Trapdoor / Electronic Arts - 2012 (online gone, trophy impossible)




Blocks / match color

PS4
Azkend 2: The World Beneath - 10tons - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Chime Sharp - Twistplay / Chilled Mouse - 2017
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight - SuperVillain Studios / Disney Interactive Studios - 2015 (US only)
Hamster Ball - Creat Studios / TikGames - 2009
Lumines Remastered - Resonair / Enhance Games - 2018
Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign - Demiurge Studios / D3Publisher - 2015 (PS3 cross-buy)
Peggle 2 - PopCap / Electronic Arts - 2014
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Sonic Team / Sega - 2017
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Vicious Cycle / D3Publisher - 2018 (US only)
Sparkle 2 - 10tons - 2014 (PS5 / Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Sparkle 4 Tales - 2020
Sparkle Unleashed - 10tons - 2015 (PS5 / Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Tetris Effect - 2018 (VR)
Tetris Ultimate - Ubisoft - 2014 (delisted)
The Treasures Of Montezuma 4 - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2015 (Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)


Vita
Azkend 2: The World Beneath - 10tons - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Gem Legends - 8Floor - 2015
Germinator - Creat Studios - 2013
Gunhouse - Necrosoft Games - 2014
Lumines Electronic Symphony - Q Entertainment / Ubisoft - 2012
Ms. Germinator - Creat Studios - 2013
NekoBuro: Cats Block - Arc System Works - 2015
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Sonic Team / Sega - 2014 (Japan only)
Sparkle - MythPeople / 10tons - 2013 (delisted)
Sparkle 2 - 10tons - 2014 (PS4 / PS3 cross-buy)
Sparkle 4 Tales - 2020
Sparkle Unleashed - 10tons - 2015 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Supermagical - Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team / Tama Games - 2017
Surge Deluxe - FuturLab - 2014
Tetris Ultimate - Ubisoft - 2015 (delisted)
The Treasures Of Montezuma 4 - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2015 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Treasures of Montezuma: Arena - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2014 (delisted)
Treasures of Montezuma Blitz - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2012 (delisted)


PS3
4 Elements HD - Boolat Games - 2011 (delisted)
Arkedo Series - 002 SWAP! - Arkedo Studio - 2011
Bejeweled 2 - PopCap - 2009 (delisted)
Bejeweled 3 - PopCap - 2011
Chime Super Deluxe - Zoë Mode - 2011
Critter Crunch - Capybara Games - 2009
Droplitz - Blitz Arcade / Atlus - 2009 (delisted)
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight - SuperVillain Studios / Disney Interactive Studios - 2015 (US only)
Germinator - Creat Studios - 2013
Lumines: Supernova - Q Entertainment - 2008
Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign - Demiurge Studios / D3Publisher - 2015 (PS4 cross-buy)
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Capy Games / Ubisoft - 2011
Ms. Germinator - Creat Studios - 2013
Numblast - Japan Studio / SCE - 2009
Peggle - PopCap - 2009 (delisted)
Piyotama - Japan Studio / SCE - 2007 (no trophy support)
Polar Panic - Eiconic -2009
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Sonic Team / Sega - 2014 (Japan only)
Puzzle Chronicles - Infinite Interactive / Konami - 2010
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Vicious Cycle / D3Publisher - 2008 (no trophy support)
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - Infinite Interactive / D3 Publisher - 2009 (US / Asia only)
Puzzlegeddon - Tecmo - 2009
Rotastic - Dancing Dots / Focus Home Interactive - 2012 (US and Asia only)
Sparkle 2 - 10tons - 2015 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)
Sparkle Unleashed - 10tons - 2015 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - Backbone Entertainment / Capcom 2007 (no trophy support)
Tetris - EA Mobile / EA - 2011
The Treasures Of Montezuma 4 - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2015 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Time Machine: Rogue Pilot - Lesta Studio - 2012
Treasures of Montezuma: Arena - Alawar Entertainment / Smartphone Labs (SPL) - 2014 (delisted)
Zuma - PopCap- 2009
Zuma's Revenge! - PopCap - 2012



PS5
Sparkle 2 - 10tons - 2020 (PS4 cross-buy)
Sparkle Unleashed - 10tons - 2020 (PS4 cross-buy)



Puzzle platformer

PS4
A Boy and His Blob - Abstraction Games / Majesco - 2016 (Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Alteric - goonswarm / Sometimes You - 2017 (Vita cross-buy)
Attractio - GameCoder Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment - 2016 (supposedly impossible)
Contrast - Compulsion Games / Focus Home Interactive - 2013
Degrees of Separation - Moondrop Studios / Modus Games -2019
Deleveled - ToasterFuel / The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - 2020
Factotum 90 - TACS Games / Poppy Works - 2017 (Vita cross-buy)
Fez - Polytron Corporation / Trapdoor - 2012 (Vita  / PS3 cross-buy)
Gabbuchi - h.a.n.d. Inc. / Aksys Games - 2019
Hue - Fiddlesticks / Curve Digital - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Inside - Playdead ApS - 2016
Inside My Radio - Seaven Studio - 2016
Light Tracer - Void Dimensions / Oasis Games - 2017 (VR support)
Limbo - Playdead ApS - 2015
Lumo - Triple Eh? Ltd / Rising Star Games - 2016 (Vita cross-buy)
Octahedron - Demimonde / Square Enix - 2018
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut - Toxic Games / Grip Digital - 2015 (PS3  cross-buy)
Q.U.B.E. 2 - Toxic Games Limited / Trapped Nerve Games -2018
Relicta - Mighty Polygon / Ravenscourt - 2020
Seasons After Fall - Swing Swing Submarine / Focus Home Interactive - 2017
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon - Tiger Style - 2016  (Vita cross-buy)
Suicide Guy - Chubby Pixel - 2018
Suicide Guy: Sleepin' Deeply - Chubby Pixel - 2019
Tamashii - Vikintor / Digerati Distribution - 2019
The Swapper - Facepalm Games / Curve Studios - 2014 (PS3  / Vita cross-buy)
Thomas Was Alone - Mike Bithell - 2014 (PS3  / Vita cross-buy)
Toki Tori 2+ - Two Tribes B.V. - 2016
Unravel - Coldwood Interactive / Electronic Arts - 2016
Unravel Two - Coldwood Interactive / Electronic Arts - 2018


Vita
A Boy and His Blob - Abstraction Games / Majesco - 2016 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Alteric - goonswarm / Sometimes You - 2017 (PS4 cross-buy)
Attractio - GameCoder Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment - 2016 (supposedly impossible)
Factotum 90 - TACS Games / Poppy Works - 2017 (PS4 cross-buy)
Fez - Polytron Corporation / Trapdoor - 2012 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Hue - Fiddlesticks / Curve Digital - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Limbo - Playdead ApS - 2013
Lumo - Triple Eh? Ltd / Rising Star Games - 2016 (PS4 cross-buy)
Rabi Laby: Puzzle Out Stories - SilverStar - 2017 (Japan only)
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon - Tiger Style - 2016  (PS4 cross-buy)
The Swapper - Facepalm Games / Curve Studios - 2014 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)
Thomas Was Alone - Mike Bithell - 2013 (PS4  / PS3 cross-buy)


PS3
A Boy and His Blob - Abstraction Games / Majesco - 2016 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Catherine - Atlus - 2011
Constant C -  International Games System Co., Ltd. / Mages - 2014
Contrast - Compulsion Games / Focus Home Interactive - 2013 (delisted)
Fez - Polytron Corporation / Trapdoor - 2012 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Limbo - Playdead ApS - 2011
Papo & Yo - Minority Media Inc. - 2012
Pid - Might and Delight / D3 Publisher - 2012
Portal 2 - Valve - 2011
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut - Toxic Games / Grip Digital - 2015 (PS4  cross-buy)
Quantum Conundrum - Airtight Games / Square Enix - 2012
The Swapper - Facepalm Games / Curve Studios - 2014 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Thomas Was Alone - Mike Bithell - 2013 (PS4  / Vita cross-buy)
Toki Tori - Two Tribes / Playlogic - 2011





Exploration / Adventure

PS4
AER: Memories of Old - Forgotten Key / Daedalic Entertainment - 2017
Carto - Sunhead Games / Humble Bundle - 2020
FAR: Lone Sails - Okomotive Mixtvision / Mediengesellschaft GmbH - 2018
Figment - Bedtime Digital Games - 2019
Flower - Thatgamecompany / Bluepoint Games / SCE - 2013 (Vita / PS3 cross-buy)
Hohokum - Honeyslug Ltd / SIE - 2014 (Vita / PS3 cross buy)
Journey - Thatgamecompany / Tricky Pixels / SCE- 2015 (PS3 cross-buy)
Koi - Dotoyou / Oasis Games - 2017
Last Day of June - Ovosonico / 505 Games - 2017
LocoRoco Remastered - Japan Studio / SIE - 2017
LocoRoco 2 Remastered - Japan Studio / SIE - 2017
Machinarium - Amanita Design - 2016
Maize - Finish Line Games - 2017
Observation - No Code / Devolver Digital - 2019
Old Man's Journey - Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH - 2018
The Gardens Between - The Voxel Agents - 2018
The Unfinished Swan - Giant Sparrow / Santa Monica Studio / SCE - 2014 (Vita / PS3 cross-buy)


Vita
Flower - Thatgamecompany / Bluepoint Games / SCE - 2013 (PS4 / PS3 cross-buy)
Hohokum - Honeyslug Ltd / SIE - 2014 (PS4 / PS3 cross buy)
Koi - Dotoyou / Oasis Games - 2017 (US only)
Machinarium - Amanita Design - 2013
The Unfinished Swan - Giant Sparrow / Santa Monica Studio / SCE - 2014 (PS4 / PS3 cross-buy)


PS3
Create - EA Bright Light / EA Games - 2010
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time - Stickmen Studios - 2012
Dream Chronicles - KatGames / PlayFirst - 2010
Flower - Thatgamecompany / SCE - 2009 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)
Hohokum - Honeyslug Ltd / SIE - 2014 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)
Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos - Creat Studios - 2009 (US only)
Journey - Thatgamecompany / SCE- 2012 (PS4 cross-buy)
Judge Dee: The City God Case - BiP Media / Bigben Interactive - 2012
LocoRoco Cocoreccho! - SCE Japan Studio - 2009 (no trophy support)
Machinarium - Amanita Design - 2012
Magrunner: Dark Pulse - Frogwares / Focus Home Interactive - 2013 (delisted)
Master Reboot - Wales Interactive - 2014
PixelJunk Eden - Q-Games / SCE - 2008
Red Johnson's Chronicles - Lexis Numerique - 2011
Red Johnson's Chronicles - One Against All - Lexis Numerique - 2012
Stacking - Double Fine Productions/THQ - 2011
The Undergarden - Vitamin-G / Artech Studios / Atari - 2011
The Unfinished Swan - Giant Sparrow / Santa Monica Studio / SCE - 2012 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)




Physics Puzzles

PS4
Human: Fall Flat - No Brakes Games / Curve Digital - 2017
King Oddball - 10tons - 2014 (PS5 / Vita cross-buy)
Puddle - Neko Entertainment - 2014 (Vita cross-buy)


Vita
King Oddball - 10tons - 2012 (PS5 / PS4 cross-buy)
Puddle - Neko Entertainment - 2012 (PS4 cross-buy)


PS3
Crazy Machines Elements - FAKT Software / DTP Entertainment - 2012
Elefunk - 8bit Games / SCE - 2008 (no trophy support)
King Oddball - 10tons - 2015
PAIN - Idol Minds / SCE - 2007
Puddle - Neko Entertainment / Konami - 2012 (delisted)
Storm - Eko / indiePub - 2013
Vessel - Strange Loop Games / indiePub - 2014


PS5
King Oddball - 10tons - 2020 (PS4 / Vita cross-buy)




VR Only

PS4
Along Together - Turbo Button - 2018
Crazy Machines VR - FAKT Software / EuroVideo Medien - 2019 (Europe only)
Esper - Coatsink Software - 2018
Fat City - Heavy Iron Studios - 2015 (CUSA06654)
Ghost Giant - Zoink! AB - 2019
Squishies - Brainseed Factory -2018
SUPERHYPERCUBE - KOKOROMI / Polytron Corp. - 2016
Transpose - Secret Location - 2018
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets - Fast Travel Games AB - 2019
Tumble VR - Supermassive Games / SIE - 2016




If you have any additions of games I've missed drop me a note.


Opinions:

Stellar and shouldn't be missed

Journey, Flower and Hohokum, for how unique and original they're. AER: Memories of Old, clearly a labor of love, which has absolutely stellar flying controls and 3 beautifully designed and well thought main areas of puzzles which can all be easily solved with some brains. Chariot, hard as nails but so, so original and has fantastic gameplay, especially in coop. Lara Croft Go and Hitman Go, really polished and clever products, although the isometric movement of Lara sometimes doesn't work and it needed another approach. Degrees of Separation, another really clever and original labor of love, with the crappy and pointless map the only downside. Fez, an incredible achievement in game design, music and programming (awesome game engine created just for the title).


Good

PAIN for the whacko theme and gameplay, it's hard as nails but so much fun and original. Glass Masquerade and Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions, are really well done. although the music is insanely repetitive (can't even figure out how people claim these need guides to solve...). Metrico+, a really clever game, but probably too weird for most people which never created or used infographics. The Spectrum Retreat, is really clever and well crafted, but very difficult towards the end. Donut County, original and fun, but too short and easy. Anarcute, the more action puzzles I play, the more I think this game is very good and original even if it's not devoid of issues. The Last Guy, not totally a puzzle game, but very original and fun to play, but very hard. The Unfinished Swan is quite original too, with a predominantly black and white theme. Waking Violet a nice puzle game with some clever ideas and mechanics, plays really well on the Vita (and it's cross-buy). The Bridge, another really clever and original puzzle game, it does get nasty hard even before halfway, but at least has a very useful undo to help.


Regular

Hue, an interesting game and puzzles, but the color switching controls are badly thought and executed on the controller. One Upon Light is interesting but has a few issues, also there are 2 levels that require a lot of dexterity and some luck (hint: on the last level don't even try to figure or understand, just rush your way through the lamp shadows as you have a timed gate). Back To Bed, The Turing Test, Furmins, MouseCraft, Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut, Unmechanical: Extended, Machinarium, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, Thomas Was Alone, Minesweeper Genius.


Weak

Observation, some clever ideas, and execution but too boring and repetitive, and the story is too much a pseudo horror 2001. Mugsters, a one-man job, but unfortunately too amateurish. Neonwall, certainly better with VR but the controls without VR were not really thought in the best way, a pity. Nihilumbra, starts good, but the void mode is mostly cheap stupid puzzles with unresponsive controls, and the PS4 version is a nightmare of dreadfulness due to how the painting controls work (the probable reason it's only for sale in Asia), it was clearly thought as phone game but still feels cheap. King Oddball, has more luck and RNG than "physics" (but it's a 10tons game, so that was expected).


Dreadful

Felix the Reaper, not discussing graphics and music which will be a personal taste, the game was clearly developed to be played with a mouse with a direct translation for a controller; the only "slight" issue is that the game has timed puzzles, with absolutely dreadful controls... Kill the Bad Guy, unbelievably is even worse, it mimics mouse controls on buttons in such a stupid way that it has to be played to be believed someone would even create such a thing, and even worse has missions that are only possible once in a while when RNG allows... Chess Knights: Viking Lands, isn't a bad puzzle game, but so amateurishly done that it should not be sold, as the game will start confusing which levels are which if you don't play it straight from beginning to end.



3 December 2021

List of PS Vita games with DLC trophies

All these games have DLCs that have trophies:


Blazblue Chronophantasma (only available in Extend now)

Borderlands 2 (can and should be done on PS3 which shares trophy list, not only the Vita version is dreadful but even worse not all DLCs are available on that version)

CastleStorm (2 DLCs)

Dead Nation (Road of Devastation - game and DLC cross-buy with PS3)

Escape Plan (3 DLCs, possibly still available since PS4 cross buy)

fl0w (game and DLC cross-buy with PS3 and PS4)

Frobisher Says! (2 DLCs)

Furmins (Bonus World, included in the game)

Gravity Rush (3 DLCs)

Guacamelee! (2 DLCs)

Hustle Kings (Snooker Pack)

LittleBigPlanet Vita (4 DLCs)

Minecraft (7 DLCs all free with game update)

MotorStorm RC (Carnival, Pro-Am - both cross-buy with PS3)

Muramasa Rebirth (4 DLCs)

OPEN ME!

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (2 DLCs - DLCs cross-buy with PS4)

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Heavenly Sword - cross-buy with PS3)

SENRAN KAGURA Bon Appetit! (Gessen x Hebijo)

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (3 DLCs)

Shu - (World 6, included in the game)

Silent Hill Book Of Memories (Extra Memories)

Sound Shapes (11 DLCs)

Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark (can also be done on PS3, no cross-buy with any)

SteamWorld Heist (The Outsider)

Super Stardust Delta (Advanced Star Fighter)

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype (The Last Chapter)

The Hungry Horde (Holiday Hijinx)

Uncharted: Fight for Fortune (delisted game)

WHEN VIKINGS ATTACK (Relax)

WipEout 2048 (HD Fury, cross-buy PS3)


Some of these games come at a hefty price, Shantae and its DLCs for instance are 52€. The game is interesting but at this price, it's not.


Excluded from the list are Telltale Games which are mostly gone and Zen Pinball games as they don't give a damn about them and you can't have everything these days.


Well, we can always wait for the next Vita games sale 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣



There are several games that the trophies can be obtained either in the Vita or PS4, these are not included in the list.


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