20 Recent Indies That Put AAA To Shame

A lot of AAA games these days bank on replay value to justify their price tags, extending their playtime with things like New Game+ and post-game content. The most prominent example of this practice in recent years would be Starfield, with its seemingly infinite New Game+ loop that generates a new alternate reality for the player each time they start a new game.

The problem is that even with this kind of random generation, the game more or less feels the same, and this is why Blue Prince’s approach to replayability feels so innovative and refreshing.

Blue Prince is a 2025 puzzle game about exploring a mysterious mansion that keeps getting rebuilt every night. The goal of the game is to explore the building and find its secret 46th room, but the catch is that every day, your environment changes, revealing new challenges, secrets, and lore.

The game’s premise and story are fairly simple, but the way in which it generates the mansion makes its replay value feel genuinely infinite. Individual rooms will spawn with different items, furniture arrangements, environmental puzzles, and even lore pieces, each time providing you with brand-new challenges and story content.

You're guaranteed to sink dozens of hours into it!