PS Store deal: Limbo and Inside on PS5 and PS4 for €1

If you own a PS5 or PS4 and you’re into puzzle-heavy 2D platformers, this is one of those PlayStation Store deals worth a proper look. Sony is currently bundling two cult favourites from the Danish studio Playdead at prices that many players won’t need to think twice about. The promotion only runs for a short window, and it covers games that have sat near the top of “best of” lists for years.

Legendary indie hit on PS5 and PS4 for just €1

The headline offer here is Limbo, the debut release from Danish developer Playdead. First launched in 2010, the platformer quickly became a benchmark for atmospheric indie games.

Limbo currently costs just €1 on the PS Store – thanks to a discount of around 90%.

Normally, the price is noticeably higher; for a limited time, it’s dropped to almost a symbolic amount. The deal applies to the PlayStation 4 version, which you can play on PS5 without fuss thanks to backwards compatibility.

So if you’re on PS5 and you’ve been skipping it, you’re not missing some “Next-Gen-Upgrade” anyway-you’re getting the same tight, concentrated experience that made Limbo famous in the first place.

Why Limbo is still considered essential

On paper, Limbo looks simple: a boy, a bleak 2D world, barely any colour, and no lengthy explanations. That stripped-back approach was exactly what set it apart from traditional blockbuster games at the time.

• Black-and-white presentation: built entirely around greys and blacks, with bold contrast.
• No dialogue: the story is conveyed purely through the environment.
• Puzzle sections: physics-based challenges that demand timing and close observation.
• Oppressive atmosphere: constant danger, grim traps, and an unsettling soundscape.

That combination captured players and critics alike back in 2010. On the review aggregator Metacritic, Limbo holds a score of 90 points-an achievement only a small number of indie titles manage.

Many fans also treat it as a spark for the wider console indie boom: it showed studios that smaller, braver ideas could thrive on platforms like PlayStation.

Inside: the even higher-rated follow-up also discounted

The PS Store sale isn’t limited to Limbo. The unofficial successor Inside is also heavily reduced. Released six years later in 2016, it clearly builds on Limbo both mechanically and in terms of mood.

Inside costs just €2.49 in the current sale – also discounted by roughly 90%.

Inside again uses a side-on perspective, puzzles, and a dark visual style, but it feels more refined across the board:

• more complex environmental puzzles with multiple layers
• far more detailed backgrounds and animations
• a stronger emphasis on an enigmatic, disturbing story
• smoother controls and more precise jumping

That step forward is reflected in the ratings as well: on Metacritic, Inside scores 93 points, putting it among the highest-rated games of its generation-not just within the indie space.

Two short, but striking adventures

Anyone expecting dozens of hours will be looking in the wrong place with Limbo and Inside. Both games are deliberately compact. Typical playtime per title is around four hours, depending on how quickly you work through the puzzles.

Taken together, that’s roughly a working day of riddles and chills-no filler, no grinding, and no icon-cluttered open world.

Game	Platform	Current PS Store price	Metacritic score	Approx. playtime
Limbo	PS4 (playable on PS5)	€1	90	approx. 4 hours
Inside	PS4 (playable on PS5)	€2.49	93	approx. 4 hours

Who the PS Store deal is particularly good for

This is especially appealing for players who like to start a self-contained experience after work and finish it within one or two evenings. Limbo and Inside are aimed mainly at:

• Fans of puzzle and thinking games who enjoy inventive, physics-driven challenges.
• People who like dark settings and prefer horror flavour without cheap jump scares.
• Players short on time who can’t commit to 100-hour role-playing games.
• Curious indie newcomers who want to see why these games are considered modern classics.

If, on the other hand, you mostly care about deep loot systems, multiplayer modes, or checklist-style collectibles, these games are less likely to land. Both focus entirely on atmosphere, puzzles, and presentation.

Playdead: a quiet studio with a big impact

The story behind the games is interesting too. Playdead is one of those developers that releases new projects only rarely, but almost always with a clear artistic intent. Since Inside launched in 2016, no new title has been released.

The team is reportedly working on a new project, but concrete details remain scarce. Even with that long gap, Limbo and Inside keep resurfacing in conversations about the best indie games ever made. Many creators behind later hits such as Hollow Knight or Little Nightmares cite Playdead’s work as an influence.

Why shorter games are becoming more important

At a time when many AAA releases advertise 80-plus-hour runtimes, interest in compact experiences is growing in parallel. Older players in particular-those juggling jobs and families-often prefer games they can complete over a few evenings.

Limbo and Inside deliver exactly that: focused gameplay without dead air. Picking them up in the sale gives you two examples of how tightly and powerfully video games can tell stories when every puzzle, scene, and sound effect serves a clear purpose.

What to know before you buy

There are a few things worth keeping in mind before you grab the controller:

• No co-op, no online mode: both games are strictly single-player experiences.
• Occasionally brutal traps: despite the simple look, deaths can be graphic; younger children may find it scary.
• Plenty of unanswered questions: the story is intentionally unexplained, and players still debate its meaning today.
• Digital only: the offer applies in the PS Store, not as a retail disc.

That last point matters for collectors. If you mostly buy digitally, this is an easy way to add two classics to your library for only a few euros.

All in all, the current PlayStation Store promotion underlines how compelling older indie hits can remain years after release. For a fraction of the cost of a new blockbuster, PS5 and PS4 players get two widely discussed reference titles that permanently shifted how narrative and atmosphere in games are viewed.