--- description: Playdead's ingenious puzzle-platformer Inside is coming to the PlayStation 4 on August 23. title: 'Inside' Will Fix a Shortcoming for PlayStation Gamers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6214da2008859737/698899590b72e3f7ef6e9f0d/inside_01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Inside' Is Going to Rectify a Major Shortcoming on August 23 by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2016 2:04 PM CUT  Playdead by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2016 2:04 PM CUT Playdead’s _Inside_ is coming to the PlayStation 4 on August 23, and I’m not sure there’s much more to say, than that this, for PlayStation 4 owners, is definitely cause for the good sort of freaking out. If that name rings no bells, it’s a side-scrolling game from the studio that designed _Limbo_, another side-scrolling game from 2010\. Both games defy slapdash summary, have evocative art styles and idiosyncratic puzzles, and benefit from repeat play-throughs. _Limbo_ didn’t quite work for me, but I’m unabashedly taken with _Inside_. I called it a “masterful, elliptical puzzle-platformer” in my review of the Xbox One version that rolled out June 29 (it’s also available for PC, and both versions are $19.99). If you have five minutes, here’s [my TIME Plays](http://time.com/4387141/inside-lets-play-hands-on-review/ "undefined"), which serves as a watchable mini-version [of the full review](http://time.com/4380020/inside-review/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436580/inside-playstation-4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436580/inside-playstation-4/"},"headline":"'Inside' Is Going to Rectify a Major Shortcoming on August 23","datePublished":"2016-08-03T14:04:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:20.122Z","description":"Playdead's disturbing, ingenious puzzle-platformer has a date with Sony's console","url":"https://time.com/4436580/inside-playstation-4/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","PlayStation 4","xbox One","Windows","PC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6214da2008859737/698899590b72e3f7ef6e9f0d/inside_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6214da2008859737/698899590b72e3f7ef6e9f0d/inside_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INSIDE_01","caption":"","creditText":"Playdead","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4436580/inside-playstation-4/","name":"'Inside' Is Going to Rectify a Major Shortcoming on August 23"}}]}] ```