One of the best aspects of the rise of indie game development is that we’re getting to see games come from studios all over the world, including countries one might not expect like Saudi Arabia. Curiously, there haven’t been many indie games coming out of Japan, despite the country’s considerable impact in the industry. That’s why it was a great surprise last year when Ojiro Fumoto, also known as Moppin, released Downwell on PC and later, iOS.

The fast-paced platformer, which is appropriately named since it has players falling down a well, immediately found an audience on both platforms. That success has led to it being ported to both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, and thankfully the game hasn’t lost any of its magic in making the transition. Both of these ports are flawlessly done, and they’ll introduce even more gamers to just how much...