10 of the best exclusive PSN games

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The PlayStation Network isn't just for playing first-person shooters online against each other, you know.

See that shopping bag icon with the PlayStation buttons on it? That'll get you into the PlayStation Store, where you can pick up dozens of brilliant games on the cheap.

We've compiled a list of the ten best games exclusively for the PlayStation Network. All of these come heartily recommended...

Price: £9.99

PSN may not have the excellent motorcycle stunt game Trials HD, but the even better Joe Danger is more than sufficient compensation.

Remember when Tony Hawk games were fun, linking together ludicrous stunts? Joe Danger adds elements of time-old NES classic Excitebike to that, demanding impeccable timing, lightning reactions and addiction. That makes it one of our favourite PSN games.

Price: £4.99

Seen by many as PS3's answer to Geometry Wars, Super Stardust HD is an amphetamine-dosed - and hi-def, obviously - interpretation of the Amiga game of the same name (which itself is a take on the 30-year-old arcade game Asteroids).

The enjoyment gained from shooting big, floating space rocks and hoarding scores clearly hasn't waned.

As the first PS3 game to support it, it also helped kick off our burgeoning addiction to Trophy collecting.

Thanks for that.

We think.

Price: £15.99

Many games have given us the opportunity to fight on foot, in tanks and in the air. Playing against 31 other guys is nothing out of the ordinary (well, nowadays).

Nor are multi-player games that cater to different playing styles. But what Warhawk lacks in innovation, it makes up for with frenetic, fast-paced combat, sublime in-flight controls and countless creative ways to give your enemies a dose of pain.

That's why the servers have been well populated since 2007.

Price: £6.29

Flower isn't to everyone's tastes. That it's often held up as a response to detractors who claim games are all about death and destruction mean it's not a rip-snorting adventure, nor post-pub stress-reliever.

But sometimes it's nice to apply calm to a title. Controlling a petal floating in the breeze and bringing other flowers to life was an experience that acted as an early champion for the maligned tilt controls, too.

Price: £6.99 (per episode)

It creeped us out in its previous form (as Forbidden Siren on PS2), and the sequel - PSN's Siren: Blood Curse - continues to bring the scares.

Why won't the Shibito die and stay dead? This game is a survival/horror title that masters the feeling of being overwhelmed, encouraging you to lie low in cupboards or cower in the bushes.

With the zombie-like Shibito virtually indestructible, only the ability to sightjack - see through the eyes of others - gives you an edge.

Price: £6.29

Like Flower, Flow is another example of the mesmerising gorgeousness that PSN is home to.