PlayStation Plus explained: games list, prices, and how to get PS Plus Essential, Extra or Premium

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PlayStation Plus has always been Sony’s subscription plan for online play. It also gives away a decent collection of free games each month to members.

However, from mid-2022 Sony introduced three payment plans with added benefits, including its own version of Xbox Game Pass for PlayStation owners (or Nintendo Switch Online) to access a growing library of games for just one monthly fee. You still get the basic PS Plus offering – now called Essential – with a handful of free titles each month and access to online play, but if you are willing to shell out more, you can also download and play 100s of PS4, PS5 and even classic retro games.

Here’s everything you need to know about it.

PS Plus Essential, Extra and Premium tiers: what’s the difference?

If you were a member of PS Plus prior to mid-2022, you will have had your subscription changed to PS Plus Essential. It has the same benefits and costs a similar amount.

It effectively gives you access to online multiplayer play on the vast amount of supported games across the PlayStation Network. You also get a handful (three or four) free games per month to download and play for as long as you are a PS Plus member.

If you step up to the next tier, PS Plus Extra, you get the same online play and monthly games. However, you also gain access to the PS Plus Catalogue – a library of 100s of PS5 and PS4 games available to download and play to your heart’s content (again, as long as you remain a member).

The final tier is PS Plus Premium. It includes the same benefits as Essential and Extra, but adds a library of classic and retro games to (mainly) stream using PlayStation’s cloud gaming service. This includes remastered games that were released for more modern consoles, but originated on earlier PlayStation hardware.

It could also soon include selected PS5 games to stream rather than download. That’s currently being tested by Sony and a launch date is yet to be announced.

How much are the PS Plus tiers?

You can opt to pay for a PS Plus tier monthly, quarterly or yearly. Here are the prices for the respective tiers:

PlayStation Plus Essential

1-month: £6.99 / $9.99 / €8.99
3-months: £19.99 / $24.99 / €24.99
12-months: £49.99 / $59.99 / €59.99

PlayStation Plus Extra

1-month: £10.99 / $14.99 / €13.99
3-months: £31.99 / $39.99 / €39.99
12-months: £83.99 / $99.99 / €99.99

PlayStation Plus Premium

1-month: £13.49 / $17.99 / €16.99
3-months: £39.99 / $49.99 / €49.99
12-months: £99.99 / $119.99 / €119.99

How to get PS Plus

You can sign up for PlayStation Plus through your PS5 or PS4 directly. Just head to the PS Store on your respective machine.

PS Plus Extra and Premium games list (as of 14 July 2023)

Here are all the games available to PlayStation 5 and PS4 owners who subscribe to PlayStation Plus Extra or Premium. They can be downloaded and played as often as you like, as long as you continue to be a member.

Some might require the original PSVR headset, while others may be PS5-specific. Regional lists may vary slightly.

8-Bit Armies
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
Absolver Downfall
Abzu
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Adventure Time Pirates of the Enchiridion
Age of Seafood
Adrift
Agents of Mayhem
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (PS4 / PS5)
Alienation
AO Tennis 2
Aragami
Ashen
Ash of Gods: Redemption
Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia
Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Assassin’s Creed Origins
Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Assassin’s Creed Unity
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PS4 / PS5)
Assetto Corsa Competizione (PS4 / PS5)
Astebreed
A Velocibox Ultimate Bundle
AVICII Invector
Back 4 Blood (PS4 / PS5)
Bad North
Bassmaster Fishing (PS4 / PS5)
Batman: Arkham Knight
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Bee Simulator
Ben 10: Power Trip (PS4 / PS5)
Black Mirror
Blasphemous
Bloodborne
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bomber Crew
Borderlands 3 (PS4 / PS5)
Bound
Brawlout
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop (PS4 / PS5)
Caladrius Blaze
Call of Cthulhu
Carmageddon: Max Damage
Car Mechanic Simulator
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Celeste
Chess Ultra
Chicken Police – Paint it Red!
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Child of Light
Children of Morta
Chorus (PS4 / PS5)
Circus Electrique – coming 18 July 2023
Cities: Skylines
Clouds & Sheep 2
Conan Exiles
Concrete Genie
ConnecTank
Control: Ultimate Edition (PS4 / PS5)
Cris Tales
Crysis Remastered
Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD Edition
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Dangerous Golf
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders III
Days Gone
DCL- The Game
Dead Cells
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Death and re:Quest
Death and re:Quest 2
Death Squared
Death Stranding
Death Stranding: Director’s Cut (PS5)
Deathloop (PS5)
Defense Grid 2
Demon’s Souls (PS5)
Descenders
Desperados III
Destruction Allstars (PS5)
Detroit: Become Human
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Devil May Cry 5
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition (PS5)
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengence
Dishonered: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored 2
Doom (2016)
Doom Eternal (PS4 / PS5)
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
Dragon Quest Builders
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below
Dragon Quest Heroes II: Explorer’s Edition
Dragon Star Varnir
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires
Dynasty Warriors 9 – coming 18 July 2023
Dysmantle (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
Eagle Flight (PSVR)
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
Earth Defense Force 5
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers
Elex
El Hijo – A Wild West Tale
Embr
Empire of Sin
Enter the Gungeon
Entwined
Erica
Everybody’s Golf
Evil Genius 2 (PS4 / PS5)
Fade to Silence
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Far Cry 3 Classic Edition
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 5
Far Cry 6 (PS4 / PS5)
Far Cry New Dawn
Far Cry Primal
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5)
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
Fluster Cluck – leaving 18 July 2023
Foreclosed (PS4 / PS5)
For Honor
For the King
Friday the 13th: The Game
Frost Punk
Fury Unleashed
Gal*Gunvolt Burst
Get Even
Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut (PS4 / PS5)
Ghostrunner (PS4 / PS5)
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Gianna Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Gigantosaurus The Game
God of War
Gods Will Fall
Golf with Your Friends
Goosebumps The Game
Grand Ages: Medieval
Gravity Rush 2
Grip
Gunvolt Chronicles Luminous Avenger IX
Haven
Hello Neighbor
Hohokum
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
Horizon Forbidden West (PS4 / PS5)
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotshot Racing
How to Survive 2
Hue
Human Fall Flat (PS4 / PS5)
Humanity (PS4 / PS5)
I am Bread
I am Dead (PS4 / PS5)
I am Setsuna
Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Indivisible
InFamous First Light
InFamous Second Son
Infinite Minigolf
Injustice 2
Inscryption (PS4 / PS5)
Inside
It Takes Two (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
Jett: The Far Shore (PS4 / PS5)
Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf
John WIck Hex
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Journey to the Savage Planet
Judgment (PS4 / PS5)
Just Cause 4: Reloaded
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS4 / PS5)
KeyWe
Killing Floor 2
Killzone Shadow Fall
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
Kingdom New Lands
Kingdom Two Crowns
Knack
Lake (PS4 / PS5)
Last Stop (PS4 / PS5)
Lawn Mowing Simulator (PS4 / PS5)
Legends of Eternal
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Life is Strange
Life is Strange 2
Life is Stange: Before the Storm
Life is Strange: True Colors
LittleBigPlanet 3
Little Big Workshop
Little Nightmares
Lost Sphear
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Magicka 2
Mahjong
Malicious Fallen
Maneater (PS4 / PS5)
Marvel’s Avengers (PS4 / PS5) – leaving 18 July 2023
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (PS4 / PS5)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4 / PS5)
Matterfall
MediEvil
Megadimension Neptunia VII
Melty Blood: Type Lumina – coming 18 July 2023
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle Earth: Shadow of War
MINIT
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS4 / PS5)
Monster Jam Steel Titans – coming 18 July 2023
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
Monster Truck Championship (PS4 / PS5)
Moonlighter
Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Shell (PS4 / PS5)
Moving Out
MudRunner
MX vs ATV All Out
My Friend Pedro
My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
My Time at Portia
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
Nascar Heat 5
NBA 2K22 (PS5)
Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Neo: The World Ends with You
Nidhogg
Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
Nioh
Observation
Observer: System Redux (PS4 / PS5)
Oddworld: New and Tasty
Oddworld: Soulstorm – Enhanced Edition (PS4 / PS5)
Omega Quintet
Omno
Onee Chanbara Origin
Oninaki
Outer Wilds
Outriders (PS4 / PS5)
Overcooked 2
Overpass
Paradise Killer (PS4 / PS5)
Party Hard
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
PGA Tour 2K21
Pile Up! Box by Box
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition
Portal Knights
Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid
Prey
Prison Architect
Project Cars 2
Project Cars 3
Pure Hold’Em Poker Championship
Pure Pool
Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show
Rage 2
Raiden V: Director’s Cut – leaving 18 July 2023
Rain World
Rapala Fishing: Pro Series
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
Rayman Legends
Rebel Galaxy
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
Reel Fishing: Road Trip Adventure
Resident Evil 7 biohazard
Resogun
Returnal (PS5)
Rez Infinite
Riders Republic (PS4 / PS5)
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Risk Urban Assault
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break
Rogue Legacy 2 (PS4 / PS5)
Rogue Stormers – leaving 18 July 2023
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13
R-Type Final 2
Rune Factory 4 Special
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4 / PS5)
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Samurai Warriors 5 – coming 18 July 2023
Scarlet Nexus (PS4 / PS5)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition
Secret Neighbor
Shadow of the Beast
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow Warrior 2
Shadow Warrior 3
Slay the Spire
Slime Rancher
Sniper Elite 4
Sniper Elite 5 (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
Snowrunner (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
Soma
Soul Caliber VI
Soulstice (PS5)
Soundfall (PS4 / PS5)
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Space Hulk: Deathwing – Enhanced Edition
Space Junkies (PSVR)
Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition
Splitlings
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated – coming 18 July 2023
Star Trek: Bridge Crew (PSVR)
Steep
Stellaris: Console Edition
Stranded Deep
Stray (PS4 / PS5) – leaving 18 July 2023
Street Fighter V Champion Edition
Sundered: Eldritch Edition
Surgeon Simulator
Surviving Mars
Tacoma
Tchia
Tearaway Unfolded
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (PS4 / PS5)
Tekken 7
Telling Lies
Tennis World Tour 2 (PS4 / PS5)
Terraria
Tetris Effect: Connected
The Artful Escape (PS4 / PS5)
The Ascent (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
The Crew
The Crew 2
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition (PS4 / PS5)
The Escapists 2
The Evil Within
The Evil Within 2
The Fisherman – Fishing Planet
The Forgotten City (PS4 / PS5)
The Gardens Between (PS4 / PS5)
The Last Guardian
The Lego Movie Videogame
The Long Dark
The Medium (PS5)
The Messenger
The Missing J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The Pedestrian (PS4 / PS5)
The Quarry (PS4 / PS5)
The Surge
The Surge 2
The Technomancer
The Witch and the Hundred Knight: revival Edition
This is the Police
This is the Police 2
Thomas Was Alone
Through the Darkest of Times
Thymesia (PS5)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Rainbow Six: Extraction
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (PS4 / PS5)
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Torquel
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Toukiden 2
TowerFall Ascension
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt
Trackmania Turbo
Transference (PSVR)
Trials Fusion
Trials of the Blood Dragon
Trials Rising
Tricky Towers
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Tron Run/r
Tropico 5
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Undertale – coming 18 July 2023
Until Dawn
Untitled Goose Game
Unturned
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Vampyr
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
Warhammer: Chaosbane
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Warriors All-Stars
Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs 2
Watch Dogs: Legion (PS4 / PS5)
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood (PS4 / PS5)
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wild Guns Reloaded
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Wolfenstein: Young Blood
World of Final Fantasy
World War Z (PS4 / PS5) – coming 18 July 2023
Worms W.M.D
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship (PS4 / PS5)
Wreckfest (PS4 / PS5)
Wychwood (PS4 / PS5)
XCOM 2
Yakuza 0
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4 / PS5)
Yet Another Zombie Defense
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Zombie Army 4: Dead War

PS Plus Premium classic games list

The classic games list includes PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP titles. There are also remastered versions of older games, which were released on PS4.

Many (if not all) the games on this list are streamable via the cloud (you don’t download them). They are only available as part of the priciest PlayStation Plus Premium tier.