Game of the day — PS Plus blog

Every day, one game from the PS Plus catalog taken apart: what it is, what it is worth, how long it will take you.

  1. The four-player shooter for game night · Zombie Army 4: Dead War, hordes, friends and slow-motion bullets From the makers of Sniper Elite, a co-op shooter that owns everything it is: 1940s Europe, undead Nazis and heads exploding in slow motion. Not a…
  2. Last chance · Yakuza: Like a Dragon leaves on October 20: is it worth starting now? Yakuza: Like a Dragon is also leaving the PS Plus catalog on October 20. The catch: it is a long game. Here is what you can reasonably see of it…
  3. Coming to PS Plus · PS Plus Game Catalog for October 2026: 9 games arrive on 20 October Sony has announced the games joining the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalog in October 2026, including Dino Crisis 2, Horizon Forbidden West and Tales…
  4. Last chance · Silent Hill 2 leaves PS Plus on October 20: one last week to walk into the fog The Silent Hill 2 remake is one of the games leaving the PS Plus catalog on October 20. It is among the best-rated games on the departure list, and it…
  5. How long does it take to beat? · Metro Exodus, a year-long journey across a devastated Russia After two games in the tunnels of the Moscow metro, 4A Games' series comes up to the surface. Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter that plays like a…
  6. Monster Hunter, without the hunt · Monster Hunter Stories, raising monsters instead of hunting them First released on 3DS, then brought to PS4 in 2024, Monster Hunter Stories takes Capcom's universe and turns it upside down: here you do not track…
  7. The PS1 RPG in Final Fantasy's shadow · Wild Arms, the role-playing game that whistled like a western Released in Japan in late 1996, a few weeks before Final Fantasy VII, Wild Arms had the misfortune of arriving at the wrong time. All four PlayStation…
  8. The ruthless PS2 cult classic · Forbidden Siren, seeing through the eyes of those who hunt you Designed by Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the first Silent Hill, Forbidden Siren is one of the most singular horror games on PS2. And one of the…
  9. The small Sony game worth catching up on · Concrete Genie, five hours to repaint a town A bullied teenager, an abandoned harbour town and a magic brush. Concrete Genie, from Sony's small Pixelopus studio, went largely unnoticed in 2019.…
  10. The PS1 classic that hunts you · Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, the original the remake did not replace In 1999 Capcom added to the Resident Evil formula an enemy you cannot shake off. The PS1 episode is in the Classics Catalog, and it still holds things…
  11. The reboot that restarted everything · Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, a survivor is born In 2013 Crystal Dynamics started from scratch: no more invincible adventurer, but a young shipwrecked archaeologist learning to survive. The…
  12. Still in your library · Neon White, the shooter you replay to win one second Given to Essential subscribers in December 2025, Neon White is no ordinary shooter: its levels last thirty seconds and the goal is not to finish them,…
  13. Still in your library · Death's Door, the crow who clocks in at the office Given to Essential subscribers in August 2023, Death's Door is a top-down action game where you play a soul-reaping crow with a desk job. It is funny,…
  14. Still in your library · Tunic, the little fox and the missing manual Given to Essential subscribers in May 2024, Tunic looks like a pocket Zelda with a fox. It is a disguise: beneath the soft appearance hides one of the…
  15. Still in your library · Cocoon, five hours of puzzles without a word Given to Essential subscribers in October 2025, Cocoon slipped by somewhat unnoticed between two big names. It is nonetheless the most elegant puzzle…
  16. Still in your library · Balatro, the poker game that resembles nothing else Given to Essential subscribers in May 2025, Balatro is the kind of game you claim out of habit and forget in your library. That is a mistake: it is…
  17. The most refreshing JRPG · Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, a turn-based RPG in Hawaii The Yakuza series left real-time brawling for turn-based combat, and left Japan for Honolulu. The result is one of the largest JRPGs in the catalog.
  18. PS Plus Monthly Games · PS Plus Monthly Games for October 2026: Hunt: Showdown 1896, F1 25, Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 The PS Plus Essential Monthly Games for October 2026 are out: Hunt: Showdown 1896, F1 25, Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 and Earth Defense…
  19. The best game to play with family · Untitled Goose Game, you are a horrible goose “It's a lovely day in the village, and you are a horrible goose.” The game delivers exactly that promise, in three hours, and is one of the most…
  20. The best cooperative game · Overcooked, cooking as a stress test for friendship Two complete games bundled together, hundreds of levels, and a very simple premise: prepare dishes together, in kitchens designed to make it…
  21. Leaving PS Plus · PS Plus: 8 games leave the catalog on 20 October SILENT HILL 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Gloomhaven Mercenaries Edition are among the games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium on 20 October 2026. Here…
  22. The shortest game, and the funniest · Thank Goodness You're Here!, two hours of pure comedy A game that does not last two hours and has no ambition to last longer. It wants one thing: to make you laugh, and it manages it better than anything…
  23. The best short game in the catalog · Tetris Effect, what was left to invent in Tetris Tetris came out in 1984 and had, in principle, nothing left to prove. This one still finds something to add, and holds one of the highest scores in…
  24. The most generous platformer · Rayman Legends, generosity as a method A two-dimensional platformer that never stops adding: levels, ideas, worlds, and musical stages that are on their own a reason to play it.
  25. The best strategy game in the catalog · XCOM 2, losing a soldier you had named yourself A turn-based tactics game where failure is permanent and the characters have no story of their own — only the name you gave them. That is where all…
  26. The best racing game in the catalog · WipEout Omega Collection, speed as the only subject Three games in one, antigravity craft, and no concession to simulation. It is the highest racing score in the catalog, and probably the most…
  27. The forgotten PS1 classic · Syphon Filter, the spy that Metal Gear eclipsed Released a few months after Metal Gear Solid, it paid the price. Twenty-five years later its score remains among the highest in the Classics Catalog.
  28. The best FPS in the Classics Catalog · TimeSplitters 2, the shooter from before the scripted corridor A 2002 shooter made by the people behind GoldenEye, hopping across eras and taking nothing seriously. It is a reminder of what the genre looked like…
  29. The PS1 gem nobody asks for · Ape Escape, built for a controller that barely existed Excellent score, almost nobody talking about it. Ape Escape is nonetheless the first game in history to require two analogue sticks — it was designed…
  30. The best classic platformer · Jak and Daxter, a world in one piece In 2001, 3D platformers were carved into levels separated by loading screens. This one fitted an entire world into a single unbroken piece, on…
  31. The largest sandbox in the catalog · Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, a Middle Ages without dragons A medieval RPG that refuses magic, elves and enchanted swords. In their place: fifteenth-century Bohemia, documented, and a blacksmith who cannot…
  32. The best technical showcase on PS5 · Demon's Souls, the game that shows what the PS5 can do The very first Souls, rebuilt entirely for PS5. It is both a piece of history and the most convincing technical demonstration on the console.
  33. The catalog's lesson in minimalism · Shadow of the Colossus, sixteen fights and not one other enemy Seven hours, no lesser enemies, no chests, no towns. A game built by subtraction, and still, twenty years on, a reference everyone cites.
  34. The best remake in the catalog · Resident Evil 2, how to remake a 1998 game without betraying it Most remakes refresh the textures. This one rebuilt the entire game while preserving exactly what made the original frightening.
  35. The most debated game in the catalog · The Last of Us Part II, a sequel that refuses to please One of the highest critic scores in the catalog, and a stormy public reception. That gap is no accident: the game is built to provoke it.
  36. The most demanding game in the catalog · Bloodborne, learning to stop protecting yourself An action-RPG that takes the Souls formula and removes the shield. That single subtraction changes everything, and explains why it still stands apart…
  37. The best game in the Classics Catalog · The Last of Us, the classic that redefined game writing Twelve years on, it still holds the highest score in the Classics Catalog. Not for its technology, long since surpassed, but for what it proved a game…
  38. The most widely acclaimed game in the catalog · Red Dead Redemption 2, the colossus nobody argues with It holds both the highest critic score in the catalog and one of the highest player ratings, across hundreds of thousands of votes. A rare consensus,…
  39. The best JRPG in the catalog · Persona 5 Royal, a hundred hours that never drag The longest game in the catalog is also one of the highest rated. Persona 5 Royal asks for around a hundred hours and spends all of them making you…
  40. Play it before it leaves the catalog · Desperados III, play it now: it is on its way out A real-time tactics game set in a merciless Wild West, where every ambush is a puzzle to dismantle. It is flagged as leaving the catalog soon, so the…
  41. The best puzzle game in the catalog · Blue Prince, the manor that redraws itself every morning You inherit a forty-five room manor, on the condition that you find a forty-sixth that appears on no floor plan. And every day, the entire house…
  42. The best indie platformer · Celeste, climbing a mountain to talk about something else A demanding platformer where you die hundreds of times, and which is really about anxiety and self-doubt. Celeste pulls off both, without either…
  43. A short, exceptional indie · Undertale, the RPG that watches how you play Seven hours to finish, deliberately crude visuals, and one of the highest indie scores in the catalog. Undertale really does not resemble anything…
  44. The best fighting game in the catalog · TEKKEN 3, the versus game that never aged Released in arcades in 1997 and on the original PlayStation a year later, TEKKEN 3 still holds the highest fighting-game score in the whole PS Plus…