PS Plus free games: May 2025 list detailed with new PS5 titles
The PlayStation Plus free games for May 2025 include Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Three free PS Plus games – Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – are now available to download for PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers. You can add these games to your library for free if you’re subscribed to Sony’s PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Premium, or PS Plus Extra service. Don’t forget to grab them before Monday, June 2; otherwise, you’ll miss out.
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PS Plus free games May 2025
Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5)
Balatro (PS5/PS4)
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS5/PS4)
Ark: Survival Ascended
Tame, breed, and form a tribe made up of hundreds of species of dinosaurs and other primeval creatures in Ark: Survival Ascended. Reimagined from the ground up with Unreal Engine 5, the game features high-end graphics, advanced physics systems, and quality of life revamps in every area.
Balatro
Balatro is a fiendishly addictive poker-inspired roguelike deck builder game. You’ll need to learn how to harness the game-changing jokers to trigger outrageous combos and use valid poker hands to beat the ever challenging boss blind.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
A frenetic FPS based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun pays homage to 90’s retro shooters. Run, jump and charge across huge levels as you shoot, shred, and slice the worst heretics across the galaxy.
About downloading PS Plus free games
You can download all three PlayStation games – and if you run out of storage space on the internal SSD, check out The Shortcut’s expert PS5 SSD upgrade how-to guide and best SSD for PS5.
The free PS Plus games for April 2025 became no longer available on May 6, 2025 (if you added them to your PlayStation games library before the cut-off date, you can continue to play them, don’t worry). Note: these PS Plus games don’t have to be downloaded; just add them to your PlayStation games library before they expire from the PlayStation Store.
The primary reason to get a PS Plus membership is online multiplayer, but these ‘free games’ have rounded out the value of Sony’s online service. It helps PlayStation Plus compete with Microsoft’s more robust offering (see our Xbox Game Pass Ultimate review and save $20 with our Xbox Game Pass discount code) which has become a Netflix-like on-demand gaming service. That’s why PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now have merged to form PlayStation Plus Premium, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Essential.
How to get the PS Plus free games
Get PlayStation Plus through this discount code to save $10 (you can’t stack multiple years anymore, but your pre-paid code won’t expire if you find the deal tempting. You’ll be able to turn off auto-renew and redeem it when it does expire
Go to the PlayStation Plus tab on the PlayStation Store on your console
Add each of the four games to your library (you don’t have to download them but you do need to add them to your library)
You can also download them by logging into the PlayStation Store through the web and adding them to your library that way (it will be faster for some people)
You’ll be able to add the three PlayStation Plus free games for May to your library until June 2. On that date, new games will take over, and you’ll lose your chance to add these games to your PlayStation library. Adding the PS Plus games to your library doesn’t require downloading them and therefore doesn’t take up any hard drive or PS5 SSD storage space.
Why you shouldn’t wait on PS Plus free games
Should you buy PlayStation Plus today for these games? While online multiplayer is essential for some people, the free games for $60 a year MSRP (but $45 a year with a PlayStation Plus discount code) seems like good value if you play PS5 (if you don’t have a console yet, check out the Target PS5, and Amazon PS5 restock guides along with the Sony Direct queue guide). This is despite the fact you don’t know if the PS Plus free games will be any good month-to-month.
But here’s why you should get them right away: You won’t be able to add the May 2025 free PS Plus games to your library after June 2. My expert advice is that if you don’t have a PlayStation Plus membership, get it today or before the end of the month to claim all of the PlayStation games this month and the next, and for the following ten months.
Can I keep PS Plus free games forever?
As long as you’re subscribed to PlayStation Plus, you can continue playing any free games added to your library. If you cancel your PS Plus subscription, all the PS Plus free games and DLC become inaccessible.
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There is a caveat: if you resubscribe to PlayStation Plus at any point, the free games added to your library will become playable again. So it’s worth getting PlayStation Plus if the free game is to your liking and start accumulating a nice collection.
What were the past PS Plus free games?
If you missed out on past PS Plus games, there’s no way to turn back the clock. However, I can tell you the game list for the titles you missed.
PS Plus free games list April 2025
RoboCop: Rogue City
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Digimon Story: Cybersleuth - Hacker’s Memory
PS Plus free games list March 2025
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Sonic Colors Ultimate
TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection
PS Plus free games list February 2025
Payday 3
High on Life
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
PS Plus free games list January 2025
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
PS Plus free games list December 2024
It Takes Two
Aliens: Dark Descent
TemTem
PS Plus free games list November 2024
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Death Note Killer Within
PS Plus free games list October 2024
WWE 2K24
Dead Space
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus
PS Plus free games list September 2024
Quidditch Champions
MLB The Show 24
Little Nightmares 2
PS Plus free games list August 2024
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
PS Plus free games list July 2024
Borderlands 3
NHL 24
Among Us
PS Plus free games list June 2024
SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake
Streets of Rage 4
AEW Fight Forever
PS Plus free games list May 2024
EA Sports FC 24
Ghostrunner 2
Tunic
Destiny 2: Lightfall
PS Plus free games list April 2024
Immortals of Aveum
Minecraft Legends
Skul: The Hero Slayer
PS Plus free games list March 2024
F1 23
Sifu
Hello Neighbor 2
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
PS Plus free games list February 2024
Foamstars
Rollerdrome
SteelRising
PS Plus free games list January 2024
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Evil West
Nobody Saves the World
PS Plus free games list December 2023
LEGO 2K Drive
PowerWash Simulator
Sable
PS Plus free games list November 2023
Mafia 2: Definitive Edition
Dragonball Z: The Breakers
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
PS Plus free games list October 2023
The Callisto Protocol
Weird West
Farming Simulator 22
PS Plus free games list September 2023
Saints Row
Black Desert: Traveler Edition
Generation Zero
PS Plus free games list August 2023
PGA 2K23
Dreams
Death’s Door
PS Plus free games list July 2023
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Alan Wake
Endling: Extinction is Forever
PS Plus free games list June 2023
NBA 2K23
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Trek to Yomi
PS Plus free games list May 2023
Grid Legends
Chivalry 2
Descenders
PS Plus free games list April 2023
Meet Your Maker
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Tails of Iron
PS Plus free games list March 2023
Battlefield 2042
Minecraft Dungeons
Code Vein
PS Plus free games list February 2023
OlliOlli World
Mafia Definitive Edition
Evil Dead: The Game
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
PS Plus free games list January 2023
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Fallout 76
Axiom Verge 2
PS Plus free games list December 2022
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Biomutant
Divine Knockout
PS Plus free games list November 2022
Nioh 2 / Nioh 2 Remastered
LEGO Harry Potter Collection
Heavenly Bodies
PS Plus free games list October 2022
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Injustice 2
Superhot
PS Plus free games list September 2022
Toem
Need for Speed Heat
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
PS Plus free games list August 2022
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Little Nightmares
PS Plus free games list July 2022
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Man of Medan
Arcadegeddon
PS Plus free games list June 2022
God of War
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
PS Plus free games list May 2022
FIFA 22
Curse of the Dead Gods
Tribes of Midgard
PS Plus free games list April 2022
Hood: Outlaws & Legends
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
Slay the Spire
PS Plus free games list March 2022
Ghostrunner (PS5)
Sonic Team Racing
Ark: Survival Evolved
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends (PS4 or PS5)
PS Plus free games list February 2022
UFC 4
Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep
Planet Rollercoaster (PS5)
PS Plus free games list January 2022
Persona 5 Strikers
Dirt 5
Deep Rock Galactic
PS Plus free games list December 2021
Godfall: Challenger Edition
Lego DC Super-Villains
Mortal Shell
PSVR games: The Persistence, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, Until You Fall
Are PSVR 2 games ever part of the PS Plus free games list?
Sony has released PSVR games as part of its PS Plus free games membership perk before, and thankfully it’s now added PSVR 2 games to the lineup. However, you’ll need to be a PS Plus Premium member to access these games. Sony may have been pushed by Meta to offer free PSVR 2 games, which launched its own subscription service called Meta Quest+.
Last updated: May 7, 2025
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