PlayStation Plus Free Games May 2025: Predictions, Rumors, Leaks And More

May is almost upon us, and with it a brand new lineup of free PlayStation Plus Essential games just in time for Memorial Day and the end of the school year. What should gamers expect this coming month? Only a few days of May remain.

April’s PS Plus Essential lineup included RoboCop: Rogue City, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory. That’s quite the mouthful, though not a particularly compelling lineup. Not bad, by any means, but nothing all that exciting.

Last year’s May lineup included FC24, Ghostrunner II, Tunic and Destiny 2: Lightfall. Hopefully this year’s is as good.

Read on for more information on next month’s PS Plus lineup.

What Is PlayStation Plus And How Much Does It Cost?

PS Plus is Sony’s monthly membership program that grants access to online gaming. You don’t need it for streaming movies or TV shows on Netflix and other services, or for free-to-play games like Warzone or Fortnite. Any paid online games, however, require a subscription.

There are three PS Plus tiers—Essential, Extra and Premium—though for the purposes of this post we’re only discussing the Essential tier’s free monthly games. Following a big price-hike, these tiers cost: PS Plus Essential — $79.99/year; PS Plus Extra — $134.99/year; PS Plus Premium — $159.99/year.

When Will Sony Reveal Next Month’s PS Plus Games?

Sony typically reveals the following month’s games on the last Wednesday of the month, though this isn’t always the case. The actual rule of thumb is that the new lineup always releases on the first Tuesday of the month and the games are revealed the previous Wednesday.

This means, we’ll get our April reveal on Wednesday, April 30th and the games will release on Tuesday, May 6th.

PS Plus May Leaks, Rumors And Predictions

We actually do have a leak to share this month. It appears one of my favorite horror games of all time could be headed to May’s PS Plus lineup. The Until Dawn remake, which released in 2024, might be one of next month’s games. You can read more about that right here. Given that the movie adaptation just hit theaters, and isn’t doing all that well, releasing the game might be a good bit of cross-promotion for the film.

Beyond this, there really aren’t any new game releases that would lineup with a May 6th release date, though it’s always possible we’ll get a stealth release of something we didn’t know was coming. Mostly, we just have predictions and wish-list games to go off of. I could see Sony releasing The Last Of Us Part II to cross-promote the HBO series, but that feels like a long-shot. Here are some of my guesses:

• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Atomic Heart
• Deathloop
• Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered
• Jusant
• Hitman 3
• Hades
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Need For Speed Unbound
• The Outer Worlds
• Forspoken
• Frostpunk
• Hi-fi Rush
• Dead Island 2
• Alan Wake 2
• Pacific Drive
• Demon’s Souls
• The Order 1886
• The Last Of Us Part 1
• The Last Of Us Part 2
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• LEGO Jurassic World
• Marvel’s Midnight Suns
• Tales of Arise
• Cult Of The Lamb
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Nier: Automata
• Lies Of P
• Like a Dragon: Ishin
• Elden Ring
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Donut Country
• Need For Speed Unbound
• Dead Island 2
• Kingdom Come Deliverance
• Metro Exodus
• Rise Of The Ronin
• Scorn
• Gollum
• Skull Island: Rise Of Kong
• The Walking Dead: Destinies

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