It's rare, so when it happens it's all the more notable. If they are, it's behind a subscription service such as PlayStation Plus, Xbox Game Pass, or Nintendo Switch Online.

Whether it's the Nintendo Switch, the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, or PlayStation consoles, it's not often games are made free. It's pretty often games are made free on PC via Epic Games Store and Steam. There are still plenty of big names and hidden gems to discover on the service though, so dive in.A new PS4 and PS5 game released yesterday, September 14, is 100 percent free to download and play for a limited time.

Sony doesn’t always put its latest releases straight onto PS Plus, so at the moment games like Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Forspoken aren’t on this list. In countries where cloud streaming isn’t available, this tier is called Deluxe. You get everything in the previous two tiers, older PlayStation games to play, and access to Sony’s cloud streaming service, through which you can play games without downloading them first. You also get UbiSoft’s Classics collection, which includes Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry titles.Īt the top of the PS Plus tree is the Premium tier, which costs $18/£13.50 monthly, $50/£40 quarterly or $120/£100 yearly.

For the extra cash, you get everything from Essentials, and gain access to a selection of games to download and play for free. It costs $10/£7 monthly, $25/£20 quarterly or $60/£50 yearly.Įxtra is the next tier and is slightly more expensive at $15/£11 monthly, $40/£32 quarterly and $100/£84 yearly. You also get a couple of free games every month, which you can download and play for as long as you keep the subscription going, and discounts on titles from the game catalogue. If you want to play games online against other people, you’ll need at least the Essential tier, which unlocks online multiplayer.

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