PS Plus Essential July 2025 predictions and announcement date
PS Plus is a major draw for gamers, who are eagerly anticipating another month of complimentary games to dive into.
Despite facing stiff competition from Xbox Game Pass and an anticipated subscription price increase following the debut of CoD: WW2 on the service, PS Plus remains a solid deal for players when considered independently. The most recent release featured FBC: Firebreak from Remedy Entertainment, with the PS Plus Extra and Premium June 2025 games also giving players the opportunity to revisit Battlefield 2042, a game that initially stumbled at launch but has since rebuilt itself into a top-tier shooter.
The service provides a welcome distraction for those disgruntled by having to pay for online services, offering a vast library to Extra and Premium subscribers, and a selection of games to Essential subscribers each month, provided they maintain their subscription. It's a beneficial arrangement for many, and it appears that a new batch of games is on the horizon. Fortunately, we have reliable ways to predict what's coming before the games are officially announced.
The most effective method to anticipate the upcoming PS Plus offerings is to examine the games that were released exactly a year prior, scrutinise their original PlayStation release dates, and then add a year to those dates to identify what games were launched around the same time. In this instance, we're focusing on the Essential games for July 2024, which included Among Us, NHL 24 and Borderlands 3.
The standout game here is Among Us, so adding a year to its December 2021 PS5 and PS4 release date, we can expect games like Hello Neighbor 2, Neon White, and Metal: Hellsinger, which debuted on the PlayStation platform in December 2022.
If these games are indeed part of the line-up, it would make for an exceptional month, particularly for fans of high-quality indie games and viral sensations – but we won't know for certain until they officially appear on the service. So, when will we find out?
Here's the PS Plus Essential July 2025 reveal time.
PS Plus Essential July 2025 reveal time
The PS Plus Essential July 2025 reveal time is scheduled for 8.30am PDT / 11.30am EDT / 4.30pm BST on Wednesday, June 25. This is because the announcement of PS Plus Essential games always occurs on the last Wednesday of any given month, with the games set to be released on the following Tuesday, which in this case is Tuesday, July 1.
It's always a thrill to look forward to new games arriving for PS Plus subscribers at no additional charge, and even though our prediction strategy doesn't foresee any major AAA titles, we're certainly keen on welcoming more players for Neon White. It truly merits it, after all.
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