PS Plus Essential May 2025 games release time and every PS4 and PS5 title leaving
More games are coming to PS Plus Essential subscribers, but more games will have to leave in order to make way for them very soon.
It's time for another bout of PS Plus Essential games (the best all year, might we add), which will arrive in your library incredibly soon.
PS Plus came out swinging with its latest reveal, and if you've been following the gaming world for the last few years, you'll know just how good it is for Essential subscribers. The tier of the gaming service has been living it large for the last couple of months, especially after the PS Plus Essential April 2025 reveal delivered a nostalgic package featuring RoboCop and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for players.
It got far better this month, though, with the PS Plus Essential May 2025 announcement revealing the arrival of Balatro, the Game Awards GOTY-nominated card game that has won over players across the world, especially after the arrival of Balatro on Xbox Game Pass only a couple of months ago. The service also comes packaged with Warhammer 40K: Boltgun, an exemplary Boomer Shooter that will no doubt fill the bloody, pulpy, tongue-in-cheek hole left between now and the launch of the similarly aggressive and throwback-inducing Doom: The Dark Ages.
Capped off with Ark: Survival Ascended, it's a big month for players, and thankfully for us, there isn't long for us to wait before the PS Plus Essential May 2025 games release time. Here's what you need to know about when the new games will debut.
PS Plus Essential May 2025 games release time
The PS Plus Essential May 2025 release time is set for 2am PDT / 5am EDT / 10am BST on Tuesday, May 6. We know this because the PS Plus games of any tier always drop on the Tuesday following their announcement, an hour after the previous games leave.
That means you have only a short period of time to add RoboCop: Rogue City, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory to your library before they stop being free downloads, meaning you'll have to pay for them if you want them. It's a pretty big month of games to be looking forward to, but don't let that distract you from picking up the older games before they officially arrive. Brace yourself, because Balatro has the ability to get really infectious.
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