PS Plus getting one of the best PS5 games of all time for free, no arguments

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By Rik Henderson

published 16 January 2025

in News

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God of War Ragnarök is among the games being made available to PS Plus Extra and Premium members this month.

Premium subscribers will also gain access to a largely forgotten Indiana Jones action-adventure, too.

PS Plus Extra and Premium members are set to get one of the best PS5 games of all time this month, as Sony has announced the latest lineup of titles coming to the game catalogue.

From 21 January 2025, the catalogue will include the incredible God of War Ragnarök to download on PS5, PS5 Pro and PS4 at no extra cost. It'll also gain a collection of other great games, including another from the Yakuza stable, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

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Originally released at the tail end of 2022, God of War Ragnarök still stands today as one of the best games on PS5 – and its score of 94 on Metacritic reflects that. It concludes the story started with 2018's God of War reboot and while similar to that predecessor, is bigger, bolder and even more cinematic.

This is action-adventure at its finest and if you haven't already played your way through it, there's no better time to give it a go.

It is available to both PS Plus Extra and Premium members on PS5 and PS4, as is Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. Members are also getting Atlas: Fallen: Reign of Sand (albeit on PS5 only), SD Gundam Battle Alliance, Sayonara Wild Hearts, ANNO: Mutationem, Orcs Must Die 3, Citizen Sleeper, and Poker Club.

PS Plus Premium members also get a couple of extra treats this month, which are joining the exclusive classics library. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is a largely forgotten PS2 adventure that's worth a play while you wait for The Great Circle to arrive on PlayStation.

The iconic Medievil II will also be available.

How much is PS Plus and what do you get?

There are three PS Plus membership tiers available for PS5 and PS4 owners to subscribe to. All of them provide access to online multiplayer and include a handful of free games each month, but only the latter two also allow you to download games from the regularly updated catalogue.

Priced at £6.99 / $9.99 / AU$11.95 per month, PS Plus Essential is the basic plan. It gives you the smaller selection of free games, online play, and exclusive discounts on the PS Store. It doesn't include the games or classics catalogues.

That begins with PS Plus Extra. It costs £10.99 / $14.99 / AU$18.95 per month and adds the ability to download and play games from the curated and regularly updated game catalogue of 300+ titles.

Finally, PS Plus Premium is the all-singing and dancing plan. For £13.49 / $17.99 per month, you also get cloud streaming and the extended library of classic and retro games.

There is also a PS Plus Deluxe plan in some regions, which replaces Premium in Australia, for example. It costs AU$21.95 a month and comes with the all the benefits of Premium except for cloud streaming.

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