The all new multi-tiered PlayStation Plus subscription has now rolled out around the whole world, and anyone upgrading to the new PS Plus Premium gets access to both a whole boatload of classic games. This includes PS3 games via game streaming, a catalog of PS2, PS1 and PSP games available via emulation or streaming, and a smattering of game remasters and more.
Alongside the library of modern PS4 and PS5 titles – see that full list here – there’s over 400 games included across the whole PS Plus Premium Classic Game Catalog, and we’ll get to that in a second, but first some clarity. There’s also a subscription called PS Plus Deluxe, but this is only available in regions where game streaming is not available.
Update: We’ve added the latest games, valid from 15th November 2022.
So, with that in mind, what freebie games and game catalogues are available to the different tiers?
PS Plus Essential | PS Plus Extra | PS Plus Deluxe* | PS Plus Premium | |
Two monthly free games | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
PS4 & PS5 Game Library | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Classic Game Library (PS2, PSP, PS1 & Remasters) | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Game Streaming & PS3 games | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
Game Trials | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
F2P content packs | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
*PS Plus Deluxe is offered in regions without game streaming availability.
Right. On to the good stuff!
PS Plus Premium Classic Game Catalogue
Games marked with an * are restricted to certain regions, typically because they’re PS3 titles and game streaming is not available. Sony has also chosen to include certain games with PS4 remasters in this group.
PS1 games via emulation & streaming
- Ape Escape
- Disney Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
- Hot Shots Golf
- I.Q. Intelligent Qube
- Jumping Flash!
- Mr. Driller
- Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
- Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
- Syphon Filter
- Syphon Filter 2
- Tekken 2
- Wild Arms
- Worms World Party
- Worms Armageddon
Note: Sony has promised to offer NTSC versions alongside PAL versions of classic PS1 titles, though not necessarily at launch in your region.
PSP games via emulation & streaming
- Echochrome
- Echoshift
- Kingdom of Paradise
- No Heroes Allowed!
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
- Super Stardust Portable
- Toy Story 3
PS2 games via emulation & streaming
- Ape Escape 2
- Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
- Dark Cloud
- Dark Cloud 2
- FantaVision
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Hot Shots Tennis
- Rise of the Kasai
- Jak II
- Jak 3
- Jak X: Combat Racing
- Kinetica
- Okage: Shadow King
- Primal
- Red Faction
- Red Faction 2
- Rogue Galaxy
- Siren
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
- Star Wars: Racer’s Revenge
- The Mark of Kri
- War of the Monsters
- Wild Arms 3
Misc. Game Remasters & more on PS4
- Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
- Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 1
- Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 2
- Baja: Edge of Control HD
- Batman: Return to Arkham
- Beyond: Two Souls
- Bioshock Remastered
- Bioshock 2 Remastered
- Bioshock Infinite Remastered
- Borderlands The Handsome Collection
- Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
- Crysis Remastered
- Danger Zone
- Dangerous Golf
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
- Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition
- Deadlight: Director’s Cut
- Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
- God of War 3 Remastered
- Gravity Rush Remastered
- Heavy Rain
- Hotline Miami
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
- LEGO Harry Potter Collection
- Lock’s Quest
- LocoRoco Remastered
- LocoRoco 2 Remastered
- Lumines Remastered
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- Mafia 2: Definitive Edition
- Metro 2033 Redux
- Metro Last Light Redux
- Mount and Blade: Warband Remastered
- Outcast: Second Contact
- Patapon Remastered
- Patapon 2 Remastered
- Q*Bert Rebooted
- Rainbow Moon
- Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
- Resident Evil
- Rogue Galaxy
- Serious Sam Collection
- Strider
- Super Star Wars
- The Last Blade 2
- The Last of Us Remastered
- The Raven Remastered
- Toukiden: Kiwami
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
- WipeOut Omega Collection
- Yakuza 3 Remastered – Available 18th October 2022
- Yakuza 4 Remastered – Available 18th October 2022
- Yakuza 5 Remastered – Available 18th October 2022
PS3 games via streaming
- AFRIKA*
- Air Conflicts: Secret Wars*
- Air Conflicts: Vietnam*
- AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed *
- Alien Rage*
- Alien Spidy*
- All Zombies Must Die!*
- Alone in the Dark: Inferno*
- Anarchy: Rush Hour*
- Anna – Extended Edition*
- Anomaly Warzone Earth*
- Aqua Panic!*
- Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star*
- Arcana Heart 3*
- Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!*
- Armageddon Riders
- Asura’s Wrath*
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk*
- Atelier Escha & Logy ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sky~*
- Atelier Meruru – The Alchemist of Arland 3 -*
- Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland*
- Atelier Shallie ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sea~*
- Bang Bang Racing*
- Batman: Arkham Origins*
- Battle Fantasia*
- BATTLE OF TILES EX*
- Battle Princess of Arcadias*
- Bellator MMA Onslaught
- Big Sky Infinity
- BIOHAZARD: The Darkside Chronicles*
- BIONIC COMMANDO REARMED*
- Bionic Commando Rearmed 2*
- BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien*
- Black Knight Sword
- BLADESTORM: Nightmare*
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War*
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger*
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND
- Blood Knights
- BloodRayne: Betrayal*
- Bolt*
- Brink*
- Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
- Burn Zombie Burn!*
- CAPCOM ARCADE CABINET : ALL-IN-ONE PACK*
- Carmageddon: Max Damage
- Cars Mater-National Championship*
- Cars Race-O-Rama*
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair*
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Available 18th October 2022
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate*
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2*
- Cel Damage HD*
- Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer*
- Chime Super Deluxe
- Class of Heroes 2G
- Comet Crash: Bionic Bundle*
- CRASH COMMANDO*
- Critter Crunch*
- CROSSING THESIS OF GODS AND DESTINY AWAKENING*
- Cuboid*
- Cuboid Ultimate Bundle*
- Dark Mist*
- Dark Sector*
- Dark Void*
- Darkstalkers Resurrection*
- DEAD OR ALIVE 5*
- DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round (PS3)*
- Deadliest Warrior: Legends*
- Deadliest Warrior: The Game*
- Death Track: Resurrection*
- Deception IV: Blood Ties*
- Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess*
- Demon’s Souls*
- Derrick the Deathfin
- .detuned
- Devil May Cry 4*
- Devil May Cry HD Collection*
- DISGAEA 3: Absence of Justice*
- DISGAEA 4: A Promise Unforgotten*
- Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness*
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two*
- Disney Universe*
- Disney·PIXAR Brave*
- Disney·PIXAR Cars 2: The Video Game (PS3)*
- Disney·PIXAR Toy Story Mania!*
- Divekick*
- Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time*
- Dogfight 1942*
- Double Dragon Neon*
- Dragon Fin Soup*
- Dragon’s Lair*
- Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp*
- Duke Nukem Forever
- Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
- DYNASTY WARRIORS 6
- DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 Empires*
- Dynasty Warriors 7*
- DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legends*
- Dynasty Warriors 8*
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends*
- Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce*
- Earth Defense Force 2025 (SIEJ: Earth Defense Forces 4)*
- Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon*
- Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard*
- Eat Them!*
- Echochrome: Prelude*
- Elefunk*
- Enemy Front*
- ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West*
- Escape Dead Island*
- Ethan: Meteor Hunter*
- Eufloria*
- Everyday Shooter – Available 18th October 2022
- F.E.A.R. FIRST ENCOUNTER ASSAULT RECON*
- Faery: Legends of Avalon
- FALLOUT 3*
- Fallout: New Vegas*
- FantaVision
- Final Exam*
- Final Fight: Double Impact*
- Frogger Returns*
- Fuel Overdose*
- GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES*
- Genji: Days of the Blade*
- G-Force
- Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime*
- Go! Sports Ski
- God of War HD*
- God of War II HD*
- God of War: Ascension*
- Greg Hastings Paintball 2*
- Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
- Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi*
- Hamilton’s Great Adventure*
- Hamsterball*
- Heavy Fire: Afghanistan*
- Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear*
- High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition*
- HOARD*
- Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
- HUNTED: THE DEMON’S FORGE*
- Hustle Kings*
- ibb & obb*
- ICO Classics HD*
- inFAMOUS*
- inFAMOUS 2*
- inFAMOUS Festival of Blood*
- Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition*
- Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos*
- Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom*
- Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy*
- Jetpack Joyride Deluxe*
- Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With An Engine*
- Joe Danger 2: The Movie*
- Judge Dee – The City God Case*
- JumpJet Rex
- Karateka*
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
- Knytt Underground*
- KOEITECMO the Best Majantaikai Ⅳ
- Kung Fu Rabbit*
- Last Rebellion*
- Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West*
- Legasista*
- LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
- LEGO Batman: The Videogame
- LEGO Harry Potter Collection
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues*
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures*
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game*
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars*
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga*
- Leo’s Fortune
- Limbo – Available 18th October 2022
- Linger in Shadows*
- Lock’s Quest
- LocoRoco Cocoreccho! *
- Lost Planet*
- LOST PLANET 2*
- Lost Planet 3*
- Machinarium (PS3)*
- Magic Orbz*
- Magus*
- Majo to Hyakkihei*
- Mamorukun Curse!*
- Mars: War Logs*
- Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond*
- MEGA MAN 10*
- MEGA MAN 9*
- Meikyu touro Legasista
- METAL SLUG 3*
- Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge
- MotorStorm Apocalypse*
- MotorStorm RC Complete Edition*
- MX vs ATV Reflex*
- MX vs ATV: Alive*
- MX VS ATV: UNTAMED*
- Narco Terror*
- Ninja Gaiden 3*
- NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge*
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma*
- NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2*
- NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence*
- NOT HAREM HEAVEN, IT IS YANNDERE HELL.
- Numblast
- OKABU*
- Papo & Yo*
- Paradox of Gods and Destiny Revolution*
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One*
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two*
- Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension*
- Pid*
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End*
- PixelJunk Eden Encore*
- PixelJunk Monsters*
- PixelJunk Monsters Encore*
- PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap*
- Piyotama*
- Planet Minigolf*
- Planets Under Attack*
- Pool Nation*
- Port Royale 3 Pirates & Merchants Gold Edition*
- Primal
- Prismatic Solid
- Proteus*
- Puppeteer*
- Pure Farming 2018
- Puzzle Agent*
- QUANTUM THEORY*
- Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic*
- RAGE*
- Ragnarok Odyssey ACE*
- Raiden IV: OverKill*
- Raiden V: Director’s Cut
- rain*
- Ratatouille*
- Ratchet & Clank * – Available from 15th November
- Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando * – Available from 15th November
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal * – Available from 15th November
- Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked * – Available from 15th November
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction * – Available from 15th November
- Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time *
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One*
- Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault *
- Ratchet & Clank: Nexus*
- Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty*
- Realms Of Ancient War*
- Record of Agarest War*
- Record of Agarest War 2*
- Record of Agarest War Zero*
- Red Faction: Battlegrounds
- Red Johnson’s Chronicles
- Red Johnson’s Chronicles – One Against All
- Resident Evil 4*
- Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (Alternative Edition)*
- Resident Evil 6*
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica X*
- Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City*
- Resident Evil Revelations 2*
- Resident Evil Revelations 2 – Complete Edition*
- Resident Evil Revelations*
- Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles*
- Resistance 3*
- Retro City Rampage DX*
- Retro/Grade*
- Ricochet HD*
- Rise of the Kasai
- Rocket Knight*
- Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken*
- Rogue Warrior
- Rotastic
- R-Type Dimensions
- RUNE FACTORY OCEANS (SIEA: Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny)
- Sacred 3 Gold*
- Sacred Citadel*
- SAIKYOSHOGI GEKISASHI13*
- Saints Row 2*
- Sam & Max BTS: Episode 1 – Ice Station Santa*
- Sam & Max BTS: Episode 2 – Moai Better Blues*
- Sam & Max BTS: Episode 3 – Night of the Raving Dead*
- Sam & Max BTS: Episode 4 – Chariots of the Dogs*
- Sam & Max BTS: Episode 5 – What’s New Beelzebub?*
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 1: The Penal Zone*
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 2 The Tomb of Sammun-Mak*
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 3 They Stole Max’s Brain*
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 4: Beyond Alley of Dolls
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep
- SAMURAI WARRIORS 2 Empires HD Version*
- SAMURAI WARRIORS 3 Empires*
- SAMURAI WARRIORS 4*
- Sanctum 2*
- Savage Moon*
- Shatter*
- Shiki-tei
- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution*
- Siren: Blood Curse*
- Skullgirls Encore*
- Sky Fighter*
- Skydive: Proximity Flight*
- SkyDrift*
- Slender: The Arrival*
- The Sly Collection*
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
- Smash Cars*
- Snakeball*
- Sniper Elite V2*
- Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype*
- Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer*
- Space Ace*
- Spelunker Collection*
- Spelunker HD*
- Split/Second: Velocity*
- Star Raiders*
- Star Wars The Force Unleashed II*
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition
- StarDrone*
- STARWHAL*
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition*
- STRONG BAD’S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE – EPISODE 1: HOMESTAR
- RUINER*
- STRONG BAD’S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE – EPISODE 2: STRONG BADIA THE FREE*
- STRONG BAD’S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE – EPISODE 3: BADDEST OF THE BANDS*
- STRONG BAD’S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE – EPISODE 4: DANGERESQUE 3: THE CRIMINAL PROJECTIVE*
- STRONG BAD’S COOL GAME FOR ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE – EPISODE 5: 8-BIT IS ENOUGH*
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix*
- Super Stardust HD *
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix*
- Tales from Space: About a Blob*
- Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack*
- The Awakened Fate Ultimatum
- The Darkness*
- The Darkness II*
- THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION*
- The Guided Fate Paradox Full Game*
- The King of Fighters XIII*
- The Last Guy*
- The Last Tinker: City of Colors
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition*
- The UnderGarden*
- Thunder Wolves*
- TOKYO JUNGLE
- Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters*
- Toro to MorMori*
- Toy Home*
- Trash Panic *
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll*
- Tron: Evolution*
- Truck Racer*
- Ultra Street Fighter IV – Available 18th October 2022
- Umbrella Corps*
- Urban Trial Freestyle*
- Velocibox
- Velocity Ultra*
- Vessel*
- Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign*
- Wakeboarding HD*
- Warlords*
- WARRIORS OROCHI 3*
- Warriors: Legends of Troy*
- Way of the Samurai 3 Plus*
- WAY OF THE SAMURAI 4 PlUS*
- When Vikings Attack!*
- Whispering Willows
- White Knight Chronicles*
- White Knight Chronicles II*
- Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls*
- XBLAZE Code:Embryo*
- XCOM: Enemy Within*
- Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z*
- Z/X
- Zack Zero*
- Zen Pinball 2*
- Zombie Tycoon II: Brainhov’s Revenge*
Games marked with an * are restricted to certain regions, typically because they’re PS3 titles and game streaming is not available. Sony has also chosen to include certain games with PS4 remasters in this group.
Phew! That’s a lot of games. Is it enough to get you to upgrade to PS Plus Premium over PS Plus Extra or the base tier?
Source: PlayStation