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PS Plus Essential’s January 2025 PS5, PS4 Games Available to Download

The first PS Plus Essential lineup of 2025 is now available, making three PS5, PS4 titles available to active members to download. The following three games will be available to claim until 4th February 2025:

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5) | Review
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (PS5, PS4) | Review
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (PS4) | Review

The three games are available to download now in the UK and across Europe, and availability will be rolled out to the USA later in the day. The titles will be part of the service until 4th February 2025, when a fresh selection will replace them. As long as your membership remains live and active, you will always have access to PS Plus Essential games.

As usual, we conducted a Push Square Poll over the weekend to gather your thought on the PS Plus Essential lineup for January 2025. Of just over 6,000 votes, 43 per cent of readers responded it’s “a crap selection”. Just 16 per cent of the voters registered any sort of satisfaction with the selection. Of the few excited about the games, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is what they’re looking forward to playing most.

How are you feeling about the PS Plus Essential games for the month? Get downloading them in the comments below.

Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he’s found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.

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Kienda
9:16am

It’s one of those months when I wonder if adding the games to my list is worth it.

Does it just add stress subconsciously because even though I think I will never play them, they are there to potentially be played, thus increasing my backlog of games.

If I don’t download them, will I regret not adding these to my collection, thus making me more stressed than if I just downloaded them?

Is this monthly dilemma slowly driving me insane?

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N0CYmr0k
9:30am

@Kienda If such issues can make you go insane then you have some more serious problems.

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Kienda
9:43am

@N0CYmr0k of that there is no doubt.

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Jswift56
9:56am

Might play them for playstation points 😂

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GuttyYZ
9:58am

@Kienda I always add them to my library and then forget about them until I want to play them lol.

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Overmind
9:59am

@Kienda

Just play what you really want to play. It’s not a job, it’s a party!

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N7Vakarian
10:03am

Not even worth adding to the list

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Nakatomi_Uk
10:08am

@Jswift56 What I do start them check the phone app once added quit the game and delete the trophy list

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Nakatomi_Uk
10:09am

I ain’t even bothering to add SS to my list it’s a piece of crap

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TrannosaurusBex
46m ago

Stanley Parable for me, thanks!

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Onearmbandit
37m ago

All three added but I’m probably gonna only play NFS and Stanley.

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ozkrmz
16m ago

Thank you for the notification

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Th3solution
14m ago

I used to be picky about which of the PS+ games I claimed and added to my library but then I had a couple times when I later regretted not adding something. You never know when your preferences might change or someone else in your household may want to try a game, so now I just automatically add all the PS+ essential games to my library. Future me might want to try it years from now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The only downside is that my digital library is enormous and full of things I will never play, but I can’t predict which of the games might randomly scratch an itch down the road.

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johncalmc
11m ago

I pretty much only have PlayStation Plus so I can play Elden Ring with my girlfriend at this point. So I don’t really care about the free games. I hardly ever play them. I don’t think this is a bad month though. Obviously Suicide Squad is a shrug. But I’m into Stanley Parable.

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