PS Plus free games: New games revealed for December 2024

Read on to find out what's coming to every tier of PS Plus throughout December, including some of our best picks for what to check out.

Perfect for those Christmas holidays!

PS Plus free games for December 2024 confirmed

PS Plus Essential members will get the following free games from Tuesday 3rd December until 6th January 2025:

• It Takes Two
• Aliens: Dark Descent
• Temtem (PS5-only)

Once again, it's an eclectic mix of titles, but the arrival of It Takes Two is a great choice if you're looking for a game in local co-op.

What's leaving PS Plus this month?

The Essential games for November, listed below, stopped being available to claim after 2nd December.

• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged
• Ghostwire: Tokyo
• Death Note Killer Within

What do you get with the other PS Plus tiers?

There are even more games available with the higher tiers of PlayStation Plus (Extra and Premium).

Premium subscribers can enjoy the following classic games from 10th December:

• Sly 2: Band of Thieves
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

There's a lot more to enjoy in December, too, thanks to it being the 30th anniversary of PlayStation! Check out the official PlayStation Blog post on it to find out more.

The following games were added to the PS Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalogues on 17th December 2024:

• A Space for the Unbound (PS4, PS5)
• Biped (PS4, PS5)
• Sonic Frontiers (PS4, PS5)
• Coffee Talk (PS4, PS5)
• Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (PS4, PS5)
• FIST: Forged In Shadow Torch (PS4, PS5)
• Forspoken (PS5)
• Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PS4, PS5)
• Phogs (PS4)
• Rabbids: Party of Legends (PS4)
• WRC Generations (PS4, PS5)

PS VR2 (PS Plus Premium):

• Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge

What to play on PS Plus – our recommendations

If you're looking for some other great games to play in the PS Plus Game Catalogue, we'd recommend these ones for sure:

• Control: Ultimate Edition
• Death Stranding Director's Cut (PS5)
• Days Gone (PS4)
• Demon's Souls (PS5)
• DOOM Eternal (PS4, PS5)
• Horizon Forbidden West (PS4, PS5)

As well as all the games included in the other tiers, PS Plus Premium lets you download and play older titles from PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP to harken back to a simpler time and relive your younger years.

PS3 games are only available via cloud streaming and this is region-dependent, but the UK is included in this list so we don't miss out.

See below for a selection of classics you can revisit:

• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1)
• Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
  
• Resident Evil Director's Cut (PS1)
• The Jak and Dexter series (PS2)
• Dark Cloud (PS2)
• The God of War Collection and God of War Ascension (PS3)
• inFAMOUS and inFAMOUS 2 (PS3)
• Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PSP)
• Killzone: Liberation (PSP)

As a PS Plus Premium subscriber, you also have access to time-limited trials, which lets you try before you buy and download a full game and play it for a set amount of time. The length of the trial varies depending on the game.

What’s also great here is that the progress you make on these trials will carry over if you end up buying the full game. We’ve got a selection of just a few below.

• A Plague Tale: Requiem – Two hours
• Baldur's Gate 3 – Two hours
• Cyberpunk 2077 – Five hours
• God of War Ragnarok – Three hours
• The Last of Us: Part I – Two hours
• Hogwarts Legacy – 45 minutes
• Spider-Man 2 - Two hours

As you can see, longer RPGs and story titles get longer trials, so you can get a good sense of what you’re getting into before you fish out your wallet. Make sure to check out our more comprehensive list of all PS Plus games so you don't miss out on any games you've been meaning to play.

And that's your lot! We'll update this page as and when new PS Plus games are announced. For more info, check out our guide to the latest PS Plus offers to walk away with some cheap deals on the subscription.

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