PS Plus January 2025 games – what to expect for Essential, Extra, and Premium tiers

PS Plus in 2024 had a pretty good year. It didn’t quite hit the highs of 2023, but there were some solid games, especially towards the end of the year. But now we are in 2025, and we have a new selection of games to enjoy. January will kick things off.

Below, you can find out when the games for the month will be announced and what is leaving in January 2025. You can also find some predictions for the month, which we hope are correct.

PS Plus January 2025 games

The PS Plus January 2025 games are:

The Essential tier was announced on January 1, 2025, and the games will be available on January 7, 2025. The Extra and Premium games will be announced on January 15, 2025, and available on January 21, 2025.

Here are our predictions for the month’s games in the Essential tier.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League – PS5

Join the newly “recruited” members of Amanda Waller’s infamous Task Force X (aka the Suicide Squad), Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and King Shark, as they set out on an impossible mission to Kill the Justice League. Drop into an expansive and dynamic open-world Metropolis ravaged by Brainiac’s invasion and terrorized by the heroes who once protected it.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered – PS4

Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered. Unleash a savage sense of speed both as an outlaw and a cop in the world’s hottest high-performance cars. Outsmart the heat or take down lawbreakers with the tactical weaponry at your disposal in a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.

Updated with enhanced visuals, cross-platform multiplayer — including the asynchronous competition powered by Autolog — plus all additional main DLC, this is the ultimate edition of Criterion Games’ critically acclaimed Need for Speed debut. It’s time to reignite the pursuit.

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a first person exploration game. It is an expanded re-imagining of the critically acclaimed, award winning indie game The Stanley Parable from 2013.

When a simple-minded individual named Stanley discovers that the co-workers in his office have mysteriously vanished, he sets off to find answers.

You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will have your choices taken from you. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

The games leaving the service in January 2025 are:

• It Takes Two – available until January 6, 2025 (Essential)
• Aliens: Dark Descent – available until January 6, 2025 (Essential)
• TemTem – available until January 6, 2025 (Essential)
• Resident Evil 2 – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Hardspace Shipbreaker – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Just Cause 3 – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Just Cause 4 – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Just Cause 4 Reloaded – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Legend of Mana – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Secret of Mana – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Life Is Strange Complete Season – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Complete Season – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)
• Pure Hold’em World Poker Championship – available until January 13, 2024 (Extra, Premium)

For even more on the current PS Plus lineup, check out what was recently added to the service with our guide on the December 2024 PS Plus games.