Best PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Games

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In June Sony rolled out a revamped, tiered version of its long-running PlayStation Plus subscription, combining the benefits of the existing service — free monthly games, cloud saves, online multiplayer access — with an expanded version of its PlayStation Now game library. That library, an ever-growing catalog of nearly 400 PS4 and PS5 games, is available to subscribers of PS Plus’s top two tiers: Extra ($15 USD/month) and Premium ($18), the latter of which also included a Classics library from earlier consoles.

We know it can be hard — stressful even — to sort through that many games and determine which may be worth your time. And so we’ve curated this list of what we consider some of the 33 best PlayStation Plus games available to subscribers of the Extra and Premium tiers, listed alphabetically. (We’re not including those Premium-tier Classics only to focus on the more recent games available to a wider group of PS Plus subscribers.)

*How long to beat (HLTB) estimates courtesy of IGN sister site How Long to Beat. The lowest number represents the average time required to mainline the story; the higher represents the average time required to earn 100% completion.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Ubisoft’s biggest, boldest take on the series to date. A Viking tale set within England’s Dark Ages, Valhalla “walks a fine line between historical tourism, top-shelf conspiracy theory, and veiled mysticism against the backdrop of a grounded and focused story,” according to IGN’s review. With its campaign clocking in around 60 hours, it’s the longest game to mainline on this list.

Developer: Ubisoft | IGN’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Wiki | HLTB: 60-136 hours

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