Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus Essential monthly games for August.
The games will be available to claim from August 5, and will be available for members of all threePlayStationPlus tiers – Essential, Extra and Premium.
August 2025’s PS Plus Essential games includeLies of P,the Soulslike inspired by the adventures of Pinocchio but given a darker twist. The game will be available to claim for bothPS5andPS4users.
Also available in August isDay Z, the survival game where players try to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. This is a PS4 game, but naturally PS5 players will also be able to play it via backwards compatibility.
Finally, the third PS Plus Essential game in August is My Hero One’s Justice, a 3D arena fighter. Again, this is a PS4 game, but is playable on PS5 too.
All three games will be available to claim from August 5 until September 1, at which point they will be replaced by another selection of titles.
All playable August 5https://t.co/3Dp7gjZghxpic.twitter.com/KY0q7PQx4M
— PlayStation (@PlayStation)August 03, 2025
Players can continue to claimJuly’s PlayStation Plus Essential gamesuntil the end of August 4. These includeDiablo 4, The King of Fighters XV and Jusant.
Sonyrecently announcedplans to shift away from providing PS4 gamesas part of its monthly PlayStation Plus offerings.
Starting in January 2026, “PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit” of the service, with the platform holder instead turning its focus to offering PS5 titles.
