PlayStation Plus free games for May 2024: Confirmed games for PS5 & PS4

Sam Smith
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Sony has officially confirmed the PlayStation Plus free games in May 2024, including a diverse selection of different genres, along with PlayStation Extra and Premium titles.

To take advantage of the free PlayStation Plus games each month, you’ll need to have an active subscription to the service with Essentials being the most basic package, and Extra/Premium available at higher tiers.

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PS Plus games for May 2024

PS+ May 2024 Essential

The following games are available on PS Plus right now:

  • EA Sports FC 24 Standard Edition | PS4, PS5
  • Ghostrunner 2 | PS5
  • Tunic | PS4, PS5
  • Destiny 2: Lightfall | PS4, PS5

PS Plus Extra & Premium games for May 2024

PS+ May 2024 Extra Premium

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium games on the official PlayStation Blog. Unless noted otherwise, these titles will be available to download on May 21. The PlayStation Plus Extra games for May 2024 are:

  • Animal Well | PS5 – Available May 9
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 | PS4
  • Deceive Inc.  | PS5
  • The Sims 4 City Living | PS4
  • Crime Boss: Rockay City | PS5
  • The Settlers: New Allies | PS4
  • Stranded: Alien Dawn | PS4, PS5
  • Cat Quest | PS4
  • Cat Quest II | PS4
  • The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame | PS4
  • Watch Dogs | PS4

PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers have access to all of the Extra games, as well as these additional titles. The PlayStation Plus Premium games for May 2024 are:

  • 2Xtreme | PS4, PS5
  • G-Police | PS4, PS5
  • Worms Pinball | PS4, PS5

How to get PS Plus games for free

If you are looking to claim these games as a part of the May 2024 lineup, then you are going to need to follow some basic steps:

  1. Go to your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5’s home screen.
  2. Head to the PlayStation Plus symbol on the media bar.
  3. Now, choose which PS Plus games you want to download.
  4. You’ll now be able to play the newly added games from your ‘Library!

After following these steps, the games will be added to your library, where they can be downloaded individually whenever you are ready to play them.

About The Author

Sam is a Senior Games Writer for Dexerto specializing in Survival Horror, Diablo, Final Fantasy, and Soulslikes. An NCTJ accredited journalist, Sam also holds a degree in journalism from the University of Central Lancashire and has many years of experience as a professional writer. Being able to marry his love of writing with his addiction to video games was always one of his life goals. He also loves all things PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo in equal measure. Contact at sam.smith@dexerto.com