PS Plus free games: New games revealed for October 2025

With the recent State of Play giving us more info on Marvel's Wolverine, it's an exciting time to be a PlayStation owner – doubly so if you're a PS Plus subscriber.

Sony's answer to Xbox Game Pass is adding a few big new titles for October, including a horror icon and a hit indie puzzler.

That also means that several games will sadly be leaving the service, so you had better hurry up and get them played before they do!

Be sure to check out some of the best PS Plus deals around right now too.

But for now, let's take a look at all of the new PS Plus games for October 2025.

PS Plus free games for October 2025 confirmed

PS Plus Essential members will get the following free titles as part of October's monthly games:

• Alan Wake 2 (PS5) – 7th October
• Cocoon (PS5, PS4) –7th October
• Goat Simulator 3 (PS5, PS4) –7th October

The long-awaited sequel to Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2 dropped in 2023 to rave reviews from critics, and with good reason. Splitting your time between Alan and FBI special agent Saga Anderson, you return to Bright Falls to investigate a series of ritualistic murders, uncovering the mystery behind Alan's disappearance, Scratch and the terrifying Dark Place.

On a lighter note, Cocoon was one of the best indie games of 2023, and offers up a few hours of non-stop puzzling. Playing as a tiny insect-like creature, you hop in and out of various orbs, twisting the world around you to progress towards a puzzle-boss fight at the end of each level – perfect for a weekend of mind-tickling fun.

Last, but not least, Goat Simulator 3 is also coming to the service. Putting you in control of a goat, your only job is to freewheel around causing as much carnage as possible, smashing stuff up, completing quests and making your way up the ranks of the illuminati for some reason.

What's leaving PS Plus this month?

There are four games leaving PS Plus around mid-October:

• Battlefield 1
• Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition
• The Last Clockwinder
• Tour de France 2023

What do you get with the other PS Plus tiers?

Even more games are available with the higher tiers of PlayStation Plus (Extra and Premium). We're still unsure what else will be added to the other tiers, but we'll update this guide as and when they're announced.

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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