Is now the right time to re-up your PlayStation Plus subscription? The cost of gaming keeps getting more expensive with Sony hiking the price of its consoles. With the announcement that it plans to eliminate all physical games in the near future, does moving to a gaming subscription model make more sense?
Like Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, Sony’s PlayStation Plus service adds new titles to its video game streaming service every month. To the uninitiated, PS Plus is a bit more complicated than Game Pass. While Sony grants subscribers access to monthly titles, depending on your tier, you’ll also be able to play from its Game Catalog, Ubisoft+ Classics, and Classics Catalog. This month, you’ll get Sony’s premier baseball game, MLB The Show 26, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and two other games.
Since PlayStation Plus saw price hikes earlier this year, is it still worth the cost? Here’s everything new coming to PlayStation Plus this September and how to decide if this game streaming subscription is worth the money.
New to PlayStation Plus for September 2026
Whether you subscribe to the Essential, Extra, or Premium tier of PS Plus, all subscribers gain access to the service’s four monthly games. This round will be available from September 1 to October 5. They are:
MLB The Show 26 (PS5)
The latest edition of Sony’s baseball video game series, MLB The Show 26, builds on the accomplishments of its predecessors. New for this release is an expanded single-player mode that includes high school and college baseball, a balls and strikes challenge system, an expanded card-collecting mode, and World Baseball Classic tournament formats and rosters. PS Plus members gain access to exclusive in-game content.
Chained Echoes (PS4)
Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style JRPG set in a fantastical world of magic and mech armor. On your journey to bring peace between three warring kingdoms, you will visit diverse landscapes, fight enemies, and collect up to a dozen party members before everything is said and done.
Sniper Elite: Resistance (PS5, PS4)
The latest entry in the long-running Sniper Elite franchise, Resistance is a third-person tactical shooter set in Nazi-occupied France. Your mission is to aid the ongoing resistance, and the game offers significant freedom in how to approach mission objectives.
Wobbly Life (PS5, PS4)
This online co-op game brings players together in an open-world sandbox filled with mini-games, collectibles, and tons of secrets. Additional game modes ensure there’s always something to play, even if you want a break from the larger world.
Members also have until August 31 to claim August’s monthly games lineup, including Big Walk, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, and Signalis.
New to PS Plus Game Catalog for August 2026
In addition to the monthly games, those who subscribe to the Extra or Premium tier gain new titles in the service’s Game Catalog, a large collection of games that can be played with an active subscription. Here are the most recent additions:
- Dying Light 2 (PS5, PS4) – August 25
- Hell Is Us (PS5) – August 25
- Helldivers 2 (PS5) – August 12
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (PS5) – August 18
- Metro Exodus (PS5, PS4) – August 25
- Two Point Museum (PS5) – August 25
- Umamusume Pretty Derby – Party Dash (PS4) – August 25
- Vampire Survivors (PS5, PS4) – August 18
New to PS Plus Classics Catalog for August 2026
If you subscribe to the Premium tier, you gain access to the Classic Catalog, which is loaded with PS1, PS2, and PS3 classics. These are the most recent additions:
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS5, PS4) – August 18
- Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire (PS5, PS4) – August 18
What Games Are Leaving PlayStation Plus in August
Here’s what’s leaving the service on September 15:
- Madden NFL 26
- Persona 5 Tactica
- Romance of The Three Kingdoms XIII
- Toukiden 2
- Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
- Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
- Toy Story 3
- Shadowrun Returns
- Shadowrun Hong Kong: Extended Edition
- Shadowrun Dragonfall: Director’s Cut
What Do You Get With PlayStation Plus?
In 2022, Sony merged its PlayStation Plus online multiplayer service and the PlayStation Now game subscription to create one platform that unlocks online gaming, cloud storage, exclusive offerings, and Share Play. Select additional games are also offered at no extra cost, with the exact details dependent on your subscription tier. Speaking generally, the higher the tier, the more games you can access.
Here’s how much each PS Plus membership tier currently costs and what you get for the money:
- Essential:At $10.99 per month, Essential is PlayStation’s cheapest plan, offering online multiplayer, cloud storage, and three games to play each month.
- Extra: Increasing to $16.99 per month for the Extra plan will also gain you access to the Game Catalog and a collection of Ubisoft games.
- Premium: For $19.99 per month, the Premium plan promises classic PlayStation games, game trials, PS5 cloud streaming, and access to a collection of films from Sony Pictures.
Is PlayStation Plus Worth the Money?
PlayStation Plus may make more sense for your wallet than buying games outright. It all comes down to what type of gamer you are, how often you play, and whether you care about owning your games.
The monthly games that PlayStation adds to its Plus tiers only stick around for about four weeks, so make sure to claim them if you want them to stay in your library. The service also regularly adds and removes titles from its Game Catalog. You’ll need to keep track of how long games will be available to make sure you get to play the titles you’re most excited about.
As an example, let’s say you want to play all four of August’s monthly games: MLB The Show 26 ($70), Sniper Elite: Resistance ($60), Chained Echoes ($25), and Wobbly Life ($25). That’s $180 worth of games for just the $10.99 monthly service cost. That’s a steal, as long as you claim them before the month is up. Once claimed, they’ll appear in your library for however long you’re subscribed.
But if you’re more interested in the service’s giant Game Catalog, you’ll want to pay attention to when titles leave so you can play them before they disappear and get your money’s worth. And if you’re not interested in a set of games one month or need to give your wallet a break, you can cancel the monthly plan at any time. You won’t be able to access any games you claimed after you cancel, but they’ll be available again once you restart the service.
If you don’t care about owning what you pay for or don’t plan to replay games, PlayStation Plus might be the more affordable gaming option for you. Just make sure the games you’re getting are actually worth the price of admission. If not, rotating subscriptions can be a good way to keep your monthly subscription costs low.
