2022 was an important year for PlayStation Plus: you will remember that, last month of June, the subscription for Sony home consoles has undergone a small revolution, which has led users to choose between three different levels.
The old subscription has therefore become the Essential level (you can subscribe on Amazon), the one that allows you to access the online video game modes and have a selection of a few monthly titles to be redeemed and always kept associated with your profile.
Optionally, players can also decide to subscribe to the Extra level – which includes a library of on-demand games for PS4 or PS5 – or the Premium level, which also counts on the classics and the possibility of playing in the cloud.
The Essential level is therefore what was once the only subscription available and it’s certainly what many users keep active just to be able to play online. The fact that it also includes monthly free games, however, has always been a welcome thing: looking back, what games did PlayStation Plus offer subscribers in 2022?
We have retraced the different months to remind you of the Essential library from January to December. There are certainly some interesting names, but our feeling remains clear: people subscribe to this level because they are forced, if they want to access online, much more than for recent or attractive games.
PlayStation Plus: All 2022 Games (Essential)
January
- Persona 5 Strikers
- DiRT 5
- Deep Rock Galactic
February
- EA Sports UFC
- Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep: A Unique Adventure in Wonderlands
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
March
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Team Sonic Racing
- Ghost runners
- Ghost of Tsushima: Legends
April
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
- Slay the Spire
May
- FIFA 22
- Tribes of Midgard
- Curse of the Dead Gods
June
- God of War
- Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
July
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
- Arcadegeddon
August
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 – Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle
- Little Nightmares
September
- Need for Speed: Heat
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus
- Toem
October
- Injustice 2
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Superhot
November
- NiOh 2/NiOh 2 Remastered
- LEGO Harry Potter Collection
- Heavenly Bodies
December
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
- Biomutant
- Divine Knockout: Founder’s Edition
On our pages we had closely examined the proposal of the new PlayStation Plus, with a video analysis where we put highlights both the good ideas and the aspects that still left us perplexed.
If you want to orient yourself, however, find our in-depth article to understand which level of the subscription could be right for you. If you’re looking for the PS Plus Extra library, you can find the full list here. For that of the Premium level, however, refer to this guide.
