PS Plus free games for January 2025 explained

PS Plus is back again with another range of free games for subscribers of all skill levels to take advantage of, including three titles from recent years in its lineup. In its efforts to greet 2025 with a bang, PS Plus is offering subscribers Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit Remasteredand The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxeall of which will be made available within the next few days.

While the free PS Plus titles for January 2025 have been announced, subscribers will still have to wait until January 7th for the games to be available for download. From then on, the January 2025 PS Plus games will be available to subscribers until February 3, 2025, so they should have plenty of time to add each game to their library.

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Best Multiplayer Games on PlayStation Plus Extra & Premium (January 2025)

Sony's subscription service covers everyone, including those seeking online experiences. These are the best multiplayer PS Plus games.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

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Headlining January 2025's PS Plus deals is none other than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice LeagueRocksteady's latest addition to its own Arkhamverse. As a live service game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League had a really hard time appealing to players' better interests before launch, and even after launch it has failed to retain a large core audience. Still, the fact that it will now be available via PS Plus might give gamers a reason to check it out, even if it's just for a little while. At its core, Kill the Justice League is a fun, action-packed game, despite being let down by its live service model and falling for repetitive gameplay and lackluster design.

Set five years after Baman: Arkham Knight, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League follows the titular Suicide Squad – consisting of Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and King Shark – brought together by Amanda Waller to stop Brainiac's invasion of Metropolis. Brainiac has brainwashed members of the Justice League, including Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Batman, effectively turning them from heroes to villains, and the Suicide Squad has been tasked with taking them down. During gameplay, players can switch between each of the four characters in both solo and co-op modes.

Play as the Suicide Squad to take down the world's greatest DC Super Heroes, The Justice League. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is a genre-defying action-adventure third-person shooter from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League features an original story set in the expansive open world city of Metropolis, putting the four DC Super Villains on a collision course with an invading alien force and the DC Super Heroes now laser-focused on destroying the city they once promised to protect. All the while, the Suicide Squad must be alert to the deadly explosives implanted in their heads that can go off at the first sign of defiance. Each squad member has their own unique moveset with enhanced traversal abilities to freely explore Metropolis' dynamic open world, along with a variety of weapons to customize and skills to master.

Action

Adventure

Open-World

Released

February 2, 2024

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence

How long to beat

10 hours

OpenCritic Rating

Weak

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Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit Remastered

As the name suggests, Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit Remastered is an improved version of the original Need for Speed ​​​​Hot Pursuit was released in 2010. Developed by Criterion Games and Stellar Entertainment, Hot Pursuit remastered features updated graphics, including higher resolution models, improved textures and more accurate reflections, all designed to provide a more immersive racing experience. Hot Pursuit remastered also includes all the main DLC from the original game, which together offer an additional six hours of gameplay and over 30 new challenges. As a true remaster, Hot Pursuit remastered maintains the core gameplay of high-speed police chases and car races through Seacrest County, so veteran fans and newcomers alike should find plenty to enjoy here.

Feel the thrill of the chase and escape in Need for Speed ​​Hot Pursuit Remastered. Unleash a wild sense of speed as both an outlaw and a cop in the world's hottest high-performance cars. Outsmart the heat or take down lawbreakers with the tactical weapons at your disposal in a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience. Updated with enhanced graphics, cross-platform multiplayer – including the asynchronous competition powered by Autolog – plus all the additional main DLC, this is the ultimate edition of Criterion Games' critically acclaimed Need for Speed ​​debut.

Screw down the winding roads of Seacrest County head first in racing that is socially competitive at its core. The groundbreaking Autolog connects you and your friends in head-to-head chases and races, instinctively providing challenges based on your friends' activities. Driven by friendly competition, this highly dynamic system is now supported with cross-platform synchronization and new multiplayer gameplay so you can compete against each other regardless of the platform you're on.

Released

November 6, 2020

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Chameleon

ESRB

E10+ For all 10+ // Mild texts, Mild violence

How long to beat

17 hours

OpenCritic Rating

Equitable

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

The same to Need for Speed ​​​​Hot Pursuit and its original version, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved and expanded version of the original Stanley Parable which was released in 2013. Developed by Crows Crows Crows and Galactic Cafe, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe still largely retains the original game's emphasis on choice and free will while introducing new content. IN The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxeplayers control Stanley and navigate an office environment with the help of the game's narrator. This special edition also comes with additional endings and new areas, effectively doubling the content of the original game.

You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will have your choices taken away from you. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

What's new?

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded reimagining of the critically acclaimed, award-winning 2013 indie game The Stanley Parable.

Everything that was in the original Stanley Parable is here, preserved exactly as it was in 2013. But The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe also dramatically expands the world of the original game with new content, new choices and new secrets to uncover. The maze just got bigger.

Additionally, the game has been upgraded visually to reflect modern technology while faithfully preserving the tone of the original game. Accessibility features have also been added to the game, including localization of text in the world, color-blind options, and content warnings.

And just like before, Kevan Brighting's impeccable voice work will accompany you every step of the way.

In The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, everything you remember has been recreated, but it's different somehow. We've been here before, right? Is Stanley still the same as he was then? Or is it you who has changed?

First person

Simulation

Mystery

Released

April 27, 2022

Developer

Crows Crows Crows

Publisher

Crows Crows Crows, Galactic Cafe

Engine

Unit

ESRB

T for Teens // Drug Reference, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Mild Violence

How long to beat

3 hours

Compatibility with Steam Deck

Verified

OpenCritic Rating

Powerful

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