PS Plus has had a pretty mixed year so far. While there have been some key highlights, the lineups of games across the Essential, Extra, and Premium tiers have been mixed at best. August could mark a shift for the service as we head into a busy end-of-year release season with tonnes of huge games. Here is what you can expect from the PS Plus August 2024 games.
Below, we have all the details about this month’s games for the Essential tier, including the date they will be announced, what will be leaving in August.
PS Plus August 2024 games
The PS Plus August 2024 games are:
- LEGO: Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 6, 2024)
- Five Nights At Freddy’s Security Breach – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 6, 2024)
- Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights – PS4 (Available from August 6, 2024)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Wild Hearts – PS5 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Cult of the Lamb – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Ride 5 – PS5 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Sword Art Online Last Recollection – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Sword Art Online Hollow Realization – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Watch Dogs 2 – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Extra, Premium])
- Vacation Simulator – PSVR 2 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Premium only])
- Timesplitters – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Premium only])
- Timesplitters 2 – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Premium only])
- Timesplitters: Future Perfect – PS5, PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Premium only])
- Sword Art Online Lost Song – PS4 (Available from August 20, 2024 [Premium only])
The PS Plus August 2024 games were announced on August 14, 2024 for the Extra and Premium tiers. The games will then be made available on August 20, 2024. The Essential games were announced on July 31, 2024 and will be available on August 6, 2024.
LEGO: Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PS5, PS4)
Play through all 9 films of the saga in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Galactic Edition and enjoy playing as over 400 characters from the expanded universe. The galaxy is yours in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Experience memorable moments and nonstop action from all nine Skywalker saga films reimagined with signature LEGO humor.
Five Nights At Freddy’s Security Breach (PS5, PS4)
Recommended
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach is the latest installment of the family-friendly horror games loved by millions of players from all over the globe. Play as Gregory, a young boy trapped overnight in Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy Fazbear himself, Gregory must survive the near-unstoppable hunt of reimagined Five Nights at Freddy’s characters – as well as new, horrific threats.
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (PS4)
Ender Lilies is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
The current list of games that will be leaving the service in August are:
- Borderlands 3 – PS5, PS4 (Available until August 6, 2024)
- NHL 24 – PS5, PS4 (Available until August 6, 2024)
- Among Us – PS5, PS4 (Available until August 6, 2024)
- Destroy All Humans! – PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Destroy All Humans 2 – Reprobed – PS5, PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Lost Judgment – PS5, PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Midnight Fight Express – PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Moving Out 2 – PS5, PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- NBA 2K24 – PS5 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Need For Speed Unbound – PS5 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- SpellForce III: Reforced – PS5, PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Sea of Stars – PS5, PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
- Trials of Mana – PS4 (Extra, Premium – Available until August 20, 2024)
For even more on the current PS Plus lineup, check out what was added to the service in July with our guide on the July 2024 PS Plus games.