As the months come and go, so do the PlayStation Plus free games. Each and every month, players are treated to free games on the platform and the reveal is always hotly anticipated. There’s been a perceived dip in quality over the last year or so, with subscribers arguing that the freebies aren’t up to the level they once were. Still, they’re always worth checking out. And now we know what the free PlayStation Plus games are for July.
July PlayStation Plus Free Games
PlayStation Plus has recently been split into three different tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium. Essential is just the standard service that all subscribers had before and includes the free monthly games. The other two higher tiers also include the free monthly games but with some crucial additions. Extra includes more than 400 downloadable PS4 and PS5 games. And Premium adds a plethora of classic PS1, PS2, PS3 (stream only), and PSP games.
Thanks to Dealabs user billbil-kun, who has been accurately leaking details of the PS Plus freebies for months, we now know which games to expect. So, what are the free PlayStation Plus games that all subscribers will get in July?
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (PS4 & PS5)
Crash Bandicoot 4 is July’s headline title. It comes from developer Toys for Bob and is a sequel to the immensely popular platform trilogy from the 90s. It retcons the games that followed Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and picks up where the original trilogy left off.
The game retains all the fan favourite features of the originals but adds in a new feature – Quantum Masks. These allow players to traverse obstacles and alter levels.
When Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time came out in 2020, it was met with positive critical reception. The PlayStation 5 version currently stands at a critic score of 86 on Metacritic.
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan (PS4)
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is the first game of eight installments in Supermassive Games anthology horror series. Two further installments, Little Hope and House of Ashes, were released in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The next game, The Devil In Me, is due out this year. So, this is a great chance to jump into the horror anthology for free and open the door to some solid spooky games.
Supermassive Games are known for their successful forays into the horror genre. They also made 2015’s Until Dawn and the recently released The Quarry.
Man of Medan got decent reviews when it came out. The PS4 version currently holds a critic rating of 69 on Metacritic.
Arcadegeddon (PS4 & PS5)
Arcadegeddon is a PvE and PvP multiplayer shooter. Playing solo or with up to three friends, you battle dynamic hordes of enemies across a range of different biomes in order to save a video game arcade from a deadly virus.
Thus far, Arcadegeddon hasn’t gained much traction in the multiplayer market. However, being one of July’s PlayStation Plus free games could bring a lot of new players to the game. Both of the only two critic reviews on Metacritic scored the PS5 version 70 out of 100.
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