PlayStation Plus Essential Adds Five Free Games for December

Sony Interactive Entertainment has expanded its PlayStation Plus Essential tier offerings for December 2025, providing subscribers with five free games starting December 2. The lineup, available for download on the PlayStation Store until January 6, 2026, includes Killing Floor 3 for PS5, LEGO Horizon Adventures for PS5, Neon White for PS4 and PS5, Synduality: Echo of Ada for PS5, and The Outlast Trials for PS4 and PS5. Once claimed, the games remain in subscribers' libraries indefinitely, though an active subscription is required to access them.

This holiday-season expansion marks a departure from the standard three-game monthly rotation, which Sony introduced with the PS5 launch in 2020. Previously, the service offered two titles per month since its inception in 2010. Officials described the larger selection as a festive perk, catering to diverse genres from horror and co-op shooters to puzzle-platformers and sci-fi adventures. Subscribers in Japan and Asia could begin claiming the titles on December 2 local time, with rollout completing at noon in other regions the same day. Those yet to download November's games, such as Stray and EA Sports WRC 24, have until December 1 to...