Stray joins PlayStation Plus Essential lineup in November

A user on the Dealabs forum identified as billbilkun has leaked that the adventure game Stray will be one of three titles included in PlayStation Plus Essential’s November lineup, with the collection expected to become claimable on Tuesday, November 4. Sony is scheduled to confirm the full monthly Essential selection on Wednesday, October 29, the company’s usual reveal window, and subscribers across all tiers will be able to add the announced games to their libraries once the lineup goes live.

According to the report, Stray will be available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 users through the Essential tier as well as the higher Extra and Premium tiers. The leaker did not identify the other two Essential games. PlayStation Plus policy allows members who claim monthly titles to continue playing them while they remain subscribed to any tier, meaning players who add Stray during the November window would retain access as long as their membership is current.

Stray, developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive, launched in July 2022 as a day-one addition to PlayStation Plus Extra and later left the service after about a year. The third-person narrative...