The PS5 it was released in late 2020, but due to initial shortages, has only been widely available in recent years. 2024 was one of those years, and it was full of ups and downs for the PS5 – with plenty of lessons for Sony to learn.
As 2024 draws to a close, Sony's position in the industry has only become more complicated. On the one hand, he won The Game Awards with Astro Botwhich captured the hearts and minds of many fans upon release. However, he suffered a huge loss with the failure Concordiain addition to receiving criticism surrounding the PS5 Pro. 2025 will be an opportunity for Sony to build on what worked from this year by redirecting from the pitfalls.
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PS5 game release schedule for 2025
The PS5 is set to receive a number of major games over the course of next year, including big-ticket exclusives such as Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Yotei's ghost. The console is also set to be part of major AAA releases such as Grand Theft Auto 6 and Borderlands 4as well as ports of games already on the market such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. A number of DLC releases are also scheduled for 2025, including DLC for Atomic heart, Dave the Diverand Rain world.
January
- Wuthering Waves – January 2
- Ys Memoire: The Oath of Felghana – January 7
- Tales of Graces f Remastered – January 17
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins – January 17
- Battles for Jedi Power – January 23
- Eternal strands – January 28
- Atomic heart—Enchantment Under The Sea DLC – January 28th
- Sniper Elite: Resistance – January 30
February
- Midnight Murder Club – February TBA
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – February 4
- Civilization 7 – February 11
- Assassin's Creed Shadows – February 14
- Meet everything! – February 14
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2 – February 14
- Tomb Raider 4-5-6 Remastered – February 14
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (Casette 1) – February 18
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – February 21
- Monster Hunter Wilds – February 28
March
- Football Manager 25 – March TBA
- Killing the 3rd floor – March TBA
- Split Fiction – March 6
- FragPunk – March 6
- Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – March 6
- Wanderstop – March 11
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (Casette 2) – March 18
- Yumia Workshop: The Alchemist of Memories and the Imagined Land – March 21
- Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game – March 25
- AI limit – March 27
- Atomfall – March 27
- First Berserker: Khazan – March 27
- Rain world— “The Watcher” DLC – March 28
April
- Fatal Fury: City of Wolves – April 24
May
- Revenge of the Savage Planet – May TBA
June
- Inazuma Eleven: Road to Victory – June TBA
October
Month TBA
- 2XKO
- Alabaster Dawn
- Anno 117: Pax Romana
- ArcheAge Chronicles
- ARC Raiders
- Resleriana Workshop: The Red Alchemist and the White Guardian
- Baby Steps
- Borderlands 4
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Non-native)
- Carmen Sandiego (Early 2025)
- Chain echoes—DLC Ashes of Elrant (T2 2025)
- Dark Clair: Expedition 33 (Spring 2025)
- Coffee Talk Tokyo
- Crimson Desert (End of 2025)
- Kronos: The New Dawn
- Dave the Diver— Jungle DLC
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 (non-native)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles 2
- Dispatch
- Directive 8020 – A game with dark images
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD-2D Remake
- Dying Light: The Beast (summer 2025)
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- FBC Firebreak
- Yotei's ghost
- Golf with your friends 2 (After PC release)
- Grand Theft Auto 6
- Hell is us
- Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact (summer 2025)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Spring 2025)
- The instinct
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
- Little Nightmares 3
- Lost soul aside
- Lunar Collection Remastered (Spring 2025)
- Mafia: The Old Country (summer 2025)
- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
- Mecha Break (Spring 2025)
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
- Mouse PI for rent
- Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (summer 2025)
- A move away
- Prison architect 2
- Promises Mascot Agency
- Rematch (summer 2025)
- Sea of Stars— Throes of the Watchmaker DLC (Spring 2025)
- Labyrinth of Shadows
- Skates (Early Access)
- Splitgate 2
- Subnautica 2
- The Alters (Q1 2025)
- First Berserker: Khazan
- Trails in the sky Chapter 1 (Fall 2025)
- The outer worlds 2
- The Run: Got Next
- The Talos Principle: Reawakened
- The Wolf Among Us 2
- Tron: Catalyst
- The Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2
- The world of wheels
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
- Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternate Saga
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PS Plus in 2025
Free games coming to PS Plus Essential will arrive a week later than normal in 2025, as a result of the year starting on Wednesday. Furthermore, Sony has confirmed that a number of games will be leaving PS Plus in January.
Games confirmed for PS Plus in 2025
It has been confirmed that PS Plus games will leave in 2025
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker
- Just Cause 3
- Just Cause 4
- The Legend of Mana
- Life is strange
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Pure Hold'em
- Resident Evil 2
- The Secret of Mana
- The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
PlayStation 5
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