{"id":727157,"date":"2026-08-04T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727157\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:58:11","slug":"august-2026-ps-plus-essential-games-available-to-download-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727157\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"August<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

A trio of new PS Plus Essential<\/a> games can be downloaded at no extra cost from the PS Store<\/a> right now, including one all-new day one debut.<\/p>\n

The three titles are available as of the publication of this article in the UK and Europe, with the PS Store expected to be updated later in the day in the USA.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, the three new games, available until 31st August, 2026, are as follows:<\/p>\n

For those new to PS Plus Essential, here\u2019s a friendly reminder: all three of these games will remain yours to keep once redeemed, as long as you remain an active subscriber.<\/p>\n

If your subscription lapses at any point, you\u2019ll temporarily lose access to these titles, until you resubscribe.<\/p>\n

Big Walk is launching day one into PS Plus Essential, and it comes critically acclaimed. It\u2019s actually one of the highest rated releases of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dying Light 2<\/a> and Signalis<\/a> are also well-liked titles, although most of you aren\u2019t impressed with the lineup. In our poll, 53% of you said you were disappointed with the selection or worse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still, will you be adding these games to your catalogue? Let me know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square A trio of new PS Plus Essential games can be downloaded at no extra cost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,1357,197,112,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-727157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps-plus","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}