{"id":564783,"date":"2026-04-04T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564783\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:50:09","slug":"are-you-happy-with-your-ps-plus-essential-games-for-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564783\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for April 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Well, this should make for an interesting poll!<\/p>\n

We don’t want to colour your opinion right out of the gate, but we think it’s more than fair to say that April 2026’s PS Plus Essential<\/a> lineup will be divisive.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, we’ve got a Soulslike, an anime action RPG, and a remastered collection.<\/p>\n

We’ll start with Lords of the Fallen<\/a>, which makes for an interesting headliner because it was met with somewhat mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

This dark fantasy adventure has received several major updates since its October 2023 release, however, and now, the general consensus is that it’s probably one of the strongest overall Soulslikes on the market.<\/p>\n

We think it’s worth a shot even if the genre isn’t quite your thing, but we can’t really say the same for Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream<\/a>. At this point, you’re either into Sword Art Online or you just can’t stomach it; and this latest adaptation won’t be changing your mind either way.<\/p>\n

It’s an MMO-styled hack-and-slash RPG with a lot of grinding, loot, and increasingly bulky bosses. You can play it online, too, taking part in raids with whole gangs of other players. But again, its trope-ridden story and hyper anime characters certainly won’t appeal to everyone.<\/p>\n

And finally, we’ve got Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered<\/a>, which would have been an easy recommendation for anyone with a PS1 itch \u2014 but a recent update reportedly mangled the game<\/a> in various ways. Amazing timing, but here’s hoping that it all gets fixed sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

What do you make of April 2026’s PS Plus Essential selection, then? As always, vote in our poll, and then express yourself in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

Are you happy with your PS Plus Essential games for April 2026? (371 votes)
\nYes, very happy10%Yeah, mostly happy23%Meh, they’re okay25%Nah, they’re disappointing18%No, it’s a crap selection21%I don’t have PS Plus3%<\/p>\n

Which PS Plus Essential game for April 2026 are you most looking forward to? (335 votes)
\nLords of the Fallen33%Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream4%Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered27%None of them, to be honest33%I don’t have PS Plus3%<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/p>\n

Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales \u2014 he’s played ’em all. A little too much, some might say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Well, this should make for an interesting poll! We don’t want to colour your opinion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3378,6394,6392,6393,1015,74],"class_list":["post-564783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-features","tag-polls","tag-ps-plus","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}