PlayStation Plus is moving away from offering monthly PlayStation 4 games beginning in 2026. The paid subscription service will still offer them “occasionally,” but the main focus of the program will be PS5 games, and it only took almost the entirety of the current console’s life-cycle to see customer demand get there.

You’ll still have access to monthly PS4 games you’ve already redeemed, but Sony is shifting its focus more fully to PS5.

F ree PS4 games have been a monthly staple of PlayStation Plus since the PS4 was the current console. Even now, more than four years into the PS5’s lifecycle, PS4 games as part

Sony has announced a key change for the future of PlayStation Plus. Sony will shift away from offering PS4 games as it looks to focus on PS5 games instead. Sony said it's making this change as part of the evolution of PS Plus overall. This isn't starting soon, though, and will begin in January 2026.

Sony warns current PlayStation Plus subscribers that PlayStation 4 games are no longer guaranteed key benefits of the freebie games catalog.

Sony is cutting PlayStation 4 games from its PlayStation Plus Essentials monthly games and the Games Catalog starting in January 2026, instead focusing solely on PlayStation 5.

Sony has announced it's shifting the focus of its PlayStation Plus monthly games and Game Catalog updates toward

Therefore, "as we shift to PS5," PlayStation writes in its announcement, "PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit and will only be occasionally offered for PlayStation Plus Mont