Unveiling Top PlayStation Plus Picks for January 2025

This article discusses the PlayStation Plus subscription service and highlights some of its best games, focusing on titles leaving the service in January 2025 and a newly added Essential title.

The PlayStation Plus service, launched in June 2022, offers three tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium. Essential provides online access, monthly free games, and discounts. Extra adds hundreds of PS4 and PS5 games to the Essential benefits. Premium includes all of the above, plus classic games (PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3), game trials, and cloud streaming (in select regions).

The vast Premium library can be difficult to navigate, so this article focuses on notable titles. Sony regularly adds new games, a mix of recent PS4/PS5 releases and classic titles. Rankings consider both game quality and their PS Plus addition date, prioritizing newer additions and Essential games.

Departing PS Plus Extra & Premium Games (January 2025)

Several significant games are leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium on January 21st, 2025. The most notable departures are:

• Resident Evil 2 (Remake): A critically acclaimed remake of the original, considered by many to be one of the best in the series. This survival horror title features two campaigns, focusing on inventory management, puzzle-solving, and tense encounters with enemies in Raccoon City. While completing both campaigns before the game's removal might be challenging, a single playthrough is achievable.

• Dragon Ball FighterZ: A highly accessible yet deeply strategic fighting game from Arc System Works. While its online component is a major draw, the offline single-player arcs, though initially engaging, can become repetitive. Completing them within the remaining PS Plus timeframe is possible, but might not fully showcase the game's depth.

New PS Plus Essential Game (January 2025)

• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe: Available from January 7th to February 3rd as a PS Plus Essential title. (Further details about this game would be added here in a full article.)

This information helps subscribers prioritize their playtime within the remaining availability window for the departing titles and highlights a newly added game to the Essential tier.