Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the May 2025 Monthly Games lineup for PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers. All titles will be available from May 6 to June 2.
The full list of Monthly Games is as follows:
- ARK: Survival Ascended (PS5) – Are you ready to form a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of species of dinosaurs and other primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain? Your new world awaits in this survival sim, reimagined from the ground-up with Unreal Engine 5, with high-end graphic features, advanced physics systems and quality of life revamps in every area. Ark: Survival Ascended includes access to all of ARK‘s worlds, including “Scorched Earth,” “Aberration,” “Extinction,” “ARK Genesis Part 1,” “ARK Genesis Part 2,” and more. The game supports public online multiplayer for up to 70 players, private-session multiplayer for up to eight players, and local split-screen for two players.
- Balatro (PS5, PS4) – In this poker-inspired roguelike deck builder, it’s all creating powerful synergies and winning big. Play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers and trigger outrageous combos in this roguelike strategy experience. Combine valid poker hands with unique joker cards in order to create varied synergies and builds. Earn enough chips to beat devious blinds, all while uncovering hidden bonus hands and decks as you progress. You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS5, PS4) – Load up your Boltgun and plunge into battle headfirst! Experience a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, classic, frenetic first-person shooter gameplay and the stylish visuals of your favorite 90s retro shooters. Play a battle-hardened Space Marine on a perilous mission across the galaxy, as they battle against the Chaos Space Marines and daemons of Chaos. In glorious boomer shooter style, unleash your devastating Space Marine arsenal as you blast through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood. Run, jump and charge across huge levels to shoot, shred and slice the worst heretics across the galaxy!