PS Plus Essential May 2025 games – Balatro and Warhammer 40K Boltgun join in major drop

It’s time for another bout of PlayStation games with the latest PS Plus Essential drop, and it’s coming out swinging with games like Balatro and Warhammer 40K: Boltgun.

is back once again, much to the joy of players, especially as right now, the gaming conversation has been all and . Of course, consistently has loads going for it, but it’s hard not to acknowledge that they’re a little outside of the wider gaming conversation right now, so it’s about time for the company to bite back.

After all, it has done it before – the delivered , which was a huge deal for the service, and for subscribers who were yet to explore the Wizarding World therein. There has still been hope that PS Plus Essential can follow through and perform similarly, even though it has a tendency to offer smaller titles than Extra and Premium, even with RoboCop and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre appearing in the .

The lineup is finally here, though, and even though it didn’t match up with our PS Plus Essential May 2025 predictions, it’s still a collection of games that players will find something to enjoy in. Here’s everything you need to know about the PS Plus Essential May 2025 games drop.

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PS Plus Essential May 2025 games confirmed

The PS Plus Essential May 2025 games reveal has arrived courtesy of , and as revealed in a , there are a few more titles for players to get stuck into across and . Here’s every game coming to the service on Tuesday, May 6, as revealed by a new blog post:

• Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5)

• Balatro (PS5 | PS4)

• : Boltgun (PS5 | PS4)

This is an incredibly impressive drop that, for once, isn't best represented by its headliner. Balatro is a smash hit that proved that a one-dev Indie title can make it big with a Game of the Year nomination, and Warhammer 40K: Boltgun is an exemplary boomer shooter that deserved far more attention at launch.

These games replace RoboCop: Rogue City, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory, which will leave the service an hour before the new titles appear. Act fast if you want to add these games to your library, as once they’ve been dropped from the service, you’ll have to pay for it yourself.