Massive PS Plus Clearout Set for May – 25 Titles Leaving the Service

Sony’s Biggest PS Plus Purge Yet.

Kyle S

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Sony is preparing one of the biggest purges in the history of PlayStation Plus, with 25 games set to leave the service in May 2025, including major first-party titles, fan-favourite indies, and several PSVR2 experiences. The update impacts subscribers across all three tiers—Essential, Extra, and Premium—raising questions about the long-term value of the platform.

Key Titles Leaving PS Plus in May

The mass exodus begins on May 6, with the Essential tier losing:

  • RoboCop: Rogue City (PS5)
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (PS5, PS4)
  • Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory (PS4)

Two weeks later, on May 20, subscribers to Extra and Premium will see a flood of games removed from the Catalog, including:

  • Grand Theft Auto V (PS5, PS4)
  • Ghostrunner (PS5, PS4)
  • inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)
  • Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4)
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PS4)
  • Journey to the Savage Planet (PS5, PS4)
  • Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (PS4)
  • Enter the Gungeon (PS4)
  • Stranded: Alien Dawn (PS5, PS4)
  • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (PS4)
  • The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame (PS5)
  • The Sims 4: Island Living (PS4)
  • MotoGP 24 (PS5, PS4)
  • Portal Knights (PS4)

VR and Classics Also Hit Hard

The Premium tier isn’t being spared either. In a blow to the already understocked PSVR2 library, six virtual reality titles will be delisted:

  • Walkabout Mini Golf (PS5)
  • Synth Riders (PSVR2)
  • Before Your Eyes (PSVR2)
  • Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (PSVR2)
  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (PSVR2)
  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution (PSVR2)

And for players hoping to revisit Sony’s PS3-era classics, both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 are also being removed from the Premium Classics Catalog.

First-Party Losses Raise Eyebrows

What’s catching the most heat from the community, though, is the removal of Sony-published titles like inFAMOUS: Second Son and Resistance. With these IPs owned by Sony, their departure from the service has sparked a new wave of questions about how committed the platform holder is to maintaining long-term value in its subscription offerings.

“It’s baffling to see first-party titles drop off,” one Reddit user wrote. “They own the games. It’s not like they’re paying licensing fees to themselves.”

This clearout comes at a time when PS Plus has already been under scrutiny. Sony raised subscription prices across multiple regions in late 2024, and while the new cost was supposed to reflect “better value and content,” the ongoing removal of high-profile titles paints a different picture.

For many, comparisons to Xbox Game Pass are inevitable. Game Pass continues to offer day-one releases, deeper first-party support, and more stability in its catalog. The PS Plus model, on the other hand, now feels more like a rotating buffet with no guarantee of long-term access.

What’s Next?

Sony has yet to announce the full lineup of incoming games for May. The Essential tier additions are expected to be revealed on April 30, while updates for Extra and Premium usually drop around the middle of the month (May 14, if the pattern holds).

Still, with such a large slate of games leaving, many subscribers are wondering if the upcoming titles will be enough to offset the damage.

If you’re currently in the middle of any of these games, you’ve got until May 6 or May 20 to finish them—depending on their removal date. Once they’re gone, they’re gone, unless you purchase them outright.

Sony may be making room for fresh content, but the scale of this clearout—and the quality of some of the games involved—has left fans questioning the future direction of PS Plus.