Death Stranding 2: On the Beach hits PlayStation Plus on November 17, headlining one of the strongest Game Catalog drops in a long time. Sony announced the 10 games coming in November for Extra and Premium subscribers on November 10, and the list doesn’t stop at Kojima’s name: there’s a pirate Like a Dragon, Rebellion’s Atomfall, and the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest III, plus two Premium classics. The whole thing rolls out in three waves between November 11 and 24.
One thing to get straight before the list: this is the Extra and Premium Game Catalog, not the Essential monthly games. Catalog games are playable as long as your subscription is active and Sony keeps them on the list — they’re not yours forever, and Sony hasn’t said how long Death Stranding 2 will stay. The lineup can also vary by region; the PlayStation Blog itself says to check your local store. With that out of the way, this is a month that pays for Extra on its own.
The full list, in three waves
The drop doesn’t land all at once — Sony splits it across three dates. Hell Let Loose opens things on November 11 (November 12 in Japan). The bulk arrives November 17: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Atomfall, and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, along with the two Premium classics, Soul Reaver 2 and Freedom Wars Remastered. And November 24 closes it out with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii — also in Japan that day — plus Trepang2, MotoGP 26, and Cricket 26, those last three dated for the US and UK.
Here’s the list, game by game, with platform and tier:
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — PS5 — Extra and Premium — November 17
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii — PS5, PS4 — Extra and Premium — November 24 (US, UK, and Japan)
- Atomfall — PS5, PS4 — Extra and Premium — November 17
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake — PS5 — Extra and Premium — November 17
- Trepang2 — PS5 — Extra and Premium — November 24 (US and UK)
- MotoGP 26 — PS5 — Extra and Premium — November 24 (US and UK)
- Hell Let Loose — PS5 — Extra and Premium — November 11 (US and UK; November 12 in Japan)
- Cricket 26 – The Official Game of the Ashes — PS5, PS4 — Extra and Premium — November 24 (US and UK)
- Soul Reaver 2 — PS5, PS4 — Premium only — November 17
- Freedom Wars Remastered — PS5, PS4 — Premium only — November 17
GameRant put the total value of the drop at $484.21 if you bought all ten games separately. That’s their math, not Sony’s, but it gives you a sense of the month’s size: Death Stranding 2 alone still sells for $69.99 on the PlayStation Store.
Death Stranding 2 is the headliner
The headline is no accident. Death Stranding 2 launched on PS5 on June 26, 2025, and it joins the catalog less than 17 months later — fast for a Sony exclusive of this size. It’s also the best-reviewed game in the batch: a 90 on OpenCritic across more than 200 professional reviews, a 10 from Screen Rant, and a 9 from IGN, with an 8.7 user score on Metacritic. On Steam, where it arrived March 19, 2026, it also goes for $69.99, so playing it through the catalog skips the full price entirely.
Kojima’s sequel sends Sam Porter Bridges to Australia to connect the continent to the Chiral Network, through day and night cycles, earthquakes, sandstorms, wildfires, and Timefall rain that ages everything it touches. It’s also one of the best DualSense showcases on PS5 — the press has said since launch that the controller feels like an extension of the character. If you passed on it at release because you weren’t sure it was your kind of game, this is the perfect excuse: try it without paying full price, and if it doesn’t click, there are nine other games waiting.
The other big three: pirates, cults, and dragons
Behind Death Stranding 2 are three names that would headline any other month. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii stars Goro Majima — amnesiac, turned pirate captain — in a modern-day pirate adventure in Hawaii, with combat on land and at sea and a legendary treasure in the mix. It arrives November 24, and it’s one of the few games in the drop that’s also on PS4.
Atomfall, from Rebellion — the Sniper Elite studio — is a survival-action game set five years after the Windscale nuclear disaster in northern England. You explore the quarantine zone, scavenge, craft, barter, fight, and talk your way through a countryside full of cults, government agencies, and strange characters to figure out what really happened. And Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake brings back the start of the Erdrick trilogy in the visual style Square Enix has turned into a trademark: Ortega’s child, summoned by the king of Aliahan on their 16th birthday, has to finish their father’s quest and defeat the Archfiend Baramos.
The rest of the catalog and the two Premium classics
The second line of the drop covers a lot of ground. Trepang2 is a first-person shooter starring an escaped soldier with supernatural abilities and a grudge. MotoGP 26 brings the full 2026 championship — official riders, teams, bikes, and tracks — with a new twist: real-world results update rider ratings over the course of the season. Hell Let Loose is the 100-player WWII shooter, 50 vs. 50, with infantry, tanks, artillery, and a front line that shifts as the battle goes on. And Cricket 26, the official game of the Ashes, comes with a management career mode, an expanded Pro Team, and a full Ashes mode.
Premium subscribers also get two classics: Soul Reaver 2, the Legacy of Kain sequel where Raziel travels through time hunting Kain, and Freedom Wars Remastered, the action game set in a future where being alive is a crime and you survive deadly missions to shave time off a million-year prison sentence. They’re the only two games in the drop that don’t come with Extra.
What is the month worth?
The math is simple. In the US, a year of PlayStation Plus Extra costs $134.99 and Premium costs $159.99. Death Stranding 2 at full price alone covers half a year of Extra. And the whole drop, valued at $484.21 by GameRant, is worth three times the annual cost of the top tier. One catch: paying month to month costs more than the annual plan on both tiers, so anyone signing up just for this month should check the fine print before picking how to pay.
Some context helps too. November’s Essential monthly games — Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered, and Monster Train 2 — got a lukewarm reception, according to ComicBook, with subscribers asking for newer titles. The Extra and Premium catalog is Sony’s answer to that complaint, and it arrives earlier than usual: per ComicBook, Sony typically waited until mid-month to refresh the catalog, and this time the first game is already out on the 11th.
The bad news: the PS Plus app on PC retires December 10
The same announcement carried a retirement. Sony confirmed that on December 10 it is shutting down the PlayStation Plus app on PC — the cloud streaming app will no longer be available. Sony’s stated reason is usage: fewer than 0.4% of eligible Premium members use it. The company says the change doesn’t affect memberships or benefits on PS5 and PS4, and that it will notify affected users directly. But for anyone who played on PC through streaming, the date is a deadline: after December 10, that door closes.
It’s a reminder that the catalog and streaming are services, not a library you own: what arrives today can leave tomorrow, and the ways in change. The PC app was the only way to play in the cloud without a console, and its retirement leaves streaming as a console and Premium benefit, not a PC one.
What to do: key dates and what to play first
If your subscription is already active, the plan is simple: Hell Let Loose is out now, and on November 17 you go straight to Death Stranding 2 — that’s the game that justifies the month. Atomfall and Dragon Quest III are the plan for the following weeks, and on the 24th, Pirate Yakuza closes out the drop. The next batch of Essential monthly games is expected around November 25, so the month still has one more surprise coming.
And after a week where GTA 6 dominated the headlines — Rockstar confirmed 30 fps on consoles and the PS5 Pro features — the November catalog hands the spotlight back to PlayStation: a Kojima exclusive, a pirate Yakuza, and a Dragon Quest remake in the same month doesn’t happen every day. On November 17, the appointment is different: Sam Porter Bridges is hauling the weight of connecting a continent again, and this time you don’t have to pay 70 dollars to go with him.
Frequently asked questions
When can I play Death Stranding 2 on PlayStation Plus?
November 17, 2026, in the Extra and Premium Game Catalog, on PS5 only.
Are the catalog games mine forever?
No. You play them while your subscription is active and while Sony keeps them in the catalog. Sony hasn’t confirmed how long Death Stranding 2 will stay.
What happens to the PlayStation Plus app on PC?
Sony retires it on December 10, 2026. Cloud streaming on PC goes away; nothing changes on PS5 and PS4.
