Sony posted the October Essential lineup on Wednesday. Three games. Claim window is October 6 through November 2. Official post is on the PlayStation Blog.
September’s batch — Chained Echoes, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Wobbly Life, and MLB The Show 26 — stays claimable through October 5. After that, it’s gone from the monthly list.
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 (PS5, PS4)
The odd one out, and the only title that still works on PS4. Square Earth, voxel bugs, 100-plus playable characters, 600-plus weapons. Four-player online co-op or two-player local split-screen. It is loud and dumb on purpose. If you have ever wanted EDF without the grim military coat of paint, this is that version.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 (PS5)
Crytek’s extraction shooter in a rotten American frontier. You hunt monsters for a bounty, then other players hunt you. Solo, duos, or trios. Four maps. Sony is also tying a Hunt starter pack to Plus on October 6 as part of HorrorFest, so the game and the cosmetics land the same week.
F1 25 (PS5)
Codemasters’ 2025 Formula 1 game, not the brand-new season title. Career and My Team 2.0 are the offline hooks. Online, there is F1 World, where you and friends race as a squad against AI. EA sold a 2026-season expansion in June; that paid pack is separate from this Plus claim. You get the base F1 25 game.
Also in the same blog post
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits Sony Pictures Core on October 6, with limited avatars Plus members can grab in-app.
- HorrorFest packs: Warzone horror bundle (October 1), Hunt starter pack (October 6), Overwatch 2 Draugr Reinhardt plus five tier skips (October 7).
Dates
- Claim September games through October 5
- October Essential games live October 6
- October games leave the monthly list November 2
Essential is still the cheap tier: online play, the monthly three-or-so games, cloud saves, store discounts. Current US pricing after the May hike is $10.99 a month, $27.99 for three months, or $79.99 a year.