Sony announced the October 2026 PlayStation Plus Essential free games lineup: F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, available for download starting Oct. 6 through Nov. 2. The offerings span racing, extraction shooter, and cooperative action genres for subscribers.
Minecraft Dungeons 2 is a brief, shallow ARPG that strips away complexity in favor of simplicity, offering minor improvements like jumping and more armor slots but little to excite players beyond a few hours of mindless dungeon crawling with friends.
PlayStation Plus will add Mycopunk, a four-player co-op looter shooter from Devolver Digital, as a day-one launch title for Extra and Premium members on October 20, 2026. Several games including Silent Hill 2 and Yakuza: Like A Dragon will leave the service in October, with the full October Essential games lineup to be announced September 30.
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios is testing a PvE mode after data showed a growing portion of players prefer co-op over PvP combat. The trial runs October 13–20 and features reduced loot value and adjusted enemy AI to maintain tension without player-versus-player threats.