If you’re not familiar with Stray, it’s a PS4/PS5 game where you play as a cat. It’s a very short game; the main story can be beaten in an afternoon. However, it’s available on PS+ (although going away soon), and can be purchased outright for <$30.
It’s the first time in a long time where I felt totally delighted by how innovative and different a video game was. First of all, playing as a cat isn’t just a cute gimmick. The level designs are all about navigating around slums using your size and acrobatic abilities of a cat.
Second, the world that the devs have created is so cool. It’s like some sort of cyberpunk version of Kowloon Walled City.
This game is not Elden Ring. But for an afternoon, it’s absolutely worth your time. I can’t recommend it enough. Especially if you are finding yourself burned out by the usual types of games. I hope the devs follow up with something else adjacent to this game!
As long as you download it now, then you can keep the game as long as you’re a member of PS+. So if you even think you might play it in the future, download it now. Once it rotates off the subscription, then it won’t be available for download anymore (but people who already downloaded it can keep it).
That’s unfortunately only true for the essential tier (the three or four games every month). As this is a game in the extra tier, it will not be available for ‘free’ after 18th of July.
Slightly off topic but do you find PS+ worth it? I’m toying with getting it at the moment
You have 2 choices really:
PS+ Extra or PS+ Premium
Essential isn’t worth it IMO as it’s like 2-3 games for free (that you keep forever) while you can pay a couple extra bucks for Extra and get an ENTIRE catalog of amazing AAA and indie games.
The main, and the most impactful difference between Extra and Premium is the ability to stream, which consequently allows you to play older games (ps3, ps2, ps1, PSP, etc). Game trials are basically short ass demos which I have only used once (for TLOU:R) and haven’t touched since. I forget what other options premium comes with since I barely use the other options apart from ps3 game streaming.
To answer your question : look at the catalog and if there are 5+ games that you probably think you would like them, then I would say yes you would enjoy PS+ since it introduces you to a crazy big catalog with hidden gems that I guarantee you would not have bought otherwise.
If you have more questions I’ll be happy to answer !
I do the middle tier, and find it worth it. Almost all my recent PS5 games are on PS+, and I find myself waiting because even the very popular titles com up on it. Horizon: Forbidden West was on there recently (haven’t checked to see if it still is), the Spider Man games are both in there, plus a crapton of great AA games.
This is only a thing for the monthly essential games and for the, now debunked, PlayStation game collection, which was for ps5 users and allowed them to keep like 10-15 games forever if you continued to have a ps+ subscription.