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PlayStation Plus May 2021: PS Plus Free Games Available To Claim Now

PS Plus subscribers can snag three free games this month, including Wreckfest for PS5.

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PlayStation Plus subscribers have yet another bunch of free games to claim on PS4 and PS5 this month before the June PS Plus games arrive, and you can download all of them right now. May's PS Plus freebies once again include one PS5 game and two PS4 games, with all available to play on the PS5. PS5 users can snag Wreckfest, a fun demolition derby game that originally released in 2018. Wreckfest for PS5 will be exclusive to PS Plus subscribers until it becomes available for purchase in June. First-person shooter Battlefield 5 and open-world survival game Stranded Deep round out May 2021's PS Plus offerings and are available to claim on both PS4 and PS5.

Wreckfest: Drive Hard, Die Last is a spiritual successor of FlatOut. If you're a fan of arcade racing with plenty of outrageous crashes, Wreckfest is definitely worth checking out. It includes a huge assortment of cars and tracks. The superb physics and collisions systems create some of the game's best moments, but Wreckfest still has tight controls that reward smart driving over total recklessness. It earned a 9/10 in our Wreckfest review. This freebie is only available for PS5, but if you don't have a new console yet, you can claim it to play at a later date (hopefully the PS5 restock situation improves soon).

With Battlefield 6 set to release before the end of the year, Sony is giving away the last mainline entry in the series all month. Despite the fact Battlefield 5 released back in 2018, it still has a fairly active player base for its great suite of online multiplayer modes. Since a new wave of players will be joining the fight, we imagine Battlefield 5 will be even more active in May. There's also has a single-player campaign, though it's only a few hours long. We awarded it an 8/10 in our Battlefield 5 review.

In Stranded Deep, your plane goes down and you're forced to fend for yourself in the dangerous waters of the Pacific Ocean. You have to survive the elements by taking care of your body, crafting tools, building structures, and hunting for food. Stranded Deep has a procedurally generated world, so each island you explore is different.

May 2021 PS Plus Free Games

Available May 4 to May 31

  • Wreckfest: Drive Hard, Die Last (PS5 only)
  • Battlefield 5
  • Stranded Deep

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Geez, both Gold and PS+ May games are horrible this year.

Thanks for my birthday present guys (my bday is on the 13th) :(

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Well that went downhill fast. This is a trash list

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@svdbygrce02:

Wreckfest is awesome! MUCH better than Dirt 5 which I bought and regretted straight away.

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So they couldn’t give away

1. Any of the DarkSouls Games

2. TMNT :Turtles in Manhattan

3. King of Fighters 14

4. Resident Evil 4, 5, 6

5. MK: XL

6. Mafia 3

7. Dragon Age 3

8. Any of them WWE Games

9. Any of them Japanese style RPG’s

10. Diablo 3

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@yngshz: Think they already did Mafia 3.

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@yngshz: or you can buy the game you want and stop complaining. If you want a specific game, you can actually buy the thing you want.

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@yngshz: Dragon Age 3 would be amazing

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More old crappy games

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i been interested in Stranded Deep for a while, i almost bought it last month. abosultely 0 interest in other 2 tho

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Wreckfest is a blast. It's goofy, over-the-top fun (which is the only type of driving game I like).

BF5 is gorgeous, but I've literally never had "fun" playing it. Once the immersion wears off, you realize it's just "hunt for brown/green/beige pixels in the distance between hiding." At least in BF1 I had occasional flashes of the fun of BF4 (post-patches) and BF:BC2.

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I've had Battlefield 5 since it was released and it is an incredible game. It's got its bugs, but it is certainly better than the competition. (i.e Call of Duty). I've bought BF5 on the day it came out and I still play it today.

Wreckfest is a ton of fun. There's something great about over the top mayhem. Too bad is PS5 only.

Stranded Deep is the one I want to try. I haven't played it yet, but it seems fun.

Good month. Only bad thing is that I already own 2 of them.

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this sucks, both wreckfest and stranded are both in PS now (not sure if battlefield 5 is as well) but isnt this kind of like punishing those that have both ps plus and ps now?

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Wreckfest is a game I would never buy but is great the obey free for just a bit of fun.

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@dmblum1799: Great perspective. I played it for two weekends, and had a blast. Def wouldn't have played if it wasn't included with a sub.

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There's only so many games they can give away before it starts to get to the bad games.

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@hmoobpaladin said:

There's only so many games they can give away before it starts to get to the bad games.

Yeah but I'm still waiting for the good games...

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@n0matter: what do you think compared to xbox "free" games?

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Don't feed the troll folks, just enjoy this month's great offerings.

Happy gaming! 😺

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@thecupidstunts: Sony PR repping hard today.

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@megykermikes: Call it what you want, I'm just happy for good games. 🙂

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Always wanted to try Battlefield 5. Great month for Plus.

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Offering newer games is totally "Unsustainable"...... something Sony's Jim Ryan would say.....and i guess it's unsustainable but for Sony as we see just old games being offered again....

Now they are back to the bottom of the barrel......lol

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@johnny0779: really you could say the same thing about xbox gold games lmao come on johnny dont be a hypcrite

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Another great month as usual. Great games. Thanks Sony.

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@onehitta323: I guess if you like old games already offered to death already in other services...lol

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@johnny0779: cancel your xbl then lol

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@johnny0779: at least we get to keep them forever, not like other "rental services"

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@sebalayo: no,you dont. Tell me what happens once you quit ps plus?

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@sladakrobot: i pay again and all my ps plus games are there lol tell what happens when games go away from the gamepass rental service? they go bye bye lol

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@sebalayo: Dunno why you think your comeback was any good lol

You are the one who claims ps plus games are yours forever which is simply a lie.
You quit the sub,all is gone.
If you followed your own logic,you would admit that all GwG games,which are included in Gamepass,are also yours to keep forever...right?
But you didnt.

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@johnny0779: Oh I must have hit a nerve with my comment. Sucks for you!

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People are sleeping on stranded deep its a great game

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Not as strong as pervious months but Battlefield isn't exactly a low tier game ("In" before comments to the contrary 😉.).

That being said, I'm still making my way through last months free game Days Gone. I never got a round to playing it when it was released due to the negative critical reception it got coupled with the fact that I was making my way through a lot of more "important games" at the time but boy how wrong was I to look over this title.

So far I don't understand where all the negativity came from. Days Gone is really an amazing game with a quite engaging story despite it being an open world title. It also doesn't succumb to the usual open world woes most other competitors in its genre fall prey to.

There is a constant sense of urgency throughout which perfectly fits the context of the world it is in. Dare I say it... I'm actually finding it more enjoyable than The Last of Us 2.

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

I know, I know. BLASPHEMY Ninja!!!!!

It's just how I feel. Don't get me wrong, TLOU2 is all around a more polished product but there is something about Days Gone that is just firing on all cylinders for me so far. I continually want to see what happens next in the story. I didn't think I would like it this much.

This is one of the good things about these free games every month. They open you up to titles you normally would have overlooked.

-FREAKER NINJA APPROVED-

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@videogameninja: Yep Days Gone got rough treatment from critics for some reason. Dunno why as it's a great game just not quite as polished as other Sony games but still comparable to typical ubisoft openworld games, if not a bit better imo.

I had great fun playing through to completion. Only slight niggle is why does Deacon talk quietly to himself one moment then start shouting out loud for no apparent reason. He has some anger issues lol. Otherwise great game made even better on PS5 at 4k/60.

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No thanks.

Stuff I think is too mainstream (because many people have already played):

Marvel's Spider-Man, Witcher III, God of War, Street Fighters & Mortal Kombats

Persona 5, Devil May Cry 5, Dragon Age Inquisition, Saints Row IV, Resident Evil 7, Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2

Games I own but I think would be good choices:

Gravity Rush 2

2D: Axiom Verge, Dead Cells, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night, River City Girls, Dragon's Crown Pro, Gris, Salt and Sanctuary

Shmup: Raiden V, DariusBurst, Caladrius Blaze

Fighting: King of Fighters XIV, Any Blazblue or Guilty Gear, Soul Calibur VI, Tekken 7, Dead or Alive 6, Injustice 2, Dragon Ball Fighterz

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2

Trials Rising

Dragon Quest XI

From my wishlist:

Under Night in Birth CL-R

Senko no Ronde 2

Samurai Shodown (2019 reboot)

Dragonball Xenoverse 1 or 2, or Kakarot

Owlboy

Songbringer

Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise

Jump Force

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Unravel 1 or 2

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

Inside

The Last Day of June

Blaster Master Zero 1 or 2

Shovel Knight Treasure Trove

Any Shantae game

Polybius

Super Bomberman R

Gravity Ghost

I am Setsuna

Undertale even though I own it on other platforms

I recently bought Inside & both Unravel & Blaster Master Zero games. And for that stayathome promotion, we got Horizon Zero Dawn (which most of us already played) and Rez Infinite (finally a great choice)

Know what I don't want? BATTLEFIELD

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@kintoneo: i agree with you on the list but if they gave like niche titles and or indie people will complain like on xbox right now

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Oh wow, Wreckfest is an absolute blast! And BF5 to boot? Another great month.

Thanks Sony! 😀👍

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That is awesome! I had my eye on wreckfest! Happy with those sections! You have to love competition, it brings out the best in companies!!

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Nothin' for me, I think.

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Very nice! I almost bought Wreckfest the other day, and i thought about buying BF5, now i'll wait abit :)

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