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16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April

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16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April

Sony has announced the full lineup of PS5 and PS4 games hitting PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month. A varied selection of titles will be joining the catalogue, starting from 16th April — with the exception of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, which launches into PS Plus Extra on the 23rd, and Animal Well, launching on 9th May.

Here’s how everything will shake out this time:

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PS Plus Extra: April 2024

Dave the Diver (PS5, PS4)
Oddballers (PS4)
Construction Simulator (PS5, PS4)
The Crew 2 (PS4)
Raji: An Ancient Epic (PS5, PS4)
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game (PS4)
Nour: Play with Your Food (PS5, PS4)
Deliver Us Mars (PS5, PS4)
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers (PS4)
Miasma Chronicles (PS5)
Stray Blade (PS5)
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (PS5) – Available from 23rd April 2024
Animal Well (PS5) – Available from 9th May 2024

PS Plus Premium: April 2024

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
MediEvil (PS1 original version)

A varied mix this time, with a slight bent towards indie games. Dave the Diver is obviously a great day-one add, and we can recommend checking out the likes of Nour: Play with Your Food and Deliver Us Mars for some slightly different experiences. As for the retro selection, the latter two were somewhat expected thanks to leaks, but the addition of an Alone in the Dark title is a good one considering the recent remake.

Also announced is that Animal Well will also technically join April’s lineup, although it won’t be available until the game’s launch date, which is 9th May.

What are your thoughts on April’s additions to PS Plus Extra and Premium? Let us know in the comments section below.

[source blog.playstation.com]

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he’s developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He’s also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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Blaze215
12h ago

Bargain bin selection of games as usual. My sub is running out this month and I can’t wait

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Shepherd_Tallon
12h ago

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is nice.
I had it on PS1, my cousin had it on PS2. After spending years playing Resi and Silent Hill during the PS1 days, that game scared the crap out of us.
I wonder how well it’s aged.

Also, og MediEvil. That’s a nice one for the nostalgia.

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Hundred_Hand_Slap
12h ago

Nice, you can pick it up MediEvil (PS1 Classic) for 5 bucks on the PS3 store if you don’t have Premium. Gets you the PS4/5 versions at no additional cost.

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get2sammyb
12h ago

@Blaze215 I mean, not really. There’s three unreleased games on the list.

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UltimateOtaku91
12h ago

That’s a nice selection for me, especially Miasma Chronicles and Deliver us Mars. Will give the two day one additions a try as well.

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UltimateOtaku91
12h ago

@get2sammyb Whats the third unreleased game? There’s Dave the diver and Tales of Kenzera.

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somnambulance
12h ago

I’m looking forward to Zau and Dave the Diver. Day 1 games are a huge plus for me.

Don’t sleep on Nour, by the way. The game is wonderful if you enjoy the oddball games Sony used to make. It’s definitely something that benefits from being in a sub as it’s sort of an artsy thing rather than a typical game. Try it though. It’s different and honestly, with the current state of the industry, it’s so refreshing to play something that leans into PS1 era weirdness with modern production values.

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SoulChimera
12h ago

Great list, although I’ve still got no time to play any of them. Haha.

@UltimateOtaku91 Animal Well.

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Nexozi
12h ago

Glad I held out on deliver us Mars. Will def be adding Dave the diver and tales of Kenzera to the backlog.

@get2sammyb Really don’t think @Blaze215 is serious. Well would hope not. 😂

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Deoxyr1bose
12h ago

These look to be great games, with 3 day 1 titles also… it’s just that I’m pretty sure most people aren’t gonna feel these justify the price increase.

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Americansamurai1
12h ago

Really nice seeing 3 day one indies being added to plus. Extra is very good this month while premium is meh

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GeeEssEff
12h ago

I have wanted to try Construction Simulator since it released but didn’t want to buy something I might potentially hate. With Dave the diver and Zau on top this is an excellent month for me. Ahhh wait a sec I’m doing this wrong sorry everyone…..crap selection, usual rubbish, where is Stella’s Blade?! Sub runs out in 12 months and it can’t come quick enough. Stupid Sony.

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Muttt
12h ago

Dave the Diver and Deliver us Mars. That’ll do nicely for me.

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Americansamurai1
12h ago

Really interested in animal well, love the vector graphics.

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Darude84
12h ago

We’re long past the stage to call these bad months. It’s just become a bad service. Might be playing Deliver Us Mars, but that doesn’t make up for it.

At least I’m enjoying the hell out of Demon’s Souls currently. Reminds me about the days this service was actually good.

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PaperAlien
12h ago

i’ll take Dave the Diver and Deliver Us Mars thankyouverymuch

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JohntheRaptor
12h ago

Weak month this time.

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Frmknst
12h ago

Hell yeas! Was very close to push the buy button on Miasma several times because on the one hand it’s turn based (ugh) but probably the best looking in the genre

And a lot of other interesting ones – those kind you would never buy but glad are free now. Exactly what PS plus is for.

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awp69
12h ago

The three day one games and Miasma make this a better month than usual for me.

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5h1ny-p0t4t0-h0u53
12h ago

Yesh. These are all games I haven’t played! I’m ready!
I think ps plus extra is at its best when it brings us hidden gems, indie titles, and sleeper hits. All the other games of course are going to be bought because of the “hype” train, but these indies finally get to see the wide audience they deserve, and being an obscure artist myself, that fuels my soul. Also really looking forward to Star Wars on premium.
@¿@

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thefourfoldroot1
12h ago

Don’t even know most of them. Guess I’ll have to look into those. Of the ones I do know I have zero interest. Really think I’ll not renew again.

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__jamiie
12h ago

The thing about PS+ being less about day one releases means I’ve invariably already bought any games I was interested in.

I realise this isn’t the same for everyone but that’s the reason I didn’t renew when it expired in February.

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Blaze215
12h ago

@get2sammyb look of you’re looking forward to ‘checks notes’ Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and animal well, 2 indie metroidvanias in an already saturated market fair enough. But these games will be bargain bin prices in matter of months

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Ludacritz
12h ago

Animal Well and Dave the Diver! Woopwoop

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carlos82
12h ago

Alone in the Dark and MediEvil here I come

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DETfaninATL
12h ago

RAJI: An Ancient Epic was quite a surprise to me and very enjoyable game when I played it some time ago. Definitely would recommend it!

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PsBoxSwitchOwner
12h ago

Outside of Dave the diver, that is a pretty rough month for extra, usually there is a couple of decent games.

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PacPern123
11h ago

Another month of mediocrity then

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tameshiyaku
11h ago

Good stuff, but these are all games that are more suitable for on the go. Sony, please finally give us a psplus mobile app, or even better a dedicated handheld device! Make it happen!

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nhSnork
11h ago

The return of Crew 2 (whose PC version is locked for legal purchases and too server-crutched for the proverbial other means) would be the most welcome item here if I hadn’t just pulled the trigger on the PS4 version last time it left the sub. Most of the other stuff is available on Switch although Construction Simulator might not be (Deku reports a bunch but I’m not sure what entry is being offered here🤔), and I might even idly dip my toes in the Gen-9-skipping Lego Avengers despite its eventual proper playthrough belonging on Vita.

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Th3solution
11h ago

Excited to see Deliver Us Mars.
I just need to play Deliver Us the Moon now. 😅 I’ve had it in my backlog for a couple years

I also might give Dave the Diver a try and see what all the hype is about. It doesn’t look like my kind of game, but I’m open-minded.

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lets_do-this_1999
11h ago

Not to bad at all,dave the diver,deliver us Mars and construct sim all sd interesting ,pretty gd overall

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Fishnpeas
11h ago

I’m more interested in why the latest firmware update for PS3 deleted half of the games on my storage, as well as my local game saves.

Weird as hell, I had over a 1tb of games on there, and it takes an age to download them.

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misak192
11h ago

Oh wow, it is getting worse and worse every month. My sub expired 2 weeks ago and I havent noticed it yet lol

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RBRTMNZ
11h ago

So much complaining. Dave the Diver alone makes this a great month you philistines!

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andrix9743
10h ago

Nothing for me from this selection. I’ll just be focusing on ones I got but haven’t had the time to play.

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fabio1
10h ago

@RBRTMNZ the psplus essential this month was super weak, but you’re right. I always complain when sony releases a bunch of crap games, but Dave the Diver is awesome. I finished it already on the switch, but I may play a bit again on the ps5. Loading times were horrible on the switch, hopefully it’s better this time around.

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Cherip-the-Ripper
10h ago

Just gone through a month of starving cmon 😂

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Kraven
10h ago

There isn’t much here that interests me. I’ll definitely download Dave The Diver and see what all the hype is about. MediEvil is also another game I’ll add to my list.

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twitchtvpat
10h ago

@Blaze215 thanks for letting us know

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BeerIsAwesome
10h ago

@Hundred_Hand_Slap Cross buy as well. My old Oddworld games from the PS3 store show up as free when you look them up on the PS4 and 5.

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everynowandben
10h ago

I’m not sure Dave the Diver is for me, but might as well give it a shot for no extra cost. Animal Well could be good, too.

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Stuball12
10h ago

I’m really glad I stopped my subscription for a while, last Nov. I’ve been playing the backlog of games I’d actually bought. The games added to Ps Plus last year were actually really good, to a point, and there all there waiting when I come back. But The quality of games added recently has really declined over the last 4/5 months. I don’t feel. I’m missing out at all. I’ll resub in a while. If I was a new subscriber I’d be really dissapointed of late though.

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DeathlySW
9h ago

@Blaze215 downgraded to essential in February and regret nothing. Not missing out on a thing, Sony is just putzing about with the cash grab tiers. Unless you never buy games on release it’s not worth it.
That being said, Stray Blade is actually quite fun.

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AFCC
9h ago

Premium is such a huge scam lol
With so many classics under PS brand, it’s just sad to see how little effort is put into it

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freddquadros
8h ago

Did not notice at first that Deliver Us Mars was in the list. I like a lot the predecessor, Deliver Us The Moon!! Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and Dave the Diver are interesting too. A more indie list this month, with enticing games!!

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__Seraph
7h ago

Great selection of games and a few day ones. People using the term ‘Bargain Bin’……Well that’s a highly reductive term, Implying the games are shovelware, which just isn’t true, whther you like the games or not.
I can only assume people who log in to write this crap are miserable inside. The state of the comments section on this site gets worse by the day.
The price of a game does not equate to quality.

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alfsprey
7h ago

Excited about Dave

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Fritz167
7h ago

What a joke, a huge piece of s*** compared to Game Pass in which Harold Halibut will be available on the same day of its launch.

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Reptilio
6h ago

Definitely happy w Dave the diver

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Blaze215
6h ago

@__Seraph clearly youre referring to me. My life is going just fine thank you and I’m quite happy. All I’m doing is demanding more from a subscription service that raised it’s prices and offered no upgrade to the quality of their games. If we accept whatever we are given and just be happy we won’t see an improvement, like we haven’t had most months since this service began. I mean come on, medieval is already available to play multiple ways and I’m supposed to be happy it’s added to the already bare bones premium tier?

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theSpectre
6h ago

Is it too much to hope for that Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is the PS2 version?

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Almost_Ghostly
6h ago

@Blaze215 K. Bye then. lol

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Almost_Ghostly
6h ago

@Fritz167 There’s still the fact that there are more AND better games in general on PS+ than Game Pass. PS Plus also has tons of titles not available on Game Pass and has also had many day one releases that you seem to either be forgetting or didn’t know about. Here you are angry and swearing about one, single, game.

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Beerheadgamer82
6h ago

Dave the Diver, Deliver Us Mars, Medieval and Alone In the Dark Great month for me. Where the heck is I gonna find the time for these Plus games and my own purchased huge backlog I’ll never know 😅🤔

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MasterEMFG
5h ago

Dave the Diver is a phenomenal game

Great progression, decent story, quirky in all the right ways.

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Bez87
5h ago

People moaning.
I’m wondering what exactly are you expecting?

Its either going to be meh or amazing but I’ve already played them.

Because that’s exactly how we all play games. We buy the great ones and don’t care about any others and yet we are all different.

I mean the price increase alone for me, in a yearly subscription has basically paid for itself with the games they have offered, not everyone month is my month, but there is always something.

Dave the diver is a blast to play, easy to play, but alot of depth and is hard to master. That alone cost the same amount as the increase in price on pc when I bought it and they are giving it away here plus other games monthly.

Its always the same some people aren’t ever happy

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Slippship
5h ago

Deliver us mars! Groovy. Been hanging on for that. Deliver us the moon was brilliant.

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breakneck
4h ago

@get2sammyb Some people will never be happy with the selection. Best to ignore them. Playstation could put 10 new day one games and they’ll still complain.

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breakneck
4h ago

@__Seraph I’ve said this before and the response was “you want to live in a bubble” by someone. Personally it is really cool to see some interesting indies get the spotlight.