PlayStation Plus subscribers’ free Essential games for the month of June are SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, AEW Fight Forever, and Streets of Rage 4, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Tuesday. Players can download the trio of games beginning Tuesday, June 4.
Sony revealed June 2024’s monthly free PS Plus games as part of a larger Days of Play announcement, in which the company promised deals on PlayStation hardware and games, as well as bonus titles for the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. Days of Play 2024 runs from May 29 through June 12.
June’s free monthly games for PS Plus Essential kick off with SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, the platformer adventure game in which SpongeBob and Patrick get wish-granting — and reality-shredding — Mermaid’s Tears. The duo don a variety of themed costumes to conquer medieval, Western, and prehistoric worlds.
AEW Fight Forever is the wrestling arcade-style game that lets players mix it up as All Elite Wrestling superstars or play as their own customized wrestler. It’s the only place to get your Exploding Barbed Wire Death match fix on PlayStation this summer.
Streets of Rage 4 is the must-play side-scrolling belt-action beat-’em-up from Sega and developers LizardCube, Guard Crush, and DotEmu. Streets of Rage 4 revitalized the Genesis-era franchise with the return of fan-favorite characters, great music, and combo-focused gameplay. As trendsnapnews editor in chief Chris Plante said in his review of the 2020 game, “Streets of Rage 4 is everything I could have wanted from a true Streets of Rage sequel. I’m satiated.”
PlayStation Plus subscribers can still pick up May’s PlayStation Plus Essential games — EA Sports FC 24, Ghostrunner 2, Tunic, and Destiny 2: Lightfall — through June 3. (Actually, soccer fans can grab EA’s FIFA replacement through June 18.)
SIE is also filling up the PS Plus Game Catalog, accessible to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers, with a bunch of new games. On the PlayStation VR 2 catalog, Premium-level subscribers will get access to the following games, starting June 6:
- Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
- Walkabout Mini Golf
- Synth Riders
- Before Your Eyes
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapters 1 & 2
Premium subscribers will also get access to the following PlayStation 2 games:
- Tomb Raider Legend
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
While Extra- and Premium-tier subscribers will get access to the following games in the coming weeks:
- Dredge (PS4, PS5) — available May 29
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (PS4) — available May 31
- Cricket 24 (PS4, PS5) — available June 5
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (PS4, PS5) — available June 7
PlayStation Plus Essential is the lowest tier available in Sony Interactive Entertainment’s subscription service. It offers online multiplayer access, a monthly assortment of free PS4 and PS5 games, cloud storage, and discounts on PlayStation Store purchases. PlayStation Plus Essential costs $79.99 annually, $24.99 for a three-month subscription, or $9.99 monthly — a price that went up last August.
