{"id":2173287,"date":"2026-10-01T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173287"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:39:11","slug":"here-are-our-ps-plus-monthly-games-for-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173287","title":{"rendered":"Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Hunt: Showdown! F1 25! Earth Defense Force!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/hunt-showdown-1896_Dz0j3MB.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A deathly-pale figure with long hair tied back, wearing a high collared black coat and holding a revolver. They are framed by blood-red mist and a circle around their head that is partially aflame. 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However, console versions didn&#8217;t arrive until late in 2024, and there was a 2.0 overhaul last summer, so the experience itself should be fresh enough.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Hunt: Showdown&#8217;s unusual &#8211; and, as it turns out, fantastically exhilarating and engrossing &#8211; mixture of inspirations has a single guiding principle, it&#8217;s that predators become prey,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hunt-showdown-review\">wrote Edwin in his Hunt: Showdown review<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a game in which stepping on a twig while chasing a zombie can get you shot from a hundred yards off, and the time-honoured ceremony of a bossfight offers zero defence against the player lobbing dynamite through a window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other games coming to PlayStation Plus in October are racing game F1 25, which we didn&#8217;t review &#8211; where&#8217;s Martin when you need some racing game knowledge? &#8211; and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, a voxel EDF spin-off with split-screen co-op, that sounds like it might be fun for an afternoon knockabout.<\/p>\n<p>As always, their arrival means you have until 5th October to add last month&#8217;s games (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-plus-september-2026-games\">September&#8217;s PlayStation Plus games<\/a>) to your library.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on PlayStation Plus, you can check out our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-plus-games-list-premium-extra-this-month-6300\"> guide to PS Plus and all the available games here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything that takes your fancy?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/09\/30\/playstation-plus-monthly-games-for-october-f1-25-hunt-showdown-1896-earth-defense-force-world-brothers-2\/\">Sony has revealed<\/a> the games coming this month to PlayStation Plus, which are available to everyone from 6th October.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s October&#8217;s PS Plus monthly list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F1 25 (PS5)<\/li>\n<li>Hunt: Showdown 1896 (PS5)<\/li>\n<li>Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 (PS5, PS4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>October&#8217;s highlight is Crytek&#8217;s superbly tense and atmospheric co-operative and competitive extraction shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hunt-showdown\">Hunt: Showdown<\/a> 1896, which we Recommended back in 2021 (it was so long ago we used a different scoring system). However, console versions didn&#8217;t arrive until late in 2024, and there was a 2.0 overhaul last summer, so the experience itself should be fresh enough.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Hunt: Showdown&#8217;s unusual &#8211; and, as it turns out, fantastically exhilarating and engrossing &#8211; mixture of inspirations has a single guiding principle, it&#8217;s that predators become prey,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hunt-showdown-review\">wrote Edwin in his Hunt: Showdown review<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a game in which stepping on a twig while chasing a zombie can get you shot from a hundred yards off, and the time-honoured ceremony of a bossfight offers zero defence against the player lobbing dynamite through a window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other games coming to PlayStation Plus in October are racing game F1 25, which we didn&#8217;t review &#8211; where&#8217;s Martin when you need some racing game knowledge? &#8211; and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, a voxel EDF spin-off with split-screen co-op, that sounds like it might be fun for an afternoon knockabout.<\/p>\n<p>As always, their arrival means you have until 5th October to add last month&#8217;s games (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-plus-september-2026-games\">September&#8217;s PlayStation Plus games<\/a>) to your library.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on PlayStation Plus, you can check out our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-plus-games-list-premium-extra-this-month-6300\"> guide to PS Plus and all the available games here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything that takes your fancy?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026 Hunt: Showdown! 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