PS Plus Essential free PS5 and PS4 games for March 2023: Battlefield 2042 and more

Each month, PS5 and PS4 owners who subscribe to one of Sony’s PS Plus tiers get to download a great selection of free games. Here are the latest.

Each month, PS5 and PS4 owners who subscribe to one of Sony’s PlayStation Plus tiers get to download and play a great selection of free games.

PS Plus is PlayStation’s online gaming service, which provides access to multiplayer gaming and other benefits, including money off many digital purchases. It is offered in a three tier system, with each adding increasingly impressive benefits, such as access to a huge library of current and classic games.

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PlayStation 5 owners also get an added bonus of 19 classic PS4 games to play on their next-gen console through the PlayStation Plus Collection.

A PS Plus Essential subscription costs £6.99 / $9.99 / €8.99 per month. There are also PS Plus Extra and Premium tiers that cost a little more for additional services. You can read about them here.

All three give you access to the free games below.

Free PS5 and PS4 games list for March 2023:

Here are the confirmed free games PS Plus tier members can download in March.

On all consoles

These games are available to all PlayStation console owners, they can be downloaded and played on a PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition.

Battlefield 2042

• Available: From 7 March to 3 April 2023

PlayStation Plus members will this month be able to download either the PS5 or PS4 version of EA’s online shooter, depending on their console. It had a troubled launch but is in a very good state right now, with many patches and content drops having made it a great multiplayer experience.

Minecraft Dungeons

• Available: From 7 March to 3 April 2023

The Minecraft-based dungeon crawler offers great co-op fun, either on the couch or online. Up to four players can battle their way through the many levels, snagging loot along the way. You can play it solo too.

Code Vein

• Available: From 7 March to 3 April 2023

Bandai Namco’s action role-playing game owes a fair bit to the Dark Souls series, albeit with heavily stylised anime-style graphics. There’s a decent story to discover too, so expect to lose a fair few hours to this one.

On PS5 only

These games are only available to PS Plus members who own a PlayStation 5 or PS5 Digital Edition.

PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5

The PlayStation Plus Collection is a line-up of 19 classic PS4 games available to download and play on PS5 through backward compatibility. In some cases, they will have boosts to the loading times and graphical performance on PS5 (ie. frame rates).

Note though, the collection will only be available until 9 May 2023. However, if you redeem any or all of the games on the list you will be able to continue to download a play them after that date as long as you remain a PlayStation Plus member.

Here is the game list:

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Battlefield 1
• Bloodborne
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition
• Crash Banidcoot N. Sane Trilogy
• Days Gone
• Detroit: Become Human
• Fallout 4
• Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
• God of War
• Infamous Second Son
• Monster Hunter World
• Mortal Kombat X
• Ratchet & Clank
• The Last Guardian
• The Last of Us Remastered
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
• Until Dawn

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