So far, 2021 has been an excellent year full of great, freePS Plusofferings, but to truly understand just how much has been given away, gamers need to take a look at the total length of every PS Plus game. Broken down by month and then added together at the end, the playtime information for each title is coming straight from HowLongToBeat.com. The information used from the site is from the “Main Story” section, as that acts as a relative baseline for how long someone might spend with the game at a minimum if they’re set on completing it. If there is no story mode, that will be noted in this list.
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January 2021
January kicked 2021’s free PS Plus games off with three excellent titles.Maneaterfor PS5 clocks in at around 10 hours, withGreedfallandShadow of the Tomb Raiderfor PS4 hitting around 22 hours and 12.5 hours respectively.
February 2021
February featured the first PlayStation exclusive included in the 2021 PS Plus offerings withDestruction AllStarson the PS5. The game doesn’t have a story in the traditional sense, so HowLongToBeat’s three-hour playtime seems a little short. For the sake of consistency, any games that are multiplayer-only or otherwise lacking a real story element will be listed as 10 hours long. For PS4 owners, February also offeredControl: Ultimate Edition(12.5 hours) andConcrete Genie(five hours).
March 2021
Not only does PS Plus offer great games for both the PS5 and PS4, but it occasionally offers PSVR games as well. March offered thePSVR exclusiveFarpointas a free title, which is roughly five hours long. PS5 owners got the three-and-a-half-hour-longMaquetteas well asFinal Fantasy 7 Remake(33.5 hours).Remnant: From the Ashes(13.5 hours) on the PS4 rounded out the list.
April 2021
May 2021
Following April’s lead, May had one PS5 game and two PS4 games.Wreckfest(19 hours) featured on PS5, whileBattlefield 5(10 hours) andStranded Deep(17 hours) were the PS4 games. It’s worth noting that HowLongToBeat hasBattlefield 5listed as only six hours to beat. However, becauseBattlefield 5has such an emphasis on its multiplayer modes, judging its length on the story alone seems like it’s missing something. For this reason, it’s been given an additional four hours of playtime on this list to be in line with other multiplayer experiences.
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June 2021
July 2021
August 2021
Total PS Plus 2021 Playtime (So Far)
What’s even greater about PS Plus is that there are still five months left in the year, meaning that the 232.5-300 hours of content will continue growing. Assuming that the subscription service keeps pumping out the same number of titles, 2021’s final hour count forPS Plusgames could total around 500 hours worth of gameplay.
