PS Plus July 2026 departures have been confirmed, with 12 PS5 and PS4 games set to leave the PlayStation Plus Extra catalog. The list, surfaced through the Last Chance to Play section on PS5’s PS Plus app, includes Risk of Rain 2, Tropico 6, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, and nine other titles. The confirmation lands just days after Sony’s June 16 removal wave already pulled Red Dead Redemption, LEGO The Incredibles, and four other games from the service, giving subscribers back-to-back months of significant catalog turnover.
The Full List: 12 Games Leaving PS Plus Extra in July 2026
A total of 12 PS5 and PS4 games are now confirmed for removal from PS Plus Extra in July, with roughly a month from June 16, 2026, left to play them before they make their exit.
The full confirmed list includes: Bomber Crew (PS4), Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (PS5, PS4), Cursed to Golf (PS5, PS4), Get Even (PS4), Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator (PS5, PS4), Infinite Minigolf (PS4), Onee Chanbara Origin (PS4), Risk of Rain 2 (PS5, PS4), Roki (PS5, PS4), Source of Madness (PS5, PS4), Space Crew: Legendary Edition (PS4), and Tropico 6 (PS5, PS4).
As a reminder, PS Plus Extra games are available to members only while they’re part of the catalogue. Once they leave the service, you won’t be able to play them via your subscription, so you’ll need to buy them if you wish to do so. There’s every chance they’ll make it back onto Extra in the future, of course, since Sony regularly rotates titles back into the catalog after a period away.
Risk of Rain 2: The Biggest Loss of the Bunch
Among the 12 departing titles, one stands out as the most significant loss for subscribers based on critical reputation and ongoing player engagement.
Risk of Rain 2 is a very highly regarded roguelike shooter. This 2020 roguelike third-person shooter comes from Hopoo Games and sees players fend off waves of monsters on an alien planet, boasting a main story runtime of around 11 hours.
The game’s continued popularity years after its original release reflects the durability of its roguelike loop, where each playthrough generates new item combinations and enemy encounters. For subscribers who have not yet experienced it, the 11-hour main campaign represents a manageable but substantial commitment before the July departure.
Tropico 6: The City-Builder Bowing Out
The second major loss in the July departure wave is a long-running entry in a beloved simulation series.
Tropico 6 is another solid entry in the sim series. This ambitious city-builder from Limbic Entertainment combines construction and political management, and players choose whether they become a “feared dictator” or “peace-loving statesman.” Expect a minimum runtime of 35 hours or so.
Tropico 6’s 35-hour minimum playtime makes it one of the most substantial single titles in the July departure list, meaning subscribers interested in fully experiencing the game face the steepest time commitment of any title on the list before the cutoff.
The Rest of the List: From Cursed to Golf to Onee Chanbara
The remaining ten titles span a wide range of genres and runtimes, offering subscribers varying levels of commitment before the July removal date.
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is completable in just 12 hours, an interesting 2023 action RPG from ACE Team in which players step into the shoes of fighter Pseudo, who begins a perilous quest in a land full of strange and deadly creatures. Source of Madness, developed by Carry Castle, is a side-scrolling roguelike set within a Lovecraftian world with a brief four-hour main campaign.
Cursed to Golf offers a six-to-seven-hour otherworldly take on the sport through a difficult pixel-art course. Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator, despite its unusual premise, can be enjoyed for anything between three and 27 hours as players farm grapes and transform them into bottles of wine. Onee Chanbara Origin, a remake of the acclaimed sword fighting series, runs for around five hours with bonus content extending the experience another ten. Get Even, The Farm 51’s 2017 psychological horror game, follows a hired gun with amnesia and can be finished in seven to ten hours. Space Crew: Legendary Edition offers roughly 20 hours of sci-fi crew management action. Infinite Minigolf and Bomber Crew round out the list with more open-ended or shorter experiences respectively.
To be honest, there aren’t many major losses this time around beyond Risk of Rain 2 and Tropico 6, though Cursed to Golf is also worth giving a look.
The June 16 Context: Red Dead Redemption Already Gone
The July confirmation arrives in the immediate aftermath of a separate, larger removal wave that already hit PS Plus subscribers on June 16, 2026.
Sony confirmed six games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium on June 16, 2026, with the headliner being the original Red Dead Redemption. The western classic joined the catalog only in December 2025, giving subscribers roughly six months before it disappeared. The full June 16 removal list included Red Dead Redemption, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition, We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie, LEGO The Incredibles, Lawn Mowing Simulator, and Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition.
The removal follows a pattern Rockstar has run before. Both Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 have previously cycled through subscription services on three-to-six-month windows. RDR1’s six-month stint fits that template exactly, and the original’s exit came right as RDR2 arrived on PS Plus Extra and Premium in May 2026. Sony and Rockstar appear to be swapping one for the other deliberately, and if the rotation holds, RDR1 could return to the catalog later in 2026.
The timing of the June 16 removal landed just weeks after Sony raised Essential tier prices to $10.99 per month in the US and £7.99 per month in the UK for new subscribers, adding to subscriber frustration around the same period.
How PS Plus Removals Actually Work
Understanding the broader mechanics of how Sony manages the PS Plus Extra catalog helps explain why removals happen on a predictable but recurring basis.
Departing games are confirmed around one month prior to their departure, so if there’s anything you fancy playing, it’s not too late to hit download. Typically, departing titles are the same across all regions, though the departing games for July first surfaced on the Japanese PlayStation Plus hub, with the European and North American departing lineup expected to be confirmed shortly after.
PS Plus Extra games are fundamentally a rental-style service rather than a permanent ownership model. Once a title leaves the catalog, members lose access entirely unless they purchase the game outright from the PlayStation Store. This distinction has historically confused some subscribers who expected PS Plus Extra games to behave like permanent additions similar to the PS Plus Essential monthly games tier, which are kept indefinitely as long as a subscription remains active.
The Phased Rollout: Why Games Don’t Drop on the Same Day Anymore
A structural change to how Sony manages PS Plus catalog updates is affecting how and when subscribers in different markets see new additions and departures.
In the UK, US, and Japan, PlayStation Plus is trialling phased rollouts for the Extra and Premium tiers, so subscribers should no longer expect all games to drop on the same day. This phased approach represents a notable shift from Sony’s previous practice of synchronizing catalog updates across all regions simultaneously.
The phased rollout means subscribers checking for July’s new additions or confirming departure dates should expect some regional variance in timing, even though the core list of departing titles is typically consistent. This change followed broader controversial adjustments to PS Plus that Sony quietly rolled out alongside the June 2026 free games update.
What to Play Before These Games Disappear
For subscribers weighing how to spend their remaining time with the catalog before the July 16 removal date (one month from the June 16 confirmation), prioritization matters given the range of commitment levels across the 12 titles.
Risk of Rain 2 offers the strongest critical reputation and most replayable core loop, making it the highest priority for subscribers who have not yet tried it. Tropico 6’s 35-hour minimum runtime means subscribers genuinely interested in city-building and political simulation should start as soon as possible if they want to experience a meaningful portion of the game.
For shorter commitments, Source of Madness at four hours, Onee Chanbara Origin at five hours, and Cursed to Golf at six to seven hours all offer complete experiences that fit comfortably within the roughly month-long window before removal. Subscribers interested in Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator’s flexible three-to-27-hour range can tailor their engagement to however much time they have available before July’s cutoff.
Latest Updates
The July 2026 PS Plus Extra removal list was confirmed via Push Square on June 16, 2026, citing the Last Chance to Play section of PS5’s PS Plus app. GamingBible confirmed the same 12-game list on June 16 with detailed game descriptions and noted that the departing games first surfaced on the Japanese PlayStation Plus hub, with the European and North American lineup expected to confirm shortly after, alongside the note about Sony’s phased rollout trial for catalog updates. Multiple sources including TwistedVoxel, GG.deals, PSU, and GameRant confirmed the separate June 16, 2026 removal wave that included Red Dead Redemption, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, LEGO The Incredibles, We Love Katamari Reroll, and two Lawn Mowing Simulator titles, with Red Dead Redemption’s six-month catalog stint ending as Red Dead Redemption 2 took its place in May 2026.
Full sources: Push Square | GAMINGbible | AugustMan
Broader Implications
The back-to-back nature of June and July’s PS Plus departures, six games gone on June 16 and 12 more confirmed for July, represents a heavier-than-usual stretch of catalog turnover for subscribers, even though Sony has historically managed these rotations on a fairly consistent monthly cadence. The Red Dead Redemption removal carries particular symbolic weight given the title’s status as one of gaming’s most acclaimed western narratives, and its rapid six-month cycle through the service underscores how even flagship titles are treated as temporary catalog inventory rather than permanent value-adds.
The Rockstar rotation pattern, swapping the original Red Dead Redemption for Red Dead Redemption 2 within the same catalog window, suggests a deliberate publisher-level strategy of maintaining a continuous Rockstar presence on PS Plus Extra without keeping both titles simultaneously available. Whether this pattern extends to other major publishers’ back catalogs will be worth watching in subsequent months.
For subscribers, the combination of July’s heavier-than-typical removal list and the recent Essential tier price increase adds to a broader narrative about whether PS Plus Extra’s value proposition is holding steady. The phased regional rollout trial adds an additional layer of complexity to a subscription model that already requires active monthly attention to avoid losing access to games subscribers intended to finish.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What games are leaving PS Plus Extra in July 2026?
Twelve games are confirmed leaving PS Plus Extra in July 2026: Bomber Crew, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, Cursed to Golf, Get Even, Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator, Infinite Minigolf, Onee Chanbara Origin, Risk of Rain 2, Roki, Source of Madness, Space Crew: Legendary Edition, and Tropico 6.
2. When do the July 2026 PS Plus games leave the service?
The departure date is approximately one month from the June 16, 2026 confirmation, following Sony’s standard pattern of announcing departures roughly 30 days before removal. Subscribers should check the Last Chance to Play section of the PlayStation Store for the exact confirmed date in their region.
3. Why did Red Dead Redemption leave PS Plus in June 2026?
Red Dead Redemption left PS Plus Extra and Premium on June 16, 2026, after a roughly six-month stint that began in December 2025. The removal follows Rockstar’s historical pattern of cycling its games through subscription services on three-to-six-month windows, and coincided with Red Dead Redemption 2 joining the PS Plus Extra catalog in May 2026.
4. What other games left PS Plus on June 16, 2026?
Alongside Red Dead Redemption, the June 16, 2026 removal wave included Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition, We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie, LEGO The Incredibles, Lawn Mowing Simulator, and Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition.
5. What is the PS Plus phased rollout and how does it affect game removals?
In the UK, US, and Japan, PlayStation Plus is trialling phased rollouts for the Extra and Premium tiers, meaning subscribers should no longer expect all new games to drop on the same day across all regions. This trial similarly affects when departure confirmations surface in different markets, with the Japanese PlayStation Plus hub typically updating first.
