PS Plus free games: January 2022 leaks, predictions & release date

By Rob Leane

Published: Thursday, 23 December 2021 at 12:00 am

As the New Year races towards us, members of the PS Plus subscription service will be starting to wonder which free games are coming their way in January 2022.

As ever, members of PlayStation Plus can expect a handful of games to arrive on PS4, PSVR and PS5 that they can play at no extra cost. And as it becoming something of a tradition, the January 2022 games look like they could’ve leaked online ahead of time.

And so, to learn everything there is to know about PS Plus free games for January 2022, keep on reading and we’ll break it all down for you.

What are the current free games on PS Plus?

At the time of this article being written, the final PS Plus games on 2021 are still available on the service. In December 2021, the following games were added to PS Plus:

The December 2021 free games will be available on PS Plus until 3rd January 2022, so you should jump onto your PlayStation and claim them before that date if you haven’t already.

PS Plus January 2022 release date

The January 2022 free games on PS Plus will likely have a release date of 4th January 2022, which is the day after the current batch of titles drops off the service. From 4th January, then, the new batch of PS Plus free games should be available to claim on your console of choice.

PS Plus January 2022 free games leaked

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Dirt 5, Persona 5 Strikers and Deep Rock Galactic could be the January 2022 PS Plus free games.

According to a user of the Dealabs forums, where some accurate leaks have been posted in the past, the January 2022 PS Plus games will include these titles:

  • Dirt 5 (PS4 and PS5)
  • Deep Rock Galactic (PS4 and PS5)
  • Persona 5 Strikers (PS4)

This post even has an image attached that looks a lot like the kind of graphic you’d usually see in the PlayStation Blog, leading us to believe fairly strongly that those are indeed the official PS Plus games for January 2022.

There’s no sign of the January 2022 PSVR games for PS Plus members in that post, though, so perhaps there are more surprises to come in the next few days.

We’ll know the January 2022 PS Plus games for sure when Sony does post its next announcement blog. That normally happens on the last Wednesday before the new PS Plus games comes out (which would be Wednesday 29th December in this case, if our calculations are correct).