Sony is loading up April’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog with a legitimately headline-worthy get: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered lands for PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium on April 21, 2026, alongside The Crew Motorfest, Football Manager 26 Console, and a stack of smaller-but-spicy picks like Squirrel with a Gun and Monster Train. Premium members also get a single Classics addition this month: Wild Arms 4.
It’s a lineup that feels designed to hit three different moods at once—big-budget open-world comfort food, festival racing escapism, and a handful of genre curveballs—while also quietly signaling that Sony is more willing than ever to cycle major first-party names through the subscription machine.
What’s coming to PS Plus Extra and Premium on April 21
All of the following titles are slated to be available starting Tuesday, April 21 for PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium members (unless otherwise noted). Platforms are as announced:
- Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | PS5, PS4
- Note: PS5 players get Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, while PS4 players get Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition to download.
- The Crew Motorfest | PS5, PS4
- Football Manager 26 Console | PS5
- Warriors: Abyss | PS5, PS4
- Squirrel with a Gun | PS5
- The Casting of Frank Stone | PS5
- Monster Train | PS5
And for PlayStation Plus Premium members specifically, the Classics Catalog adds:
- Wild Arms 4 (PlayStation 2) | PS5, PS4
That’s the full official slate for this drop. No pricing is attached to individual games here because this is a subscription catalog update; access is included with the relevant PS Plus tier while the titles remain in the catalog.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered on PS Plus is the real story here
Let’s not bury the lede: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered joining PS Plus Extra/Premium is a big deal, not because the game needs the exposure, but because of what it represents for Sony’s subscription posture in 2026.
This is Guerrilla Games’ foundational modern PlayStation blockbuster—Aloy’s original adventure—returning to the service in a new form. The remaster is positioned as a “souped-up” version of the 2017 open-world RPG, with substantial upgrades. Among the improvements called out for the remaster are “more than ten hours” of re-recorded conversation motion capture and countless graphical improvements aimed at bringing it closer to the visual fidelity of Horizon Forbidden West. In other words: this isn’t just a resolution bump and a day’s worth of texture swaps; it’s meant to feel like a modernized presentation pass.
There’s also an important platform split that Sony is being very explicit about: PS5 players get the remaster, while PS4 players get Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. If you’re on PS4, you’re still getting the full original package (including the Complete Edition content), but you’re not getting the remaster’s specific upgrades.
The other layer here is historical context. Horizon Zero Dawn had previously been part of PS Plus’ back catalog, and it was removed in 2024—a move that stood out at the time, especially with the remastered version arriving that same year. Seeing it come back now, headlining Extra, feels like Sony reasserting the value proposition of the mid-tier subscription: not just “a rotating library,” but a place where major tentpoles can re-enter the conversation.
And yes, it’s hard not to connect dots when Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has also recently shown up on the service. Sony isn’t saying “day-and-date first-party on subscription,” but it is showing a growing comfort with putting heavyweight first-party titles into the catalog mix after some time has passed.
The Crew Motorfest and Football Manager 26 Console bring the “one more race / one more match” energy
If Horizon is the prestige anchor, The Crew Motorfest is the lineup’s pure dopamine play.
Ubisoft’s open-world racer is framed as a festival of car culture set across a Hawaiian archipelago-style playground, with environments ranging from Honolulu city streets to rainforest trails, mountain roads, and volcanic slopes. The pitch is clear: hop in, chase events, collect cars, and vibe—solo or with friends—across a big scenic map built for constant motion.
Then there’s Football Manager 26 Console on PS5, which is a very different kind of time sink—one that’s historically been lethal to free evenings. The console edition is touting what’s described as the richest Match Day experience in series history, with upgraded visuals, improvements to lighting, cutscenes, and stadiums, plus fresh motion capture and volumetric animations to add personality to on-pitch action. It also calls out new controller shortcuts designed to make touchline tinkering smoother.
One particularly notable detail: the Premier League is fully licensed for the first time in this entry, which is a meaningful bullet point for anyone who cares about authenticity in the presentation layer.
Between Motorfest and Football Manager, Sony’s covering two huge “forever game” appetites: the player who wants to chase the next event and the player who wants to rebuild a club over multiple seasons. That’s smart catalog curation—because those players don’t just sample; they settle in.
The wild cards: Squirrel with a Gun, Monster Train, Warriors: Abyss, and Frank Stone
The rest of the lineup is where things get fun—because it’s a mix of proven indie strategy, chaotic comedy, and licensed horror.
Squirrel with a Gun (PS5) is exactly what it sounds like: a sandbox shooter/puzzle platformer where you play “the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent,” causing “crime and mayhem” in pursuit of golden acorns, escaping a secret underground facility, and fighting “the Agents.” It’s a ridiculous premise, and Sony’s description leans into that absurdity hard.
Monster Train (PS5) is the tactical counterbalance: a roguelike deckbuilder built around defending three vertical battlegrounds simultaneously. It’s the kind of systems-forward game that thrives in subscription libraries because players who might never buy it outright will absolutely get hooked once they understand the loop.
Warriors: Abyss (PS5, PS4) is Koei Tecmo’s action roguelite spin on Musou DNA—described as battling through “the merciless trials of hell,” facing “countless swarms of enemies,” and building parties by summoning allies and combining traits. It also promises over 100 heroes to choose from, which is exactly the sort of number that signals “this is meant to be replayed.”
And then there’s The Casting of Frank Stone (PS5), an interactive narrative horror title set in the Dead by Daylight universe, described as a collaboration between Supermassive Games and Behaviour. If you like choice-driven horror with that slasher-adjacent vibe, this is the one to circle. The setup is classic genre bait: a town shaped by violent history, a group of young friends, and a legacy that cuts across families and reality itself—where “every decision you make shapes the story.”
This is the part of the lineup that makes the catalog feel curated rather than algorithmic. You’ve got a big flagship, a racing vacation, a management obsession, and then four games that each speak to a very specific taste.
PS Plus Premium’s Classics add: Wild Arms 4 (with modern features)
For PlayStation Plus Premium members, April’s Classics Catalog addition is Wild Arms 4, originally released on PlayStation 2 in 2006.
Sony is also continuing its now-standard suite of emulator enhancements for classic titles here, including:
- Up-rendering
- Rewind
- Quick save
- Custom video filters
It’s not a massive Classics month—Premium gets one PS2 title—but Wild Arms 4 is at least a meaningful get for JRPG fans who want more of that mid-2000s console RPG flavor accessible on modern hardware.
A quick reminder: PS Plus Essential’s April freebies are still claimable (for now)
While this announcement is focused on Extra/Premium’s Game Catalog and Premium’s Classics, Sony’s broader PS Plus ecosystem matters because a lot of players bounce between tiers.
As of April’s current cycle, all PS Plus members can claim these PS Plus Essential games:
- Lords of the Fallen (PS5)
- Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream (PS5)
- Tomb Raider I–III Remastered (PS5/PS4)
Those Essential titles are claimable until May 4.
What Remains Unknown
- How long each title will remain in the PS Plus Game Catalog. Sony hasn’t provided removal dates for these additions.
- Whether additional catalog drops are coming soon. There’s chatter about a rumored PlayStation State of Play, but no official confirmation is included alongside this lineup announcement.
- Any region-by-region differences. Sony notes that Game Catalog and Premium/Deluxe lineups may differ by region, and advises checking the PlayStation Store on release day.
If you’re an Extra subscriber, this is one of those months where the headliner alone can justify the download queue—especially if you skipped the remaster or have been waiting for the right excuse to revisit Aloy’s origin story. And if you’re Premium, Wild Arms 4 is a small Classics offering, but the kind of deep cut that actually makes the tier feel like it has a point beyond “more games, but older.”
