It’s a Sprint: Games Leaving PlayStation Plus 11/18/24 Edition
Kingdom Hearts 3, image by Square Enix
Welcome to It’s a Sprint! A series of articles dedicated to informing you what games are about to leave your subscription services.
I feel this is especially useful with PlayStation Plus because without an accessible reminder on the app (or the willpower to scroll to the bottom of the “collections” tab), it’s all too easy to forget that you’re about to lose “free” games. Until one fateful night, you awaken to the pulse of your DualSense, drenched in a cold sweat, and you realize it’s already too late to play a 100+ hour RPG.
Here’s what’s leaving PlayStation Plus on November 18th:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Definitive Edition
Metacritic Score for original GTA: SA: 95
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat for original GTA: SA: 30.5-73.5 hours
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metacritic Score: 97
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 50.5-187 hours
The Sims 4 City Living
Metacritic Score: 78
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 20 hours
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
Metacritic Score: 81
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 32.5-113 hours
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS. MaxiBoost ON
Metacritic Score: 78
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 5-27.5 hours
Superliminal
Metacritic Score: 74
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 2.5-10.5 hours
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
Metacritic Score: 71
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 12.5-19.5 hours
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
Metacritic Score: 78
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 9-13.5 hours
Teardown
Metacritic Score: 80
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 12-27.5 hours
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
Metacritic Score: 84
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 111-290 hours
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Metacritic Score: 76
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 19-66 hours
Kingdom Hearts 3
Metacritic Score: 83
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 29-64 hours
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
Metacritic Score: 74
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 9.5-53.5 hours
Chorus
Metacritic Score: 73
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 13.5-22 hours
What Remains of Edith Finch
Metacritic Score: 88
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 2-3 hours
Overcooked 2
Metacritic Score: 81
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 7-23 hours
Blasphemous
Metacritic Score: 77
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 14-29.5 hours
Moving Out
Metacritic Score: 74
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 5-18.5 hours
Even with Dino Crisis being added to the catalog (get used to me bringing that up), I would say this qualifies as a brutal month. Regardless of your gaming interests, you’re probably losing something that you’re at least a little bit curious about.
As for me, I started Blasphemous and Klonoa ages ago and I think I’ve hit the tipping point where it makes more sense to finish them than to cut my losses. What Remains of Edith Finch is short and an easy recommendation if you’ve never experienced it before, Teardown is also fantastic (I reviewed it on my personal site’s blog if you want to know more: nohappyendings.net).
If you’re planning to tackle Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time or every Kingdom Hearts game in the next 30ish days, let me know on Twitter so I can cheer you on (and remind you to drink water–probably during the Gummi Ship segments).