{"id":224418,"date":"2025-06-29T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224418\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:30:13","slug":"are-you-happy-with-your-ps-plus-essential-games-for-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224418\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for July 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"PS Plus Poll July 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/3212175a68711\/ps-plus-poll-july-2025.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ps-plus-poll-july-2025.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"PS Plus Poll July 2025\"\/><\/a>Image: Push Square<\/p>\n<p>The summer months are officially upon us here in the UK, but is July&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/guides\/all-ps-plus-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PS Plus Essential<\/strong><\/a> offering good enough to keep you away from the sunshine? That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re here to find out!<\/p>\n<p>Three PS5 titles are up for grabs next month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/diablo_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diablo 4<\/a> being the headline act. Blizzard&#8217;s action RPG was highly anticipated ahead of its release roughly two years ago, but despite positive reviews and a surge of initial popularity, the game&#8217;s had to endure a rough post-launch life.<\/p>\n<p>Inconsistent updates and ham-fisted microtransactions have left Diablo 4&#8217;s reputation in a bit of a sorry state, but unless you plan on going all-in as a hardcore player, we think there&#8217;s definitely value in running through the campaign via PS Plus.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, we&#8217;re going a little more niche with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/king_of_fighters_xv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King of Fighters 15<\/a>. While the franchise has never quite wielded the same weight as genre juggernauts like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/street_fighter_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Street Fighter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/tekken_8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tekken<\/a>, SNK&#8217;s franchise has long been a solid (and very technical) option for fighting game fans.<\/p>\n<p>15 in particular is a sturdy competitor, and it&#8217;s probably worth checking out if you&#8217;ve got someone to go one-on-one with.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, subscribers can grab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/jusant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jusant<\/a>, a quirky traversal title that tasks players with scaling huge surfaces. With the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/death_stranding_2_on_the_beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Death Stranding 2<\/a> \u2014 another game with a heavy emphasis on not-so-standard travel \u2014 you could argue that Jusant is a poorly timed inclusion, but those hankering for a similar kind of experience should find a lot to like.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you make of July&#8217;s PS Plus Essential games? Good? Bad? Couldn&#8217;t care less? Whatever your opinion, vote in our polls, and then try to explain your stance in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>Are you happy with your PS Plus Essential games for July 2025? (1,515 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Yes, very happy<\/strong>18%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Yeah, mostly happy<\/strong>27%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Meh, they&#8217;re okay<\/strong>18%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Nah, they could be better<\/strong>13%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">No, it&#8217;s a crap selection<\/strong>20%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">I don&#8217;t have PS Plus<\/strong>2%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Which PS Plus Essential game for July 2025 are you most looking forward to? (1,349 votes)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Diablo 4<\/strong>42%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Jusant<\/strong>16%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">King of Fighters 15<\/strong>8%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">None of them, to be honest<\/strong>32%<\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">I don&#8217;t have PS Plus<\/strong>3%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744189752_244_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Robert Ramsey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Robert (or Rob if you&#8217;re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales \u2014 he&#8217;s played &#8217;em all. A little too much, some might say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square The summer months are officially upon us here in the UK, but is July&#8217;s PS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[126,125,25594,59,55,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-224418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-features","9":"tag-polls","10":"tag-ps-plus","11":"tag-ps4","12":"tag-ps5","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114767608250164477","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}