Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus games for November 2026, and the lineup is a study in contrasts: a zombie blockbuster, a trilogy of Lara Croft classics, and a deckbuilding roguelite that only PS5 owners can claim. Announced on the PlayStation Blog on October 28, the three games are claimable from Tuesday, November 3 through Monday, November 30 — and because the Tomb Raider package bundles three original games, November works out to five games across three downloads.
One housekeeping note first, because the calendar is tight: October’s games — F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 — stay claimable until Monday, November 2. The November games arrive the next day. If you have not added October’s trio to your library yet, do that before Monday night; once the window closes, they are gone from the monthly offer.
Dead Island 2: the headliner
Dead Island 2 leads the month, and it is the obvious crowd-pleaser. Dambuster Studios’ zombie action RPG drops you into a ruined Los Angeles the game calls HELL-A, with six playable Slayers to choose from and online co-op for up to three players. It is available on both PS5 and PS4, which matters — the PS4 version keeps last-gen owners in the month’s biggest game.
This is a 2023 release, not a new game, but it is the kind of title that fits the monthly-games slot well: a big, dumb, fun open-world brawler with a long tail of DLC and co-op replay value. If you skipped it at launch because the price never dropped far enough, the subscription just solved that.
Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered: the trilogy that completes the set
The middle entry is the one longtime PlayStation fans will care about most. Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered bundles the so-called Darkness trilogy — The Last Revelation, Chronicles, and The Angel of Darkness — remastered by Aspyr with Crystal Dynamics, on PS5 and PS4.
The timing is not accidental. Tomb Raider I–III Remastered appeared in PlayStation Plus earlier in 2026, so subscribers who claimed that collection can now complete the original six-game Lara Croft lineup without paying for the second half. The Angel of Darkness, famously the roughest of the three at its original release, is the one to watch in the remaster — whether Aspyr’s modern controls and visual cleanup make it play like the classic it was meant to be is the open question. Either way, three games in one download is the best value-per-gigabyte of the month.
Monster Train 2: the PS5-only curveball
Monster Train 2 is the odd one out, and deliberately so. Shiny Shoe’s deckbuilding roguelite — a single-player game about defending a train carrying the last burning pyre through hell — is PS5 only, the only November title PS4 owners cannot claim. It is also the only game in the month with no nostalgia or blockbuster safety net, which makes it the pick most likely to surprise people. Deckbuilders live or die on their mechanics, and Monster Train 2’s clan-combination system gives it the depth that keeps roguelite players coming back for one more run.
One date worth circling: new DLC called The Punished arrives on November 10, reportedly adding another clan to the roster. The base game is the monthly offer; the DLC is a separate purchase, so do not expect it in the download.
What the month is worth
Add up the typical PlayStation Store prices and the three November titles come to $96.97: Dead Island 2 at $41.99, Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered at $29.99, and Monster Train 2 at $24.99, per GameRant’s price rundown. That is the usual monthly-games arithmetic — nobody pays those prices individually anymore — but it frames the month honestly: a full-price-feeling zombie game, a three-game collection, and a well-regarded roguelite, for the cost of the subscription you already pay.
The usual rules apply. All three games come with every PlayStation Plus tier, starting at Essential, so you do not need Extra or Premium to claim them. Once claimed during the window, each game stays playable for as long as your membership stays active. Miss the November 30 deadline and the offer closes.
Also announced: Prism Collection controllers
Sony paired the games announcement with hardware news: new Prism Collection DualSense controllers, available to pre-order on November 10 at $84.99. They are a cosmetic addition, not a new controller generation, but they are the kind of thing that sells out in the more popular colors — if you want one, the pre-order date matters more than the announcement date.
What we still do not know
Two things are still missing. Sony said the November Game Catalog additions for Extra and Premium tiers will be announced separately later in the month, so Extra and Premium subscribers should expect a second announcement. And the December monthly lineup is, as usual, unannounced — expect it in the final week of November.
A note on early reports: some early coverage listed MLB The Show 26 among the November games. Sony’s announcement names only the three games above, so treat that fourth title as an early-report error, not a hidden bonus.
November’s lineup is not trying to be the biggest month of the year. It is trying to be the most balanced: a co-op zombie game for the weekend, a classic trilogy for the nostalgia shelf, and a roguelite for the late-night one-more-run crowd. Claim October’s games by Monday, then come back Tuesday for the new set.
For context: our October 2026 PlayStation Plus story covered the games leaving November 2, and our Ken Kutaragi story covered the bigger debate about where PlayStation is heading. Also new today: Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro.
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