August PS Plus catalog: Helldivers II, Kingdom Come 2, Metro

Sony has revealed the next batch of games heading to the PlayStation Plus catalog for subscribers on the Extra and Premium tiers. The announcement arrived in the middle of August, following the platform’s usual rhythm for refreshing the service library. Among the titles named are Helldivers II, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Metro: Exodus.

The mix is deliberately broad: a co-op shooter, a large historical role-playing game and a story-driven shooter. For subscribers that means the library gains options for both group sessions and long single-player runs at the same time.

What the announcement covers

Sony handles the catalog separately from the monthly games available to every subscriber. This update concerns the Extra and Premium tiers specifically — the library set you can download and play for as long as the matching subscription stays active.

Helldivers II, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Metro: Exodus are the titles highlighted in the announcement itself. Such monthly refreshes are usually broader than the headline names suggest, but the exact line-up, the platform versions and the precise moment each title appears are worth checking inside the PlayStation Plus service: that is where the live library for your account and region is shown.

One detail that is easy to overlook: catalog titles are tied to an active subscription. Once it lapses, downloaded games stop launching until you renew. That is different from how the monthly games work, which is why it makes sense to plan the length of your subscription around what you actually intend to play.

What it means if you are about to subscribe

A catalog refresh is a good moment to compare two options: buying specific releases outright, or paying for a tier that unlocks the library. If two or three of the announced games were already on your list, a few months of a catalog-enabled subscription often works out cheaper than buying digital copies one by one.

Three things are worth checking before you buy. The tier: the game catalog starts at Extra, and the base tier does not include it. The region: catalog contents and pricing differ by region, so the subscription you buy should match the region of your PlayStation Network profile. And the duration: longer terms usually cost less per month, but only pay off if you genuinely have time to work through the library.

Bazelio aggregates seller offers for PlayStation Plus across regions and terms — for example, PlayStation Plus Turkey — 1 to 12 month subscription. Current price, available duration and activation conditions are listed in the seller’s card, since they vary between platforms and change over time. Other console and PC options are collected in the Game Subscriptions section.

If you mostly play on PC and a console subscription is not relevant, tracking prices on individual releases is the simpler route — several of the named games also shipped on computers. Either way, confirm that the code region matches your account region and ask the seller how activation works: mismatched regions remain the most common reason subscription top-ups fail.