It’s a Sprint: Games Leaving PlayStation Plus August 2025 Edition
Bugsnax by Young Horses
From the PlayStation Plus departures last month, I was able to make it through both Dying Light 2 and Remnant 2–though that combined 45 hours probably represents my limit for the “It’s a Sprint” lifestyle.
Luckily, PlayStation just filled the void with some absolute bangers including Cyberpunk 2077 and Planet Zoo. The real question you should be asking now isn’t where are the games–it’s will you have the hard drive space to play them? If you’ve been using your PS5 exclusively as a vessel for live service updates–Sony just called your bluff.
The real question I’m asking is when are those ports of Resident Evil 2 and 3 arriving?
For now, here’s everything scheduled to leave the service next month:
UFC 5
Metacritic Score: 78
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 10-18.5 hours
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Metacritic Score: 85
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 20.5-55 hours
TopSpin 2K25
Metacritic Score: 76
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 25-65 hours
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Metacritic Score: 92
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 51.5-174 hours
Wild Hearts
Metacritic Score: 79
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 39.5-133 hours
Ride 5
Metacritic Score: 75
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 10-267 hours
Sword Art Online Last Recollection
Metacritic Score: 65
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 29.5-73 hours
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
Metacritic Score: 61
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 7-107 hours
Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris
Metacritic Score: 58
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 62.5-194 hours
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
Metacritic Score: 64
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 26-130 hours
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
Metacritic Score: 69
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 33.5-181 hours
Sword Art Online: Lost Song
Metacritic Score: 63
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 23-46.5 hours
Vacation Simulator: Back to Job
Metacritic Score: NA (75% HLTB user rating)
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 1-2 hours
Bugsnax
Metacritic Score: 75
Playtime estimate according to HowLongToBeat: 8-15 hours
Witcher 3 is a must play–but you’re probably better off experiencing it while not on a time crunch. Bugsnax, on the other hand, is a wonderful little slice of weird and an easy recommendation. And at eight to fifteen hours, it won’t even be a sprint over the next few weeks–more like a brisk walk to your front door when you get the notification your package has arrived.
Who knew there were so many Sword Art Online games? Why do some of the titles have a colon while others don’t? What is an Alicization Lycoris?
Wild Hearts by Koei Tecmo Games, Omega Force, and EA
We’re quickly approaching my 100th article for Tactical Reload. Even if I decide to slow my update schedule to go back to learning game dev (because I could really use a break after the last six weeks), I expect I’ll hit that milestone before the end of the summer.
Go play some games.