Canada Gets Five PS Plus Game Catalog Titles Before the US

The PS Plus Game Catalog for August is one of the fuller drops Sony has put together this year, and buried in the fine print is something Canadian subscribers almost never get: a head start on the United States. Nine games are joining the Extra and Premium tiers this month, plus two older titles for Premium members, and they are not all arriving on the same day.

Helldivers 2 went live first, on Wednesday, August 12, worldwide. Everything else is dated Tuesday, August 18 — with one asterisk. Sony's own listing flags five of those games as August 25 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan: Hell is Us, Umamusume Pretty Derby – Party Dash, Two Point Museum, Metro Exodus and Dying Light 2. Canada isn't on that delayed list, which puts us in the August 18 group.

That's a small thing, but it's a reversal of the usual order, and it's worth knowing before you spend a week wondering why your American friends are posting about a game you already have. All of this sits behind the paid mid and top tiers. In Canada, PS Plus Extra runs $189.99 a year and Premium $224.99, following Sony's June 2025 price increase. The base Essential tier gets none of it.

Everything in the PS Plus Game Catalog this month

The Extra and Premium additions are Helldivers 2 on PS5, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on PS5, Vampire Survivors on PS5 and PS4, Hell is Us on PS5, Umamusume Pretty Derby – Party Dash on PS4, Two Point Museum on PS5, Metro Exodus on PS5 and PS4, and Dying Light 2 on PS5 and PS4. Premium subscribers also get two Classics Catalog entries: the PS2 game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams and the original PlayStation title Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Why the dates are split at all

Sony doesn't explain the staggering, and it rarely does. Regional licensing is the usual culprit — publishers sell subscription rights territory by territory, and a deal that clears in one market can lag in another. The practical effect is that the store page is the only date that counts. If a game hasn't shown up by the evening of the 18th, give it until the 25th before assuming something is broken.

The three worth clearing a weekend for

Helldivers 2 is the one to start tonight

Arrowhead's co-op shooter is the headline act and the only game already playable. It's built for four people yelling at each other over friendly-fire incidents while defending a satirical version of Earth, and it has kept a live playerbase for well over two years now. It's a Sony-published title, which makes its arrival in the catalog more notable than a typical third-party add.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has sold six million copies

Warhorse Studios' medieval RPG passed six million sales worldwide in late June 2026, publisher Deep Silver confirmed, after clearing five million inside its first year. The pace tells the story: a million in the first 24 hours, two million after a fortnight, four million by the nine-month mark. It's a long, slow, unusually grounded game — no dragons, no magic, just 15th-century Bohemia and a lot of failed lockpicking. Budget 60 hours minimum.

Hell is Us was made in Montreal

This is the local pick. Hell is Us comes from Rogue Factor, a studio founded in Montreal in 2013, and it's their first original game after two Warhammer licences. Creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête spent nearly 12 years at Eidos Montréal, where he art-directed Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. Published by Nacon, it launched in September 2025 to scores in the high 70s.

Its hook is subtraction. There's no map, no quest log, no waypoint arrow. You find places by listening to what characters actually tell you and remembering it, which is either the most refreshing thing you'll play this year or an immediate deal-breaker. There is no middle ground, and no setting to turn it back on.

Is Extra actually worth $189.99 a year?

Do the blunt math. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Dying Light 2 alone would run you well past $150 at full Canadian retail, and Metro Exodus plus Two Point Museum aren't far behind. One month like this covers the subscription. The honest caveat is that catalog games rotate out, usually with a few weeks' notice, so anything you're deep into is borrowed, not owned. Save files stay put if a game leaves and you buy it later.

What to watch next

Sony hasn't announced the August removals yet, and those typically surface a week or two before month's end — check the "Last Chance to Play" row in the PS App before you start a 60-hour RPG. If you're on Essential, the upgrade is prorated, so switching mid-cycle costs less than the sticker price. And set a reminder for the morning of August 18: five of these games should be waiting for you a full week before they reach American subscribers.