PlayStation Plus Essential Pricing

Name: PlayStation Plus Essential
Brand: PlayStation Plus Essential
Price: 9.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Gaming Last verified April 29, 2026

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$9.99/mo

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PlayStation Plus Essential pricing

All 3 plans side by side. Prices shown in USD.

Essential

Cheapest

Monthly games, online multiplayer and more

$9.99/mo

≈ $119.88/yr if paid monthly

Online multiplayer to play with friends and other players
New monthly games to claim and add to your collection
Exclusive discounts on select games, add-ons and pre-orders from PlayStation Store
Exclusive content for select free-to-play games
Cloud storage and Share Play

Extra

Download hundreds of great games

$14.99/mo

≈ $179.88/yr if paid monthly

Everything in Essential, plus the downloadable Game Catalog
Hundreds of games from genre-defining blockbusters to innovative indies, with new titles added regularly
Ubisoft+ Classics, a curated selection worth $7.99 per month
From January 2026, PS4 games are added to the Game Catalog only intermittently

Premium

Experience all the benefits

$17.99/mo

≈ $215.88/yr if paid monthly

Everything in Extra, plus the Classics Catalog of games from PlayStation history
Game trials to try select titles before you buy them
Cloud streaming of Game Catalog, Classics Catalog and PS5 titles to PS5 and PlayStation Portal
Sony Pictures Catalog: up to 100 movies on demand at no extra cost
Cloud streaming needs at least 5 Mbps (15 Mbps for 1080p) and excludes overseas territories

Verified April 29, 2026 · Source: www.playstation.com

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