Sony has announced monthly games for PlayStation Plus in January 2026, with the new year starting with Need for Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Core Keeper.
As detailed PlayStation.Blog, these three games will be available to all PlayStation Plus subscribers from January 6 to February 2.
This is also a great time to remind PlayStation Plus subscribers that they also have until January 5th to add December games for your library, including Lego Horizon Adventures, Killing Floor 3, The Outlast Trials, Synduality Echo of Ada and Neon White.
Need for Speed Unbound, releasing in 2022, is leading the charge on PS5 and will give racers the chance to try out the latest game in the beloved franchise. Unbound has separate single-player and multiplayer campaigns and challenges players to “race against the clock, outwit cops, and compete in weekly qualifying events to reach The Grand, Lakeshore's ultimate street racing challenge.”
In our Need for Speed Unbound review, we said it “didn't stray too far from the basics of 2019's Heat, but its bold new animation style is impressive.”
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed will be released on PS4 and PS5 and will be a great remake of the 2010 game that first appeared on the Nintendo Wii. In this 3D platformer, players become Mickey Mouse and travel to the Wasteland, the realm of forgotten Disney characters. And yes, you will actually meet Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who was Walt Disney's first major character before Mickey.
In my preview of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, I said, “What impressed me most about Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is how much it looks and, perhaps most importantly, feels like a 2024 game.”
Rounding out the lineup is Core Keeper for PS4 and PS5, a sandbox mining adventure for 1-8 players where you can “collect relics and resources, craft advanced tools, build your base, and explore a fast-paced world waiting to be excavated.”
On January 28, 2026, Core Keeper is getting a big Void & Voltage update (and a Switch 2 release!), so now is a great time to get on board. The update includes a new biome called Breaker's Reach, a new boss called SUGAR, an expanded automation table, and more.
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