PlayStation Plus November: Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI, Monster Train 2

Sony has named the three PlayStation Plus monthly games for November 2026: Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and Monster Train 2. The line-up was announced on the official PlayStation Blog on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Subscribers on any PlayStation Plus tier, including the entry-level Essential plan, can add the three games to their library from Tuesday, November 3 until Monday, November 30, 2026.

PlayStation Plus is Sony's paid subscription for its consoles. Its cheapest tier, Essential, is the one most players in India keep because it is needed for online multiplayer on PS4 and PS5. Each month that tier also gives a small set of "monthly games". These are not free to keep forever in the usual sense: once a game has been claimed during its window, it stays in the player's library and can be played for as long as the subscription stays active. If the membership lapses, the games lock until it is renewed.

For young players paying for the plan themselves, the monthly line-up is the main way to judge whether the subscription is worth its price. That question has become sharper in India since May 2026, when Sony raised PlayStation Plus prices across tiers. Unlike most countries, where only new subscribers were charged more, existing members in India were also moved to the new rates when their plans renewed. The Essential plan went from Rs 499 to Rs 649 a month, and from Rs 3,949 to Rs 5,139 a year, according to the price listings. Listed prices exclude tax and can change.

This month's three games cover three quite different kinds of play. Dead Island 2 is a first-person action game about surviving a zombie outbreak in a version of Los Angeles; it carries an adult age rating for its violence, which parents of younger gamers should note. Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered collects three Lara Croft adventures first released around the turn of the millennium, letting players switch between the original look and refreshed visuals. Monster Train 2 is a deck-building "roguelite", a strategy game in which each run starts afresh and players build up a set of cards to defend several floors of a train; the sequel adds five new clans and three levels to defend, according to the announcement coverage.

What a reader should do next is simple. A subscriber who wants October's games must add them to the library by November 2, because they leave the Essential offer after that. The November games can then be claimed from November 3. Claiming costs nothing extra and does not require downloading the game at once; adding it to the library is enough to keep access for as long as the membership lasts.

Short-term: Essential members get a mixed bundle of a big-budget action game, a classic adventure collection and a strategy title, which may persuade some lapsed players in India to renew for at least a month.

Long-term: Sony's choice of monthly games, set against the higher Indian price since May 2026, will shape whether young players keep paying for the subscription or switch to buying single games when they are on sale.

Who is affected: PS4 and PS5 owners on any PlayStation Plus tier, players who skipped October's games and need to claim them by November 2, and parents deciding which titles suit younger gamers in the house.

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