The PS Store Summer Sale just got bigger. Sony has refreshed its ongoing summer promotion with a new wave of discounts, pushing the total selection past 90 PS5 and PS4 games with deals running until August 12.
PS Plus members got early access when the sale first launched, but the full catalog is now open to everyone. Discounts range from modest to genuinely jaw-dropping, with some titles hitting all-time low prices.
What the sale looked like before vs. now
The initial wave of the Summer Sale covered a solid but familiar spread of titles. The expanded refresh adds new entries and, in some cases, deeper cuts than previous promotional windows. Here's the thing: a handful of these are confirmed lowest-ever prices, which makes this wave meaningfully different from the recycled discount rotations PlayStation has run throughout the year.
For context, Back 4 Blood on PS5 is now $5.99, a 90% reduction. AI: The Somnium Files on PS4 sits at $3.99, down 50%. These are the kind of prices that are hard to justify waiting on.
Standout deals across genres
The sale covers a wide range of genres, so there is genuinely something here regardless of what you play. A few highlights worth calling out:
- Baldur's Gate 3 (PS5) is $48.99, down 30%. Still the best RPG on the platform and worth every cent even at that price.
- Astro Bot (PS5) drops to $39.59, its first meaningful discount since launch. Team Asobi's platformer is one of the strongest PS5 exclusives to date.
- Assassin's Creed Shadows (PS5) is $31.49, a 55% cut. Ubisoft's Japan-set entry finally gets a price that matches its quality.
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (PS5) hits $29.99, down 50%. FromSoftware fans who skipped it at launch have no excuse now.
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4) is $14.99, a 75% discount. Vanillaware's visual novel and strategy hybrid remains one of the most underplayed games of the last generation.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS5) is down to $7.99, an 80% cut. Asobo Studio's historical adventure holds up well and uses the DualSense in ways that still impress.
- Celeste (PS4) is $4.99. If you have not played it yet, there is no more reasonable entry point.
The community reaction is mixed, but the deals are real
Player sentiment around the sale is complicated by broader frustration with Sony's direction on physical media. A vocal portion of the community has noted that some titles appear at the same discounts as previous sales, and a few prices that looked new are actually repeats. That criticism has merit in spots.
What most players miss, though, is that the expanded wave does include genuine first-time lows on select titles, and for anyone building a digital library, the value on older catalog games is hard to argue with. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 at 60% off is a recent release hitting a meaningful discount earlier than expected. Castlevania Dominus Collection at $17.49 gives PS5 owners access to three of the best handheld Metroidvanias ever made.
The key here is not treating the sale as a single monolithic event. Some of it is routine rotation. Some of it is genuinely worth acting on fast.
Games worth pairing with existing guides
If you pick up something during the sale and want to hit the ground running, our gaming guides cover a range of titles across platforms. For players eyeing Assassin's Creed Shadows or any of the PS5-specific releases, the GTA 6 PS5 exclusive features guide is also a useful reference for understanding how modern PS5 hardware features translate across major releases. And if you recently picked up Starfield on PS5, the Starfield PS5 guide breaks down DualSense features, DLC, and PS5 Pro modes in full.
The Summer Sale runs through August 12. The expanded selection is live now for all PSN users.
