Sony is set to pull 11 games from the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalogs on November 17, 2026, and the list includes two of the biggest open-world games on the service: Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. IGN reported the removals on October 20, and outlets from Push Square to PSX Extreme have since matched the list. The date lands two days before Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI, which is scheduled for November 19, 2026.
That makes the games leaving PS Plus in November 2026 more than a routine monthly rotation. Anyone who pays $134.99 a year for Extra has 24 days from today to finish whatever is on the list. This analysis covers the full lineup, what the catalog model does and does not promise, what Sony added in October, how the move compares with Game Pass and Switch Online, and what to expect next. One caution up front: the public PlayStation pages we checked on October 24 did not reproduce the full removal list, so the lineup rests on outlet reports and on the store’s Last Chance to Play section as those outlets describe it.
If you are weighing the subscription itself, a longer look at how PS Plus Extra stacks up against Prime Gaming and Game Pass covers the full value picture. Here, the focus stays on what changes on November 17.
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The 11 Games Leaving PS Plus on Nov. 17
PlayStation LifeStyle’s list of games leaving PS Plus in November names eleven titles, and the other outlets we checked agree on the core group. All of them leave the Extra and Premium Game Catalogs on November 17, 2026. The table below follows the order the outlets published.
| # | Game | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Open-world western action |
| 2 | Football Manager 26 | Football management sim |
| 3 | Grand Theft Auto V | Open-world crime action |
| 4 | The Talos Principle 2 | First-person puzzle adventure |
| 5 | Cricket 24 | Cricket sports sim |
| 6 | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | Platform adventure |
| 7 | Hotshot Racing | Arcade racer |
| 8 | Rock of Ages 3 | Physics-based strategy action |
| 9 | Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair | Third-person shooter |
| 10 | Rapala Fishing Pro Series | Fishing sim |
| 11 | Yet Another Zombie Defense HD | Zombie defense shooter |
The mix tells its own story. Three of the eleven are sports or fishing sims, two are Rockstar open-world tentpoles, and the rest are mid-size indies and budget action games. Push Square’s write-up steers readers who want something fresh toward Earth Defense Force 4.1 and The Talos Principle 2, which makes sense if you plan to save your open-world energy for GTA VI.
Only two of the eleven are the kind of title that drives a subscription decision on its own. The other nine are the filler that makes a catalog feel deep. That split is worth keeping in mind when you judge how much Extra loses on November 17. The service gives up volume and two marquee names, but not a broad swath of its lineup.
Why Regional Lists Differ
Not every subscriber sees the same eleven games. Sony states that Game Catalog and Premium lineups can differ by region, and it tells players to check their local PlayStation Store. The headlines show it. Spanish outlet Vandal framed its story around 10 games leaving the Extra tier, while Mexico’s Lado.mx counted 7 for its readers. Push Square noted that the November update went live only partly for players in the UK, the US, and Japan.
Reports single out Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Earth Defense Force 4.1, and Rapala Fishing Pro Series as titles that depend on region, and that list may not be complete. The two Rockstar games appear in every version of the story we found. For US readers, the practical step is simple. Open the Game Catalog on your console, find the Last Chance to Play section, and trust that over any third-party list, including this one.
GTA V and RDR2 Exit Two Days Before GTA VI
The headline pair is the reason this rotation drew coverage far beyond the usual monthly lists. ComicBook framed the month as PlayStation Plus losing 11 games, with the Rockstar titles at the top. Rockstar’s own support pages put the launch of GTA VI on its confirmed Nov. 19 date, and they list digital and physical editions. The physical version ships as a download code rather than a disc, and both formats can preload from local midnight on November 12.
What Sony and Rockstar Have Said
Very little, at least where a reader can find it. We found no statement from Sony or Rockstar explaining the timing, and the official results we reviewed do not independently confirm the full eleven-game list. Treat any claim about motive as analysis. GTA V remains an actively supported game, and Rockstar’s support site documents a recent update that reportedly added a GTA Online adversary mode for 2 to 16 players. Leaving a subscription catalog does not retire a game, and it does not touch the copy in an owner’s library.
What the Timing Suggests
The calendar leaves a five-day gap between GTA VI preloading on November 12 and the catalog exit on November 17. Then comes a two-day gap to launch. A subscriber who wants to replay Los Santos before the sequel has a narrow window, and one who has never touched either game faces a choice about whether to buy. The cleanest reading is commercial. Rockstar’s older games sit in a subscription for a stretch, then leave when the studio wants attention on a new release or a sale. Neither company has said so, which is why we label it a reading and not a fact. Readers who want to see what Rockstar has shown of its new cast can start with a walkthrough of the characters announced for GTA VI.
What a Catalog Subscription Actually Promises
The rotation highlights a distinction many subscribers blur. PlayStation Plus Essential includes monthly games, online multiplayer, and PlayStation Store discounts. Extra adds a Game Catalog of hundreds of PS5 and PS4 games. Premium adds game trials, cloud streaming, and a Classics Catalog on top of that.
Monthly games and catalog games behave differently. Push Square spells out the difference: Essential monthly games stay accessible as long as you subscribe once you redeem them, while Extra access ends the moment a title departs. Sony’s own wording on the PS Plus page says the Game Catalog and other libraries vary over time and by tier, so inclusion never guarantees indefinite access. If you want to keep playing one of the 11 after November 17, you will have to buy it. Compare that structure with the price and library trade-offs between Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, where rotation rules matter just as much as the monthly fee.
The practical lesson applies to every subscriber, not just those hit by this month’s list. A catalog is a lease. You can enjoy it while it lasts, and the lease can end with about four weeks of notice. Players who treat Extra as a rotating rental, and who buy the games they truly love, rarely get burned by a removal list.
PS Plus Pricing in November 2026
The removal changes nothing about what Sony charges. The US prices on PlayStation’s PS Plus page stay at $16.99 a month for Extra and $19.99 a month for Premium, with discounts for longer terms. The table below lays out those prices and the math that follows from them. The rows below the first three hold our own arithmetic on Sony’s published figures.
| Metric (US, Oct. 24, 2026) | Extra | Premium | Premium minus Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $16.99 | $19.99 | $3.00 |
| 3-month price | $43.99 | $54.99 | $11.00 |
| 12-month price | $134.99 | $159.99 | $25.00 |
| 3-month price per month | $14.66 | $18.33 | $3.67 |
| 12-month price per month | $11.25 | $13.33 | $2.08 |
| Saving on 3 months vs. paying monthly | $6.98 | $4.98 | -$2.00 |
| Saving on 12 months vs. paying monthly | $68.89 | $79.89 | $11.00 |
| Annual discount as a share of 12 monthly payments | 33.8% | 33.3% | n/a |
A pricing summary lists Essential at $10.99 a month, though we could not confirm that figure on a second source, so read it as a reference point only. The takeaway for the November rotation is about timing. An annual Extra subscriber has already paid for the year, so the removal costs them access but no cash. A monthly subscriber has a sharper choice. Paying $16.99 for one more month to finish RDR2 before November 17 costs less than most full-price games, but only if you really will play it.
What Sony Added in October
A rotation has two sides, and October’s additions shape how the November loss feels. PlayStation’s blog lists Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and Mycopunk as the October Game Catalog arrivals, with availability starting October 20. Premium’s Classics Catalog gained Dino Crisis 2 and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition. The monthly games for October 6 to November 2 are F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, a slate detailed in the report on October’s three monthly games.
Horizon Forbidden West matters most here. It is a Sony first-party flagship, and it arrived in the catalog the same week the Rockstar exit was reported. That pattern suggests Sony is willing to trade a licensed third-party heavyweight for an in-house showpiece when it can. We cannot confirm any replacement lineup for November, and no new PS Plus tier is confirmed either. The next Game Catalog announcement should land mid-month if October’s schedule holds, since Sony’s catalog blog post appeared on October 14.
The PS4 Tail Is Shrinking
One detail hides in the platform tags. By Push Square’s listing, six of the eleven departing games are PS4 versions only, including Red Dead Redemption 2. Another three carry both PS5 and PS4 builds, and two are PS5 only. Sony signaled this direction in advance. An official PlayStation page states that from January 2026, PS4 games would be added to the lineup only intermittently.
Put those two facts together and the direction is clear. Old PS4 titles leave on schedule, and few PS4 replacements arrive. Subscribers who still play mainly on a PS4, or who value the back catalog from that generation, will feel the library thin out first. Those on a PS5 or PS5 Pro, which remains the newest model on Sony’s own product page, will see the gap filled by newer releases like Horizon Forbidden West. For a platform that once sold itself on sheer breadth, that is a quiet but real change in what the Extra tier is for.
Cloud Streaming Changes the Value Math
Premium is where Sony is putting its newest features. On October 21, PlayStation Plus Deluxe in South Korea was renamed Premium at no extra cost for existing members. Sony’s Korean announcement says PS5 cloud streaming launches there on October 28 for PS5 consoles and PlayStation Portal, and it cites more than 300 catalog games. The same announcement lists GTA V among the supported streaming titles, a clear sign that regional catalogs diverge.
Sony says Premium cloud streaming covers supported digital PS5 games you own and supported PS5 games in the Game Catalog. The second half is the part exposed to rotation. When a game leaves the catalog, the catalog route to streaming it closes with it. The $25 gap between annual Extra and annual Premium buys trials, classics, and streaming. A subscriber who cares mostly about rotating blockbusters gets the least from that gap and the most exposure to departures like this one.
How Game Pass and Switch Online Handle Rotation
Every major subscription service rotates games. The difference lies in how loudly and how predictably each one does it. Push Square points out that Rockstar cycles its titles in and out of subscription services often, and that the same happens on Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft’s service leans on day-one releases to offset departures, a trade-off laid out in the Game Pass tier breakdown and in a side-by-side of Nintendo Switch Online, Game Pass, and PS Plus.
Nintendo Switch Online follows its own approach, and the gap between the three shows up most clearly in price and library depth. For the current numbers, see the Game Pass, PS Plus, and Switch Online price comparison. The common thread is that no service guarantees a game stays. PlayStation just happens to be the one losing two household names in the same week.
Market Impact: Subscribers, Take-Two, and the Store
No public sales or subscriber data ties to this rotation as of October 24, so everything here is reasoned analysis. A catalog exit turns a subscriber who plays for free into a potential buyer. Sony’s own store hints at that logic. A PlayStation Store promotion running from October 21 into early November, with exact dates varying by region, includes a bundle of Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2. Players who have been meaning to try the second game and see the removal notice have a nudge to buy at a discount.
For Take-Two, which publishes Rockstar, the benefit is plain. Older titles earn money again as sales, and the studio avoids having its biggest new release compete with a free copy of its own predecessor during launch week. For Sony, the cost is smaller than it looks. The company presumably keeps the subscription fee and trades one set of licensing terms for another. The risk is churn among Extra subscribers who joined for these exact games, and there is no data yet to size it.
Historical Context: Rockstar’s Habit of Coming and Going
This is not the first time Rockstar’s biggest games have left a subscription. Push Square observes that GTA V and RDR2 have cycled through PS Plus before and expects them to return eventually, since the publisher has treated subscription placement as a recurring promotion and not a permanent home. That history matters for how readers should react. A departure on November 17 does not mean a permanent exit.
What has changed is the surrounding policy. Since January 2026, Sony has said PS4 titles arrive only intermittently. Cloud streaming has moved into the Premium tier, and plan names are converging on Essential, Extra, and Premium, with Korea’s October 21 switch from Deluxe as the latest example. Each of those moves pushes the service toward a smaller, newer, more curated catalog. The November exit fits that arc even if it was not designed to prove it.
What Subscribers Should Do Before November 17
To finish a game: start the longest title first. Red Dead Redemption 2 and Football Manager 26 both demand many hours, and 24 days is enough for a focused run through one of them but probably not both. Download the game now so a busy week does not eat your window, and decide today whether a monthly payment for one more cycle is worth it.
To keep playing after the exit: buy on sale, and check the store before you do. The Red Dead bundle promotion is the clearest discount we found, and Sony tells players that regional offers differ. If you have a gaming PC, it is also worth running the numbers on whether owning on that platform makes sense, a question explored in the PC gaming versus console cost comparison. For ongoing coverage of subscription shifts across consoles, the gaming platform news hub tracks each change as it lands.
Key Dates From Now to GTA VI
The sequence below puts the rotation in context. Dates come from PlayStation’s blog posts, Rockstar’s support pages, and outlet reports, and the Korean items apply to that market only.
| Date (2026) | Event | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 6 to Nov. 2 | October monthly games: F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 | PlayStation blog |
| Oct. 14 | October Game Catalog announced | PlayStation blog |
| Oct. 20 | October catalog titles go live and the 11-game removal list is reported | PlayStation blog and outlets |
| Oct. 21 | Korea renames Deluxe to Premium at no added cost | PlayStation Korea blog |
| Oct. 28 | PS5 cloud streaming starts in Korea | PlayStation Korea blog |
| Nov. 12 | GTA VI preloading begins at local midnight | Rockstar support |
| Nov. 17 | 11 games leave the Extra and Premium catalogs | Outlet reports |
| Nov. 19 | GTA VI launch | Rockstar |
5 Predictions for the Weeks Ahead
These are our reasoned expectations, not reported facts.
- GTA V and RDR2 return to the catalog eventually. Rockstar has moved its games in and out of subscriptions before, so a comeback at some point is more likely than a permanent absence.
- Sony announces the December catalog in mid-November. October’s blog post landed on the 14th, and the same rhythm would put the next one in the days around the GTA VI launch.
- Take-Two benefits from a sales bump on the older games. Catalog exits push undecided players toward discounted purchases, especially with the store bundle running.
- Cloud streaming spreads beyond Korea. Sony’s Korean announcement ties Premium streaming to regional and plan availability, which hints at staged rollouts to more markets.
- PS4 titles keep thinning out. With intermittent additions the policy since January, each month’s departures will outnumber PS4 arrivals unless Sony changes course.
FAQ: Games Leaving PS Plus in November 2026
When do the games leave PlayStation Plus?
Reports say all 11 titles leave the Extra and Premium catalogs on November 17, 2026. Check the Last Chance to Play section on your console for your region’s exact list.
Which games are leaving?
The reported list is Red Dead Redemption 2, Football Manager 26, Grand Theft Auto V, The Talos Principle 2, Cricket 24, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Hotshot Racing, Rock of Ages 3, Earth Defense Force 4.1, Rapala Fishing Pro Series, and Yet Another Zombie Defense HD. PSX Extreme’s roundup carries the same eleven.
Does this affect PS Plus Essential?
No. The removal applies to the Extra and Premium Game Catalogs, not to the Essential monthly-game benefit.
Will I lose games I already own?
No. A catalog removal ends subscription access, not ownership. If you bought a game, it stays in your library.
Is GTA VI part of PlayStation Plus?
No. GTA VI is unreleased as of October 24, 2026, and is scheduled to launch on November 19. Nothing confirms it as a PS Plus title.
How much do Extra and Premium cost in the US?
Extra costs $16.99 monthly, $43.99 for three months, or $134.99 a year. Premium costs $19.99 monthly, $54.99 for three months, or $159.99 a year.
Why do some outlets say 10 or 7 games instead of 11?
Regional catalogs differ, and Sony notes that lineups vary by country. Spanish-language outlets in some markets reported smaller counts for their readers.
Could GTA V and RDR2 come back to PS Plus?
Nothing is confirmed. Both games have cycled through subscriptions before, so a return is plausible, but neither Sony nor Rockstar has announced one.
