Although Sony isn’t as boisterous as their console rival Xbox in lauding the “Day 1” games that are added to their subscription service, they do still have their moments, especially for indie titles. Joining the likes of The Plucky Squire and Tchia, the April 2025 lineup for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium features another standout indie game, which launches today, in the form of Blue Prince.
The debut game from development studio Dogubomb, Blue Prince, is a puzzle game which blends mystery and strategy together to create what the team calls a “genre-defying” experience. Using the player’s intuition and a celshaded graphical style to express how the world changes as decisions are made. The goal is to find the mystical room 46, but how you get there is entirely up to you.
Blue Prince has also received rave reviews from critics and currently has a 92 on Metacritic and a 90 on Opencritic respectively. Making it the highest scored game of 2025 so far with only Josef Fares and EA’s Split Fiction being a close second. All the praise for the game has certainly garnered it greater notoriety as its release date has grown closer. Not to mention, aside from also releasing on PC, it bears the unique distinction of being a Day 1 launch game on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as well. Something that’s only happened previously with another indie darling in Sea of Stars.
Blue Prince is actually one of two launch day releases on PlayStation Plus this month, as Tape 2 of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage hits the service on April 15.
Blue Prince, Hogwarts Legacy, and More Coming to PS Plus Extra
Here’s the full lineup of what’s coming to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium in April 2025…
Blue Prince (Day 1 Launch, PS5 Only, April 10)
EA Sports PGA Tour (PS5 Only, April 10)
Lost Records Bloom & Rage: Tape 2 (Day 1 Launch, PS5 Only, April 15)
Battlefield 1 (PS5 & PS4, April 15)
Hogwarts Legacy (PS5 & PS4, April 15)
Plate Up! (PS5 & PS4, April 15)
PlayStation Classics (PS Plus Premium Only)
Alone in the Dark (PS1 Game, April 15)
War of the Monsters (PS2 Game, April 15)
Don’t forget you can also claim the April 2025 PS Plus Essential Games: Robocop: Rogue City (PS5 Only), Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory (PS5 & PS4), and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (PS5 & PS4).
