All Of The Free-To-Play Games The PlayStation 4 Has To Offer

With new releases, subscription-based services, and the ever-present console wars that produce console exclusives to vie for players’ attention, gaming can rack up quite the tab over time. Thankfully, there are plenty of options that players have when it comes to the PlayStation 4 that allow them to play games for the low price of 100 percent free.

On top of the free-to-play nature of these games, you don’t even need a subscription to PlayStation Plus to take advantage of these opportunities. These aren’t just arcade-style free games either – multiplayer, action, adventure, and even big names like Paragon and the DC Universe help compose the list.

Through a selection first compiled by TheSixthAxis that was tweaked slightly to account for games available in the U.S. region, here are the free-to-play games that the PS4 offers players in alphabetical order.

Games # – C

From sports games to city simulators, the opening games that come from the free-to-play list don’t offer quite as many big-name games as those that are deeper in the list, but that shouldn’t take away from what they offer.

Blacklight: Retribution is likely one of the games that’s most familiar on this list, a free first-person-shooter where players can utilize vehicles, armors, and an array of weapons to take out their enemies. With up to 16 players supported in the multiplayer mayhem, there’s plenty of room to get all of your friends in on the free action.

• 3on3 Freestyle
• AdVenture Capitalist 
• Adventure Pop
• Airmech Arena
• America’s Army: Proving Ground
• Atom Universe: Early Access
• Battle Ages
• Battle Islands
• Battle Islands: Commanders
• Big City Stories
• Blacklight: Retribution
• Crossout

Games D – K

Starting off the next section of games is DC Universe Online Free-to-Play, a game that brings wildly popular characters such as Batman and other DC Universe stars into the free-to-play fray. While not carrying quite the same weight as a DC Universe game, Dead or Alive 5 persists as a model that can keep producing games, and this free version is a viable option if you’re not about to shell out any money for what the game has to offer.

• DC Universe Online Free-to-Play
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters
• Death Tales Beta
• Dungeon Defenders II
• Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
• Games of Glory
• Gems of War
• Guns Up!
• Hawken
• Hustle Kings: Free-to-Play
• Invokers Tournament
• Kill Strain
• Kitten Squad

Games L – P

Likely the strongest selection of games so far in the list, this selection of titles consists of more superhero opportunities through Marvel Heroes Omega as well as some strong MOBA options. Paragon has become quite the game while still being completely free-to-play, a game that uses an attack-the-towers MOBA formula with new heroes continually being added in. Neverwinter also provides tons of hours of gameplay, though the game can feel like quite the grind at times and is best played with friends.

• Let It Die
• Loadout
• Marvel Heroes Omega
• Nebula Realms
• Neverwinter
• Onigiri
• Orcs Must Die! Unchained
• Paladins
• Paragon
• PES 2017 Trial Edition
• Pinball Arcade
• Planetside 2
• Pox Nora
• Prominence Poker

Games S – W

Another MOBA that helps compose the list of free-to-play games, Smite is a game that features gods and mythical heroes across different cultures in a quick MOBA battle that features typical roles like support, tank, and damage carries. Compared to other regions, this selection leaves out a couple of free virtual reality games, but it still offers quite the selection of titles. World of Tanks has been criticized for being more pay-to-win than others, but with the game keeping up with other high-revenue games, the system apparently works well for the developers and also keeps players interested.

• Skyforge
• Smite
• Spelunker World
• Star Trek Online
• The Four Kings: Casino and Slots
• The Tomorrow Children
• Toukiden 2 Free Alliances Version
• Trans Galactic Tournament
• Trove
• Warframe
• War Thunder
• World Of Tanks
• World War Toons Beta

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