Enjoy matchmaking and free games with 5% off PlayStation Plus Essential

Finally got your hands on a PlayStation 5? The PS5 alone lets you enjoy story-rich single-player games and load up your favorite media. But if you want to unleash its full potential, you’ll need PlayStation Plus Essential.

This subscription allows you to access multiplayer in paid titles and get free games every month. And right now is a great time to stock up – you can get three years of PlayStation Plus Essential on sale for $169.99.

Get free games every month

Essential gives you all the main benefits of a PS Plus membership, starting with playing online. It’s your key to unlock online multiplayer and play games with your friends and hundreds of millions of players worldwide. With it, you can enjoy whole new worlds with your friends or take part in competitive matches against rivals.

Speaking of online features, with PS Plus Essential you’ll get a huge cloud storage drive to save your files, enough for up to 100GB of PS4 game data and 100GB of PS5 data. These saved games are stored in the cloud, so you can play to your heart’s content on your home console and pick up where you left off by accessing your account on a friend’s PlayStation.

Tom’s Guide pointed out that the Essential plan’s online capabilities alone were reason enough to join: “Playing online and storing saves in the cloud is arguably worth the price of admission.”

Then you will also get free games to play every month. For example, games added in the last few months include Need heat fast, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Crash Bandicoot 4. You’ll always have new games to play, and you won’t have to spend $60 like you normally would when buying a new title.

So whether you want to catch up on the big games you missed or discover some hidden gems, PS Plus Essential is a great way to do it.

Save on your PlayStation Plus Essential subscription

For a limited time, you can get three years of PlayStation Plus Essential for $169.99 (usually $179). With this package, you’ll get three one-year subscriptions, which you can stack on your account or share with friends and family. So not only would this mean you could all play online together, but it could also make a great holiday gift for your loved ones to use all year round.

Prices subject to change.