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The PS Plus August 2015 Free Game Lineup Thrives for Lack of Size

By on July 29, 2015

If there’s any month of the year in free game deals that exemplifies the stark contrast between PlayStation and Xbox’s current market appeal, this August is it. Following up yesterday’s AAA-filled Games with Gold announcement from Microsoft is today’s PS Plus August 2015 indie-filled offerings. For anyone who isn’t prejudiced against games that fail to take up at least 15 percent of your hard drive, it’s a solid list.

Each game begins its free month on Tuesday, Aug. 4. And don’t forget, you still have time to pick up July’s games in the meantime if you want to get in on the car soccer frenzy everyone’s talking about.

PS4 PS Plus August 2015 Free Games

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris PS Plus August 2015

This follow-up to 2010’s well-received Lara Croft and the Guardians of Light eschews the overt seriousness of the current AAA reboot series and capitalizes on one undeniable truth – video games are more fun with other people around. Four-player co-op in the puzzle/monster-laden treasure troves of Lara’s original adventures is as silly and entertaining as it sounds. It shouldn’t be tough to find fellow tomb raiders now that the game is free for a month.

Limbo

Limbo PS Plus August 2015 PS4

An indie classic from the previous generation is making its double-dip rounds, inviting players back into the somber and engrossing adventure of a boy trying to find his sister in some nebulous place. Inspiring many and surpassed by none, Limbo does simple and precarious like no other, trading the popular bubbly color present elsewhere for bleak atmosphere and dire consequence. It’s short but incalculably memorable.

PS Vita PS Plus August 2015 Free Games

Sound Shapes (also free on PS4, PS3)

Honestly, this one’s a bit tough to describe. It’s a game easily overlooked as a 2D-platformer with noticeably pretentious ambitions, but the overall presentation – from the peculiar environmental designs and dynamically-integrated soundtrack – validate the pretentious vibes and transform it into a viable success. Did that help? No? Just watch this video, then.

Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (also free on PS4, PS3)

Two-dimensional stealth titles are rising in popularity, buffeted by such titles as Mark of the Ninja and the very series listed here. Stealth Inc. 2 does what any good sequel does by improving and adding to the first, with tense stealth/puzzle challenges and an array of new gadgets. The co-op mode is a particular success, extending the time-value of the game a bit beyond your average indie affair.

PS3 PS Plus August 2015 Free Games

God of War: Ascension

God of War: Ascension PS Plus August 2015

The fourth game in the God of War series is the worst game in the God of War series, but it’s still a pretty good game. It just wasn’t good enough to be called God of War VI. Instead, this prequel introduces a strangely satisfying, melee-focused competitive multiplayer mode and a gouging out of elephant eyeballs. And God of War III: Remastered did just hit the PS4 last month, so take that as you will.

Castlestorm (also free on PS Vita)

The Definitive Edition of this game already went free on the Xbox One a few months back, undoubtedly a massive, market-swinging get for Microsoft. Still, the non-definitive edition is sure to be just fine if you happen to be saddled with a PS3. (this was all a joke, please don’t kill me). This brawler/tower-defense title is good for a few hours of strategy and utter failure to protect your family, if you want to look at it that way.

About Trevor Ruben

Though I contribute to many online publications on a regular basis, including The Checkout, the crux of my writing lies in video games. When not writing, I'm often streaming a variety of games on Twitch.

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