January is already shaping up to be a solid month. PS Plus Sony is starting 2026 with diversity, rather than relying too heavily on a single headliner. As always, the monthly lineup aims to appeal to the wider PlayStation audience with games that are distinct from each other while still being an easy choice for PS Plus subscribers looking to expand their backlog without spending extra money.
This diversity is evident in the three free games available in January. January 6, 2026. Subscribers can make a claim. Need for Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushedand core keepercovers everything from arcade-style street racing to reimagined Disney platformers and cooperative sandbox survival experiences. With a lineup featuring a variety of genres, tones, and playstyles, January has a slightly wider range than your average monthly drop.
Need for Speed Unbound
Read Game Rant's review of Need for Speed Unbound
Need for Speed Unbound is an open-world street racing game set in Lakeshore City (inspired by Chicago), where players advance by earning money, upgrading their cars, and qualifying for large-scale weekly events. As usual for the franchise, races force players to balance risk and reward as they increase the number of hits (the police's notoriety), making escape more difficult. while Need for Speed Unbound It combines cel shading and graffiti with realistic car models to create visual differentiation. Need for Speed The experience remains the same, with arcade-style handling, deep vehicle customization, and a focus on a single-player campaign along with an online multiplayer mode.
Feature Overview of Need for Speed Unbound
- open world street racing Traverse Lakeshore City, a fictional urban environment inspired by Chicago.
- Signature visual art style Mixes cel shading and graffiti with realistic car models.
- thermal system This is where the police's notoriety grows as they race and evade law enforcement.
- In-depth car customization Includes body kit, paint, wrap and performance tuning.
- weekly race cycle There are qualifying rounds leading up to the larger Lakeshore Grand event.
- single player campaign Focusing on narrative elements and characters.
- multiplayer There is also an online mode with races and shared events.
- Wide list of cars (approximately 140 vehicles) collected and driven.
- released
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December 2, 2022
- ESRB
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heartbreak
- publisher
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electronic arts
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Check out Disney Epic Mickey: New on OpenCritic.
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed It's a remake of the original disney epic mickey (Nintendo Wii 2010), a 3D platform game centered on exploration and environmental interaction. Players use paint to restore objects or thinner to erase them as Mickey Mouse moves through the wasteland. This affects level layout, puzzles, and optional paths. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed It focuses on platforming, light combat, and choice-driven progression while updating the original game with modern visuals, smoother controls, additional movement options, and quality of life improvements.
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Feature Summary
- full remake classic epic mickey Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4 for modern systems with new visuals.
- Play as Mickey Mouse Enjoy a vivid 3D platforming adventure through Wasteland, a world of forgotten Disney characters.
- Magic Paintbrush Mechanics You can use paint to restore parts of the world that affect the environment and secrets, and use thinner to erase them.
- Your Choices Affect Your Journey Results can be achieved through decisions that shape specific parts of the story.
- Expanded mobility and capabilities There are none in the original, including dash, sprint and ground pound.
- Enhanced Control Quality of life updates compared to the original Wii version.
- Photo Mode and Additional Collectibles These include art and pins that can unlock additional features within the game.
- Explore classic Disney-inspired levelsIt includes both 3D segments and themed 2D segments.
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September 24, 2024
- ESRB
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Ages 10+ // Fantasy Violence
- developer
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purple lamp
core keeper
Check out Core Keeper on OpenCritic.
core keeper A top-down sandbox survival game where you mine, craft, and explore a procedurally generated underground world. Players push outward from a central hub to collect resources, craft equipment and tools, and build bases to unlock new biomes and progression systems. Combat, farming, fishing, cooking, boss encounters, and more all affect long-term progression, and the entire experience can be played alone or cooperatively with others. On the surface it might sound like your typical survival crafting game, but I'm a fan of both games. stardew valley and terraria You should find something of value here.
Core Keeper features at a glance
- Underground mining sandbox adventure It's where you explore procedurally generated caves filled with secrets, resources, and creatures.
- Survival, crafting, and building systems Expand your underground home with tools, workbenches, farms and bases.
- Combat and Boss Battles Face powerful enemies to unlock new progression elements and rewards.
- Skill growth system It is an item that improves abilities such as mining, combat, farming, and movement through repeated use.
- Multiplayer co-op for up to 8 players Team up with friends to explore and survive together.
- Food, agriculture, pets and other systems These include cooking, gardening, fishing, animal care, and more.
- Various biomes and world modes There are unique materials, enemies, challenges and creative or difficulty options.
- Navigation tools such as portals and maps It will help you navigate the vast underground world.
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August 27, 2024
- ESRB
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E For Everyone // Mild Fantasy Violence
- developer
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pugstorm
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fireshine game
PS Plus Free games for January 2026 will be available to play on January 6, 2026.
