The week of July 20-26, 2026 brings a busy batch of games to PS5, with new releases arriving alongside a sizable PS Plus Extra and Premium rotation. The schedule includes everything from a retro-style shooter and a psychological horror game to Disgaea Mayhem and Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game.
Most of the new PS5 releases are scheduled for July 23, while the PS Plus lineup is listed for July 21. A few subscription games also carry a July 28 date for the USA, UK, and Japan, so subscribers should check the individual listing before planning their downloads.
New PS5 games arriving from July 20-26
- Blast’N Bounty — July 21: A vertical-scrolling shoot’em up that combines retro pixel art with low-poly 3D. Players take control of former gangster Quad, who returns as a space bounty hunter while hunting down seven mafia generals.
- Pit Panic — July 21: A fast 2D roguelike platformer built around environmental puzzles and challenging movement.
- The Planet Crafter — July 21: A survival game that supports solo play and online co-op for up to eight players. The goal is to transform a hostile, barren planet into a habitable world.
- Micro Overdrive: Home Tour — July 22: An arcade racer where miniature cars tear through oversized rooms, drifting around household obstacles and battling for position.
- 7 Shifts in Subway — July 23: A first-person psychological horror game about a night train driver whose ordinary shift takes a darker turn.
- Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — July 23: This 2D fighter features hand-drawn animation, 12 playable characters, and several modes, including Offline and Online Versus, Story, Arcade, Training, Spectator, and an Art Gallery.
- Cultic — July 23: A retro-style first-person shooter that sends players against a twisted cult. The PS5 release includes the original campaign, the Interlude and Chapter Two expansion campaigns, all Survival maps, and the Cultmas bonus map.
- Disgaea Mayhem — July 23: The princess wants her pudding, but getting it means hiring a mercenary to cut through monsters across the Netherworld.
- Gurei — July 23: Players follow Rei, a human spirit tasked with defeating the mystical Kami and claiming their power.
- High Times — July 23: This unusual shop-management game puts players behind the counter at The Hotbox, where donuts can alter customers’ emotions. Choosing the right flavors helps customers work through their problems and relationships.
- Twofold — July 23: Olive is about to be expelled from college and must rescue their GPA by passing classes they barely understand.
PS Plus games listed for July 21
PS Plus Extra subscribers have several PS5 and PS4 games listed for July 21, including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, Rise of the Ronin, and Snow Bros. Wonderland. The Extra catalog also includes Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Dying Light, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind.
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — PS5, PS Plus Extra
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector — PS5, PS Plus Extra, listed for July 28 in the USA, UK, and Japan
- Dying Light — PS4, PS Plus Extra, listed for July 28 in the USA, UK, and Japan
- Firefighting Simulator: Ignite — PS5, PS Plus Extra
- Indigo Prophecy — PS5 and PS4, PS Plus Premium
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind — PS5 and PS4, PS Plus Extra, listed for July 28 in the USA, UK, and Japan
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy — PS5 and PS4, PS Plus Premium
- Rise of the Ronin — PS5, PS Plus Extra, listed with a July 15 date for the USA, UK, and Japan
- Snow Bros. Wonderland — PS5, PS Plus Extra, listed for July 28 in the USA, UK, and Japan
That gives PS5 players a packed week, with the biggest concentration of new releases arriving on July 23. The PS Plus list also offers a mix of newer games, previous-generation titles, and classic releases through the Premium tier.
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