The revamped, tiered PlayStation Plus is now available in New Zealand, meaning subscribers have access to hundreds of downloadable games. While PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games make up the bulk of that number, of particular note for anyone who likes to look back a little further is the Classics Catalogue: an assortment of games from PS3 and older, including remastered games, emulated versions of original PS1 and PS2 games, and a few other titles from different slices of gaming history, like the Atari Flashback collections. The PlayStation Plus classic game list is available with the Deluxe tier (or Premium, in regions where that’s available).
The Classics Catalogue is only available with the PlayStation Plus Deluxe tier. Unfortunately, no game streaming in New Zealand means no stream-only PS3 games for us, as is available in some other locations (and it’s a pretty impressive list to miss out on sadly). Additionally, most of the games in the catalogue—at launch, at least—are ones that were already available individually on PS4, with a handful of PS1 and PSP classics as the notable exceptions. The plan is for the list to change periodically, so hopefully this is a gateway to get more PlayStation classics on to PS4.
Most of these games are available for separate purchase, too. If you don’t want a whole subscription but just want to jam some Syphon Filter or Wild Arms, you can.
Additionally, the regular Game Catalogue (available on Extra or Deluxe plans) has a few remastered versions of classic games. In the interests of completeness, I’ve included them as well, under “Game Catalogue” in the list below. We’ll update the list as games get added or removed to the PlayStation Plus classic game list for New Zealand.
All games are playable on both PS4 and PS5; some have dedicated PS5 versions.
All tiers of the new PlayStation Plus also include the PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5.
Last updated: 4 October 2022 – titles in bold below are newly added with this update
Header image: Wild Arms 3
Classic Catalogue (PlayStation Plus Deluxe)
PlayStation 1
- Ape Escape
- Disney Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
- Everybody’s Golf
- Jumping Flash
- Kurushi
- Mr. Driller
- Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
- Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
- Resident Evil (remaster)
- Syphon Filter
- Syphon Filter 2
- Tekken 2
- Wild Arms
- Worms Armageddon
- Worms World Party
PlayStation 2
- Ape Escape 2
- Arc: Twilight of the Spirits
- Dark Cloud
- Dark Chronicle
- Everybody’s Tennis
- Fantavision
- Forbidden Siren
- Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
- Jak II
- Jak X Combat Racing
- Kinetica
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- The Mark of Kri
- Okage: Shadow King
- Primal
- Red Faction
- Red Faction II
- Rise of the Kasai
- Rogue Galaxy
- Star Wars Bounty Hunter
- Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
- Star Wars Racer Revenge
- War of the Monsters
- Wild Arms 3
PlayStation 3
- Baja: Edge of Control
- Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham City
- Beyond: Two Souls
- BioShock Remastered
- BioShock 2 Remastered
- BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition
- Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
- Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
- Crysis Remastered
- Darksiders Warmastered Edition
- Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
- Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
- God of War III Remastered
- Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-*
- Heavy Rain
- Hotline Miami
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
- The Last of Us Remastered
- The Last of Us: Left Behind (Standalone)
- LEGO Harry Potter Collection
- Mafia II Definitive Edition
- Metro 2033 Redux
- Metro: Last Light Redux
- Rainbow Moon
- The Raven Remastered
- Red Faction: Guerilla Re-Mars-tered
- Strider (2014)*
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
- WipEout Omega Collection
- Guilty Gear -Revelator- and Strider (2014) both launched as PS3/PS4 cross-generation releases, but they’re part of the Classics Catalogue rather than Game Catalogue, so we’ve included them as PS3 games.
PlayStation Portable
- Echochrome
- Echoshift
- Key of Heaven
- LocoRoco Remastered
- LocoRoco 2 Remastered
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
- Lumines Remastered
- No Heroes Allowed!
- Patapon Remastered
- Patapon 2 Remastered
- Super Stardust Portable
- Toy Story 3
PlayStation Vita
- Gravity Rush: Remastered
- Toukiden Kiwami
Other platforms
- Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 1
- Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 2
- Deadlight: Director’s Cut
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Lock’s Quest
- Mount & Blade: Warband
- Outcast: Second Contact
- Serious Sam Collection
- Super Star Wars
Game Catalogue (PlayStation Plus Extra or Deluxe)
These games aren’t formally part of the Classics Catalogue (and are available on the Extra plan as well as Deluxe), but still fit the same criteria and seem worth including in this list.
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
- Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
- Far Cry 3 Classic Edition
- Final Fantasy VII (remaster)
- Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
- Final Fantasy IX (remaster)
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
- Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
- Rez Infinite
- Saints Row the Third Remastered
- Saints Row IV Re-Elected
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition
- Star Ocean First Departure R
- Thomas Was Alone
- Wild Guns Reloaded
- The Wonderful 101
Update history
4/10/2022: Added Key of Heaven, Toy Story 3, Syphon Filter 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition, and Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
20/07/2022: Added Echoshift, LocoRoco Midnight Carnival, No Heroes Allowed, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection, Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered, and Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
26/06/2022: Added classic games from Game Catalogue.