
Your PS Plus Essential games for August 2023 have been confirmed, and we've already seen a lot of divided opinions out there in the wilds of the internet. As per usual, we're getting three titles on the first Tuesday of the month, and they are: golfing sim PGA Tour 2K23, Media Molecule's creativity-fueled Dreams, and indie darling Death's Door.
These are three highly rated games, but the issue might be that they're a bit... specialised. If you don't have the slightest interest in golf you're probably giving PGA Tour a miss, and if you've held off on Dreams all these years, then you simply may not care enough to give it a shot. Death's Door, at least, is a little broader in terms of appeal; an action adventure that takes clear inspiration from a number of classics.
But we're not here to shape your opinion — that's what the poll's for! So as always, cast your votes, and then share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Are you happy with your PS Plus Essential games for August 2023? (1,655 votes)
- Yes, very happy
- Yeah, mostly happy
- Meh, they're okay
- Nah, I'm not happy
- No, it's a crap selection
- I don't have PS Plus
Which August 2023 PS Plus Essential game are you most looking forward to? (1,496 votes)
- Death's Door
- Dreams
- PGA Tour 2K23
- None of them, to be honest
- I don't have PS Plus
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Death's Door is the clear highlight, and I will play it in the future!!
Deaths door is the highlight this month. I do wish sea of stars was dropping on essential rather than extra!
I was one of the five people who bought Dreams, and was happy to do so and support such a cool project. I hope all the rest of you posers enjoy it now. And I don’t want to hear a single whine from you about Sony first party not being innovative and only making single player story driven third person action games. 😛
@Th3solution I’m also one of the five. Hello. I hope we get some kids making some neat things due to it FINALLY being on PS+. For those that haven’t played Dreams at all, play the “campaign” mode. Even as a “Dreams game,” it was one of the best story modes released in 2019. It’s a beautiful jazz fever dream of sorts, absolutely essential.
Also, for those of you that never played Death’s Door, enjoy that one as well! I had a good time with it.
I suppose PGA is the only new game for myself this month. Always with the sports games… oh well, at least Sea of Stars is something new later this month!
I already have Dreams, but I've wanted to buy Death's door for quite a while now, so yeah, I'm happy.
@Th3solution word for word same here. Couldn't agree more.
I voted 'Meh' as in general you get decent value back for what is only purchased to play 'Online'.
I hate Golf and No interest in playing Dreams or Deaths Door myself so I voted 'none of them'. I'm sure that if I didn't have 'lots' of Games in my backlog and other games coming that excite me, I'd maybe add a couple to my Library, but realistically, I can't see myself downloading and/or playing when there is always something else more appealing in my play list...
@KaijuKaiser There's thousands of games within dreams that can just be played, there's no need to build anything.
Their ok although August is packed with games anyway
Amazing how ppl moan so much lol
For me not so great because I have both Dreams and Death's Door.
But 2 out of 3 being good is a strong month.
I'm fine with all three. I'm a suck for golf games for some reason. Death's Door is fun. Dreams should have been a PS Plus resident from the start.
The people not excited for this month's games are the same people who don't know about Death's Door.
@Pat_trick Surely, if you already have them then it's a good selection? 😁
I almost bought PGA 2K23 last week, so I’m excited for that especially since I never pulled the trigger on buying it.
@MattBoothDev I meant because I have it, it's not a relevant month for me. But yes, definitely good.
If I didn't already own Death's Door, I would be "looking forward" to it. I would say it is at least the highlight of the month. Dreams interests me but not by a lot
Yeah, I'll probably play Death's Door as soon as it becomes available.
Yes im happy.death door is a game i wanted to play for a long time.so i will play and download this game.dreams i will added to my library.word up son
Death Door is a game I've had an eye on for a while. I took the kids to play footgolf this week and it was great. Someone should make a footgolf simulator. Maybe I'll make it in Dreams.
Not that bothered. I will check both Dreams and Death’s Door however.
Honestly, I was expecting Fifa 23 or maybe even Lego Skywalker saga. I'm more of a local coop player so I wanted something fun for the summer. I'll try out pga tour as it's local coop, but not sure about the others. I'm also quite interested in singeplayer games so I might try out deaths door.
@Th3solution I have a couple questions on dreams. Is it local coop compatible? Also is there any psvr stuff on it? I've been trying to find out online but haven't found any answers.
Guys, whatever you do, don’t skip out on Death’s Door. It’s incredible. One of the few games that I actually went to the bother of grabbing the Platinum trophy. It’s just so fun. Especially if you’re a fan of the top down Zelda’s!
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I got an Xbox at just the right time. Game pass is amazing. PlayStation disappointing me for a while now
@Infern0 I don’t think there is any local co-op, no. I could be wrong about that since I haven’t played it in a while. And yes, Dreams does support VR, but I haven’t tried it.
The creation suite is a little intimidating, and I’m not very creative, so I didn’t go beyond the tutorial. But dream-surfing through the community creations can be really worthwhile, even though it’s a solo venture.
I'm going to let my PS Plus lapse for a few months and wait to re-up on Black Friday. Between Starfield, BG3, and the PSVR2 games I haven't played I can go without. It's really a shame they haven't been able to churn out a 1st party multiplayer killer app like, say, Factions 2.
I will tag them and play other games. Don't care about any of the three.
Can't complain. Always wanted to play dreams paired with the psvr1 and deaths door is also alright.
At the end of the month we're getting sea of stars anyways, can't wait!
Pretty happy about the month with Dreams and Death’s Door.
Been curious about Dreams for some time, so glad to have a chance to look in on it. Death's Soor is an extra bonus!
I wish the combat In deaths door was a little easier
I, for one, am not completely thrilled with what we are getting but that is just life, ya know. You win some you lose some. Next month may be better...who knows.
I own Dreams and it's the only one I'd care for. It's a good month though Death's Door and Dreams (a lot if people haven't jumped in).
What is with the live service part though? Community creations? I don't know. I mean it did better than Project Spark for Xbox did. Even then Mario Maker/Game Builder Garage exist for different audiences. GBG I think isn't a online kind of game either is it?
Sports if you don't have that one I guess. It's no Cosmic Smash (yes I know sci-fi squash and PSVR2) or arcadey golf games but still.
I would have been super excited for Dreams if it wasn't literally about to be canned. I'll still download it and have a casual browse but it's disappointing that the game isn't being continued properly on PS5.
2nd month in a row with nothing that appeals to me !!!
Cancelled the premium subscription and won't renew.
After a year its self evident ITS JUST NOT WORTH £100 for me as the games I liked and WAS playing (eg spiderman etc) got taken away.
The monthly games leave much to be desired and I'd be better at 2nd hand shops etc for older ps4 titles.
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