Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium, and Alien Isolation lead PlayStation Plus Extra, Deluxe Games for October 2023

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, Outlast II, and Dead Island Definitive Edition are also part of the lineup.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 12 October 2023 12:16 IST

Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium, and Alien Isolation lead PlayStation Plus Extra, Deluxe Games for October 2023

Photo Credit: WB Games Montréal

Gotham Knights can be played in solo mode or two-player co-op

Highlights

The free games will be available to download from October 17
Gotham Knights is currently on sale at Rs. 1,319 on PS5
A PS Plus Extra subscription costs Rs. 749 monthly; Rs. 849 for Premium

Gotham Knights leads the pack of new titles coming to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium game catalog, this month. Starting October 17, all higher-tier PS Plus members can hop onto their Batcycles and ride around the streets of Gotham City, beating up all kinds of volatile criminals in the hopes of unmasking the enigmatic Court of Owls. Players can switch between Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and the Red Hood throughout the story to investigate Batman/ Bruce Wayne's death, and build out their character via a gear system. Gotham Knights wasn't nicely received at launch due to a myriad of performance issues across console and PC, in addition to having a repetitive gameplay loop. It will be available on the PS5 only.

The award-winning literary RPG Disco Elysium is another big entry this month, throwing you into the shoes of an alcoholic amnesiac detective going through an existential crisis, while navigating madness, politics, and the horrors of addiction. Serving as a love letter to tabletop games, its rich narrative leaves several loose-hanging threads to explore, through interrogating characters, solving cases, accepting bribes, and consuming drugs to temporarily boost your stats. Disco Elysium arrives on the PS4 and PS5, and being The Final Cut version, the entire game is voice acted. Follow it up with Eldest Souls, a pixelated top-down souls-like set in a desolate wasteland created by the Old Gods. Armed with a greatsword forged using the purest obsidian, a lone warrior is tasked with defeating them in punishingly difficult boss battles and restore the world back to the way it was. Eldest Souls will be out on PS4 and PS5.

Your PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October includes:

➕ Gotham Knights
➕ Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
➕ The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
➕ Alien: Isolation

… and many more. The full lineup: https://t.co/nAbrvIjagG pic.twitter.com/uTeLG5UuaC
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 11, 2023

Halloween month calls for horror games, and the October PS Plus catalog brings some pure classics, starting with Alien Isolation where the aspect of fear is intensified by the idea that you're stranded on a spaceship, lightyears away from Earth. It's set 15 years after the events of the Alien (1979) film, and follows Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda, as she embarks on a trip into the stars to uncover the truth behind her mother's disappearance, only to be hunted by a deadly Xenomorph on the prowl. Alien Isolation will be free-to-play for PS Plus Extra and Premium members on October 17. Then there's Dead Island Definitive Edition, where an eclectic group of four are caught amidst a zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi; forced to crack open infected skulls, smash heads, and slice down appendages to survive.

In Outlast II, two investigative journalists, tracking clues on the seemingly impossible murder of a pregnant Jane Doe, are pulled into a dark and corrupt Arizonian town, where a plump cultist Sullivan Knoth carries out ruthless murders under the Lord's name. Those looking for a more plot-heavy affair can check out The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, in which a group of Special Forces excavating for weapons of mass destruction end up uncovering a long-buried Sumerian temple — a nest for some deadly creatures. It can be played in co-op mode, as well.

All these and more were unveiled on the PlayStation Blog and will be available exclusively to PS Plus Extra and Deluxe members in October (PS Plus Deluxe is called PS Plus Premium in select markets). Last month's catalogue included NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, Sed Meier's Civilization VI, and This War of Mine to name just a few.

Here's the complete list of free games available to PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium subscribers, starting October 17.

Gotham Knights (PS5)
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut (PS4, PS5)
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS4, PS5)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
Dead Island Definitive Edition (PS4)
Outlast 2 (PS4)
Elite Dangerous (PS4)
FAR: Changing Tides (PS4, PS5)
Gungrave G.O.R.E. (PS4, PS5)
Eldest Souls (PS4, PS5)
Röki (PS4, PS5)

The blog post also lists the PS Plus Classics catalogue for October, available exclusively to PS Plus Deluxe/ Premium members. This month brings Tekken 6, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Ape Escape Academy, and IQ Final.

PlayStation Plus Deluxe subscription starts in India from Rs. 849 per month, whereas the Extra subscription begins at Rs. 749 per month.

What are the most exciting titles that gamers can look forward to in 2023? We discuss some of our favourites on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Gotham Knights

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Fun to strategise combat
Four heroes to choose from
Campaign co-op
Traces of flair

Bad
Unrealistic open world
Traversal isn't free-flowing
Side quests are repetitive
Can't freely switch between heroes
Batcycle isn't great fun to drive
No cross-platform play
Heroes don't have separate lives
Combat feels the same with every hero in the beginning
Minor stuttering in Batcycle segments

Read detailed Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Gotham Knights review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

PEGI Rating 16+

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Disco Elysium

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre RPG

Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows, PC: macOS

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 18+

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Survival horror

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

Series The Dark Pictures Anthology

PEGI Rating 18+

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Alien: Isolation

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform Amazon Luna, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, PC: Windows, PC: macOS, PC: Linux

Modes Single-player

Series Alien

PEGI Rating 18+

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Dead Island

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC: Windows, PC: macOS, PC: Linux

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

Series Dead Island

PEGI Rating 18+

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Outlast 2

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Survival horror

Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 16+

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Far: Changing Tides

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Adventure

Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 3+

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