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PS Now December 2021 free games

Here's all there is to know about PS Now's December 2021 free games, including all the games that were added and removed from the service.

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 PS Now has been discontinued and replaced with a tiered PS Plus structure, meaning this subscription and its content is no longer accessible.

PS Now's December 2021 free games collection was stacked full of new games for you to try and offered a surprisingly strong drop – even if they weren't the latest and greatest games. They also helped grow an ever-expanding library of games across the PS4, PS3, and PS2 generations, available to play on PS5, PS4, PC, and via streaming on your mobile phone.

Despite this, PlayStation Now was ultimately discontinued and replaced with the expansion of PlayStation Plus to offer additional tiers around May–to June 2022. Check out the PS Plus free games and the PS Plus Extra and Premium games list to learn more about how this subscription currently works.

Read on to learn more about PS Now's December 2021 free games that were granted to all of its subscribers, as well as what games left the service.

PS Now December 2021 free games

The PS Now December 2021 free games were:

  • Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
  • Grand Theft Auto 3 – The Definitive Edition (available until January 31, 2022)
  • John Wick Hex
  • Spitlings

These games were available from Tuesday, December 7.

This drop offered some tasty remasters of old classics: GTA 3 and Final Fantasy X are all-time greats and arguably the best in their respective series, depending on who you ask at least.

John Wick Hex, on the other hand, was an underrated action-strategy game which saw you, as the titular John Wick, navigate through assassination puzzles. Sure, it wasn't quite as show-stopping but it was a unique and fun experience.

Likewise, Spitlings was a chaotic arcade game that was a perfect for a quick blast through – whether by yourself or with friends in local and online co-op.

PS Now December 2021 leaving games

The following games left PS Now on Monday, December 6, 2021:

  • Slay The Spire

All PlayStation Now games

PS Now had hundreds of games for you to download onto your PS4 and PS5, alongside the ability to stream them when the service was still up and running. Although it's long since been discontinued, these elements are now incorporated into the PS Plus subscription instead.

You can see the full list of PS Now games, including games from the PS2, PS3, and PS4 era, that were available before the service was discontinued.

PS Now was also available on your PC, allowing you to play a number of PS4 exclusives on your PC, without needing a PlayStation console in your house.

Well, that was all that was on offer in the PlayStation Now December 2021 free games lineup. If you're hungry for more PlayStation goodness, check out the best PS5 games you can play right now.

Echo has years of experience writing about PS5, Xbox, and the best games and franchises that console players love. They joined The Loadout in 2021 as a staff writer and worked their way up to be the site's guides editor, before departing in 2023. They've written hundreds of guides on games such as Call of Duty, XDefiant, Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and many more. They were also the custodian of The Loadout's various PS Plus games and Xbox Game Pass games lists, informing subscribers about any new, departing, or interesting games that they could play. In their time writing, they have attended industry events like Gamescom and WASD. Additionally, they have conducted interviews with the teams behind Lords of the Fallen, Blue Protocol, Dying Light 2, and more since beginning their writing journey at university.