Sony continues to promote its PlayStation Plus Premium offer in February 2026 with two new trial features, accessible free of charge for subscribers. These trial versions, although limited in time, allow you to play full titles for several hours. This immersive discovery strategy is aimed at hesitant and curious players who wish to test recent games before deciding to purchase them.
Both games made available for free this month — Escape from Ever After And Pathology 3 — have nothing in common, except their ability to immerse the player in rich and narratively powerful universes. One is a satirical fairy tale RPG, the other is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller.
Escape from Ever After: a stylized RPG between humor and satire
Inspired by classics like Paper Mario, Escape from Ever After is a turn-based role-playing game whose artistic direction immediately appealed. Released on January 23, 2026, the game immerses us in a world where fairy tales are threatened by a formidable entity: a “greedy megacorp”. The player plays a young hero responsible for freeing these distorted stories, through a scenario that is both humorous and critical.
What makes the game remarkable are its incisive dialogues, its subversive tone and its gameplay inspired by the best narrative RPGs. Thanks to PS Plus Premium, subscribers can immerse themselves in this adventure for a full hour, a duration sufficient to grasp the atmosphere and mechanics of the title.
Pathologic 3: introspection in a sick world
Unlike the colorful world of Escape from Ever After, Pathology 3 takes us into a much darker universe. This psychological horror game puts us in the shoes of a doctor-researcher confronted with a mysterious epidemic. His role? Understand the origin of the disease, investigate, examine patients and make decisive choices.
“Pathologic 3, a psychological horror game in which you play a doctor, researcher and physicist who tries to discover the origin and nature of an increasingly proliferating disease. It will then be necessary to investigate, find evidence and examine the patients by carrying out tests”.
Acclaimed upon its release at the beginning of January, it displays a very positive rating on Steam according to several thousand reviews. PS Plus Premium subscribers can test the first four hours for free, allowing time to fully experience the depth of the gameplay.
PS Plus Premium: increasingly relevant free trials
Sony’s strategy of offering extended trials of recent games, rather than simple demos, is paying off. It allows players to experience a real introduction to the title, with progression retained in the event of purchase. This month, the contrast between the two games offered clearly illustrates the richness of the Premium offer: a satirical and offbeat adventure on one side, an introspective and distressing dive on the other.
For those who are undecided, this is the perfect opportunity to discover unique worlds at no additional cost. Whether you’re a fan of modern tales or psychological horror stories, these two essays are available now on the PS Storeonly for Premium members.