The catalog PlayStation Plus Extra And Premium from April 2026 is loaded: Horizon Zero Dawn RemasteredThe Crew Motorfest, Football Manager 26 and Squirrel with a Gun. But the real good plan could well be a little strategic card game that arrived discreetly on April 21: Monster Train.
Released in 2020 on PC, this roguelike deckbuilder signed Shiny Shoe arrives on PS5 with a solid reputation: 86 out of 100 on Metacritic, “Overwhelmingly Positive” review on Steam and often described as the “best deckbuilder since Slay the Spire” according to Rock Paper Shotgun. The icing on the cake, its total completion can be around 97 hours according to HowLongToBeatenough to make your subscription profitable.
Monster Train on PS Plus: why is this PS5 roguelike impossible to put down?
In Monster Trainyou command an infernal train which transports the last blaze of Hell, assailed by waves of angels determined to extinguish it. Each fight is played on three floors of the train to defend simultaneously, with your units and your spells placed card by card, turn by turn.
The game offers six clans of monsters with radically different styles, which you can combine into main and secondary clans, each with its own champion to evolve. This structure, added to more than 220 maps, dozens of artifacts and 25 difficulty levels, explains why the PC community has praised it since its release.
If you’ve been hanging on Slay the Spire or to Balatro, Monster Train ticks all the boxes: fast runs, tense decisions with each draw and completely crazy builds when the synergies align. The difficulty remains progressive, which makes it an excellent entry point to the genre on console.
A 97-hour PS Plus game: how far can Monster Train go?
According to data aggregated by HowLongToBeatit takes around 3 hours to complete a first campaign, around 15 hours to see the essentials and almost 33 hours if you chain the runs with additional content. Players who aim for 100% and all difficulty levels go up to around 97 hours.
This longevity does not come from an endless story, but from the roguelike structure: each run generates a new route, with events, shops and elite fights, and you regularly unlock new maps and new clans. The 25 levels of “Covenant” add cumulative penalties that completely renew the way you build your decks.
How to enjoy Monster Train on PS5 via PS Plus Extra and Premium?
Monster Train has been included since April 21, 2026 in the Game Catalog of the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium offers, in the PS5 version, at no additional cost as long as the game remains in the catalog. Simply search for it on the PlayStation Store from your console and start downloading like any PS Plus title. A sequel, Monster Train 2also awaits the most fans on PS5, but outside of the subscription.