Sony Pulls 7 PlayStation Plus Games in September, Including Madden NFL 26

Q: What hidden indie games is Sony quietly wiping from the PlayStation Store forever without warning developers?

The indie games Sony appears to be removing are not the seven PlayStation Plus catalog titles in the main news item, but a separate set of 13 games tied to Ukrainian indie publisher-developer Ternox Games, which says Sony terminated its PlayStation developer and publisher agreement without explanation. According to Ternox, the games scheduled to be delisted from the PlayStation Store after August 23 are: Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes, Finger Fitness, Retro Highway, Unichrome: A 1-Bit Unicorn Adventure, O-VOID: Console Edition, Run & Jump Guy, Scrap Divers, Fox’s Zen House, Boned Again: Survivors, Dungeonloop, IN-VERT, Taimumari: Complete Edition, and Bullet Beat. Ternox also said its well-received stock market game STONKS-9800 will no longer come to PS5 as a result of the agreement ending. The studio says Sony did not provide a reason before the termination and had not meaningfully responded to its emails at the time of reporting. There is no public evidence that Sony is “quietly wiping” these games as part of the routine PlayStation Plus rotation. The PS Plus removals are a separate, normal subscription-catalog change affecting titles such as Persona 5 Tactica, Madden NFL 26, the Shadowrun trilogy, and two Toy Story games. The Ternox delistings instead point to a broader PlayStation Store enforcement or contract action, though Sony has not publicly clarified the cause.

Q: Will you lose all your hard-earned progress when these seven major games vanish from your library this September?

No — you should not lose your save progress just because these seven games leave PlayStation Plus in September, but you will lose access to play them through the Extra, Deluxe, or Premium catalog unless you buy them. Sony’s current “Last Chance to Play” notice indicates the games are due to leave on September 15, 2026. For catalog titles on PS Plus Extra and Premium, access ends when the games rotate out. That is different from PlayStation Plus Essential monthly games, which remain playable as long as your subscription stays active after you’ve claimed them. Your progress is typically stored separately from the game license, either on your console storage or in PlayStation Plus cloud saves if you use that feature. That means your save data should remain intact even after a game leaves the catalog. If you later purchase the same PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 version of the game, you can usually continue from that save. The practical risk is not losing progress, but losing the ability to open the game unless you purchase it before or after removal. Cloud saves also require an active PlayStation Plus subscription to access, so if your subscription lapses, your backup saves may be harder to retrieve until you resubscribe. For the two Toy Story titles, their removal appears tied to planned October 2026 re-releases, while the rest seem to be part of routine catalog rotation.

3 articles · Updated · ixbt.games · Aug 18

Seven games have been added to PlayStation Plus' "Last chance to Play" list for September 2026, signaling their removal from the Extra, Deluxe and Premium catalog.
Madden NFL 26 headlines the exits, alongside three Shadowrun RPGs: Hong Kong - Extended Edition, Returns, and Dragonfall - Director's Cut.
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue, Toy Story 3 and Persona 5 Tactica are also set to leave, with most titles available on both PS5 and PS4.
The update has sparked subscriber discussion as Sony also recently moved to delist several indie developers' games from the PlayStation Store after terminating contracts without detailed explanations.