New PS5 games this week: November 9 to 15, 2026

New ReleasesBy Sofia Brandt · Nov 9, 2026Fact-checked by Harriet Vance

Fifteen PS5 releases are dated between Monday, November 9 and Sunday, November 15, 2026. The biggest are Shrek 2 Remastered and Warhammer Survivors on November 10, Thronefall on November 11 and Barbie Rewind on November 12. Grand Theft Auto VI doesn’t unlock until November 19, but the PS5 pre-load opens on November 10 and needs at least 212GB free, so clear some storage before the weekend.

New PS5 games this week (November 9 to 15, 2026): quick list

Four releases matter to most PS5 owners this week. Shrek 2 Remastered is the nostalgic co-op pick. Barbie Rewind is the retro collection. Thronefall is the strategy game for short sessions. Warhammer Survivors is the $7.99 horde shooter. The rest of the week is smaller indies, a party spin-off, a PC hit’s console debut and two DLC packs.

• Shrek 2 Remastered (Tue, Nov 10): Aspyr Media’s remaster of the 2004 co-op licensed game. Buy it if you have someone on the couch to play with.
• Warhammer Survivors (Tue, Nov 10): a Survivors-style auto-shooter for $7.99. It’s the best value of the week.
• Thronefall (Wed, Nov 11): minimalist strategy where you build by day and defend by night. Runs are short enough to fit a 20-minute gap.
• Barbie Rewind (Thu, Nov 12): 16 Barbie games from 1991 to 2007 plus one that was never released, compiled by Digital Eclipse. Collectors should buy it at $29.99.

GTA VI comes out on Thursday, November 19, not this week. What does happen this week is the pre-load, covered in the checklist further down.

Full PS5 release schedule, day by day

Every release below has a PS5 date this week, taken from the PlayStation Blog, Push Square’s guide to November 9 to 15, Game Rant’s release calendar or the publisher’s own store listing. PS4 is listed only where the publisher has confirmed a PS4 version. None of this week’s releases support PS VR2.

Monday, November 9: Hozy

The week starts with one quiet release. The PlayStation Blog lists Hozy, tinyBuild’s cozy home-restoration game, for PS5 on November 9. You clean, repair and furnish rooms with no fail state and no timer, the same relaxing loop that made House Flipper and Unpacking popular.

tinyBuild publishes a lot of indies and the quality varies, so treat Hozy as a pleasant, low-stakes break rather than a system seller. It works well for winding down after Dead Island 2 from this month’s PS Plus lineup.

Tuesday, November 10: Shrek 2 Remastered, Warhammer Survivors, Tanuki: Pon’s Summer and a Marvel expansion

Tuesday has four releases. Push Square confirms that Shrek 2 Remastered, Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon’s Summer all launch on November 10. Game Rant lists MARVEL Cosmic Invasion: The Siege of Castle Doom for the same day.

The PlayStation Store lists Shrek 2 Remastered at $29.99 on PS5, and PS Plus members could pre-order it for $26.99. Store listings put the unlock at 17:00 UTC, which is noon Eastern, so it won’t be playable at midnight. Aspyr announced it for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC. There’s no PS4 version.

Warhammer Survivors comes from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. It costs $7.99 on the US PlayStation Store, and pre-orders were discounted to $7.19 until 10:00 UTC on launch day. It launches on six platforms at once.

Tanuki: Pon’s Summer is a short, gentle adventure with a tanuki in the lead. The Siege of Castle Doom is an add-on for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, the retro beat ’em up from Tribute Games and Dotemu. It’s built around Doctor Doom’s fortress, and you need the base game to play it.

Wednesday, November 11: Thronefall, Skygrid Courier and Prinny Party

Push Square lists three PS5 releases for Wednesday, and Thronefall is the one to watch. Skygrid Courier is a physics-based action puzzler. Prinny Party: Going Overboard! is a party game starring the exploding penguin mascots from Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea series.

Grizzly Games’ Thronefall became a word-of-mouth hit on PC because its loop is so simple. During the day you place buildings and walls. At night your small kingdom fights off waves of enemies. Runs are short, and the strategy comes from where you build rather than from managing a big economy.

In Skygrid Courier you get deliveries through a physics-driven world. That can be great or maddening depending on how well the controls hold up, so wait for the first reviews.

Thursday, November 12: Barbie Rewind and five more

Thursday is the busiest day of the week. Push Square lists Barbie Rewind, Sonic Pico Park and Supermarket Simulator (its console debut). Game Rant adds BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon, Fakin’ It XL and Hazard Levels, and GameSpot also dates Hazard Levels for November 12.

Gematsu’s announcement report lists Barbie Rewind for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch and PC. On PS5 it costs $29.99 digital or on disc. The $59.99 Deluxe Edition is Switch-only.

Sonic Pico Park puts Sega’s mascot into Pico Park’s co-op puzzle design, where every player has to coordinate to clear a stage. In Supermarket Simulator you stock shelves and run a store, and it comes to PS5 after a long run of popularity on PC.

Risen Ballbylon adds content to BALL x PIT, Devolver Digital’s roguelite that mixes brick-breaking with base building. Fakin’ It XL is a party game for groups playing on one screen.

Friday to Sunday, November 13 to 15

The weekend is nearly empty. Push Square lists Bombanana for Friday, November 13, and nothing else is dated for PS5 on Saturday or Sunday, because publishers are steering clear of the week before GTA VI. That makes it a good weekend to free up storage and finish anything you want done before November 19.

The best new PS5 games this week, and who should buy them

These picks are weighed on four things: price, how much play you get for the money, whether the game suits co-op or short sessions, and whether it’s still worth buying with GTA VI ten days away. Games with a confirmed price and a track record on other platforms rank above new, unproven ones.

Shrek 2 Remastered

Shrek 2 Remastered is the best co-op release of the week, but it’s a nostalgia buy first and a modern action game second. Polygon describes the 2004 original as a co-op licensed game with a cult reputation. That was rare for a movie tie-in, and it explains why Aspyr chose it over a more forgettable license.

Is it actually good, or just nostalgic? Its appeal is a whole party on one couch, with each character playing differently. Licensed games from 2004 had simple combat and short levels. A remaster can sharpen the visuals and controls, but it can’t turn that design into a modern brawler.

The ideal buyers at $29.99 are two siblings who played the original on PS2 and now have kids of their own. Solo players after a deep action game should wait for reviews or a sale. Charge a second DualSense before the evening you plan to play.

Barbie Rewind

Barbie Rewind is the best-value retro release of the week. For $29.99 you get 16 Barbie games released between 1991 and 2007 plus one that never came out. That’s under $2 a game, before counting the extras Digital Eclipse builds into its compilations.

Digital Eclipse’s interactive-documentary style, which puts archival material next to the playable games, made Atari 50 one of the best-received retro releases in years. Barbie Rewind brings that treatment to a series most players never expected anyone to preserve. The modern addition is a DreamHouse room-decorating mode inspired by Unpacking.

The downside is that many licensed games from the 1990s and 2000s were made quickly, and some of the 16 will feel thin today. You’re paying for the collection and the history, not for 17 great games. If that appeals to you, it’s an easy buy. If you only want the one game you remember from childhood, check the full list first.

Thronefall

Thronefall is the strategy pick of the week and the best choice if you only play in short windows. You build during the day and defend at night, and a run is short enough to finish before dinner.

The minimalism is deliberate. Most tower defense and city-builder games pile on resources and menus. Thronefall boils everything down to a few clear decisions: where the next wall goes, which tower to upgrade, when to spend and when to save. Beginners pick it up in minutes, and experienced strategy players find depth in optimizing layouts on the harder levels.

The trade-off is that if you want long, branching campaigns, you’ll run out of new content faster than in a big strategy game. It’s a game to come back to a few times a week, not one to binge.

Warhammer Survivors

At $7.99, Warhammer Survivors is the lowest-risk purchase of the week. It follows the formula Vampire Survivors made popular: you move, your weapons fire on their own, enemies come in growing waves, and every level-up makes your build stronger.

Auroch Digital knows the license well, and Boltgun showed the studio can make Games Workshop’s universe feel loud and heavy. Expect 15 to 30 minute runs and a long list of unlocks.

If you’ve already put hundreds of hours into Vampire Survivors, the Warhammer setting is the main new thing here, so let your interest in the setting decide. If you’re new to the genre, it’s a cheap way in and fills the days before GTA VI well.

Your GTA 6 checklist for this week

GTA VI unlocks at midnight local time on November 19, but the prep starts this week. The GTA VI page on PlayStation.com says digital pre-order holders can pre-load from midnight local time on November 10, and you need at least 212GB free on your PS5.

When can I pre-load GTA 6 on PS5?

Digital pre-order holders can pre-load from midnight on November 10, local time in their own region. Shacknews and MP1st both reported Rockstar Games’ confirmation of the date and size. Earlier figures of November 12 and 210GB came from PlayStation Game Size, a community tracker that reads store data and is usually close but isn’t official. According to PlayNews, the November 12 date applies to codes from boxed copies.

“Midnight local time” means 12:00 AM wherever you live, so the US East Coast starts three hours before the West Coast. The November 19 unlock works the same way.

Storage and editions in brief

The launch PS5’s 825GB SSD has roughly 667GB of usable space, so GTA VI alone takes about a third of it. You don’t have to delete games, though. You can move PS5 games to USB extended storage (Settings > Storage), which is much faster than downloading them again, but you can’t play them from there. Disc copies install to the SSD too, so everyone needs the space.

The Standard Edition costs $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition $99.99 on the PlayStation Store. Both include one month of GTA+ and the pre-load, and the game is PS5 Pro Enhanced. The Standard Edition is the better buy for most players. Ultimate only makes sense if you already know you’ll spend hundreds of hours in GTA Online.

PS Plus this week: what to claim and what’s coming

You can claim three PS Plus Essential games until November 30: Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV to VI Remastered and Monster Train 2. The bigger PS Plus news this week is the Extra and Premium catalog reveal, expected on Wednesday, November 11.

PS Plus Essential: November Monthly Games

The PlayStation Blog confirmed the November lineup on October 28, and the games have been claimable since November 3. Dead Island 2 is the headliner, a gory zombie action game that’s best in co-op. Tomb Raider IV to VI Remastered covers the late classic-era Lara Croft games. Monster Train 2 is a deckbuilding roguelite and the best of the three if you like short runs.

Monster Train 2 is a PS5-only claim. If you add it from a PS4, or pick the wrong version on the web store, it won’t show up properly, so claim it as a PS5 title. Our earlier look at PS Plus Essential games for November 2026 covers how this lineup was predicted and revealed.

PS Plus Extra and Premium: November catalog

According to Game Rant, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake joins the Extra and Premium catalog in November, and Dynasty Warriors: Origins follows in December. Both were announced in advance, and the rest of November’s catalog hasn’t been confirmed yet.

The reveal is expected on Wednesday, November 11, in line with Sony’s usual Wednesday announcements, and the games normally arrive the following Tuesday, which would be November 17. That’s a prediction based on Sony’s usual schedule until the PlayStation Blog post goes up. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is a strong pickup if you skipped it in 2024: it’s a long, classic turn-based RPG in Square Enix’s diorama-style HD-2D look.

PS Store deals worth knowing about this week

The PlayStation Store Black Friday sale is already running and ends November 30, according to the PlayStation Blog. Brand-new games like Shrek 2 Remastered and Barbie Rewind are rarely discounted in their first week, so use the sale to catch up on older games.

On a tight budget, buy one new release (Warhammer Survivors at $7.99, or Barbie Rewind or Shrek 2 Remastered at $29.99) and pick up older games from the sale. If you haven’t pre-ordered GTA VI, keep the rest of your money for it.

Missed last week? PS5 games from November 2 to 8

Push Square counted 28 or more PS5 and PS Plus releases for November 2 to 8, so last week was much busier than this one. Two of them are on Polygon’s November picks: Zero Parades: For Dead Spies and Faraway.

Zero Parades is the espionage RPG from ZA/UM, the studio behind Disco Elysium. If you like text-heavy RPGs full of choice and introspection, it’s the most interesting release of the last two weeks. Faraway is the quieter pick after Dead Island 2’s zombie action. For late October, the previous edition of PS5 games this week covers October 26 to November 1.

Coming next week: November 16 to 22 (GTA 6 week)

Next week is all about GTA VI on November 19, with a handful of smaller games and expansions around it. Most of these dates come from release calendars rather than official posts, so check the store page before you plan around them.

GTA VI is the only confirmed release from a major publisher. Game Rant dates The Keepsake Sea and Dark Rail for November 18 and The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online for November 19. Game Rant and Gamegator disagree on whether Goat Simulator 3’s Dizzyworld DLC lands on the 18th or the 19th. Game Rant and PlatPrices both date Ranger’s Path for November 17.

The rest of November: November 23 to 30

The last week of November is small too. Its most concrete release is GrimKeep, which Resolution Games has officially dated for November 30.

Gematsu reported the GrimKeep date from Resolution Games’ October announcement, which promises seven playable heroes, seven dice types and more than 60 monsters at launch. Sunstone of Time and Fallen City Brawl only appear on Game Rant’s calendar so far, so treat those two dates as provisional.

Why is November so empty apart from GTA 6? Publishers don’t want to launch next to a game expected to dominate attention and spending for weeks. That’s why this week is full of $8 to $30 games and the rest of the month is quiet. Most of the big 2026 releases arrived in September instead.

What PS5 players are actually playing right now

New releases don’t top the play charts. According to TrueTrophies’ weekly PlayStation chart for the week ending November 8, 2026, the three most-played games were Fortnite, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Roblox.

So if you want to know the hottest PS5 game right now, by play time it’s a free-to-play or long-running service game. A new release has to be huge to break into that tier, which is why GTA VI and its online mode are expected to shake up the chart after November 19.

This week’s releases are mostly niche picks for specific tastes. That’s fine: Thronefall or Barbie Rewind can still be the best $30 you spend this month, even if your whole friends list is in Fortnite.

Is anything worth buying before GTA 6, or should you save?

Buy one or two cheap or short games and save the rest. Warhammer Survivors ($7.99) and Thronefall suit this well because they’re built for short sessions and you’ll keep going back to them after GTA VI. Barbie Rewind is a collection you dip into, so it won’t compete with a 100-hour open world.

Saving makes just as much sense. GTA VI costs $79.99 or $99.99, and plenty of players will need extra storage on top. If money is tight, skip the new releases, claim the three PS Plus games and spend the next ten days on your existing library. Use the empty weekend of November 13 to 15 to finish the game you’ve been putting off, so it isn’t hanging over you when GTA VI unlocks.

FAQ

What PS5 games are releasing this week?

From November 9 to 15, 2026, PS5 gets Hozy (Nov 9); Shrek 2 Remastered, Warhammer Survivors, Tanuki: Pon’s Summer and the MARVEL Cosmic Invasion: The Siege of Castle Doom DLC (Nov 10); Thronefall, Skygrid Courier and Prinny Party: Going Overboard! (Nov 11); Barbie Rewind, Sonic Pico Park, Supermarket Simulator, BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon, Fakin’ It XL and Hazard Levels (Nov 12); and Bombanana (Nov 13).

What PS5 games are coming out in November 2026?

The biggest is Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19. Earlier in the month came Zero Parades: For Dead Spies and Faraway, then this week’s releases led by Shrek 2 Remastered and Barbie Rewind. Next week brings Ranger’s Path (Nov 17), Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Keepsake Sea and Dark Rail (Nov 18), and The Binding of Isaac: Repentance + Online (Nov 19). The month closes with Gothic 3 (Nov 24), Sunstone of Time (Nov 25), Fallen City Brawl (Nov 27) and GrimKeep (Nov 30).

What are the best PS5 games of 2026?

The strongest 2026 releases so far mostly came out in September. Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword launched on September 4, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine on September 15 as a PS5 exclusive, and Silent Hill: Townfall from Screen Burn, Annapurna Interactive and Konami on September 24. Wolverine got solid but mixed reviews, with Metacritic averages around 77 to 78 against Spider-Man’s higher bar. Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19 is the year’s biggest release.

Is GTA 6 out this week on PS5?

No. GTA VI unlocks on November 19, 2026 at midnight local time. This week you can only pre-load it: from November 10 with a digital pre-order, and reportedly from November 12 with a code from a boxed copy.

How big is GTA 6 on PS5?

You need at least 212GB free, according to PlayStation.com and Rockstar’s confirmation as reported by Shacknews. Earlier reports of 210GB came from an unofficial tracker.

What’s the hottest PS5 game right now?

By play time, Fortnite, followed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Roblox, according to TrueTrophies’ chart for the week ending November 8, 2026. Among new releases, Shrek 2 Remastered and Barbie Rewind are getting the most attention this week.

What are the free PS Plus games for November 2026?

Dead Island 2 (PS5 and PS4), Tomb Raider IV to VI Remastered (PS5 and PS4) and Monster Train 2 (PS5 only). Any PS Plus tier can claim them until November 30, 2026.

How much is Barbie Rewind on PS5?

$29.99 for both the digital and physical editions. The $59.99 Deluxe Edition is Switch-only.

Is Shrek 2 Remastered on PS4 too?

No. Aspyr Media announced it for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC only. It costs $29.99 on the PlayStation Store.

What PS5 games are coming out in December 2026?

The only confirmed PlayStation news for December so far is Dynasty Warriors: Origins joining the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalog. Sony usually reveals December’s Monthly Games on the last Wednesday of November, which this year is November 25. If that holds, they’d go live on Tuesday, December 1.

When do they announce the PS Plus Extra games this month?

The November Extra and Premium catalog reveal is expected on Wednesday, November 11, and the games usually arrive the following Tuesday. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has already been announced for November.