Do You Need PS Plus to Play Fall Guys?

Do you need PS Plus to play Fall Guys? The situation for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is unusual. You will need PS Plus to play Fall Guys online, but there's a trap you can fall into if you're not careful.

Do You Need PS Plus to Play Fall Guys?

Online is the only way to play Fall Guys, so you need PS Plus. Fall Guys costs $20, and unlike free-to-play games like Warzone or Fortnite, you need a PS Plus account to play it online.

Here's the tricky part: Fall Guys is free for PS Plus members for August. That means if you didn't have PS Plus and bought Fall Guys on PS4 for $20, you would need to buy a PS Plus subscription anyway to even play it. Since it's free for this month, you'd just get hosed for 20 bucks if you bought the game first without PS Plus in August.

The listing for Fall Guys on PS4 makes it explicitly clear that you need PS Plus to play online, and that the game itself is free for PS Plus users. The trap comes when you don't have PS Plus and go to buy it. The store won't stop you and keep you from spending money you didn't need to.

If you need to play Fall Guys on PS4, be sure you have the PS Plus subscription first before going to download it. If not, you can always get it on Steam for the same price. You won't need another subscription to play Fall Guys on PC.