We come to the month of
April 2021
.
Spring begins, the good weather is approaching and, for many months that pass, video games are still there to accompany us in the moments we need.
What does not change is the policy of Sony, Microsoft, Google and Amazon when it comes to offering free games with their subscription plans every month, so let's find out what awaits us during this fourth chapter of this year.
As is the tradition at MeriStation, we start this April, once Easter is over, collecting all the free games that companies give away with their subscription programs for
PS4 / PS5
,
Xbox One / Xbox Series
,
Twitch Gaming (PC )
and
Google Stadia
throughout the month;
another way of referring to
PS Plus
,
Xbox Live Gold
,
Prime Gaming,
and
Stadia Pro
.
Before starting, we remember that from MeriStation we have made several articles where we collect the best free video games for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch of 2021.
PS Plus and Play At Home: Days Gone, Oddworld Soulstorm, ABZU and more
Sony's quintessential service, which now has 47.4 million subscribers worldwide, offers its subscribers Days Gone, the 2019 Bend Studio work released in 2019, at no additional cost. Even if it's for PS4, PS5 players can enjoy it. with improvements (60 FPS as the main novelty) and reduced loading times.
Also, this time only on PS5, Oddworld Soulstorm, a premiere like titles like Destruction AllStars were months ago.
They are already available for download throughout the month.
Oddworld Soulstorm - Only on PS5
Days Gone - Available on PS4 (compatible with PS5 and with improvements like 60 FPS)
Zombie Army 4: Dead War - Available on PS4 (PS5 Compatible)
Jade's Ascension - Available on PS4 (PS5 Compatible)
To this list we must add all the titles that make up the Play At Home initiative of 2021, for which for a limited time we can purchase, without any condition (you do not need to be subscribed to anything; just access the PS Store, add to the cart and it will be registered in our library) this Thursday until next April 23 at 05:00 CEST:
Abzu
Enter the Gungeon
Rez Infinite
Subnautica
The Witness
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Moss
Thumper
Paper beast
On the other hand,
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
will be available for free from April 20 at 05:00 CEST and will do so until May 15 at 05:00 (CEST)
We finish with the PS Plus Collection, the other great claim of PlayStation Plus, a permanent gift until further notice for players subscribed to the program only on PS5.
Includes a total of 20 "defining games" from the PS4 catalog (executed via backward compatibility) such as Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, Days Gone, Detroit: Become Human, God of War, Infamous Second Son, Ratchet and Clank, The Last Guardian, The Last of Us Remastered, Resident Evil 7, Battlefield 1, Monster Hunter World, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and more.
You can check all the content of PS Plus in April 2021 here.
Xbox Live GOLD: Vikings, Truck Racing, Dark Void and Hard Cops
The
Games With Gold
, a subscription that will soon be no longer required to play
free-to-play
video games on Xbox consoles
, returns in April with a total of four titles that we can access either through the standard subscription of
Xbox Live Gold
or Xbox Ultimate Game Pass, which includes the above.
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard, Truck Racing Championship, Dark Void and Hard Corps: Uprising are the chosen ones.
We review all the dates.
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard |
Available April 1-30 on Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One.
Truck Racing Championship |
Available between April 16 and May 15 on Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One.
Dark Void |
Available April 1-15 on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
Hard Corps: Uprising |
Available April 16-30 on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
It should be remembered that we are in time to claim one of the games available in the Xbox Live GOLD game rotation last March:
Vicious Attack
Llama Apocalypse
will remain free until April 15.
All previous generation titles are playable on Xbox Series X | S through backward compatibility.
You can check all the content of Xbox Live GOLD in April 2021 here.
Twitch Prime Gaming offers 8 games: The Escapists, Before I Forget, Optica and more
This April we have a total of 8 free games with the
Games with Prime
promotion
.
Members subscribed to Amazon Prime have, among other advantages related to Amazon solutions to listen to music or watch movies and series, access to Prime Gaming, which each month gives away games (approximately, since it sometimes lengthens its offers) that we can enjoy on our computer through its
own
launcher
.
For the month of April, games like The Escapists and Before I Forget stand out.
We leave the list below with the exact dates so that you know how long you can claim them.
The Escapist - until May 3
Move or Die - Couch Party Edition - until May 3
Before I Forget - until May 3
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics - through April 23
Escape Machine City: Airborne - until April 16
Aces of the Luftwaffe - Squadron - until May 3
Optical - until April 9
Moving Out - until May 3
We remind you that Twitch Prime / Amazon Prime allows you to subscribe for free to a Twitch channel each month and thus support your favorite content creators.
You can check out all the content on Twitch Prime Gaming in April 2021 here.
Google Stadia Pro: Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition, SpongeBob and more
Google Stadia, the video game platform through google streaming, bets this April for a total of four games very varied in genre and style, four works that we can enjoy as long as we are subscribed to
Stadia Pro
.
This loyalty program does not require any type of downloads;
like the rest of the games included in Stadia Pro and those that can be purchased independently from the store: you run with an Internet connection and… enjoy.
No waiting.
Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition is undoubtedly the most prominent bet of this month.
Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition
Pikuniku
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Currently a Google Stadia pack is available under the name of
Premiere Edition
for 99 euros and that includes a Chromecast Ultra unit and a Google controller added to a one-month subscription to Stadia Pro, which then costs 9.99 euros each month .
You can check all the content of Google Stadia Pro in April 2021 here.