PlayStation Store Sale “Essential Picks” Now Live This Sept. 1, Over 170 Games on Sale (NA)

Here’s a weird one: Sony has launched the PlayStation Store Sale this September 1 at a weird hour. It’s called the “Essential Picks” sale, and has over 170 games available! Check out the full list of games for sale below. Note that this is for the North America version of the sale, and the Asia and UK ones might have different listings.

PlayStation Store Sale September 1 “Essential Picks” List of Games:

PSN Store Essential Picks NA Link.

Game Name Plu$ $ale Off
Alekhine’s Gun $2.99 85%
Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack
$3.99 50%
Arcade Game Series: Dig Dug
$1.99 50%
Arcade Game Series: Galaga
$1.99 50%
Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man
$1.99 50%
Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man
$1.99 50%
Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry
$3.74 75%
Assassin’s Creed Legendary Collection
$59.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ultimate Edition
$29.99 75%
Assassin’s Creed Origins
$11.99 80%
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Deluxe PS4 and PS5 $39.99 $43.99 45%
Assassin’s Creed Origins – Deluxe Edition
$13.99 80%
Assetto Corsa – Ultimate Edition
$7.99 80%
Assetto Corsa Competizione
$19.99 50%
Batman: Arkham Collection
$11.99 80%
Battleship $5.99 60%
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
$1.49 70%
Beast Quest $3.99 80%
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
$23.99 60%
Biomutant $44.99 $47.99 20%
Bird Game + $1.49 70%
Blasphemous $8.99 64%
Blizzard Arcade Collection
$14.99 25%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
$19.99 50%
Book of Demons
$9.99 60%
Borderlands 3 $19.79 67%
Borderlands 3: Super Deluxe Edition PS4 & PS5
$35.99 55%
Broken Sword 5 – the Serpent’s Curse
$3.74 85%
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
$4.99 75%
Bugsnax $18.74 25%
Call of Cthulhu $7.49 75%
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Gold Edition
$19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
$29.99 50%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Cross-Gen Bundle
$34.99 50%
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Ultimate Edition
$53.99 40%
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Deluxe
$39.99 60%
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
$19.79 67%
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – Deluxe Edition
$28.04 67%
Catherine: Full Body Digital – Deluxe Edition $19.99 $24.99 50%
Chasm $5.99 70%
Child of Light $4.49 70%
Child of Light – Ultimate Edition
$8.99 60%
Chivalry 2 $31.99 20%
Chivalry 2 Special Edition PS4 and PS5
$39.99 20%
Code Vein $14.99 75%
Commandos 2 – HD Remaster
$9.99 50%
Control – Ultimate Edition $15.99 $19.99 50%
Control: Ultimate Edition $15.99 $19.99 50%
Cooking Mama: Cookstar
$27.99 30%
Crash Bandicoot – Crashiversary Bundle
$59.99 50%
Crash Bandicoot – Quadrilogy Bundle
$49.49 45%
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
$35.99 40%
Crash Bandicoot Bundle – N. Sane Trilogy + Ctr Nitro-Fueled
$33.74 55%
Crazy Chicken Wanted
$10.49 30%
Cris Tales $31.99 20%
Cris Tales (Modus Games)
$31.99 20%
Darksiders: Fury’s Collection – War and Death
$7.99 80%
Days Gone $23.99 40%
Dead by Daylight: Special Edition
$14.99 50%
Dead by Daylight: Ultimate Edition PS4 and PS5
$48.99 30%
Dead Island: Riptide – Definitive Edition
$3.99 80%
Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package
$9.99 75%
Dead Rising Triple Pack
$14.87 75%
Detroit: Become Human Digital – Deluxe Edition
$17.99 40%
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
$4.49 85%
Devil May Cry 5 – Special Edition
$29.99 25%
Devil May Cry HD Collection & 4SE Bundle
$14.84 67%
DMC4SE Demon Hunter Bundle
$8.99 75%
Downwell $0.99 80%
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot – Deluxe Edition
$29.74 65%
DreamWorks Dragons Dawn of New Riders
$13.99 65%
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
$3.99 80%
El Hijo – A Wild West Tale $14.99 $15.99 20%
Elex $14.99 75%
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
$9.99 50%
Extinction $4.49 85%
F1 2021 PS4 and PS5
$44.99 25%
F1 2021: Deluxe Edition PS4 and PS5
$59.99 20%
Fade to Silence $8.99 70%
Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour + Quad Lake Pass
$21.49 50%
Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour + The Catch: Carp & Coarse
$19.24 45%
Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour – Collector’s Edition $22.49 $24.99 50%
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
$9.99 50%
For Honor – Complete Edition
$24.99 75%
For Honor Marching Fire Edition
$14.99 70%
Gauntlet: Slayer Edition
$4.99 75%
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
$4.49 70%
God of War Digital – Deluxe Edition $14.99 $17.99 40%
Gran Turismo Sport
$9.99 50%
Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition
$14.99 50%
Gravity Heroes $11.24 25%
Gravity Heroes $11.24 25%
GreedFall – Standard Edition
$11.89 66%
Grow Home $3.99 50%
Grow Up $3.99 60%
Handball 21 $14.79 63%
Helldivers Super-Earth – Ultimate Edition
$13.99 65%
Hellpoint $13.99 60%
Hitman 3 – Standard Edition $29.99 $35.99 40%
How to Survive 2
$2.99 80%
Hungry Shark World
$4.99 50%
Ice Age Scrat’s Nutty Adventure!
$13.99 65%
Indivisible $17.99 55%
inFAMOUS First Light
$8.99 40%
Injustice 2 – Legendary Edition
$14.99 75%
It Takes Two $29.99 25%
Jeopardy! $4.99 75%
Journey Collector’s Edition $12.49 $14.99 40%
Journey to the Savage Planet $11.99 $14.99 50%
Just Cause 4 – Complete Edition
$13.99 80%
Just Dance 2020
$19.99 50%
Kholat $3.99 80%
Last Day of June
$4.99 75%
LEGO DC Super-Villains – Deluxe Edition $14.99 $22.49 70%
LEGO Harry Potter Collection
$4.99 75%
LEGO Marvel Collection
$11.99 80%
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
$4.99 75%
LEGO The Hobbit
$4.99 75%
Let’s Sing 2021 $19.99 50%
Let’s Sing Queen
$23.99 40%
Lichdom: Battlemage
$1.49 85%
Little Big Workshop $13.99 $14.99 25%
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
$12.99 35%
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
$9.74 35%
Mafia – Definitive Edition
$23.99 40%
Mafia: Trilogy $32.99 45%
Maximum Football 2018
$3.99 60%
Memories of Mars
$4.99 75%
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Game of the Year Edition
$4.99 75%
Monopoly Deal $1.49 70%
Monster Energy Supercross – Special Edition $4.49 $5.99 80%
Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 3
$7.99 80%
Monster Energy Supercross 3 – Special Edition
$11.99 80%
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition
$29.99 25%
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
$29.99 25%
Moons of Madness
$11.99 60%
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
$23.99 60%
MotoGP 19 $4.49 $5.99 80%
MotoGP 20 $7.99 80%
Mugsters $2.99 80%
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
$13.99 60%
Mxgp 2019 – The Official Motocross Videogame
$7.99 80%
My Hero One’S Justice
$9.59 84%
My Memory of Us
$4.59 80%
Namco Museum Archives Vol 1
$4.99 75%
Namco Museum Archives Vol 2
$4.99 75%
Naruto – Ultimate Ninja Storm
$5.99 70%
Naruto Shippuden – Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
$5.99 70%
Naruto Shippuden – Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst
$5.99 70%
Naruto Shippuden – Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy
$13.99 80%
Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker – Deluxe Edition
$13.49 85%
Nascar Heat 4 $5.99 70%
Nascar Heat 4 – Gold Edition
$8.99 70%
Necromunda: Hired Gun
$29.99 25%
Necromunda: Underhive Wars
$11.99 70%
Need for Speed Heat $8.99 $14.99 75%
Need for Speed Ultimate Bundle
$14.99 75%
Neighbours back From Hell $10.49 $11.24 25%
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
$1.99 80%
No Man’s Sky $29.99 50%
No Man’s Sky $29.99 50%
One Piece: Burning Blood
$8.99 85%
Outward $9.99 75%
Override 2: Super Mech League
$9.89 67%
Pac-Man 256 $2.24 55%
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
$5.84 55%
Persona 5 Royal – Deluxe Edition
$27.99 60%
PGA Tour 2K21 – Digital Deluxe
$23.09 67%
Planet Alpha $4.99 75%
Portal Knights $7.99 60%
Race with Ryan $10.49 65%
Ratchet & Clank $9.99 50%
Red Dead Online
$9.99 50%
Red Dead Redemption 2
$24.59 59%
Resident Evil $4.99 75%
Resident Evil 0 $4.99 75%
Resident Evil 2 $15.99 60%
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
$9.99 50%
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
$5.99 60%
Resident Evil Revelations
$7.99 60%
Resident Evil Revelations 2 – Deluxe Edition
$11.99 60%
Ride 3 – Gold Edition
$10.49 85%
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
$5.99 80%
Sakura Wars $23.99 60%
Sega Genesis Classics
$10.49 65%
Serious Sam Collection
$14.99 50%
Shenmue I & II $8.99 70%
Shiftlings $3.74 75%
Shining Resonance Refrain
$8.99 70%
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Anthology
$27.99 60%
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Platinum Edition
$14.99 70%
Skate City $10.49 30%
Skyrim Special Edition + Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y. Bundle
$23.99 60%
Slender: The Arrival
$1.99 80%
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
$9.99 75%
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts & SGW3 Unlimited Edition
$14.99 75%
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
$14.99 70%
South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Gold Edition
$23.99 70%
South Park: The Stick of Truth
$9.89 67%
South Park: The Video Game Collection
$23.09 67%
Space Hulk: Deathwing – Enhanced Edition
$7.49 75%
Space Hulk: Tactics
$7.49 75%
Star Trek: Bridge Crew The Next Generation Bundle
$11.99 60%
Star Wars Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast
$4.49 55%
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
$8.99 55%
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Deluxe Edition
$24.99 50%
Star Wars Republic Commando
$9.74 35%
Starlink: Battle For Atlas – Deluxe Edition
$19.99 75%
Starlink: Battle For Atlas Digital Edition
$14.99 75%
Stellaris: Console Edition – Deluxe Edition
$14.99 75%
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
$13.99 30%
Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris
$23.99 60%
Swordsman VR $13.99 30%
Symmetry $3.59 80%
Tales Of Berseria
$9.99 50%
The Blizzard 30-Year Celebration Collection
$23.99 20%
The Catch: Carp and Coarse – Collector’s Edition
$19.24 45%
The Council – The Complete Season
$6.24 75%
The Crew $6.59 67%
The Crew 2 Special Edition $11.99 $14.99 75%
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope & Man of Medan Bundle
$24.99 50%
The Disney Afternoon Collection
$4.99 75%
The Division 2 – Warlords of New York – Ultimate Edition
$23.99 70%
The Evil Within $9.99 50%
The Evil Within 2
$19.79 67%
THE King OF Fighters XIV Ultimate Edition
$25.99 35%
The Last of Us Part II – Digital Deluxe Edition
$37.49 25%
The LEGO Movie Videogame
$4.99 75%
The Outer Worlds
$19.79 67%
The Sims 4 – Deluxe Party Edition
$12.49 75%
The Sims 4 Plus Cats & Dogs Bundle
$24.99 50%
The Surge 1 & 2 – Dual Pack
$14.99 75%
The Surge 2 $12.49 75%
The Survivalists $10.19 $12.74 50%
The Yakuza Origins Digital Bundle $19.99 $24.99 50%
The Yakuza Remastered Collection $23.99 $27.99 30%
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
$5.99 70%
Tom Clancy’s The Division
$7.49 75%
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint – Ultimate Edition
$29.99 75%
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Standard Edition
$14.99 70%
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Ultimate Edition
$29.99 75%
Tom Clancy’s The Division – Gold Edition
$12.49 75%
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 – Standard Edition
$8.99 70%
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
$23.99 40%
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle
$29.99 40%
Totally Reliable Delivery Service – Deluxe Edition
$8.39 65%
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity $4.99 $7.99 60%
Train Sim World 2020 Collector’s Edition $24.74 $27.49 50%
Trials of The Blood Dragon
$4.94 67%
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
$7.49 75%
Trivial Pursuit Live!
$5.99 60%
Troll & I $3.99 60%
TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge 2
$14.99 75%
Twisted Metal: Black
$4.99 50%
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
$9.99 60%
Umbrella Corps – Deluxe Edition
$6.24 75%
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End $7.99 $9.99 50%
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
$9.99 50%
Underworld Ascendant
$5.99 80%
Uno $3.99 60%
Uno – Ultimate Edition
$7.99 60%
Unturned $9.99 60%
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series
$14.99 50%
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
$4.49 70%
Valkyria Chronicles 4 – Complete Edition
$19.99 60%
Valkyria Revolution
$9.89 67%
Valley $3.74 75%
Virginia $1.99 80%
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
$7.49 75%
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Premium Edition
$11.24 75%
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Ultimate Edition Bundle
$13.74 75%
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Winds of Magic Bundle
$14.81 61%
Watch Dogs 1 + Watch Dogs 2 Gold Editions Bundle
$24.99 75%
Watch Dogs 2 $9.99 80%
Watch Dogs 2 – Deluxe Edition
$11.99 80%
Watch Dogs: Legion – Deluxe Edition
$23.09 67%
Watch Dogs: Legion – Gold Edition
$32.99 67%
Wheel of Fortune
$7.99 60%
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
$9.99 50%
Worms W.M.D $5.99 80%
Wrc 6 Fia World Rally Championship
$4.99 90%
Wreckfest – Complete Edition
$29.99 40%
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Hero Edition PS4 and PS5
$41.99 40%
Yooka-Laylee $5.99 85%
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
$7.49 75%
Zombi $3.99 80%
Zombie Army Trilogy
$4.99 90%
DLC Name Plu$ $ale Off
Apex Legends – Bloodhound Edition $11.99 $13.99 30%
Apex Legends – Lifeline Edition $11.99 $13.99 30%
Apex Legends – Octane Edition $11.99 $13.99 30%
Dead by Daylight: Silent Hill Edition (English, Japanese)
$29.99 40%
Everspace – Encounters
$4.99 50%
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Anthology Upgrade Bundle
$24.99 50%
Superbeat Bundle Pack 6 $1.99 $2.49 50%
Superbeat: XONiC – Plus $0.79 $0.99 50%

That seems to be it. If there’s a “Games Under” sale like two weeks ago, we’ll be sure to let our readers know. Last week’s sale was for PSVR titles, so if you’re interested in that, head on over here.

Which games are worth getting? Share your picks down below to let other bargain hunters know.

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