Sony will retire the PlayStation Plus app on PC on 10 December, ending cloud streaming of PlayStation games on Windows. It says fewer than 0.4% of eligible Premium members used the app. Players without a console lose PlayStation Plus games on PC entirely, and console owners who streamed on a PC as a bonus may now be paying for a tier they no longer use.
The notice sits at the end of the PlayStation Blog post with the November Game Catalog lineup, written by Adam Michel, senior director of content acquisition and operations at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony says memberships and benefits on PS5 and PS4 are not affected and that it will contact PC users directly. Siliconera reports that the app’s support page, which carried the download link, already returns an error, so existing installs keep working until 10 December but new users may no longer be able to get the app.
The app only ever streamed PS4 games from the Game Catalog and part of the Classics Catalog. PS5 games were never available on it.
Cloud streaming stays on Sony’s own hardware
After 10 December, Premium cloud streaming works only on PS5, PS4 and the PlayStation Portal. That leaves a PC owner with two ways to play PlayStation games.
The first is PS Remote Play. Sony’s notice covers only the PlayStation Plus app, not the separate Remote Play app for Windows, which streams from your own PS5 or PS4 at home. It needs a console.
The second is buying PC versions. Games Sony has already brought to Steam and the Epic Games Store stay on sale, but new single-player ones won’t follow. In May, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported that PlayStation Studios chief Hermen Hulst told staff the company’s narrative single-player games will stay PlayStation exclusives. Online games such as Marathon still launch on PC.
On Linux and Steam Deck nothing changes, because the PlayStation Plus app was Windows-only. Remote Play works there only through unofficial clients such as chiaki-ng.
Which subscribers should change their plan
Without a PS5 or PS4, no PlayStation Plus tier gives you games on a PC after 10 December, since the Game Catalog in Extra downloads to consoles only. Sony’s notice says nothing about partial refunds, so it makes sense to turn off auto-renewal before the next billing date.
Console owners have a cheaper option. In the US, a 12-month Premium plan costs $159.99 and Extra $134.99. Premium keeps the Classics Catalog, game trials, the Sony Pictures Catalog and cloud streaming on PS5 and Portal, including your own digital PS5 games on Portal. If you used none of those and only streamed on a PC, Extra keeps the full Game Catalog for $25 less a year.
Xbox is now the only console platform streaming to PC
Microsoft still streams console games to Windows through Xbox Cloud Gaming, though with limits. Since November, Game Pass includes 5 to 15 hours of cloud play a month depending on the tier. Players can buy extra hours, and people without a subscription can buy hours to stream eligible games they own.
Sources: PlayStation Blog for the shutdown notice; PlayStation Plus for tier benefits; Siliconera on the removed support page. Jason Schreier’s May report via GamesRadar. US 12-month prices were unchanged in Sony’s May 2026 price rise and vary by region.