Some PS Plus Users Puzzled by Game Expiration Glitch (2025)

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  • Some PS Plus Users Puzzled by Game Expiration Glitch (1)
  • by Liam Croft

Select PS Plus users are reporting a game expiration glitch on the service that temporarily forces them back to the PS5 home menu roughly every 15 minutes. A Reddit thread has been set up where subscribers are sharing their experiences, with most simply confused by the apparent bug rather than venting any frustration.

According to those hit with the glitch, the PS5 alerts them of a PS5, PS4 title expiring in 15 minutes time, at which point the console automatically returns to the home screen. The game itself isn't closed — they're able to immediately button back in — but the cycle repeats itself so their gameplay is being interrupted roughly four times every hour. Poster Syizm says they have tried restoring their licenses, disconnecting from the internet, changing the date on the system, and fully powering down their PS5 to try and fix the problem, but to no avail.

Games like Horizon Forbidden West, Untitled Goose Game, Ghost of Tsushima, Humanity, , and Life Is Strange: Before the Storm are throwing up the error according to Reddit users. At the time of writing, there's no known fix. It apparently doesn't matter what tier of PS Plus you subscribe to either, with reports of streamed PS3 titles also being affected. Are you encountering this problem? Share your findings and troubleshoot in the comments below.

[source reddit.com]

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  • GoodHunter93

I happened to encounter it with Horizon Forbidden West. I received some notifications; 7 days before said expiration, the last hour remaining to play and the last 15 minutes.

I was logged out and the game had a lock. I launched the game again and haven't had the issue before.

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  • Stonecold

Happening to me on tchia. I thought maybe I had downloaded it on a game trial but I hadn’t. Odd

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  • SoulChimera

I had it on Dead Cells earlier today. Said it was going to expire in 15 minutes. I was just finishing up, so I didn’t see what would’ve happened if I had kept playing for another 15 minutes.

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  • Futureshark

Time for a Stability update!

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  • JasonLee99

I played Tchia for an hour last night with no problems. I did get this error once a couple months ago though.

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  • Voltan

@GoodHunter93 Same, also HFW, except I only had the 1h and 15 minutes ones

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  • Paddywang87

I'm having the same problems with division 2 which I own and paid for, it's only been happening after this week's ps+ premium drops 😔

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  • Danloaded

Had this with Chorus. Game shut down and i restarted fine. No other games done it yet

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  • voltum3l

Same problem with Doom Eternal.

WTF.

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  • DTfearTheBEARD

I started playing Lake this morning and it's been kicking me off every 15 mins. Luckily you can pause the game and save anytime. But it's still annoying to what is Otherwise a very relaxing and enjoyable game so far.

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  • Beerheadgamer82

Haven't experienced any myself yet but it's been a week since last played a plus games. A bit scared to play any plus games now till it gets fixed. 100%ing Spidey remastered again is keeping me busy for now

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  • itsfoz

Got this on Dishonoured 3 too!

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  • MattBoothDev

@Futureshark "Performance and Stability improvements"

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  • CaptD

I experienced this playing HZD around the time it was put on ps+.
I also seem to remember it happening years ago but it is a very rare event, I guess the license query timed out or something like that.

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  • Olmaz

Same issue on Humanity and Thymesia
Hopefully a patch is coming.

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  • Gaia093

When this happened to me weeks ago while playing Star Ocean, it was only once and I could carry on playing after the 15 minutes ran out without being bothered again. This "expiration loop" sounds significantly more annoying, so hopefully I won't get it while playing the newer Extra games.

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  • R2D2antics

Happened with Rift Apart, thought I had downloaded wrong version. First time using Extra, so I'm relieved it isn't something I did!

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  • Rgeneb1

Happening on the Ezio collection. Kind of pleased I'm not about to lose the game after investing all this time!

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  • LifeGirl

This is not just a PS5 glitch. Had this on PS4 whilst playing FF9. Fixed it with a simple restart.

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  • Monstermash40

It's been happening to me on Kingdom Hearts 3. First time it happened I frantically searched for a save point. But no need to worry. Funny game, that. Kinda wanna leave it but want to press on. All the worlds are just retellings of the movie. A little boring.

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  • TechaNinja

Kept getting it a few hours ago while playing tetris effect connected and kingdom hearts melody of memory

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  • MidnightDragonDX

Obviously a PS+ bug. Sounds like it’s more annoying than anything. Hopefully it’s fixed soon.

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  • Topov81

Just started getting it playing Uncharted on PS5 (downloaded via PS+ Game Catalogue).

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  • D3ld1abl0

I'm getting the same message with The Evil Within 2 that I just downloaded from PS Plus

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  • ShaharN

Same happening to me in any game from ps plus subscription

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  • Razstormstrike86

I have this with Tomb raider definitive edition and also wolfenstein young blood both games are on Game Catalogue it's becoming a rite pain, wish they would fix this soon.. drop my sub down as there's not much good on here anymore....

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  • JalapenoSpiceLife

meh, i'm not going to turn on my ps5 on tonight till this is fixed, way too much headache

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  • Legionari

Glad it's not just me 😅
Experienced this constantly over yesterday and today on Humanity

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  • -Sigma-

Encountered this last year. I restarted the game and restored my licenses and it seemed to fix it. Then it started happening again yesterday. I think it resolved itself but then again I may have been done playing the game for the day and not realized it hadn't been resolved. Will turn on the game later to see.

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  • Golem25

Nathan Drake Collection is doing the same thing for me, it's not too big of an issue really as the game graciously pauses itself as you get kicked out.

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  • 77dreams

Happened to me with Dead Cells, playing on a PS4.

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  • NoFaceBigFoot

Received the 15 minute warning for Forbidden West even though I owned the game!!!!

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  • Batesy125s

I had it on FFX remastered but it only happened a handful of times, and it was usually after I'd been playing for a good few hours. Still very strange

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  • Croman_Marko27

For me the division 1

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