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April 2025 is quite possibly one of the best-ever months for PS Plus subscribers. Not only does the current Essential batch include the brilliant RoboCop Rogue City, but this month Extra subscribers are getting two day-one releases instead of just one. The release date and time countdown for when Blue Prince will come out on PS Plus for free and PC Steam is nearly over, and fans should be excited.
Blue Prince release date
The release date for Blue Prince is April 10th. This is confirmed on both the PSN store as well as the game’s official Steam page.
This game has been highly-anticipated ever since it was showcased in 2024. Even before its arrival, former Sony Interactive Entertainment President, Shuhei Yoshida, hyped the game as a GOTY contender, and it seems he wasn’t wrong as it is the best reviewed game of 2025 so far.
When does Blue Prince come out on PS Plus and PC Steam?
The release time for when Blue Prince will come out on PC Steam is 7AM PT/10 AM ET/3PM BST on April 10th. This comes courtesy of the community manager on the game’s official Discord.
As for when Bue Prince will come out on PS Plus, the PSN store shows a release time of 8AM PT/11AM ET/4PM BST. It’s possible the PSN store is wrong, but it’s what is currently listed. If you are planning to play on PS5, just expect it to come out at either of the above launch hours listed.
Blue Prince release time PC Steam
- 7AM PT on Thursday, April 10th
- 10AM ET on Thursday, April 10th
- 3PM BST on Thursday, April 10th
Blue Prince release time PS Plus
- 7/8AM PT on Thursday, April 10th
- 10/11AM ET on Thursday, April 10th
- 3/4PM BST on Thursday, April 10th
Countdown
Below is a countdown to when the game will launch on PC:
How to get Blue Prince free with PS Plus
The game will only be available for free with PS Plus if you are an Extra or Premium subscriber. An Extra subscription is either £10.99 a month, £31.99 every three months, or £99.99 per year. As for Premium, a subscription costs £13.49 every month, £39.99 every three months, and £119.99 every year.
There will be more than just Blue Prince joining PS Plus Extra and Premium for April 2025. The rest of the Extra and Premium additions will join on April 15th, and so far we know there will be the addition of another day one release in Lost Records Bloom and Rage.
Unfortunately, while we don’t know all the additions, we do know the following are leaving Extra:
- Animal Well (Extra)
- Tales of Kenzera Zau (Extra)
- Nour Play With Your Food (Extra)
- Deliver Us Mars (Extra)
- Misama Chronicles (Extra)
- Stray Blade (Extra)
- Kena Bridge of the Spirits (Extra)
- Slay The Spire (Extra)
Is it Steam Deck verified?
While the game is not officially verified for Steam Deck, it is rated as “playable” on the Valve Steam page. It is listed with the following pros and cons:
- Pro – All functionality is accessible when using the default configuration
- Pro – The game shows controller icons
- Pro – The game’s default graphics configuration works well on Steam Deck
- Con – Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Also, per SteamDeckHQ in their glowing review, the game is a “joy to play on the Steam Deck,” and “It can run nicely at 60 FPS for the most part”. However, while it can run at 60FPS, SteamDeckHQ recommend “setting a 45 FPS limit” because “The battery drain is a bit on the high side at times,” and there are “minor drops” that happen “when turning around in crowded rooms and running through the house”.
PC system requirements
Below are the PC minimum and recommended system requirements listed on Steam:
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bits
- Processor: i5-2300/Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/AMD RX580
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bits
- Processor: Intel Core i5 4690K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500x
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce 1080 GTX /AMD RX 5700
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
In other PS Plus news, a major day-one release from Max Payne developer is confirmed for summer.
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