Best PS5 DLC — top 13 expansions you need to play in November 2024 (2024)

The best PS5 DLC will always deliver an extra dose of content for your favorite PS5 or PS4 game while also bringing you on a brand-new adventure!

Lee Brady

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From the glorious additions offered by Cyberpunk 2077 DLC to the addictive new challenges found in the God of War Ragnarok Valhalla update, you should have plenty of downloadable content to sink your teeth into in 2024. However, let's be real here — the very best PS5 DLC involves a little game called Elden Ring.

The 13 best PS5 DLC expansions and free updates

For this list, the TrueTrophies team of Editor Kes and Staff Writers Lee and Sean pooled their collective experience playing PS5 and PS4 DLC to bring you a list of only the very best game expansions. In the ranked list below, we've made sure to clarify any special game releases that include the DLC so you don't miss out on some great content during the next PS Store sale.

While compiling this list, we tried to steer clear of any DLC that got a standalone release, as our definition of the best DLC is that it expands on the game you already have. That's why you won't find Uncharted The Lost Legacy or The Last of Us Left Behind on here, even though they're both pretty good. As for the rest, check out the very best PS5 DLC below.

13. Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

These are the Horizon Forbidden West trophies
Release Date: April 19, 2023
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store or included in Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition

If you've enjoyed Aloy's escapades in the post-post-apocalypse so far, then you must check out the stellar Burning Shores DLC — exclusive to PS5. While Kes found some of the new additions to the world in his Horizon Burning Shores review simply "adequate," none of those near-hits should bother long-time fans. We're sure many will be thrilled to see the world of Horizon looking prettier than ever on PS5.

12. Sonic Frontiers The Last Horizon

These are the Sonic Frontiers trophies
Release Date: September 28, 2023
Available in a free update patch for Sonic Frontiers

The DLC that single-handedly pulled Sonic Frontiers into the top ten of our best Sonic games list, if you're a 3D Sonic fan you owe it to yourself to play The Final Horizon. This free piece of Sonic Frontiers DLC turns the game's loose platforming into a set of deeply rewarding gauntlets that feel exceptional to overcome. Plus, it comes with some enjoyable additional story beats with its 'Another Story' mode, so definitely check it out.

11. Destiny 2 The Final Shape

These are the Destiny 2 trophies
Release Date: June 4, 2024
Available as a paid expansion for Destiny 2

While Destiny 2 The Final Shape wasn't enough to halt Sony's Bungie integration, it's still worth saying that it's easily one of the finest expansions the long-running live-service game has seen yet.

For once, we've got a story that really resonates with players on top of the usual showstopping setpieces we've come to expect. The Final Shape gives us a thrilling conclusion to the game's longest running narrative arc, and it did so without skimping on excellent gear and missions to embark on.

10. Cuphead The Delicious Last Course

These are the Cuphead trophies
Release Date: June 30, 2022
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store

This chunk of Cuphead DLC brings another dose of story, even more tough-as-nails boss fights, and the revived Ms. Chalice as Studio MDHR closes out its iconic run-and-gun game in style. If you enjoyed your first outing with this game and have someone close at hand who might want to suffer a second round with you, you need to check out these eight new bosses in Cuphead The Delicious Last Course ASAP.

9. Towerfall Dark World

These are the Towerfall Ascension trophies
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store

While the TrueTrophies team loves Towerfall Ascension enough to put it on basically any local multiplayer game list we can think of, it owes its place on our best co-op PS5 games list thanks to the Dark World expansion. As well as new competitive features, this expansion features an expanded and reworked co-op campaign for up to four players — a mode that might make your next four-person hangout one of the most memorable of your life.

8. Bloodborne The Old Hunters

These are the Bloodborne trophies
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store

You can't even start a casual conversation with Bloodborne fans before they inevitably ask you: did you play with The Old Hunters DLC included? Don't be alarmed if they get in your face about it, though — they just want you to have the best time possible playing this behemoth of a PS4 game. The Old Hunters adds a whole extra chunk to Bloodborne's world that slots neatly into your ongoing adventure. So make sure to pick up the DLC before starting the game to get the best experience.

7. Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps

These are the Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered trophies
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on PS4, in Marvel's Spider-Man Game of the Year Edition (PS4), or as part of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (PS5)

If you want to make the absolute most out of some of Marvel's Spider-Man 2's side missions, you'll first want to check out The City That Never Sleeps from the first game. In this two-part DLC expansion, Spider-Man gets tangled up with Black Cat, Yuri Watanabe, and Maggia don Hammerhead. It's a great, tight little collection of missions and well worth checking out for fans of the series.

6. Mass Effect 3 Citadel

These are the Mass Effect 3 trophies
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Available as part of the upgraded Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Mass Effect 3’s Citadel DLC is quite possibly one of the greatest expansions ever released for a game and is easily my favorite piece of DLC in a video game, ever. It’s epic, it’s glorious, and it’s everything you could ever want from Mass Effect.

The story takes place while the Reaper invasion is still ongoing, allowing you to mingle with all your crew mates from all three games, go on an over-the-top adventure, come face-to-face with a clone of yourself, and pursue your desired romance. Play this DLC just before the end game, as it serves as a happy moment celebrating the entire cast and past adventures before we submit to the gritty ending.

5. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intermission

These are the Final Fantasy VII Remake trophies
Release Date: July 10, 2021
Available as part of the PS5 upgrade Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Having never quite warmed to Yuffie in the original Final Fantasy VII or as her younger self in Crisis Core Reunion, I was exceptionally wary about playing the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission in which she stars. However, as it turns out, Yuffie's great when her impetuous brat-like behavior is given room to breathe and a script in which she doesn't suck.

Her DLC adventure's pretty fun too — it brings back a reworked Fort Condor minigame! If you're thinking about checking out the sequel Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I also recommend playing through Intergrade. A lot of Yuffie's underlying motivation is established here and could be a little hard to get a read on in Rebirth without that vital intel!

4. God of War Ragnarok Valhalla

These are the God of War Ragnarok Valhalla trophies (standalone)
Release Date: December 12, 2023
Available in a free update patch for the base game

According to our stats: you, me, your neighbor, and your neighbor's dog all showed up to play this God of War Ragnarok update, so I doubt I need to sell you on it. God of War Ragnarok Valhalla's player count has been absurdly high and for good reason.

It may be a free update, but it really is unreasonably good. A challenging rogue-like dungeon with some genuinely wonderful bonus story beats? Frankly, Sony could've easily charged money for this.

3. Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty

These are the Cyberpunk 2077 trophies
Release Date: September 26, 2023
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store (only on PS5)

Most PS5 DLC simply gives you more of a good thing, letting you savor more of an experience you were already enjoying. However, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (along with the hefty free patch it arrived with) goes well above the standard set by other DLC expansions by actively redeeming its original game.

Alongside many fixes and reworks for the considerably flawed RPG elements of the original Cyberpunk 2077 release, Phantom Liberty offers a fresh set of endings for the player to explore as V makes one last-ditch attempt to rid the Relic from their mind without dying in the process. Their success, of course, depends on your choices, and they're some of the most intriguingly complex choices you'll make across the entire Cyberpunk 2077 experience.

2. The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt — Blood and Wine

These are those The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt trophies
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store or included in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Complete Edition

With The Witcher 3 seeing a beautiful remastering thanks to its PS5 upgrade, there's really never been a better time to explore the entire story — including the stunningly deep expansion, Blood and Wine. While The Witcher 3's Hearts of Stone DLC also features a thrillingly complex narrative of its own, Blood and Wine goes bigger and feels like a true send-off to the entire adventure.

You'll love the intrigue of Toussaint, one of the few areas of The Witcher's world unscathed by the war, and you'll of course get to make some suitably huge decisions on your journey. It's the best DLC on PS5, and an absolute must for Witcher fans.

1. Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree

These are those Elden Ring trophies
Release Date: June 21, 2024
Available as a premium DLC upgrade on the PS Store

If you're able to surpass countless trials and push through The Lands Between in the original Elden Ring, you may now start a separate adventure in the Land of Shadow if you own the DLC Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. This adventure will see you hunt down the demi-god Miquella and put a stop to their plan of attaining godhood — pretty standard stuff for Elden Ring, really.

No matter what level you are upon starting Shadow of the Erdtree, you'll find yourself stripped of your power and your cheap tricks and forced into a gauntlet of hair-raising battles. It's equal parts thrilling and brutal, and most importantly, it brings out the very best of what we already love about Elden Ring. While few players might actually beat it, that doesn't stop it from being a brilliant expansion to one of the best PS5 games ever released.

That's our list! Some of the best PS5 games around have some excellent DLC, and we've tried to list them all here. That said, were there any favorites of yours that we missed? If so, let us know down in the comments below!

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Written by Lee Brady

Staff Writer Lee keeps one eye on the future (Fantasian Neo Dimension), one eye on the past (PS1, PS2, and PS3 games), and his secret third eye on junk he really likes (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic). A PlayStation fan for over 25 years, he loves replaying classic games via PS Plus.

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