Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition comes to PS5 on October 1 with Echoes of Sekigahara, Most Wanted, Legends, upgrade pricing, and free updates for base-game owners.
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A complete package with one date that matters
Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition launches for PS5 on October 1, and the key detail for returning players is that Sucker Punch is tying its new paid story expansion, a new single-player survival mode, and free quality-of-life additions to the same update window. In a PlayStation Blog post, Andrew Goldfarb, senior communications manager at Sucker Punch Productions, said the Complete Edition will arrive with Ghost of Yotei: Echoes of Sekigahara, Ghost of Yotei: Most Wanted, and additional updates for the base game.
That creates a clean date for players, but a slightly layered buying decision. Newcomers can buy Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition for $69.99 USD, according to PlayStation’s announcement, and immediately start the main game and Legends before Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted arrive via a patch on October 1. Existing Ghost of Yotei PS5 owners do not need to rebuy the full package. GamingBolt and Push Square both report that the Complete Edition upgrade will cost $14.99, with Push Square also listing a UK price of £11.99.
The announcement lands as a first-anniversary move for Sucker Punch’s 2025 open-world action game. Rather than positioning October 1 as a simple reissue date, PlayStation is using it as a relaunch beat: one SKU for new buyers, a paid upgrade path for existing owners, and a free patch for players who only want the base-game improvements.
What Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition includes
According to the PlayStation Blog, Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition includes the main Ghost of Yotei game, the Echoes of Sekigahara narrative expansion, the Most Wanted single-player survival mode, and Ghost of Yotei Legends, the online co-op experience that supports up to four players and multiple modes culminating in a Raid. PlayStation also says the package includes the in-game content previously included in the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Several additions round out the version beyond the two headline modes. GamingBolt reports that players can expect new Watanabe Mode tracks, New Game Plus cosmetics, new Trophies tied to the expansion and Most Wanted, and other extras. Push Square also lists new Photo Mode stamps among the Complete Edition contents.
The timing is worth underlining. PlayStation says Complete Edition buyers can begin playing the main game and Legends immediately after purchase, but the new Echoes of Sekigahara expansion and Most Wanted mode arrive with the October 1 patch. In other words, buying early does not appear to unlock the new story or survival content ahead of that date based on the provided announcements.
There is also a preorder incentive attached to September 30. GamingBolt says players who preorder by that date will get early access to the Sakai Armor from Ghost of Tsushima, while GamingBible says the Sakai Armor unlocks on October 1 for players who purchase Complete Edition by September 30, including those who preorder the upgrade. The sources describe the timing slightly differently, but both tie the armor incentive to the September 30 cutoff. None of the provided sources states that the Sakai Armor is permanently exclusive.
Echoes of Sekigahara adds history to Atsu’s revenge story
Ghost of Yotei: Echoes of Sekigahara is the new paid narrative expansion, and Sucker Punch is framing it around a dual structure: present-day Ezo and flashbacks to Atsu’s past on the mainland. In PlayStation’s announcement, Sucker Punch says players will meet Nagato, a figure from Atsu’s past who has arrived in Ezo. In the present, Atsu explores a previously unseen valley once inhabited by The Snake and his followers, the Vipers. In the past, players experience Atsu’s time in the Battle of Sekigahara and a key moment before she returned home for her quest for vengeance.
That setup matters for the shape of the expansion. The main game’s dramatic power, at least in Sucker Punch’s own framing here, rests on Atsu as someone already carrying the weight of past violence. Echoes of Sekigahara appears designed to put the player inside one of those formative wounds instead of leaving it as backstory. The new valley gives the present-day half of the expansion a playable frontier, while the flashbacks create room for authored set pieces around a famous conflict.
Sucker Punch has confirmed new enemies, new heavy weapons, armor sets, dyes, and other additions for Echoes of Sekigahara. What remains unannounced is the expansion’s length, whether the new valley is accessible during or after the main campaign, how much of the Battle of Sekigahara is playable, and whether Nagato functions only as a story character or also as a broader mechanical presence outside Most Wanted. Given that Nagato is confirmed as a playable character in Most Wanted, his arrival in the narrative expansion gives the whole Complete Edition a tighter cast connection than a detached side episode would have.
Most Wanted turns Ghost of Yotei’s combat into a run-based test
Most Wanted is the other major addition arriving October 1, and Sucker Punch describes it through the PlayStation Blog as a brand-new single-player combat survival mode and its spin on a roguelike. Players accept bounties to begin runs, defeat enemies to earn perks, and unlock additional characters.
The character list is already pointed at Ghost of Yotei’s combat rhythm. Sucker Punch says Atsu is built around dual katana mastery, Oyuki specializes in the kusarigama, and Nagato uses the yari. That gives Most Wanted a different promise from the story expansion: instead of expanding the map and lore, it appears built to strip combat down into repeatable encounters, escalating perks, and character-specific weapon expression.
GamingBolt and Eurogamer both compare the idea to The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered’s No Return mode, while GamingBible notes the broader recent pattern of PlayStation first-party action games adding roguelike-style modes after launch, including God of War Ragnarok’s Valhalla. Those comparisons are outlet interpretation, not Sucker Punch’s own stated benchmark. The confirmed facts are narrower: Most Wanted is single-player, run-based, bounty-driven, and built around perks and unlockable characters.
For players who liked Ghost of Yotei most when its patrols, duels, and weapon swaps found a brisk cadence, Most Wanted could be the more replayable addition. For players who came primarily for authored travel, character work, and revenge-drama pacing, Echoes of Sekigahara is the clearer draw. The Complete Edition’s pitch is that both audiences are being served on the same day.
The upgrade path for existing Ghost of Yotei PS5 owners
If you already own Ghost of Yotei on PS5, the practical path is the Complete Edition upgrade rather than the $69.99 full package. GamingBolt reports the upgrade price at $14.99 for base-game owners, and Push Square reports $14.99/£11.99. Eurogamer similarly describes it as a top-up for PS5 accounts that already have Ghost of Yotei registered as purchased.
That upgrade grants access to the new paid content and Complete Edition features described by the outlets, including Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted. The provided sources do not specify whether the upgrade requires the base game to remain installed, whether physical-disc owners need the disc inserted, or whether save transfer steps are involved. Since this is all on PS5 in the supplied announcements, there is no cross-platform upgrade question in the current source material.
The timing is simple but important. October 1 is when the new expansion and survival mode arrive. Buying or preordering before then is primarily about securing the package and, depending on the source wording, the Sakai Armor early-access or October 1 preorder incentive. Players who are midway through the campaign can keep playing now and decide closer to the patch, since the new paid content is not arriving before October 1 according to PlayStation’s post.
There is no confirmed PC, PS4, or other-platform version in the provided sources. VGChartz describes Sony Interactive Entertainment as publisher and Sucker Punch Productions as developer, and the announcement is specifically for PlayStation 5.
Free October 1 additions for players who skip the upgrade
Sucker Punch is also adding features for existing base-game owners on October 1 without requiring the paid Complete Edition upgrade. GamingBolt reports that the base game will receive transmog, a high contrast mode, and Beauty of Yotei mode. Push Square describes the transmog-style change as the ability to keep an armor set’s appearance while using another set’s stats, which is a small but meaningful quality-of-life fix for an action game where visual identity and build function can pull in different directions.
Beauty of Yotei mode is described by GamingBolt as a screensaver-like view of Ezo’s environments intended for relaxing at home and capturing new Photo Mode images. Push Square similarly says it cycles through environmental shots. That fits Sucker Punch’s long-running interest in letting players treat its landscapes as staged moments, but the supplied sources present it as a free mode rather than a paid Complete Edition feature.
The split between paid and free content is the clearest guidance for current owners. Pay the upgrade if you want the new story chapter, the Most Wanted survival mode, the Complete Edition extras, and the associated new rewards and Trophies. Wait for the free patch if your main interest is armor appearance control, accessibility through high contrast mode, or the environmental display feature.
The unanswered questions are the ones that will decide value for many returning players: the runtime of Echoes of Sekigahara, the depth of Most Wanted’s progression, how many characters are unlockable, and how substantially the new heavy weapons alter combat. Sucker Punch says it will share more in the coming weeks. Until then, the confirmed offer is a $69.99 Complete Edition for new PS5 players, a $14.99 upgrade path for existing owners in the US, and an October 1 patch that brings both paid expansion content and free base-game improvements to Ghost of Yotei.