Free Games Thread

MarsM4N · Nov 4, 2022

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is FREE on Steam from 03-07th November, go grab it! :eek:

Bought it just two weeks ago in the HumbleBundle bundle, ehh. But incl. DLC packs & the first game.

Get a Free Warhammer Vermintide 2 Steam Key - IGB

Grab Warhammer Vermintide 2 for FREE on Steam for a limited time! Just add this great PC game to your account before November 7th to keep it forever!

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ne6togadno · Nov 10, 2022

Alba - A Wildlife Adventure | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Alba - A Wildlife Adventure at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

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AlwaysHope · Nov 11, 2022

I've never played free games for PC. What's the quality like with the UI on these? Call me old fashioned but I believe if you pay for a game, you should get decent quality with UI (that is NO bugs for PC) & overall balanced gameplay. Are these games that devs put out to "test" the market with gaming ideas?

tvshacker · Nov 11, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I've never played free games for PC. What's the quality like with the UI on these? Call me old fashioned but I believe if you pay for a game, you should get decent quality with UI (that is NO bugs for PC) & overall balanced gameplay. Are these games that devs put out to "test" the market with gaming ideas?

Nope! Most of these games are full fledged "regular" games, like GTA V etc

john_ · Nov 11, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I've never played free games for PC. What's the quality like with the UI on these? Call me old fashioned but I believe if you pay for a game, you should get decent quality with UI (that is NO bugs for PC) & overall balanced gameplay. Are these games that devs put out to "test" the market with gaming ideas?

I am really intrigue to know where you read/hear that kind of stuff, that free games are somehow cut down versions of the payed games.

Courier 6 · Nov 11, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I've never played free games for PC. What's the quality like with the UI on these? Call me old fashioned but I believe if you pay for a game, you should get decent quality with UI (that is NO bugs for PC) & overall balanced gameplay. Are these games that devs put out to "test" the market with gaming ideas?

They are just normal games, somethimes the base game only, others with some dlcs or even all dlcs, just get and have fun

MarsM4N · Nov 11, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I've never played free games for PC. What's the quality like with the UI on these? Call me old fashioned but I believe if you pay for a game, you should get decent quality with UI (that is NO bugs for PC) & overall balanced gameplay. Are these games that devs put out to "test" the market with gaming ideas?

There are "Free2Play" games where they make the money by selling skins. And "Pay2Win" games where you have to buy stuff to get ahead. And sometimes they give away the base game to profit from DLC sales. Also they often give away a older game when a newer one comes out, for promotion.

"Epic Games" (40% owned by Chinese "Tencent") on the other hand is a special case. They give away weekly full price titles, in order to attract and build a new customer base. It's pretty costly, but thanks to Chinese sponsorship they don't have to worry about money, their goal is to take over the gaming market. Like all the other businesses they take over. :shadedshu:

The world is not enough.

ExcuseMeWtf · Nov 11, 2022

Tbf, there are some P2W games in Epic Store, but most given away titles do not belong to that category.

AlwaysHope · Nov 13, 2022

john_ said:
I am really intrigue to know where you read/hear that kind of stuff, that free games are somehow cut down versions of the payed games.

There is no such thing as a "free lunch".

Courier 6 · Nov 13, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
There is no such thing as a "free lunch".

Well, at least the games I got are full games and they just work, don´t know what else I could say to you

1d10t · Nov 13, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
There is no such thing as a "free lunch".

Indeed, we had to install a "launcher" to have those games, and I think it was the price.

GreiverBlade · Nov 13, 2022

1d10t said:
Indeed, we had to install a "launcher" to have those games, and I think it was the price.

yep and a certain "Launcher" netted me 126 games free and quite more than a few worthy AAA in them including Troy : A Total War Saga at launch day, Nioh, A Plague Tale : Innocence, Elite : Dangerous, Control and multiple other (even tho i had a some of them already on STEAM (bought).

so, even tho they are, just a bit less than, half "owned" by Tencent and they gather my personal informations (good luck with that ... it's just a mail ... and not even my most used

not that i care anyway. ) and "made" me buy 3 games (Werewolf, Remnant from the Ashes and Horizon : Zero Dawn ) the tradeoff is at my advantage i'd say ... (plus they integrally refunded all my ingame purchase made for Paragon when they cancelled the game ... )

AlwaysHope said:
There is no such thing as a "free lunch".

not totally right and for games well, out of the free i got on all platform confounded are mostly complete games, sometime not even 1 day old after launch (see above) and a few "base games" which also had a few free DLC to go with ... and if i liked the game enough i would buy expansion DLC (less than 10$ most of the time ) or buy nothing in case of a game with only cosmetics DLC :laugh:

well if GoG did the same ... i would not say no to that ...

talking about GoG, 2 free games i liked recently :

Sandwalkers: The Fourteenth Caravan

Sandwalkers: The Fourteenth Caravan is the free prologue of the full game Sandwalkers.

www.gog.com

and

Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition

The classical AG racer, FLASHOUT 3D, initially released more than 10 years ago, is

www.gog.com

which is awfully similar ro Redout, which iself is a tribute to Wipeout, i got free on Epic (enhanced edition with some DLC, the other race map expansion are priced between 4 and 5$ )

lexluthermiester · Nov 13, 2022

1d10t said:
Indeed, we had to install a "launcher" to have those games, and I think it was the price.

Except on GOG where that isn't a requirement and the games really are just freebies. Everywhere else though, yes you're correct.

ThrashZone · Nov 14, 2022

Hi,
Flashout 3D about the best "free" gog game I've seen here so far.

Regeneration · Nov 14, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Except on GOG where that isn't a requirement and the games really are just freebies. Everywhere else though, yes you're correct.

In GOG, every time you claim a free game that is part of special promotion, GOG signs you up to their newsletter.

Ahhzz · Nov 14, 2022

Regeneration said:
In GOG, every time you claim a free game that is part of special promotion, GOG signs you up to their newsletter.

Losing the point here, gentlefolk. Free games, post them, short discussions directly related acceptable; diatribes regarding providers need their own thread.

VulkanBros · Nov 16, 2022

Free on Epic

ne6togadno · Nov 16, 2022

Epic Cheerleader Pack for Free - Epic Games Store

Download and play Epic Cheerleader Pack for FREE at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and play today!

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lexluthermiester · Nov 17, 2022

VulkanBros said:
Free on Epic

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Dark Deity looks interesting.

Splinterdog · Nov 17, 2022

The Original Splinter Cell is free at Ubi

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

¡Infíltrate en posiciones terroristas, adquiere información crítica de inteligencia por cualquier medio necesario, ejecuta con extrema cautela y retírate sin dejar huella! Tú eres Sam Fisher, un operador secreto altamente entrenado del arma secreta de la NSA: el Third Echelon. La estabilidad del...

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Regeneration · Nov 17, 2022

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dark-deity-0b08d1

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/evil-dead-the-game

Courier 6 · Nov 17, 2022

Regeneration said:
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dark-deity-0b08d1

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/evil-dead-the-game

Got at least one, thanks

GreiverBlade · Nov 18, 2022

got both ... also :twitch:

for the next one

i was about to order it from a etailer @23.90chf in promotion (roughly 50% of the full price ... ) glad i didn't :laugh:

, free is always better than 50% promotion

pigulici · Nov 23, 2022

Narita Boy free on gog.com

Narita Boy

StoryFlashback to the 80s. The Creator, a genius of his time, creates a video game c

www.gog.com

Regeneration · Nov 23, 2022

TechARP post a list of current 30 free games and DLCs on Steam:

29 FREE Steam Games + DLCs : 19 Feb 2023 Update! | Tech ARP

Here are 18 games and 11 DLCs you can add to your Steam account for FREE, and they are yours to keep forever! SHARE THIS NEWS!

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Free Games Thread

MarsM4N

Get a Free Warhammer Vermintide 2 Steam Key - IGB

ne6togadno

Alba - A Wildlife Adventure | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

AlwaysHope

tvshacker

john_

Courier 6

MarsM4N

ExcuseMeWtf

AlwaysHope

Courier 6

1d10t

GreiverBlade

Sandwalkers: The Fourteenth Caravan

Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition

lexluthermiester

ThrashZone

Regeneration

NGOHQ.COM

Ahhzz

Moderator

VulkanBros

ne6togadno

Epic Cheerleader Pack for Free - Epic Games Store

lexluthermiester

Splinterdog

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Regeneration

NGOHQ.COM

Courier 6

GreiverBlade

pigulici

Narita Boy

Regeneration

NGOHQ.COM

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