This thread will no longer be updated.

This used to be a thread called "Limited time, 100% Free-to-keep PC games right now", where I, together with many helpful members of the community, documented which PC games were free to claim at any given moment. I started it when the COVID-19 pandemic started in the whole world and developers/publishers were doing promotions faster than one could keep track of everything. Since the situation is calmer now, keeping track of things to that level isn't needed.

The thread is now a free games news thread which relies on comments to function - if you find an interesting offer for a free game, feel free to comment and let others know! Here I have also put links to useful places where you can find out about and/or collect free games as they appear.

Comment Formatting Guide

When commenting, please put the full name of the game/promotion, which platform it is on, and a link to the promotion/the relevant SG thread.
For example "Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge free on Steam [link to Steam page]"

Useful Links

Steam

SteamDB page for free Steam promotions - follow this page to know every upcoming or ongoing free-to-keep or free weekend Steam game.

SG thread for free Steam soundtracks - a thread that collects free soundtracks you can claim on Steam.

SG thread for paid-now-free Steam games of 2020 - thread that collects Steam games that are now free to get (as FreeOnDemand)
Paid-now-free Steam games of 2019

Epic Games

Free games page on Epic Games Store - Epic Games Store's own page for their free game promotions.

SG thread for free Epic Games promotions - follow this thread to find out about and discuss new free games on Epic.

A Total War Saga: TROY Epic Games promo - the game will be free-to-keep on Epic Games on August 13th.

GOG

GOG Free Games Collection - a collection of free games to claim on GOG.
Higurashi 1 free game promotion - another game GOG is offering for free during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IndieGala

galaFreebies - IndieGala's own page for freebies from their website

IndieGala showcase - IndieGala's own page where they collect games you can claim for free on their website.

SG thread for free IndieGala games - follow this thread to find out about new, free games on IndieGala.

itch.io

Self-isolation on a budget - an itch.io collection that collected games one could claim for free during the COVID-19 pandemic. No longer updated, but contains a few games that are still free.

SG thread for free itch.io games - thread collecting games to claim for free on itch.io for a limited time.

Microsoft

Top free games on Microsoft Store - not a page but a search filter, this will show some free games able to be claimed on the Microsoft Store. (May not be all of them)

Uplay

Ubisoft Free Events page - Ubisoft's page for their own free game promotions.

Other links

Big Fish free games page - a collection of free games Big Fish are offering during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crusader Kings II free DLC promotion - sign up to the newsletter to receive a Steam key for The Old Gods DLC, or refer people to get the Pagan Fury music pack.
Endless Space Collection free promotion - link your Games2Gether account to your Steam account to receive Endless Space Collection on Steam for free.

Currently free games on Steam (no new games will be added, these will be removed as they end)

Game Start End ASF command Info
Wide Cross ? ? !addlicense ASF 345425 Works using SteamDB
The Scream ? ? !addlicense ASF 369917 Works using SteamDB
Tennis World Tour - Denis Shapovalov 2020-04-23 16:00 UTC 2020-12-01 18:00 UTC !addlicense ASF 454711 -
Tennis World Tour - Alex De Minaur 2020-04-23 16:00 UTC 2020-12-01 18:00 UTC !addlicense ASF 454715 -
Tennis World Tour - Caroline Garcia 2020-04-23 16:00 UTC 2020-12-01 18:00 UTC !addlicense ASF 454706 -
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Mobile Astro EX Pack (DLC) and Project Mercury Expired!!! Delete it

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ASF command for Change Original Soundtrack:

!addlicense ASF 443337

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ASF command for Gamecraft:

!addlicense ASF 449133

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ASF command for Lost Daughter:

!addlicense ASF 448055

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Anything confirmed about Assassin's Creed 2 on Uplay? Was it april 18th?

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Would be great, I'm missing that one from my collection

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What was up with a few days ago on the lightning raidy games were they free or was that a typo?

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They were free, yes.

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Good. I have to hurry up and do it

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Overcooked! 2 - Surf 'n' Turf

  • Start Time: 16 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
  • Expiry Time: 21 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
  • !addlicense ASF 449783
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Overcooked! 2 - Too Many Cooks Pack

  • Start Time: 16 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
  • Expiry Time: 21 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
  • !addlicense ASF 449782
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Omg really?? I was ready to pay for these!

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yep 😀

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Gone Home and Hob ended on Epic Games Store, now it's Close to the Sun and Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments that are free, with Just Cause 4 and Wheels of Aurelia coming up free on April 16 https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/free-games

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just cause 4?
They've been dealing out some great games lately, was looking at getting this cheap somewhere, but this is better :)

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yup i started when i found out they had world war z up there

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Oh it seems Drawful 2 has ended too, on Epic.

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Are these games dropping cards? (The ones that have it)

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Free games shouldn't be dropping cards anymore.

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fortunately, this doesn't work this way :)

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it doesn't matter if you acquire those games before or after, they drop cards as long as they are NOT those FREE licenses (all activations in Steam show license name: most show FREE, promotional etc when you activate them, but not all)

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What games in the recent weeks havent had card drops disabled that is directly added from steam store?

I havent seen any game thats not promotional license with card disabled, pretty sure I added them all.

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lol read my saying exactly

...as long as they are NOT THOSE FREE licenses ...

okay maybe that licence name part was confusing :/

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spookypannkaka said free games shouldnt be dropping cards anymore, which is true on steam.

I thought you had other info that others didnt know. Because according to steam policy if someone makes a mass giveaway they should also make it free on steam. When steam makes games free they have card drops disabled. Those devs that makes mass giveaway should (probably with the help of steam) setup a new sub with a similar promotional license where the only difference is KEY ONLY instead of adding it directly to steam.

Many of humbles giveaways have been with promotional licenses, its very rare occations that its not. If its not its probably done incorrectly by dev himself without steams help or not a mass giveaway thats for everyone but only a few.

For example Will Glow the Wisp was given away on alienwarearena to 30+ users, that was the normal store license. It was also given out on steelseries with 2K keys or something like that. Dont know if because if was fairly limited they could do normal keys or if they just did it wrong by own choice and wasnt aware. It will also be free on steam in 7 days and thats for all. There it will be with card drops disabled like usual.

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Yeah i know, doesn't matter if Steam or orher platform, but for my the keyword was ANYMORE, it reads like once game given free, there won't cards anymore
For your point, httpERRPR404 indeed asked about only those FREE games :)

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Ticket to Ride: First Journey is currently free :)

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anybody know if i'll be able to grab free dlc without owning the game yet? i definitely plan to get overcooked 2 eventually, but not sure if i need buy it at the current fanatical sale price so i can get the surf n turf dlc while it's free. if i can add the dlc to my account without the base game so it's ready when i eventually buy it, i won't bother buying the game yet, especially since a guest reset my progress on overcooked 1 last time i played it.

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You need base game to add.

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thanks, i figured that was the case. guess i have the next 16 hours to decide if i want to buy the base game at almost 50% off to get the dlc for free...

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6 hours remaining, just in case you forgot it.

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I removed all the Microsoft poop games in favor of the collection links and I don't know if any free games are missing, I know Drawful 2 wasn't in any of those pages so that one is added separately. If anyone is bored and wants to look for more games to add there it'd be appreciated.

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Total War: SHOGUN 2start time has been pushed back into 27 April

  • Start Time: 27 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
  • Expiry Time: 1 May 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC
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https://steamdb.info/sub/449783/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/909720/Overcooked_2__Surf_n_Turf

ExpiryTime 21 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC (1587488400) 11 days from now
StartTime 16 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC (1587056400) 6 days from now

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That's from 9 months ago...

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Even so, it's still working.

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even if it is from months ago still helped me out ty

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/858240/Overcooked_2__Too_Many_Cooks_Pack

ExpiryTime 21 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC (1587488400) 11 days from now
StartTime 16 April 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC (1587056400) 6 days from now

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Didnt say anything on your first post about the DLC, but you seemed to miss again that both these where added yesterday. :)

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Transpose can be claimed now and it also has a free OST (!addlicense ASF 962040)

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Another tip you could use to shorten this thread, here where you've put the useful links http://prntscr.com/rwx710 You could have it read like this:
Good SG threads for free itch.io games [that's your first link], Steam soundtracks [2nd link], Epic Games promotions [3rd link], paid-now-free Steam games [4th link]
Don't include the parts inside the brackets and make sure the commas are completely separated from the links.
Maybe even don't have the link in "Good SG threads for free" to help it be clearer that it's 4 separate links.

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I understand what you're saying but by having all the links in the same row I feel like we're sacrificing how clear it is for no real reason. I don't think the thread is anywhere near being too long (right now at least) especially after removing all the Microsoft stuff. Thank you though!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/727020/Arcade_Moonlander_Plus/
Start - 2020-04-10 17:00 UTC (started)
End - 2020-04-13 17:00 UTC
Steam DB page: https://steamdb.info/sub/450043/

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!addlicense asf 450043

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Command for Transpose + OST

!addlicense ASF 449087 962040`

should be

!addlicense ASF 449087 app/962040
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Arcade Moonlander plus, the ASF command is:

!addlicense ASF 450043

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