Free Games Thread

[MarsM4N]

Personally hoping to get through Metro Exodus before Oct 1.

Welp, that's almost a year to "Oct. 1". No hurry.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Welp, that's almost a year to "Oct. 1". No hurry.

November 1...

 

[defaultluser]

if only metro as a series a;allowed you to turn-off the survivalist-caliber gaskmask option ( hate having it hugging my face 24/7, when you can barely see through it). that, and the last thing I can remember to do is manually bleed the mask when fighting an enemy

but no, I know vthis one is just like the others

 

[Regeneration]

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War has been added to Amazon Prime Gaming for this month.

Prime Gaming | Discover, download, and play games

Enjoy games and more gaming extras every month with Amazon Prime.

gaming.amazon.com

This is a sequel for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that was offered 2 months ago.

 

[Testsubject01]

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War has been added to Amazon Prime Gaming for this month.

Prime Gaming | Discover, download, and play games

Enjoy games and more gaming extras every month with Amazon Prime.

gaming.amazon.com

This is a sequel for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that was offered 2 months ago.

FYI – “Unfortunately, just” the standard edition, compared to Shadow of Mordor - GotY. But the Upgrade to Definitive Edition is currently on an 85% sale.

 

[Splinterdog]

Fallout 76 is free for Prime Gaming members. Never played it before so it will probably end up on the pile of free games that I may never play

Prime Gaming | Discover, download, and play games

Enjoy games and more gaming extras every month with Amazon Prime.

gaming.amazon.com

 

[Courier 6]

Damn, I want 76, but I got no prime

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

EGS freebies:

https://store.epicgames.com/en/p/darkwood-fa73bd

https://store.epicgames.com/en/p/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove-cddc16

 

[Splinterdog]

This looks pretty cool for a free Steam game, if you like zombie mayhem

死寂（Deathly Stillness） on Steam

This is a boring zombie game with no plot, not an officially released game, please don't have high expectations.

store.steampowered.com

 

[cvaldes]

This looks pretty cool for a free Steam game, if you like zombie mayhem

死寂（Deathly Stillness） on Steam

This is a boring zombie game with no plot, not an officially released game, please don't have high expectations.

store.steampowered.com

The developer's frank honesty about what the game is and isn't is very refreshing.

 

[Space Lynx]

The Sims 4 on Steam is Free to Play permanently as of tomorrow 1pm EST time. Might unlock sooner than that, but probably 1pm.

The Sims™ 4 on Steam

Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

store.steampowered.com

 

[xtreemchaos]

just a heads up for Friday 21st oct Fallout 3 will be free on epic.

 

[Space Lynx]

As someone getting closer to 40 than 30 and still living with my parents, there is a weird ironic twist of fate that I am going to be playing Sim 4 to pretend I have a house.

Don't major in the liberal arts kids

 

[lexluthermiester]

Don't major in the liberal arts kids

Good advice. Minor in the Liberal Arts, but make sure you have a fall-back.

 

[Tatty_Two]

just a heads up for Friday 21st oct Fallout 3 will be free on epic.

Good to know thanks, I bought it back in the day the old skool method (CD's) and once I got to Windows 10 it crashed and froze a lot, maybe playing it through the game launcher will be a little less glitchy.

 

[GreiverBlade]

just a heads up for Friday 21st oct Fallout 3 will be free on epic.

i have put an alarm on the calendar on my phone just for that xD (tho for me it will be thursday just like all the free game release from Epic )
i got Fo4 nearly free with all DLC on STEAM some time ago ...

Fo3 is the only one i miss

the only one i paid in full, physical package and CD in tow, was FoNV got Fo1/2/tactics free on GoG and Epic, Fo76 gifted (well the second copy i got free the first one 9$ and i quite like it ... since i started to play it after Wastelander ) and Fo4+DLC for 5$

 

[xtreemchaos]

Good to know thanks

i have put an alarm

FO3 is the only game i completed all achievements on the X-Box years ago, im looking forward to playing it on PC for the first time and modding after the first play through.

 

[GreiverBlade]

FO3 is the only game i completed all achievements on the X-Box years ago, im looking forward to playing it on PC for the first time and modding after the first play through.

oh yeaaaahhh.... *drooling* moddddding woohoo

the only games from Bethesda i ever played unmodded was TESIII Morrowind (not counting Interplays Fo ofc ) on OG Xbox, and i bought the GOTY as soon as i got a decent PC (and got a free TESIII CD with a computer revue in the middle ) i have the physical box of TESIII to V

although nowadays i always mod them on first run .... mostly cosmetic and engine fix rather than new community content that i reserve for later runs (nearing 1600hrs in TESV Skyrim AE, 6 DLC sized mods in the current run and ofc ... a shittons of followers mods )

This looks pretty cool for a free Steam game, if you like zombie mayhem

死寂（Deathly Stillness） on Steam

This is a boring zombie game with no plot, not an officially released game, please don't have high expectations.

store.steampowered.com

The developer's frank honesty about what the game is and isn't is very refreshing.

just finished installing it ... it's excellent, a good time killer stress reliever without hassle and free ... kudos to the dev

 

[Courier 6]

just a heads up for Friday 21st oct Fallout 3 will be free on epic.

hmmm, nice! thanks for the heads up

 

[lexluthermiester]

FO3 is the only game i completed all achievements on the X-Box years ago, im looking forward to playing it on PC for the first time and modding after the first play through.

You're in for a treat. The PC version is more refined and IMHO, the better experience.

Good to know thanks, I bought it back in the day the old skool method (CD's) and once I got to Windows 10 it crashed and froze a lot, maybe playing it through the game launcher will be a little less glitchy.

You likely needed to put the game EXE in a compatibility mode, perhaps XP SP3.

 

[GreiverBlade]

You likely needed to put the game EXE in a compatibility mode, perhaps XP SP3.

FoNV was the same, i installed it from CD and i had to use compatibility mode until the day i got the idea to try entering the CDKEY on STEAM ... and, just like W40K DoW Soulstorm... it worked
both of them were not STEAM, i did install them multiple time using the CDKEY on the registration at the end of each install
i should try for DoW GOTY ( got free 2 time, one non GOTY with a PC revue (good old time) and one full box GOTY from a friend) and Winter Assault

 

[AlwaysHope]

You're in for a treat. The PC version is more refined and IMHO, the better experience.

...

Not when your character looks down the iron sights of a gun, that was the only thing that annoyed me about that game, but still have fond memories of it on PC back in the day.

 

[Tatty_Two]

You're in for a treat. The PC version is more refined and IMHO, the better experience.


You likely needed to put the game EXE in a compatibility mode, perhaps XP SP3.

I tried pretty much every compatibility mode there was, a couple improved things but was barely playable even then so I ditched it, I punched myself that I didn't play it when I bought it but it kind of sat in a queue for about 5 years at a time where I had too little time. Looking forward to trying at least for a full playthrough.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I tried pretty much every compatibility mode there was

I should have guessed you'd try, but it was worth asking. Windows 11 has better compatibility mode set than 10. Have you tried it?

 

[Tatty_Two]

I should have guessed you'd try, but it was worth asking. Windows 11 has better compatibility mode set than 10. Have you tried it?

No not yet, only because there remain some issues around Asus and driver compatibility for their soundcards in Win 11, I have given them (and myself) until the end of November to sort and if not by then I will revert to onboard and give 11 a try.