Year 2023 and all 118 Free PC games you could get

[dex3108]

Yearly tradition contiunes :D Reminder, there were probably even more free games but for the most part those that i missed are smaller games or more often than not shovelware. Another reminder that on this list are truly free games that didn't require subscription to get so no Amazon Prime games on the list. And finally before the actual list here are threads for previous years

If you are PC gamer in 2019 you could get over 100 games for free

So at the start of 2019 i started sheet for free games that you could get at various places. There were a lot more free games but most of them were lower quality so they are not included on the list. Also it is worth noting that majority of this came from Epic Store and this is not something...

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There were 130 free games for PC in 2020

So as i made thread last year for 2019 here is another one for 2020. Compared to 2019 there were 16 games more (114 free games in 2019). And again there were more games given away but majority of those not listed were "shovelware". Darksiders January Epic Store Darksiders 2 January...

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Free PC Games of 2021, All 109 of Them

So now that Epic revealed last free games for this year it is time to take a look once again what was given for free on PC on various PC stores. Again small reminder that this is list of major games that you could get for free, there were more minor games given on PC at various places but i...

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In 2022 there were 121 free games on PC

This is yearly thread i stared 3 years ago so it is time to sum previous year. Reminder, there were probably even more free games but for the most part those that i missed are smaller games or more often than not shovelware. Another reminder that on this list are truly free games that didn't...

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Here comes the list

1​	Kerbal Space Program	January	Epic Store
2​	Shadow Tactics - Aiko's Choice	January	Epic Store
3​	First Class Trouble	January	Epic Store
4​	Gamedec Definitive Edition	January	Epic Store
5​	Divine Knockout	January	Epic Store
6​	Haven Park	January	GOG
7​	Epistory - Typing Chronicles	January	Epic Store
8​	Adios	January	Epic Store
9​	Hell is Others	January	Epic Store
10​	Dishonored: Death of the Outsider	February	Epic Store
11​	City of Gangsters	February	Epic Store
12​	Recipe For Disaster	February	Epic Store
13​	Warpips	February	Epic Store
14​	Duskers	February	Epic Store
15​	Rise of Industry	March	Epic Store
16​	Figment	March	Steam
17​	Call of the Sea	March	Epic Store
18​	Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War	March	Epic Store
19​	Lorelai	March	GOG
20​	Chess Ultra	March	Epic Store
21​	Neurodeck: Psychological Deckbuilder	March	GOG
22​	Deep Sky Derelicts	March	GOG
23​	The Silent Age	March	Epic Store
24​	Tunche	March	Epic Store
25​	Dying Light: Enhanced Edition	April	Epic Store
26​	shapez	April	Epic Store
27​	Battlestar Galactica Deadlock	April	Steam
28​	Peaky Blinders: Mastermind	April	Fanatical/Steam
29​	Mordhau	April	Epic Store
30​	Second Extinction	April	Epic Store
31​	Under The Moon	April	GOG
32​	Breathedge	April	Epic Store
33​	Poker Club	April	Epic Store
34​	Horizon Chase Turbo	May	Epic Store
35​	Against All Odds	May	Epic Store
36​	Kao the Kangaroo	May	Epic Store
37​	Metro: Last Light's Complete Edition	May	Steam
38​	Death Stranding	May	Epic Store
39​	Fallout: New Vegas	May	Epic Store
40​	Hue	May	Steam
41​	Get Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War	May	Steam
42​	Midnight Ghost Hunt	June	Epic Store
43​	Tell Me Why	June	Steam
44​	Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs	June	GOG
45​	Payday 2	June	Epic Store
46​	Sunblaze	June	GOG
47​	Crusader Kings II	June	GOG
48​	Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition	June	Epic Store
49​	Guacamelee! 2	June	Epic Store
50​	Sigma Theory: Global Cold War	June	GOG
51​	Eschalon: Book II	June	GOG
52​	Hell Division	June	GOG
53​	theHunter: Call of the Wild™	June	Epic Store
54​	Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms	June	Epic Store
55​	Beholder 2	June	GOG
56​	The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos	June	Epic Store
57​	GRIME	July	Epic Store
58​	Betrayer	July	GOG
59​	Train Valley 2	July	Epic Store
60​	The Whisperer	July	GOG
61​	Murder by Numbers	July	Epic Store
62​	The Elder Scrolls Online	July	Epic Store
63​	Homeworld Remastered Collection	July	Epic Store
64​	Severed Steel	July	Epic Store
65​	Bloons TD 6	August	Epic Store
66​	Loop Hero	August	Epic Store
67​	Europa Universalis IV	August	Epic Store
68​	Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You	August	Epic Store
69​	Black Book	August	Epic Store
70​	Dodo Peak	August	Epic Store
71​	Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak	August	Epic Store
72​	Spelldrifter	September	Epic Store
73​	Requiem: Avenging Angel	September	GOG
74​	911 Operator	September	Epic Store
75​	We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip	September	Steam
76​	Out of Line	September	Epic Store
77​	The Forest Quartet	September	Epic Store
78​	The Night of the Rabbit	September	GOG
79​	Model Builder	September	Epic Store
80​	Soulstice	September	Epic Store
81​	Trüberbrook	September	GOG
82​	Godlike Burger	October	GOG
83​	Q.U.B.E. ULTIMATE BUNDLE	October	Epic Store
84​	Blazing Sails	October	Epic Store
85​	Eternal Threads	October	Epic Store
86​	The Evil Within	October	Epic Store
87​	Tandem: a Tale of Shadows	October	Epic Store
88​	The Evil Within 2	October	Epic Store
89​	Blacksad: Under the Skin	October	GOG
90​	Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion	November	Epic Store
91​	Golden Light	November	Epic Store
92​	Half-Life	November	Steam
93​	Earthlock	November	Epic Store
94​	Surviving the Aftermath	November	Epic Store
95​	Styx: Shards of Darkness	November	GOG
96​	Deliver Us Mars	November	Epic Store
97​	Assassin's Creed Syndicate	November	Ubisoft Connect
98​	Jitsu Squad	November	Epic Store
99​	Mighty Fight Federation	November	Epic Store
100​	GigaBash	December	Epic Store
101​	Predecessor	December	Epic Store
102​	Destiny 2 Legacy Collection	December	Epic Store
103​	Lost Ruins	December	GOG
104​	DNF Duel	December	Epic Store
105​	Melvor Idle	December	Epic Store
106​	Art of Rally	December	Epic Store
107​	Caveblazers	December	GOG
108​	Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition	December	Epic Store
109​	Ghostwire: Tokyo	December	Epic Store
110​	The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition	December	Epic Store
111​	Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure	December	GOG
112​	Human Resource Machine	December	Epic Store
113​	Cursed to Golf	December	Epic Store
114​	Cat Quest	December	Epic Store
115​	South of the Circle	December	GOG
116​	Snakebird Complete	December	Epic Store
117​	Saints Row	December	Epic Store
118​	Ghostrunner	December	Epic Store

Epic Store gave away 84 games
GOG gave 24
Devs/Publishers gave 8 games on Steam (and one on Fanatical that activates on Steam)
And Ubisoft gave 1 game.

 

[Okabe]

Wow this might be the first year I've claimed every single one.

 

[nsilvias]

like half of my pc libary i got for free lmao

i was thinking the other day how the only bethseda game ive paid for is doom 2016. also game pass makes it even more crazy.

 

[Santar]

Kinda crazy to think about how many games are given out for free these days. You could actually never pay for a game and still have a pretty impressive collection of titles!

 

[texhnolyze]

The best part is that you don't need to sub and won't lose access with unsub.

 

[pswii60]

The best part is that you don't need to sub and won't lose access with unsub.

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Indeed that's what "free" meant before PS Plus was invented.

 

[PinkSpider]

I've got most of them (Either pre or mostly during the freebies) and Warpips feels wrong but it's the only one I had fun with; made for a very good Sunday hangover sesh. (Yet to play Ghostrunner).

 

[cw_sasuke]

Cant beat EGS, great store when it comes to freebies.

 

[SteveWinwood]

might be the last year its this full with egs winding down

 

[nsilvias]

might be the last year its this full with egs winding down

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Epic Games says it will continue to giveaway free games from 2023 forward plus improvements to the store and more at Unreal Fest 2023

the quotes i got from steamdeals the images are my own. i didnt watch the video just skimmed around around slides a bit. https://youtu.be/7GaWQ-KBxa8

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[dex3108]

Epic Games says it will continue to giveaway free games from 2023 forward plus improvements to the store and more at Unreal Fest 2023

the quotes i got from steamdeals the images are my own. i didnt watch the video just skimmed around around slides a bit. https://youtu.be/7GaWQ-KBxa8

www.resetera.com

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So they are basically looked at Steam and said "We will do exactly that" XD

 

[J75]

Man I missed a lot of stuff didn't I sigh

 

[Igniz12]

Basically missed all the GOG stuff cause I don't check that free to keep thread. Guess I can add that to my new year resolution.

Indeed that's what "free" meant before PS Plus was invented.

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Mind boggling that so many people put up with that in the first place but then again feels par for gaming on console.

 

[Musubi]

Gaming is extremely accessible these days at least from a cost standpoint. Even if you have a small to no budget at all for gaming you can still find some high quality stuff to play out there.

 

[Retsudo]

If someone figures out how to get free time to play everything, that would be great.

Looking at that list, i think i got almost everything. Praise be to the threads here in resetera for keeping track.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Epic Games says it will continue to giveaway free games from 2023 forward plus improvements to the store and more at Unreal Fest 2023

the quotes i got from steamdeals the images are my own. i didnt watch the video just skimmed around around slides a bit. https://youtu.be/7GaWQ-KBxa8

www.resetera.com

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what you think theyre going to say their commitment is wavering at their own event?

ill believe them here as much as i did when they said they wouldnt have sales, they would only accept the highest quality games, the cut is enough to run a store on with all the same features, or that the savings would be passed the consumer

the head of the store left, their features are coming slower and slower (if at all), we know their internal timeframes for what this was going to look like, and major companies dont even bother putting their games on there anymore

shes winding down. hopefully people got lots of free games and devs got lots of free money because the gravy train is ending

 

[Dyle]

Imagine buying games on PC when they give out so much stuff for free

 

[Kidgamer]

"Ctrl F Steam". Oh well guess i missed out lol.

 

[zulux21]

I want to be clear that this is a great list and you did good work on this before I continue my post. This is not so much a complaining post as much as pointing out there was even more.

I know fanatical gave out more than one game, I got at least 5 for free from them this year if not 10. Also the list is missing games given out for free on itch.io (and I'm not talking about ones that are in general free)

some that I can quickly find that you didn't list https://slickdeals.net/f/17175046-u...subscribe-to-email-newsletter-link-steam-acct

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like the new mobile suit baba was free at launch for a short time on itchi.io but is now $4 https://hempuli.itch.io/mobile-suit-baba

indie gala also gave away a few free steam codes this year too.

 

[rzks21]

Pretty much why I don't see the point in getting PC Game Pass. Humble Choice + other bundles + this give me everything and more except for Microsoft's day 1 AAAs which have been a bit hit or miss for me this year.

 

[Yerffej]

Gabe: I don't get to six yachts giving shit away.

 

[zulux21]

Pretty much why I don't see the point in getting PC Game Pass. Humble Choice + other bundles + this give me everything and more except for Microsoft's day 1 AAAs which have been a bit hit or miss for me this year.

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There is a ton of great gaming on PC available that way. That being said PC game pass does sometimes get other games of interest that don't end up in bundles for a while which can be worth it to dip into. But if all you want is something to have fun with there is plenty to do for free.

Epic's game giveaways alone have been great for a number of people on a budget as they get a number of a quality games there.

 

[mnk]

Imagine buying games on PC when they give out so much stuff for free

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Unfortunately I like Japanese RPGs. :(

Honestly I don't even really need the Japanese distinction. EGS barely gives out any RPGs in general, and when they do they're usually fairly old.

 

[Thalanil]

I really need to follow thread like these in the future, I lost out on potentially so many free games. I should really make an Epic Account.

 

[Bonfires Down]

I almost hope Epic stops giving away games so I don't have to second guess whether a discounted game will soon be given away instead.

 

[rzks21]

There is a ton of great gaming on PC available that way. That being said PC game pass does sometimes get other games of interest that don't end up in bundles for a while which can be worth it to dip into. But if all you want is something to have fun with there is plenty to do for free.

Epic's game giveaways alone have been great for a number of people on a budget as they get a number of a quality games there.

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There is a ton of great gaming on PC available that way. That being said PC game pass does sometimes get other games of interest that don't end up in bundles for a while which can be worth it to dip into. But if all you want is something to have fun with there is plenty to do for free.

Epic's game giveaways alone have been great for a number of people on a budget as they get a number of a quality games there.

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Yeah, I guess that's true but in neither case you're really choosing what games you get to play unless you have a lot of affinity with Microsoft exclusives (which are quite varied tbh despite the few dissapoinrtments I ve had lately) Best case scenario is if you're an all fresh gamer coz the Game Pass catalog is huge. In my case, with over 1000 Steam games including most of what is in Game Pass and little time to play new releases I'd really be wasting my money.

 

[zulux21]

Yeah, I guess that's true but in neither case you're really choosing what games you get to play unless you have a lot of affinity with Microsoft exclusives (which are quite varied tbh despite the few dissapoinrtments I ve had lately) Best case scenario is if you're an all fresh gamer coz the Game Pass catalog is huge. In my case, with over 1000 Steam games including most of what is in Game Pass and little time to play new releases I'd really be wasting my money.

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I actually have very little affinity with microsoft exclusives. I do however have a lot of affinity with various indie games in general and game pass in general gets a decent number of notable indie games day 1.

I don't disagree that in general someone with a nice backlog should likely stay off gamepass for the most part. But if there is something that interests you, it's not the worst idea to jump on it from time to time to play the new shiny.

 

[Rhomega]

Got all the Steam games except Warhammer 40K, which I'm fine with.

 

[Kayant]

Btw Divine Knockout was also free on steam. That's how I got a copy, such a fun game but never really grew it's audience and has effectively been abandoned.

FREE Divine Knockout (DKO) on Steam

You can add the newly released title to your Steam library and keep it forever!

gg.deals

 

[5taquitos]

Gabe: I don't get to six yachts giving shit away.

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Half-Life was free in November

 

[Yerffej]

Half-Life was free in November

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Wow

 

[Celestial Descend]

GoG gave out free games? I'd love to play South of the Circle and Lacuna. Damn I need to pay more attention to GoG news.

 

[nny]

GoG gave out free games? I'd love to play South of the Circle and Lacuna. Damn I need to pay more attention to GoG news.

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The South of the Circle giveaway is still ongoing:

South of the Circle

South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinema

www.gog.com

 

[Lord Fanny]

GoG gave out free games? I'd love to play South of the Circle and Lacuna. Damn I need to pay more attention to GoG news.

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They kind of stealthily give away games from time to time, especially around the holidays.

 

[Celestial Descend]

The South of the Circle giveaway is still ongoing:

South of the Circle

South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinema

www.gog.com

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Hell yeah, thanks.

 

[DuckSauce]

Pretty much why I don't see the point in getting PC Game Pass. Humble Choice + other bundles + this give me everything and more except for Microsoft's day 1 AAAs which have been a bit hit or miss for me this year.

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Because I can get it all in one spot? I prefer containing a library into a collective format rather than scattered across multiple launchers if I can help it. I have 500+ games on Steam, a whole ton of free ones of EGS and Xbox GP provides me the missing links to a lot of indie titles.

Definitely worth it in my opinion, but each to their own.

 

[rzks21]

Because I can get it all in one spot? I prefer containing a library into a collective format rather than scattered across multiple launchers if I can help it. I have 500+ games on Steam, a whole ton of free ones of EGS and Xbox GP provides me the missing links to a lot of indie titles.

Definitely worth it in my opinion, but each to their own.

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That's a great argument but tbh Playnite does a great job unifying platforms under a great interface. I've pretty much forgotten about the EGS and GOG launchers since I have it, not to speak of Origin and uPlay or whatever those two pieces of trash are called nowadays.

Also I think you could say the same about Game Pass. If I already have say 500 games in Steam and a 100 or so on EGS then the 200 PC Game Pass games sound like yet another annoying launcher to have taking up mental space. It certainly does not feel like a particularly useful missing link from my point of view.

 

[Angelo]

Probably missed a few, but I just realized I claimed almost every free game this year. Last year though I missed some potentially fun games like Maneater and In Sound Mind. Oh well!
Also props to you for doing this for yet another year!

 

[Filipus]

I only missed the ones around Christmas time, what a great year. It seems dumb to have enormous backlogs, but it has been worth it time and time again as I searched for games to play.

 

[Spinluck]

More games than I'll ever have time to play lol.

 

[pswii60]

Pretty much why I don't see the point in getting PC Game Pass. Humble Choice + other bundles + this give me everything and more except for Microsoft's day 1 AAAs which have been a bit hit or miss for me this year.

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Can't agree with the "everything but" tbh, I've got a ton of value from PC Game Pass this year, including all kinds of day one games like Lies of P, Hi-Fi Rush, Cocoon, Jusant, Sea of Stars, Atomic Heart, Starfield, Planet of Lana, Thirsty Suitors, FM23 etc, it goes on. Next year looking even better. But there's no doubt that you'd never be bored just with the free stuff on PC, best value gaming platform imho.

 

[ThatNerdGUI]

I barely grabbed any of these. I think the only one was Death Stranding. There was some bangers there too.

 

[xyla]

I always wonder if I could do a whole year without buying any games and just play these.
It's just too tempting to play new releases on release when they're great.
Imagining that I would have missed out on BG3 and TotK because of a challenge like this would have sucked.

Fantastic work with the list btw! Truly impressive what's available every year!

 

[DuckSauce]

That's a great argument but tbh Playnite does a great job unifying platforms under a great interface. I've pretty much forgotten about the EGS and GOG launchers since I have it, not to speak of Origin and uPlay or whatever those two pieces of trash are called nowadays.

Also I think you could say the same about Game Pass. If I already have say 500 games in Steam and a 100 or so on EGS then the 200 PC Game Pass games sound like yet another annoying launcher to have taking up mental space. It certainly does not feel like a particularly useful missing link from my point of view.

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I can definitely see the aspect of another launcher argument for Game Pass, however for me I see it as an element of Windows itself so it is more native than say Steam or EGS.

 

[Horns]

Got the majority of them. Don't understand the hate epic gets. No complaints from me.

 

[rzks21]

Can't agree with the "everything but" tbh, I've got a ton of value from PC Game Pass this year, including all kinds of day one games like Lies of P, Hi-Fi Rush, Cocoon, Jusant, Sea of Stars, Atomic Heart, Starfield, Planet of Lana, Thirsty Suitors, FM23 etc, it goes on. Next year looking even better. But there's no doubt that you'd never be bored just with the free stuff on PC, best value gaming platform imho.

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Can't argue against you there tbh, the Lies of P and Hi Fi Rush alone are huge value and definitely would be worth for me if I had more time to play every month.

And yeah, the fact we can have this conversation says a lot, what a time to be a PC gamer.

I can definitely see the aspect of another launcher argument for Game Pass, however for me I see it as an element of Windows itself so it is more native than say Steam or EGS.

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Hmmm, I'd say as a platform Steam feels more polished and native, probably as a consequence of its dominance, and has superior compatibility with mods compared to all other platforms except GOG. Game Pass on PC has a lot more horror stories coming out.

 

[DuckSauce]

Can't argue against you there tbh, the Lies of P and Hi Fi Rush alone are huge value and definitely would be worth for me if I had more time to play every month.

And yeah, the fact we can have this conversation says a lot, what a time to be a PC gamer.




Hmmm, I'd say as a platform Steam feels more polished and native, probably as a consequence of its dominance, and has superior compatibility with mods compared to all other platforms except GOG. Game Pass on PC has a lot more horror stories coming out.

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Definitely polish wise Steam wins hands down, I'm more just saying Game Pass for PC has a more native feel due to it literally being tied to the OS.

 

[Dinjoralo]

I think I haven't gotten any free games this year, actually... I know I've not bothered with EGS, and I likely missed anything GOG sneakily gave out. Still a great year for PC, so many great games that wouldn't have even gotten ports ten years ago.

Hmmm, I'd say as a platform Steam feels more polished and native, probably as a consequence of its dominance, and has superior compatibility with mods compared to all other platforms except GOG. Game Pass on PC has a lot more horror stories coming out.

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Steam has the benefit of being made by an independent company that can make whatever it feels is best. Xbox being "native" to Windows is more of a handicap, since the team creating it has to abide by whatever the Windows devs say is law. That's probably why they won't just make dedicated UIs for controller, or why they won't just get rid of installation bugs, and so on.

 

[rzks21]

Definitely polish wise Steam wins hands down, I'm more just saying Game Pass for PC has a more native feel due to it literally being tied to the OS.

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Fair point to make, I just tend to associate native with higher quality and stability, kind of like how many native iOS/MacOS apps are highly polished (sometimes due to unfair restrictions on third party devs tbf). As Dinjoralo mentions, in Microsoft case the nativeness is a detriment more than anything else.