# Free PC game and free weekend notification thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513 "2014-11-13T08:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1985 "2023-09-14T17:47:23Z")
112 Operator is more realistic; for one thing, it doesn’t give street addresses to interstate highways. LIke the [Capital Beltway.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Beltway) I see 112 is currently five bucks (that’s 80% off) on Steam. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1986 "2023-09-14T17:49:38Z")
I played that game a couple times some years ago when it was called [CritiCall](https://criticall911.com/)😁 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1987 "2023-09-15T05:27:08Z")
2 free weekends on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/widget/805550 and https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1785150 Also, on ubisoft connect, you can play The Crew Motorsport for up to 5 hours as a free trial over the next 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1988 "2023-09-21T15:22:11Z")
Epic’s freebies this week are: [Out of Line](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/out-of-line-209cbb) [The Forest Quartet](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/forest-quartet-5d03e3) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1989 "2023-09-21T16:01:48Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Out of Line Reminds me of Limbo and Inside. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1990 "2023-09-22T15:07:54Z")
[The Night of the Rabbit](https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_night_of_the_rabbit) is free for a couple of days on GOG. It’s a 10-year-old point and click story-based adventure with anthropomorphic animals. I haven’t played it yet but it looks gorgeous. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dtL1vxcm2zA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Night of the Rabbit trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL1vxcm2zA) ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1991 "2023-09-28T17:53:21Z")
Today on Epic: [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/model-builder-f9b456](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/model-builder-f9b456) [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/soulstice](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/soulstice) ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1992 "2023-09-29T15:11:36Z")
Today on GOG: > **[Trüberbrook](https://www.gog.com/en/game/truberbrook)** > > »Trüberbrook« is a thrilling mystery-sci-fi adventure game. > > Enjoy an adventurous ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1993 "2023-10-05T15:01:04Z")
Today on Epic: [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/godlike-burger-4150a0](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/godlike-burger-4150a0) ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1994 "2023-10-05T15:02:56Z")
Weirdly, either navigating directly or in through the free games page, that game prices at 16.99 for me. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1995 "2023-10-05T15:56:29Z")
It has worked for me, claimed it for free. I will never play it. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1996 "2023-10-05T16:44:51Z")
Heh, this goes for 98% of my free game collection as well. But the price is right, so why not? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1997 "2023-10-05T16:53:21Z")
I had a quick look. I’ve got 288 games listed on my Epic library. I’ve bought 2 - Airbourne Kingdom and Satisfactory - and the rest are all free. I’ve _launched_ 19. It doesn’t seem to tell me how long I’ve played for, but it does order by time played - I don’t think I’ve play more than 5 for more than an hour ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1998 "2023-10-05T17:21:11Z")
I don’t understand grabbing a free game unless it seems like a game I would legitimately enjoy. I liken it to an unlimited DVR. Even if I could store infinite recordings, I still wouldn’t record anything other than what I actually want to watch. EDIT: Looking now, I have 36 “titles”, but Death Stranding is listed twice. The ones I’ve played extensively are Subnautica, Control, Frostpunk, and Aven Colony, though with that last one, after 50 hours I switched over to an 800+ hour Cities: Skylines rabbit hole on Steam. Most of the 36 are games I’d like to give a shot, with the most notable being Prey, Wolfenstein New Order, Alien: Isolation and Death Stranding. Of note is that I’ve actually bought Subnautica, Control and Frostpunk on Steam after playing them on Epic for free. That’s how much I hate using non-steam launchers… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1999 "2023-10-05T17:32:33Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I don’t understand grabbing a free game unless it seems like a game I would legitimately enjoy. I liken it to an unlimited DVR. Even if I could store infinite recordings, I still wouldn’t record anything other than what I actually want to watch. I don’t grab games that I have zero interest in. I get games when I know for sure I’d want to play them, or even when I think there’s a chance I would play them. The vast majority of games in my libraries are things I won’t play because I don’t have time. But there is nothing in there that I think is a bad game or totally uninteresting. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2000 "2023-10-05T17:37:11Z")
I grabbed a bunch of free games mostly to fuck with EA. I haven’t picked up a free game for a while now. We’ll see if I ever do again. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2001 "2023-10-05T17:38:30Z")
Does it cost them money? Because if so, fair enough and well played. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2002 "2023-10-05T18:06:04Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I don’t understand grabbing a free game unless it seems like a game I would legitimately enjoy. I concur with your thinking, but I’m building a library for when I (hopefully never) am relegated to a retirement facility. I’m not going to spend a lot of time playing checkers or spades. And there’s no telling how my gaming tastes will have changed by then. I also don’t plan on playing Fortnite and screaming at some kid that I fucked their mother AND their grandmothers. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2003 "2023-10-05T18:17:28Z")
I tried it from here and it wanted me to click on pictures of cars with convertible tops, I’m done with captchas. I will try it on another computer. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/2004 "2023-10-05T19:50:12Z")
I’m between @Projammer’s and @EllisDee’s camps. I’ll pick up anything that I -think- I -might- want to play, but won’t automatically take anything even if it’s free. So, for example, Truberbrook, unlikely that I’d ever play, but possible. Taken. Godlike Burger? Nope, not my think at all. But having a huge backlog of games was nice during lockdown, would be nice if I had an extended illness, and if backwards compatibility / hacks remain a thing, will likely be nice if I make it to any sort of retirement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=101)