# 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:** 16
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/302 "2018-01-26T01:16:20Z")
[Black Desert Online](http://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/) free weekend on Steam and the game is only five bucks for the duration. Looks interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/303 "2018-01-26T02:59:16Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Black Desert Online](http://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/) free weekend on Steam and the game is only five bucks for the duration. Looks interesting. The combat is fun if you like action combat (a lot of dodging and special attacks) but it is **SUPER** grindy. As in the game is designed for you to set yourself in one spot fishing or riding your horse in a loop and then minimize the game before you go to bed or off to work. I had something like 800 hours in the game and probably no more than 100 of them were spent actually actively playing. However, the first 50 levels come fast and, like I said, the combat is fun. The grind doesn’t really start until you take up trade skills or want to make money while AFK to afford high end things. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/304 "2018-01-26T05:20:46Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The combat is fun if you like action combat (a lot of dodging and special attacks) but it is **SUPER** grindy. Hm. I’ll check it out while it’s free but sounds like I won’t be buying it. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/305 "2018-01-26T20:04:19Z")
BDO is very pretty. I bought it and even invested extra money getting perks like character outfits and stuff. But playing felt like a chore. I gave up after I realized after a couple of months that it just wasn’t fun, no matter how much I tried to convince myself it was. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/306 "2018-01-27T00:33:09Z")
Fuck it. All the good names are already taken. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/307 "2018-01-27T00:45:08Z")
Those who want to try the game and don’t care about realistic names, [this supposedly will generate a name that hasn’t been taken](http://www.random-generators.com/generator/rand-black-desert.php). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/308 "2018-01-27T01:16:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Those who want to try the game and don’t care about realistic names, [this supposedly will generate a name that hasn’t been taken](http://www.random-generators.com/generator/rand-black-desert.php). Sweet! _Ocumwhoaine_ is still available! 😛 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/309 "2018-01-27T01:58:42Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Sweet! _Ocumwhoaine_ is still available! 😛 That sounds vaguely pornographic. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/310 "2018-02-06T21:16:45Z")
[Cities: Skylines](http://store.steampowered.com/app/255710/Cities_Skylines/) is having a free, uh, midweek? Ends in 4 days anyway. Cities: Skylines was the title that drove the nails into SimCity’s coffin. I was going to say “killed it” but SimCity did that to itself. After Cities: Skylines came out though, there was no reason to even nudge the corpse with your toe. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/311 "2018-02-07T17:49:45Z")
[Red Solstice](http://store.steampowered.com/app/265590/The_Red_Solstice/) is free on Steam for the next 48 hours. Yours to keep after the give-away period ends. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/312 "2018-02-13T16:57:20Z")
King of Fighters 2002 is free on [GOG](https://www.gog.com/). Banner for it should be up near the top of the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/313 "2018-02-16T16:10:20Z")
[Dungeons 2](https://www.gog.com/game/dungeons_2) is free today from GOG ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/314 "2018-02-17T00:13:11Z")
I forgot to post this. [Make War Not Love](https://www.makewarnotlove.com/) - 5 days of free sega stuff - but we’re on day 3 now. Alpha Protocol is free today. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/315 "2018-02-27T18:17:47Z")
OOTP 19 free for all Origen Access subscribers. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/316 "2018-03-19T05:35:46Z")
Free for some of you. If you have amazon prime, you can link your twitch account to your amazon account and you get twitch prime. And twitch prime has been giving away 1-4 games per month. This month it’s superhot, shadow tactics: blades of the showgun, oxenfree, and mr. shifty. You have to use the twitch desktop client as a launcher, but hey, free if you already have amazon prime. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/317 "2018-03-23T21:17:09Z")
[F1 2015](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/f1-2015) free today on humble store. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/318 "2018-03-26T17:17:35Z")
[The Darkness II](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-darkness-ii?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_twos_tile_index_1) is free on Humble for today and tomorrow. A fun first-person shooter where you also control some demonic tentacles from your back when you go all Hellish. Some fine voice acting as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/319 "2018-03-27T03:26:28Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [The Darkness II](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-darkness-ii?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_twos_tile_index_1) is free on Humble for today and tomorrow. A fun first-person shooter where you also control some demonic tentacles from your back when you go all Hellish. Some fine voice acting as well. Yeah, I got my key. And then went to redeem it. And then was informed that I already own the game. So, if anyone sees this thread in the next couple days and wants a key, respond in the thread and I’ll PM you the key. (If no one claims it within a couple day, I’ll find somewhere else to give it away.) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/320 "2018-03-27T03:35:03Z")
ill take it …the first one was ok … ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/321 "2018-03-29T18:03:27Z")
[Spec Ops: the Line](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spec-ops-the-line) is free from Humble for a couple days. It is the gold standard in 2deep4u third person military cover shooters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=17)