# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/342 "2018-05-11T22:17:55Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [The Flame In The Flood](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-flame-in-the-flood?partner=cag&charity=156828&utm_source=cag) is free to own from Humble for the next 1 Day 20 Hours They’re also [offering another two games for free](https://www.humblebundle.com/mission/spring-sale-rewards) if you log into the [front page of the store](https://www.humblebundle.com/store) on 3 and 5 separate days up to May 17. I set up a browser on a computer I don’t use to refresh the page once a day. The 5 day one looks pretty neat. And the all-time reviews (not just the ones in the past month) are all mostly positive. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/343 "2018-05-12T05:39:02Z")
[Stories: The Path of Destinies](https://store.steampowered.com/app/439190/Stories_The_Path_of_Destinies/) is free on Steam. Not sure for how long. I know absolutely nothing about the game but it looks nice and has a favorable impression from Steam users FWIW. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/344 "2018-05-12T13:50:45Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > [Stories: The Path of Destinies](https://store.steampowered.com/app/439190/Stories_The_Path_of_Destinies/) is free on Steam. Not sure for how long. I know absolutely nothing about the game but it looks nice and has a favorable impression from Steam users FWIW. The “news” portion says through the 13th. Steam usually flips its deals at noon CST so I would try to get it before then on the 13th rather than assume it’s until Sunday night. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/345 "2018-05-18T04:16:26Z")
[Galactic Civilizations 2 Ultimate](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/galactic-civilizations-ii-ultimate-edition) free to keep on humble bundle. Free weekends for Rainbow 6 siege and Shadow of Mordor 2 on steam. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/346 "2018-05-18T12:55:08Z")
Tides of Numinera is also having a free weekend - missed that one because it’s not really displayed on the front page. If you visit the [humble store](https://www.humblebundle.com/mission/spring-sale-rewards-week-2) once a day for the next 3/5 days you get free AI War: Fleet Command and 12 is better than 6 respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/347 "2018-05-18T17:18:45Z")
Big Paradox sale on Steam right now, with a lot of DLC packs bundled and discounted. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/348 "2018-05-18T17:58:57Z")
[Prismata is free](https://store.steampowered.com/app/490220/Prismata/) for keeps on Steam until Monday ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/349 "2018-05-22T21:07:47Z")
Unreal: Gold is free on GOG for the next 40 hours or so. I didn’t play it when it first came out; I seem to remember trying but not getting very far. My hunch is that I couldn’t run it sufficiently so gave up. Tried to play this one, but the mouse controls are super inaccurate and mushy. Played around with some setting but they didn’t seem to help much. I’ll have to revisit it later once I’ve caught up on my small backlog. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/350 "2018-05-23T14:29:14Z")
Distraint: Deluxe Edition is [free on Fanatical](https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/distraint) Fanatical used to be called Bundlestars and has been around for a good while and is an authorized key seller. They’ll probably ask you to link your Steam account which is safe and is just done so you can one-click redeem keys to your Steam account rather than having to copy and paste them. It doesn’t allow them access beyond that. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/351 "2018-05-23T17:29:16Z")
All [Raiders of the Broken Planet](https://store.steampowered.com/app/436180/Raiders_of_the_Broken_Planet/) campaigns are free to keep on Steam until Friday. I don’t really know anything about the game but it looks as though the base game is Free to Play but the three campaigns are $10 each ordinarily. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/352 "2018-05-23T23:51:07Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Unreal: Gold is free on GOG for the next 40 hours or so. God damn you to hell. Also free on Steam. I was really doing well today, getting lots of important stuff done, but now I’ll probably play this the rest of the day. Or week, since it includes a lot of new levels. I had a lot of fun with the original 20 years or so ago. > [@](#): > > Tried to play this one, but the mouse controls are super inaccurate and mushy. Played around with some setting but they didn’t seem to help much. I’ll have to revisit it later once I’ve caught up on my small backlog. Yeah, the stock version doesn’t work great with newer PCs. When I tried it, it was way too dark and jerky. It will run much better on modern PCs if you install the 227 patch from here: [https://www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html](https://www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html) ---
**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:** [May 24, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/353 "2018-05-24T04:35:15Z")
[In the name of the Tsar](https://www.origin.com/store/battlefield/battlefield-1/expansion/battlefield-1-in-the-name-of-the-tsar) DLC for Battlefield 1 is free. They had the first expansion free a few weeks ago. They’ll probably have the others free over time. Keep an eye out. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/354 "2018-05-24T17:49:43Z")
[Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/202200/Galactic_Civilizations_II_Ultimate_Edition/) is free to keep on Steam until Saturday. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/355 "2018-05-24T19:24:38Z")
[HackNet Deluxe](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/hacknet-deluxe) is free on Humble. It’s been a good week or two for free games, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/356 "2018-05-24T19:46:53Z")
Steam is having a free weekend for: Dead by Daylight Cities Skylines Don’t Starve Together A New Reign Dirt 4 Left 4 Dead 2 Tyranny Borderlands 2 Shadow of Mordor Castle Crashers ---
**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:** [May 25, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/357 "2018-05-25T13:27:01Z")
[Guns of Icarus: Alliance](https://store.steampowered.com/app/608800/Guns_of_Icarus_Alliance/) is free to keep on Steam through Memorial Day. You play part of a 4-man crew on an airship doing battle. Has PVP and PVE Co-Op modes and AI bots in case you can’t find three friends and hate playing with randoms. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/358 "2018-05-25T14:12:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [HackNet Deluxe](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/hacknet-deluxe) is free on Humble. > > It’s been a good week or two for free games, I guess. Fun little game ! Reminded me of my comp-sci major days. It’d been a long, long while since I hadn’t dicked around w/ a Unix shell terminal 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/359 "2018-06-04T16:21:16Z")
[Xenonauts](https://www.gog.com/game/xenonauts), a modern recreation of the classic XCOM experience, is free today on GOG. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/360 "2018-06-11T21:46:01Z")
For Honor starter edition is [free this week via Uplay](https://free.ubisoft.com/promotions/for_honor/26/pc/login). ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/361 "2018-06-12T18:45:31Z")
GOG changed the free game to [Ziggurat](https://www.gog.com/game/ziggurat) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=19)