# 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:** 42
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/823 "2020-12-14T15:27:47Z")
Ubisoft is doing daily giveaways of stuff for Christmas. [Today is some AC: Valhalla skins](https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-day1-upc/en-US). You can claim them now even if you don’t own the base game since they just flag to your account. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/824 "2020-12-15T13:48:48Z")
A free game from Ubi today with [Starlink: Battle for Atlas](https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-day2/en-US) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/825 "2020-12-16T14:34:36Z")
Today Ubi is giving away some [Watch Dogs: Legions cosmetics](https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-day3/en-US). Again, you can claim now even if you don’t own the game and have it waiting for you. GOG is giving away free copies of [Prison Architect](https://www.gog.com/game/prison_architect). [Ho-Ho-Home Invasion](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1482830/HoHoHome_Invasion/) is a Santa stealth game on Steam. It’s free so it fits the letter of the thread if not necessarily the spirit but, hey, free Christmas game. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/826 "2020-12-17T14:43:19Z")
Ubi is giving away the _extreme_ biking game [Trials Rising](https://register.ubisoft.com/happyholidays2020-day4/en-US) today. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/827 "2020-12-17T15:15:19Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Ubi is giving away the _extreme_ biking game I got it, but it looks like a mobile game. It isn’t, but lame-o. I hope they up their gifts, says the beggars-can-be-choosers guy. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/828 "2020-12-17T16:06:09Z")
Epic has [Cities: Skylines](https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/home) for free today. EGS wouldn’t be my first choice for Cities: Skylines since you miss out on the heaps and heaps and heaps of free Steam community workshop content but, hey, free is free I suppose. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/829 "2020-12-17T16:09:44Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > heaps and heaps and heaps of free Steam community workshop content Most of which is likely the result of users re-uploading from each other. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/830 "2020-12-17T16:22:36Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Epic has [Cities: Skylines](https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/home) for free today. I claimed it and it said I got a $10 coupon as well. I don’t know how to view my coupons on the app, but can I apply that to anything I want? Did you all get that too? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/831 "2020-12-17T16:25:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Most of which is likely the result of users re-uploading from each other. Never really noticed that but I’ve also never been at a loss for tons of free content from there. More than my game could reasonably hold, in fact (had to get very selective after a bit) > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I claimed it and it said I got a $10 coupon as well. I don’t know how to view my coupons on the app, but can I apply that to anything I want? Did you all get that too? Looks as though that’s the case. I didn’t even know about that when I posted it. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/832 "2020-12-17T16:38:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > heaps and heaps and heaps of free Steam community workshop content > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Most of which is likely the result of users re-uploading from each other. > [@Jophiel](#): > > Never really noticed that I’ve not paid attention to the workshop in a long time for the same reason as your being selective; last time I did, I started with the oldest compatible content. Each original author gets more downloads that way and much less chance of seeing re-uploaded stuff. Maps don’t seem to be affected so I start with the latest for those; they’re the only reason I go to the workshop now. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/833 "2020-12-17T16:44:00Z")
Be that as it may, the point remains that Steam has tons of free extra content via the Workshop. Whether that’s 1,000 original items or 1,000 original and 3,000 re-uploads is a different discussion, separate from the actual point that Steam has a ton of extra content that EGS lacks. That said, hey, free $10 coupon for claiming it so why not. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/834 "2020-12-17T19:26:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Epic has [Cities: Skylines](https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/home) for free today. They are also giving three DLCs for Cities Skylines for free. You need to go to the DLC page for the game and get each one separately. Also worth noting, Cities Skylines is only free today. Until Christmas Epic is giving away a free game per day. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/835 "2020-12-17T20:36:23Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > They are also giving three DLCs for Cities Skylines for free. You need to go to the DLC page for the game and get each one separately. I don’t see the DLC’s free, I see them greatly reduced. Am I missing them? What are they called? Edit: Found them. Click “Show More” under the add-on page and three are indeed free. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/836 "2020-12-17T22:49:22Z")
Not free, but noteworthy to me and some of you might care. Immortals: Fenyx Rising is a Breath of the Wild like game. It just came out and is normally $60 for the game. Epic has it on sale for $40 AND I just applied the $10 game and got it for $30. And they gave me ANOTHER $10 game at checkout. Yes, this is my first purchase from Epic Games ever. I have every free game they’ve ever given away and this deal suckered me in to buying one for the first time. Heck, when they had Witcher 3 at $14.99, I went to Steam and got the same deal there. Anyway, a major game from a major studio. $30 and it just came out two(?) weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/837 "2020-12-17T23:38:39Z")
Usually these coupons are only valid when you buy a game that costs $15 or more. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/838 "2020-12-17T23:42:31Z")
> [@Chelonaut](#): > > Usually these coupons are only valid when you buy a game that costs $15 or more I know, and the jerks actually reduced Witcher 3 to $14.98 or something last time. That’s why I went to Steam and paid 1 penny more. I’m just thankful a new game is $30 out the door. I’m picturing my rage if I bought it 3 weeks ago for $60. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/839 "2020-12-17T23:42:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > And they gave me ANOTHER $10 game at checkout. Epic says everytime you use a coupon for a purchase they will give you another coupon while the promotion lasts. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/840 "2020-12-17T23:49:34Z")
Can I add my Epic game to my Steam Library? If so, does it play using steam and not the Epic Launcher? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/841 "2020-12-18T00:19:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Immortals: Fenyx Rising is a Breath of the Wild like game. It just came out and is normally $60 for the game. > > Epic has it on sale for $40 AND I just applied the $10 game and got it for $30. Ubi has it for the same price direct. If you did the Hyperspace trial, they gave out $10 coupons so it’d be the same price in the end. Though that won’t get you another $10 coupon like the EGS deal does. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/842 "2020-12-18T00:40:03Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Ubi has it for the same price direct. If you did the Hyperspace trial, they gave out $10 coupons so it’d be the same price in the end. It seems to run through the Uplay app anyway? I have never used Epic, I think, but I think Uplay loaded when I launched the game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=43)