# 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:** 87
**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 5, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1725 "2023-01-05T16:52:50Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I almost bought lawn mower simulator. It seems really relaxing, similar to that truck simulator. Not that the truck simulator appeals to me. Yeah, Lawnmower Sim looks to fall under those zen cleaning games like House Flipper, Viscera Cleanup Detail, Power Wash Simulator, etc. Just spend time in a low-stress game bringing order to chaos and feeling “constructive” even if you’re totally not. PC Build Simulator is fun if you’re into PC hardware and want a light management sim. I actually prefer the free IT expansion to the base game since it lets you ignore paying rent and potentially going bankrupt and instead just run the PC fixing/building missions and do your own free-building on the side with leftover components. It also got rid of the tedious cable-by-cable installation and individually removing screws in the base game until you buy the tools to automate it. No dropping screws into the case though. My son claims that he’s learned a bit of fundamentals from it both in how a PC comes together and relative hardware tiers or stuff like memory speeds. It’s reasonably “realistic” while still being a game. My biggest peeve is that it doesn’t recognize the importance of memory channels and will let you drop RAM sticks anywhere without it being an issue. I always wind up correcting the systems it sends me for repair 😃 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1726 "2023-01-05T17:10:28Z")
I like the truck simulators. Put on some music and it’s kinda zen. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1727 "2023-01-05T17:13:12Z")
I played power wash simulator for a bit (it was on Game Pass). It was nice to chill out to but it was also way too picky about ‘finishing’ sections. You’d be nearly done and would have to hunt around desperately trying to find enough hidden pixels of dirt to trigger completion. Really ruined the flow (heh) of the 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:** [January 5, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1728 "2023-01-05T17:18:39Z")
Viscera Cleanup Detail was like that as well. Fun concept up until the very end when it turns into a pixel hunt. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1729 "2023-01-05T20:49:30Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Prime gaming’s January freebies are out now, they are: The evil within 2 (gog), Beat cop (gog), Breathedge, Lawn Mower Simulator, Chicken Police: Paint it red, Faraway 2: Jungle escape! (all amazon app native). “Mom Hid My Game” is also free on Prime Gaming. However, it is a Nintendo Switch game. I have a code for it and I don’t own a Switch, so if someone’s interested in my code, feel free to DM. I’ll give it a few days and then randomly choose a winner from among those who express interest. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1730 "2023-01-05T23:31:39Z")
Agree. I play American Truck Simulator and Snowrunner. For anybody curious, on the ‘relaxing’ scale ATS is more relaxing than Snowrunner which has some potentially stressful aspects such as rolling your truck over and down a hill and losing your load, requiring you to bring more trucks to recover that one. Still, can be very relaxing most of the time and it looks amazing. ATS has long stretches of just driving down the highway. I haven’t played it for a little bit, but once you get established (and get expansions with other states) you can do runs that take over an hour of real time. And it has “satellite radio” in the game, with a decent selection of stations though sometimes it can be finicky. Now 'scuse me, I’m going to go play Snowrunner. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1731 "2023-01-12T17:17:40Z")
Epic is listing three this week, though one looks as if it wasn’t a paid game anyway, that one is: [Divine knockout standard](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/divine-knockout--standard), the ones which appear to free and were paid are [Firs class trouble](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/first-class-trouble) and [Gamedec - Definitive edition](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gamedec) ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1732 "2023-01-12T17:22:23Z")
First Class Trouble looks like a realistic version of “Among Us”. I never cared for that game much (I’m probably too old to be the target demographic), and I’m not eager for party games to play on my PC, but I grabbed it anyway. Gamedec looks really cool though. It takes place in a Blade Runner sort of setting, but it plays like you’re hopping between Holodeck scenarios in Star Trek to solve crimes. Neat concept. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1733 "2023-01-12T17:24:40Z")
It seems Gamedec also has a free character pack you can get for free but you have to make the point of also getting it…it does not come automatically (unless it is in the Definitive Edition but it showed as a separate thing to get so…I dunno). ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1734 "2023-01-12T17:28:16Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > It seems Gamedec also has a free character pack you can get for free but you have to make the point of also getting it… Thanks for pointing that out. I missed it and made sure to grab it. It looks like an “always free” add-on, but still, I might have never known to get 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:** [January 19, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1735 "2023-01-19T16:24:07Z")
Today on Epic: [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/epistory-typing-chronicles-445794](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/epistory-typing-chronicles-445794) ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1736 "2023-01-19T19:37:29Z")
I just wanted to point out that I finally got around to playing Gamedec and it’s really fun. It feels kind of like “Disco Elysium Lite”. It’s very dialog-heavy, and choices you make influence aspects of your personality which translate to skills you can purchase to help get you past obstacles. It’s a lot simpler (it seems like a lower-budget version) but it’s pretty good for free, especially if you like DE. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1737 "2023-01-20T19:06:34Z")
Today on GOG: > **[Haven Park](https://www.gog.com/en/game/haven_park)** > > "I'm getting older, my dear, and I'm not able to take care of the park any longer... ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1738 "2023-01-20T19:37:41Z")
Well that looks absolutely adorable ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1739 "2023-01-26T16:26:02Z")
This week on epic [Adios](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/adios-b378b4) and [Hell is others](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hell-is-others-789262) are free. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1740 "2023-01-27T04:02:17Z")
interesting games this week ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1741 "2023-01-29T03:40:48Z")
GOG is giving away a [CDPR Goodie Pack](https://www.gog.com/en/game/cdpr_goodie_pack). Wallpapers and stuff like that. Not a game but free. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1742 "2023-02-02T16:57:20Z")
Epic’s freebies for this week are [City of Gangsters](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/city-of-gangsters-6c2974) and [Dishonored: Death of the Outsider](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dishonored-death-of-the-outsider). ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1743 "2023-02-02T23:43:55Z")
Epic has [Sims 4](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-sims-4) for free. Looks like it’s always free and they’re just reeling you in to get you to buy DLC. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1744 "2023-02-03T11:12:49Z")
The Sims 4 went free-to-play last October. As you note, they’re now just using it to reel you into buying DLC. You can get it from EA or Steam also. It’s free on all platforms. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=88)