# TF2 goes free to play **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 24, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-goes-free-to-play/586666 "2011-06-24T04:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**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 24, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-goes-free-to-play/586666/1 "2011-06-24T04:21:12Z")
Valve announced today that the class based shooter TF2 would be [free to play](http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/) permanently. It’s certainly the highest quality game that’s ever gone free to play. There are apparently some very minor differences if you never bought the game - smaller backpack and cosmetic items won’t drop for you, but that doesn’t affect the gameplay - you can still get every functional piece of equipment. And if you spend a cent in their game store (which is mostly just cosmetic items) you get upgraded to a full account. I’m not a huge fan of this move because I wonder who would be interested in playing tf2 who didn’t bother to buy it when it was on sale for $5 many times. So I can’t imagine it’d bring in that many interesting people and mostly oddballs or maybe people from third world countries. But I figured I’d make a thread in case anyone wanted to give the game a try. We have an [SDMB TF2 Server](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591447) where quite a few people get together a few times a week to play. Join us, and add me to your friends list on steam if you need help with anything. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tf2-goes-free-to-play/586666/2 "2011-06-24T12:39:08Z")
As this thread is already being done, I’ll close this one for you. Please see: > **[Team Fortress 2: Now free to play (forever)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613723)** > > For any of you who haven’t gotten Team Fortress 2 there is no excuse now. TF2 has gone free-to-play (not kiddding).