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Mages of Mystralia is free now at epic games - Dec 28 at 11:00 AM

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Get A Free Game Every Week | Epic Games Store

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X-Morph: Defense Complete Edition is free on gog.com. Scroll down a tiny bit to see the giveaway banner.

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ultimatebob said:
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is the free game today. That's a pretty nice freebie!
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Actually it's 3 tomb raider games available now - Jan. 6. Last of the daily giveaways.

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Tomb Raider GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION
 
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balloonshark said:
Actually it's 3 tomb raider games available now - Jan. 6. Last of the daily giveaways.

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Tomb Raider GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION
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yeah, crazy good offer. Anyone that hasn't yet played these should pick them all up for free. Great games. I still hadn't picked up the 3rd one, so now I finally have it.
 
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Prime Gaming Jan freebies out.

SW Jedi: Fallen Order
Total War Warhammer
WWZ:Aftermath
WRC7
Two Point Hospital
Abandon Ship
In Other Waters
Paper Beast


my back library is a lost cause lol.
 
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead is free on gog.com

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Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
www.gog.com www.gog.com

Scroll down a tiny bit on the main page to see the giveaway banner.
 
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sdifox said:
my back library is a lost cause lol.
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Just stop worrying about it. I see all these free games as just stocking up a library of games that I can choose from next time I want a new game to play. Maybe I'll never play most of them, and that's fine! I didn't pay for them, so it doesn't hurt me.

It just makes it harder to justify buying a new game, when I have so many good games in my library already.
 
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NTMBK said:
Just stop worrying about it. I see all these free games as just stocking up a library of games that I can choose from next time I want a new game to play. Maybe I'll never play most of them, and that's fine! I didn't pay for them, so it doesn't hurt me.

It just makes it harder to justify buying a new game, when I have so many good games in my library already.
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I never finished Ultima III :awe:
 
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NTMBK said:
Just stop worrying about it. I see all these free games as just stocking up a library of games that I can choose from next time I want a new game to play. Maybe I'll never play most of them, and that's fine! I didn't pay for them, so it doesn't hurt me.

It just makes it harder to justify buying a new game, when I have so many good games in my library already.
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I agree with the overall sentiment and it sort of makes me scratch my head when people seem apprehensive toward getting the free games. "I don't really want to play that now." You may want to play it in the future; just get it now since it's free. The only downside is that it might be harder to manually find a specific game as your library grows. :p

Along those lines, I have little to no interest in survival games, but I get them anyway. I figure that I may not care now, but I might enjoy them in the future. Speaking of missing out, I did miss out on one game that Epic gave away that I would've wanted to try: Loop Hero. It'll probably be in a Humble Bundle soon enough though!
 
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FWIW gog has always had free games. Most are not for everyone but someone may find something they like.

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Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Relicta is free on Epic games now - Jan 27 at 11:00 AM

"Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base."

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Get A Free Game Every Week | Epic Games Store

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* Coming Soon, DAEMON X MACHINA will be free Jan 27 - Feb 03
 
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NTMBK said:
Just stop worrying about it. I see all these free games as just stocking up a library of games that I can choose from next time I want a new game to play. Maybe I'll never play most of them, and that's fine! I didn't pay for them, so it doesn't hurt me.

It just makes it harder to justify buying a new game, when I have so many good games in my library already.
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That's pretty much where I'm at, a bunch of these free games I've gotten since Epic started giving them away were ones I'd had on my wishlist. The only game I've bought since June of 2020 was Deus Ex: Mankind Divided last year, and that was because it was $1 used on PS4.

Edit: Actually, that was December of 2020, LOL
 
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Relicta is free on Epic games now - Jan 27 at 11:00 AM

"Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base."

www.epicgames.com

Get A Free Game Every Week | Epic Games Store

Download a free game or join a free-to-play game community today!
www.epicgames.com www.epicgames.com

* Coming Soon, DAEMON X MACHINA will be free Jan 27 - Feb 03
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This game is real fun. Having a blast.
 
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DAEMON X MACHINA is free at Epic games now - Feb 03 at 11:00 AM (3 clcs are also free)

*Coming Soon Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be free Feb 03 - Feb 10

FWIW there is also a $10 off $15+ coupon on Epic. You have to unlock the coupon by signing up for or changing your epic email preferences.
 
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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is free at epic games now - Feb 10 at 11:00 AM (repeat giveaway)

* Coming Soon: Windbound will be free Feb 10 - Feb 17
 
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This spree of more or less "free" games from several sources is going to the point buying stuff sounds silly, also backlog increasing faster than play time allows...
What cheap PC gaming started a few years ago has turned into a weird situation: I'm actually buying some full price new games I really like to support the devs, they aren't many anyway, the rest can wait till it's redeemable.

I put "free" as you need Amazon here, link accounts there etc, but most is literally subscribe and click every now and then... is there a bot that does this automatically? I'm tired to be on the look out for some day-only offer and miss that single one I'd liked xD

Though, I do wonder where most of the money comes from, ok it's just software, but one day all these numbers will add up and something won't work. Devs, artists and so on still need to be payed real money... maybe there's just that much extra buffer for all to keep doing this but it sounds slightly unnerving.
Oh right, maybe games will be quickly built by AIs one day and price will be zero or a meaningless concept!
 
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SAAA said:
This spree of more or less "free" games from several sources is going to the point buying stuff sounds silly, also backlog increasing faster than play time allows...
What cheap PC gaming started a few years ago has turned into a weird situation: I'm actually buying some full price new games I really like to support the devs, they aren't many anyway, the rest can wait till it's redeemable.

I put "free" as you need Amazon here, link accounts there etc, but most is literally subscribe and click every now and then... is there a bot that does this automatically? I'm tired to be on the look out for some day-only offer and miss that single one I'd liked xD

Though, I do wonder where most of the money comes from, ok it's just software, but one day all these numbers will add up and something won't work. Devs, artists and so on still need to be payed real money... maybe there's just that much extra buffer for all to keep doing this but it sounds slightly unnerving.
Oh right, maybe games will be quickly built by AIs one day and price will be zero or a meaningless concept!
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Don’t feel bad, I am sure Epic or Amazon or whomever pays for the keys they distribute for free. I am sure the keys are bought at a large discount but that’s up to the Dev to accept.
 
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