If you play a fair amount of video games, you’ve probably run into the situation where you sit down to play something, but nothing in your collection is speaking to you.
You’ve got plenty of great games, but none of them are speaking to you. You could buy something new, but what if you don’t want to spend the money?
Fortunately, there has never been a better time when it comes to finding great games to play for free. We’re not just talking freeware or free-to-play games either.
With the sites on this list, you’ll be able to acquiren plenty of games you’d usually pay for. Here’s how to get free PC games!
5.r/freegames
You might have noticed that a few of the sites mentioned above require a bit of attention—you need to keep an eye out for when a game is available for free so you can pounce.
Don’t have time for that? You can look to Reddit, where users have crowdsourced the whole “keep an eye out for deals” nonsense.
The r/freegames subreddit is dedicated to… well, free games. This includes console games as well as PC games. If you only want to keep track of one site where you can be alerted to limited-time free game deals, this is the one to check.
Related: The best subreddits for geeks and nerds
4.Steam
You’ll find plenty of free to play games on Steam, but that’s not exactly what we’re talking about here. We’re not talking about Dota 2 or CS:GO or Path of Exile !
Games often have free weekends in an effort to get you to buy them as well, but again, that’s not what we’re talking about.
Every once in a while, companies get generous and give away games that are a few years old. One recent example on Steam is Injustice: Gods Among Us .
Just keep an eye on what pops up and be ready to grab it when the time comes. And even if you don’t spot the free deals, there are always huge specials with massive discounts!
3.GOG
Formerly known as Good Old Games, the site rebranded as GOG when it started selling just as many new games as old.
2.Prime Gaming
1.Epic Games Store
When the Epic Games Store launched, people weren’t happy, mainly because they were happy with Steam and didn’t want to have to use yet another store and launcher just to play Fortnite .
So Epic took a page out of Valve’s playbook and gave people a reason they’d want to use the Epic Games Store: free games.
Related: The best games on Epic Games Store
Patient Gamers Win in the End
Many of the services listed above will let you snag games that are only a year or two old for free, but you’ll often find older games going for zero dollars and zero cents as well.
This is why it pays to be a “patient gamer” and why you should be one if you aren’t already. Don’t know what that is? Here’s everything you need to know about “patient gaming” community .
