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It's free game Friday! The sun is out shining so what a great day to sit inside and play some games to keep cool. Even cooler is that they're free to keep.

Right now on Steam you can claim these games free to add to your account permanently as they have a 100% discount:

ENDLESS Legend, rated Gold on ProtonDB (no Steam Deck rating). "ENDLESS Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!". Free until May 23rd.

100% Orange Juice, rated Platinum on ProtonDB and Steam Deck Verified! "100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.". Free until May 22nd.

Machinika: Museum, rated Platinum on ProtonDB (no Steam Deck rating). "Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?". Free until May 27th.

Additionally over on the Epic Games Store you can get Dragon Age: Inquisition - GOTY Edition. "You are the Inquisitor, tasked with saving the world from itself. But the road ahead is paved with difficult decisions. Thedas is a land of strife. Factions constantly war with each other even as a larger demonic invasion has begun. And you? You and your band of champions are the only ones who can hold it together. It’s your job to lead them...or fall.". Free until May 23rd.

On top of all that if you have Amazon Prime, they're giving away Fallout 3: GOTY Edition for GOG as well. Available until June 12th. Prime are also giving away Tomb Raider: Game of the Year Edition for GOG until June 5th, Chivalry 2 for Epic Store until May 26th and more.

You can use the Heroic Games Launcher to install games from the Epic Store and GOG on Linux / Steam Deck.

So if you need some fresh free games for the weekend - there you go!

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16 comments

tfk May 17
I'm a simple man. I see free,I click on Add to Library.
ToddL May 17
I took up the Dragon Age Inquisition offer from Epic since I had that game on PS4 a long time ago but never finished it but now, I can start playing it again on the Steam Deck

I had 100% Orange Juice when I first started building my Steam game collection using the Fanatical bundles and Endless Dungeon was a later grab when it offered it up for free some time ago but never started neither one of the games though.


Last edited by ToddL on 17 May 2024 at 1:06 pm UTC
Praxach May 17
is there a way to get DAI to install from Heroic?
Will probably grab Endless Legend, seems like my kind of thing.
Pengling May 17
Man, I love PC-gaming - giveaways like these remind me of older releases being given away on the C64 magazine cover-tapes of old.

I just grabbed Machinika: Museum - looks interesting.


Last edited by Pengling on 17 May 2024 at 5:34 pm UTC
slaapliedje May 17
Are GOG games working a bit better through Heroic Game Launcher over Lutris? Lutris seems to be acting up on my computer (though that could just be from a bunch of cruftiness that one of these days I should clean up on my system).
Nezchan May 17
Machinka: Museum looks like exactly the sort of thing I'd like. Sold, for zero bucks!

Might as well grab Endless Legend too, I was interested in that once upon a time.
Fair warning: Dragon Age Inquisition requires you to use the EA launcher.
EduAAA May 18
They very generous, free game, but when you check let's see hmm, it's not the full game, it's a way to make people buy must have dlcs unless you wanna play a demo.

No one gives anything for free, not even Epig store, thanks to Tecent I guess they made an easy way to know what not to buy till it's 5€ and I wonder why those games that oh, lost millions and their reputation, take for example Metro saga, their games lost their value so much you can buy entire saga for what, 8€? those who received the bribe from tencent don't care they happy with their whores and their blow, or maybe they blown already their brains, cuz sooner than later they gonna see money is not what you need, the thing is all team behind those games, (that's many people working for living with a contract for a normal pay, they have to keep working every day, despite what epig sais mixing developers with publishers, well I think they were not so happy to see their work getting dust on Epig, but life is unfair.
razing32 May 18
Quoting: GuestD'aww. I was hoping to get card drops from ENDLESS Legend, but it seems like they were aware of the possibility of card farmers making very good use of that.

I have to ask - what do you do with the cards ?
Sell them for profit ? Do they make your profile look better ?
I honestly feel like "old man yells at cloud" but i don't get it
ToddL May 19
Quoting: EduAAAThey very generous, free game, but when you check let's see hmm, it's not the full game, it's a way to make people buy must have dlcs unless you wanna play a demo.

Not sure what you're getting at with this statement since the version of Dragon Age Inquisition that Epic is giving away is the Game of the Year edition, which includes the DLC and other bonuses.
Pengling May 19
Quoting: ToddLNot sure what you're getting at with this statement since the version of Dragon Age Inquisition that Epic is giving away is the Game of the Year edition, which includes the DLC and other bonuses.
Machinika: Museum is a complete game without any DLC offerings, too.
Caldathras May 19
Quoting: ToddL
Quoting: EduAAAThey very generous, free game, but when you check let's see hmm, it's not the full game, it's a way to make people buy must have dlcs unless you wanna play a demo.

Not sure what you're getting at with this statement since the version of Dragon Age Inquisition that Epic is giving away is the Game of the Year edition, which includes the DLC and other bonuses.
Of all the free offers I looked at from this article, the only giveaway with just the core game is ENDLESS Legend. There is a ton of DLC for this one. The core game is not a demo, however, and no one is obligated to buy the DLC. Of course, I am sure that the hope is that you will like the base game enough to want to purchase some of the DLC ...


Last edited by Caldathras on 19 May 2024 at 5:01 pm UTC
EduAAA May 20
Quoting: Caldathras
Quoting: ToddL
Quoting: EduAAAThey very generous, free game, but when you check let's see hmm, it's not the full game, it's a way to make people buy must have dlcs unless you wanna play a demo.

Not sure what you're getting at with this statement since the version of Dragon Age Inquisition that Epic is giving away is the Game of the Year edition, which includes the DLC and other bonuses.
Of all the free offers I looked at from this article, the only giveaway with just the core game is ENDLESS Legend. There is a ton of DLC for this one. The core game is not a demo, however, and no one is obligated to buy the DLC. Of course, I am sure that the hope is that you will like the base game enough to want to purchase some of the DLC ...

Exactly, and that's the only game I've talked about, still, if you check bundle games, no one gives free money. I don't care about epic, I've never touched that shitty store because the CEO of that crappy store that is like 100 million ages away from what the store of Steam offers, talked shit and have been trying to be cool, cuz people know shit about devs, they may not charge that ammount of money that every store does to publishers, not devs, even if you are an indie dev and publisher you gonna sell more accepting 30% cut, that btw the more you sell the less they charge, it's the best bet, because most users have they games for steam. They offer also an store with forums, guides, that let's users to search games by tag, genre, gamepad support, Also not because they wanna make people happy obiously, it's an investment , they want to have people using their own OS, but well there is proton for people that preffer linux because whatever... they have steamlink, they have that shit of sharing games you playing with others, etc...

But don't start with I don't care about stores, even though if you wanna play for example some games they paid fucking much as an investment, to make people only able to buy the game on their store, at least you can buy steam games everywhere, not just on their store... I talked about a game so what the fuck I care about that EPIG freemium store, and if you don't know that it's a way to sell hundreds of unlocked and taken out of the game because yes dlcs, so that's why you can see the main game about 90% on sale and wops, they having fucking insane ammount of dlcs, just check paradox games, I'd burn them all.

And if you think cool ok, go ahead, free stuff, like CS:GO, they've made more money being a casino than developing games. Anyway, I'm not gonna do you homework, just find it yourself.


Last edited by EduAAA on 20 May 2024 at 8:41 am UTC
hardpenguin May 20
QuoteYou can use the Heroic Games Launcher to install games from the Epic Store and GOG on Linux / Steam Deck.
And Amazon as well right? Although this giveaway is for the GOG version of the game
Well, I downloaded Endless Legend and tried it out. I quite like it. Definitely has a good chunk of that "Just one more turn" feel. Scratches the same kind of itch as Civilization, but it's more in that fantasy vein, you've got a bit more focus on customizing and leveling up your troops and having "heroes" that lead them and govern cities.


Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 20 May 2024 at 11:37 pm UTC
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