40 free Steam games you can download and keep now, no strings attached
There are so many free games available on Steam right now that it genuinely makes my head hurt. These are proper free games too, mind you. We’re not talking free-to-play, or free with a subscription: these are honest-to-goodness free games.
It can be difficult to keep track of everything on Steam at the best of times, not least when you’re trying to get a handle on all the free games you can play on your PC.
The good news? We’ve rounded up all the latest that are still free at the time of writing, and have found a whopping 40 freebies. We’ll add to this list as more become available, but for now? Take a look and see what tickles your fancy!
- Neonscape - An intense first-person hack-and-slash in the vein of Ghostrunner
- Shire Scopes - a multiplayer arena shooter, set in a medieval castle.
- Scholar’s Mate - First Move - an intense first-person horror.
- Bongus Bright-eye & The Great Axe-stravaganza - a classic point-and-click adventure game with a brilliant name.
- Edemn - a classic fantasy-inspired FPS.
- Bucket Brawl: Ahlman Edition - an arena based fighter that swaps humans for toys
- Anyu - a narrative exploration game set in a frozen wasteland.
- Undawn- A massive open world survival RPG.
- Solar Showdown - multiplayer tower defence with plenty of action.
- The Stranded Traveler - retro side scrolling fun.
- Let’s School: Homeroom - Some kinda weird school sim? I dunno, they’re not all winners.
- Survival & Horror: Hangman's Rope Prologue - A wild west horror game.
- The Archipelago Promise - An open-world survival adventure.
- War Gun - A multiplayer FPS with a variety of maps and weapons.
- Downbass Warriors: Heroes of Maydamn - Another multiplayer FPS that’s in early access right now.
- Home Sweet Home: Online - a multiplayer 4v4 horror battle game in which opposing teams must collect as many souls as possible.
- Divided Skies - an open-world flight adventure game set in a futuristic Mumbai.
- Raw Nerve - a “weird and wild” driving sandbox game set in “a psychedelic galaxy”.
- S.P.L.I.C.E.D. - a 3D side-scrolling Metroidvania which takes place in a gorgeous biopunk Chinatown.
- Snotty’s Sewer - an indie horror in which players have to outrun a children's TV character in an abandoned sewer.
- A Bad Day For A Hangover - One hungover dude vs a robot invasion.
- Galactic Grinder - Side-scrolling skateboarding game set in outer space.
- Spy Rumble - Among Us but with spies.
- Abathor - Atlantis Landing - a 2D retro arcade-style action platformer for up to four players.
- BREACH - If you played GunZ you’ll like this one.
- Temtem Showdown - a Pokémon-like multiplayer turn-based battle simulator.
- Doomsday: Last Survivors - a zombie tower defence game with real-time strategy elements.
- Dust and Aliens - a FPS roguelite game in which the player - a cowboy - must take on waves upon waves of aliens.
- Monsters Domain: Prologue - An early demo for an ambitious fantasy RPG.
- Spiritle - a strategic digital board game with a gorgeous illustrated art style.
- Soccer Kids - a turn-based tactical soccer game in which you - a teenage maths whizz - must help your friends win a street soccer tournament.
- Swelter - a mod for Half-Life 2 which adds a brand new story set years before the events of the game.
- Monster Racing League - a cute multiplayer racing game with a huge focus on combat and blasting your opponents off the road.
- World Boss - a multiplayer FPS free-for-all with loads of different play-style options.
- Miners Settlement - a pixel art RPG that looks genuinely lovely.
- Home Designer Makeover Blast - Puzzle solving blended with interior design.
- Train Operator 377 - a train simulation game which lets players experience one of the “UK’s oldest and most enchanting railways” from the driver’s seat.
- [E]ISLAND HOP - Cube escape game. I said what I said.
- Deltarune Chapter 1 & 2 - If you loved Undertale you’ll love this
- Sea Of Stars (demo) - one of the most exciting RPGs of 2023, coming August.
Topics: Steam, Free Games