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A four-day Steam freebie turned into $250,000 for an indie game

The takeaway: A recent free-game promotion on Steam is drawing attention to how giving away a title can still generate substantial revenue when there is a clear path to selling additional content. A four-day free giveaway of Graveyard Keeper, a title published by tinyBuild, generated roughly $250,000 in revenue, according to CEO Alex Nichiporchik. Most of that money came afterward, as new players who claimed the free copy went on to purchase downloadable content for the game.

Fortnite "Save the World" mode will return as a free-to-play game in 2026

Epic Games Store's holiday free games keep on coming – could Red Dead Redemption 2 be included?

Timesplitters Rewind is finally available (for free), after 13 years in development hell

Dead Island 2 free giveaway kicks off Epic Games Store Mega Sale

Google offers free Gemini AI tools and 2TB storage to US college students

As Half-Life 2 turns 20, Valve celebrates with a free to download weekend, new Episode 3 footage reveal

What just happened? Valve is celebrating Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary with a massive update, a temporary free giveaway of the full game, and a bundle including the two episodic expansions and new developer commentary. Additionally, a two-hour YouTube documentary sheds light on the canceled third expansion, revealing new details for fans.

Amazon Prime Gaming's October giveaways include Doom Eternal, BioShock Remastered, and A Plague Tale: Innocence

Finding free games and demos on Steam just became a lot easier

Amazon subscribers can grab a slew of games ahead of next month's Prime Day, including Star Wars: KOTOR 2

VMware Workstation and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisors are now free for personal use

Nvidia GeForce Now will start showing ads to free tier users

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is available for free from the Epic Games Store

In brief: Looking to grab one of the most underappreciated games in years for nothing at all? Then head over to the Epic Games Store, where the current freebie is Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, a hugely enjoyable space opera that lives up to the franchise's movies and comics.

Play Diablo IV for free: Steam's 7-day trial is now running, with major discounts on all editions

The Evil Within is currently free on The Epic Games Store, The Evil Within 2 next week's giveaway

Those free 55-inch 4K TVs that show nonstop ads on a second screen are now shipping

New Alone in the Dark starring David Harbour and Jodie Comer lands in October, prologue now free on Steam

PowerToys get new Peek and 'Mouse without Borders' utilities

Grab a free copy of Death Stranding for a limited time

Marvel's Midnight Suns is free to play on Steam this weekend

Free games alert: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and The Elder Scrolls III are currently available for nothing

Amazon is giving away 10 more PC games to Prime subscribers

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam are now free to download and keep

Fallout 3 and The Sims 4 are currently free to download and keep