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bblzd_2

Free to play games to the rescue.


Stilgar314

Don't forget about the great games of yore, on sale at three bucks.


Betterthanbeer

I do a monthly Humble Bundle subscription. Not every month is a winner, but I finally have that coveted backlog of unplayed Steam games.


I_am_That_Ian_Power

get MDK for like $4


oJUXo

Coming from console, that was something that surprised me. The sales on Steam. I remember when I first got my pc I went and bought a ridiculous amount of games during a sale lol. Just kept throwing em in my cart, and it didn't even come to 100 bucks. Still haven't gotten to all of those games I bought that day.


AXEMANaustin

Titanfall 2 is on sale for $4 aud


Spacelord_Jesus

Yeah PC gaming is Made for free titles. No need to spend a Penny to give all your time to a game


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E3FxGaming

>Free to play games (excluding War Thunder) to the rescue.


Motur

I'm out of the loop, what's wrong with War Thunder?


MapleWatch

Yes.


thawea

basically the game devs have made it so that it is completely pay to win


Mr_Tenpenny

He's just butt hurt that their little boycott failed miserably. People are playing more than ever right now.


Adoptionn

Sounds to me like they’re paying more than ever.


Mr_Tenpenny

Skill issue


Adoptionn

Not a skill gap here. I’ve never even played this game Lmao. All F2P games are riddled with Battle Pass and Starter Packs. Thanks, I’ll pass and take my unoptimized $69 AAA.


TheContingencyMan

Gaijin’s cooking those numbers. They’re reactivating banned accounts to pump the population count up. Wouldn’t past them to do shit like that either. In any case, fuck them and fuck that game.


Mr_Tenpenny

Lol, You should rename you account to TheConspiracyMan.


TheContingencyMan

You should change your name to "Mr\_Twatpenny"


sbrown23c

Free full games on Epic to the rescue.


Rachel_from_Jita

This. I prefer Steam, but I've had half a dozen titles I was going to buy anyway given to me for free on EGS. I think GOG has free stuff too sometimes (wasn't Daggerfall Unity one of them?), and there are subs for tracking access to various alphas and betas. Humble will also have big packs of games for cheap. And there are deal-tracking subreddits (but rule 3 on the side so i can't link them here) for games and the isthereanydeal website.


GT_Hades

Yep, i had death stranding, the 3 tomb raider games for free, and i wouldnt hate on that In that regards, im thankful withrhose kids rocking vbucks like candy, they make unreal engine for free, quixel for free, and many games for free lololol


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MoonCobFlea

unturned, tf2, osu, eve online and war thunder are some good f2p games if anyone is interested


ArenjiTheLootGod

Also, if you've got Amazon Prime, check out their [Prime Gaming](https://gaming.amazon.com/home) website, they've got a rotating selection of free games (usually older stuff, but it's not nothing). It never hurts to start building out a wishlist on Steam either, doing this will set it up so that Steam will alert you when a sale pops up for said game(s). Worth doing, because while the big seasonal Steam Sales are hard to miss, smaller publisher sales pop up all the time and are much harder to spot and/or have smaller purchase windows. Humble Bundle is also worth a look every now and again. I've legit bought fifteen games for like $15 from their bundles, some of the profits go to charity which is also nice. Plenty of options for PC gaming on the cheap.


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Wittusus

League is free and grants you a free ticket to the mental hospital


facelesswolf_

Delete this comment before it’s too late


Wage_slave

Look children, mental illness is happening. LoL


MisterSheeple

Rocket League is the superior free-to-play League.


borald_trumperson

Facts. Also the most toxic community possible so even extra value


bangersnmash13

Turn off chat and quick chat. I started playing infinitely better when I didn’t have to worry if my fuck up was going to get a reaction from a teammate


MisterSheeple

This is the way.


WholeSpray7026

every community is toxic if you compare it to LoL


Unoriginal-Ad

dear god


x-TheMysticGoose-x

Warframe


tk-451

epic game store... hate the launcher if you must, but the free games are worth grabbing even if you log in in mobile to claim them on your account until you've built your PC. It's a start!


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Fallout New Vegas is free on there right now


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Nothing brings me joy like a new PC running a 13 year old game.


An_Lei_Laoshi

Replaying old games just to see how well they run and look at max settings is definitely joyful. I had a laptop with a GeForce 315M before I built my and before being sble to get my 3060 Ti, I had a GT 710


greebdork

13 yo game with 100 visual and gameplay enhancing mods, and by gameplay enhancing i mean futas with huge dongers.


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My name is fisto


scotty899

Plenty of game time in that until op can afford multiple games that will probably be shit compared to new Vegas


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Nothing worse than the EA launcher


ZheZheBoi

You can do everything Epic Games through “Heroic Game Launcher” which is so much better in terms of responsiveness and usability


MasterJeebus

EPIC games is definitely worth it. I got an account there in 2020 when the rona started and they started giving more free games. I have like 100 games from there now. Few i got base game free and liked and got its dlc. They also gave coupons for $10 or $20 off for games. Free to play games on Steam are also good. Discounts can be nice sometimes. For buying games GOG is probably the best since those are drm free and dont need to worry of drm stopping you from playing old game in the future. There is also the google machine for downloading anything you want. There are risks but if you learn to avoid bad sites you could end up getting thousands of games out there. You’re gonna need a bigger drive.


Ayy_Eclipse

Game pass and game sharing :)


Optimus_13

Game Pass is such a bang for a buck, instantly gives you backlog of 10+ years of Steam sales


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NOOO


Dutch2211

Yes it does.


ticklemahdickle

Buddy, what?? Apex? Fortnite? CSGO? Dota? League? Valorant? Warframe? Destiny? PoE? Rocket League? Halo? Warzone? PUBG? Fall Guys?


Ziva_Mizrahi

To be fair there’s a large amount of people that don’t like multiplayer games… me being one. *Def not coming from a champ R6S and champ RL player*


Ziva_Mizrahi

Not sure why I’m getting downvoted. Multiplayer games aren’t the only games that exist. People play other games and you have to pay for them.


sticknotstick

The things that get downvotes on this site amaze me sometimes. Also it only takes 2 before the monkey brain kicks in and people pile on, meanwhile the original comment is something along the lines of “I never really understood how that worked.”


DeIaminate

>You have to pay for them. 🏴‍☠️


knowfight

There’s free single player too but usually low budget


Saltybuttertoffee

Warframe and PoE are both accessible to people that want to play almost entirely solo. PoE even has a dedicated playstyle for not interacting with other players (and you could do the exact same thing in Warframe).


Griffith_Skywalker

😎


heckersdeccers

hey OP protip don't play any of these. I just extended your lifespan a solid 20 years


TheDankGyarados

Fallout new Vegas is free on epic games rn. It would be a good start


CheemsGD

At this point I've spent more on games than actual hardware.


Aureste_

On PC ??! I think I have spent ~100€ in the last 3 years in game, and I bought quite a lot of games, but I always take them on discount. Or sometimes I play F2P. Or abandonnedware. Or some game that I emulate because they aren't sold anymore. (And sometimes its key seller like Instant Gaming, but I mean, who buy Civ6 for 200€ ?)


CheemsGD

You've completely gone off topic and started ranting about your whole life's story.


knowfight

What’s wrong with life story bro


Aureste_

Nah, I talked about the options that make PC gamers not paying nearly as much in software as PS/Xbox/Nintendo gamers. I don't even understand how you missed that. Maybe you are just angry at the fact that you didn't know all the things I talked about ?


vindictivejazz

Just get portal and portal 2. They’re iconic. Easy intros to mouse and keyboard and they’re really cheap.


jaximilli

Funny enough it was Minecraft that taught me how to WASD


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tonybombata

r/freegamefindings and epic store to the rescue


GODMarega

Finish building your pc. I dont have any time to play


Yebii

It’s 2023, no one owns games


kijib

there are enough free giveaways on various platforms like Steam and EPIC to have hundreds of games very quickly


Hombremaniac

From my own experience it is more like building new gaming PC and then simply could not decide what to play from your immense Steam library. So back to watching Youtube gaming vids as before :-/.


Feeling_Base_3663

Xbox Game Pass: Shut up b\*\*\*\*


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humble bundle, fanatical, gamivo, steam sales,epic games freebies games every Thursday Don't worry you're gonna build up a large library that you probably won't even play


Temporary-Bed-7184

Roblox is fun


TheKiznaProject

Epic games gives two free a month, i have like 150 games now. All the borderlands, batman, death stranding, a ton of stuff.


Delano7

They give 1 free per week, not 2 per months. :)


Failfoxnyckzex

Alternative Ending: Finished building your PC, you bought alot of AAA games, but you still have your old HDD that only have 10GB available.


IRay2015

Lots of free to play games and lord knows you can get all the classics on steam for cheap if you wishlist them and just wait a while


0j3B0y3

Roblox! Rocket League!


jmb809

Humble Bundle might be a good place to start. Also retro emulation is cool.


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You don't own any games if you've ever read the agreements. You own right to launch them. That's the shittiest part about licensed stuff.


ChemicalFun8857

I have a million games and no pc. Since I can't afford one.


WhySoHandsome

Million games, PC, switch, PS5, PS4. But playing PS1 games on emulator lol


seracohwris

DESTINY and WARFRAME are both super popular and free***Warframe more than destiny but still. Valorant Fortnite Apex Fall Guys CoD WARZONE is filled with hackers but idk still pretty fun tbh FFIV And there's a ton of games that are still a blast and like $20 bucks or less if you know where to look GTA5 is like $20 in some places GRIS is legit one of the best games I've ever experienced (not necessarily played but damn it's good. Borderline masterpiece imo) Speaking of masterpieces check out Nier Automata CYBERPUNK 2077 is still kinda lifeless with like 3 cars in the road and no npcs speak lol but with a few mods here and there it's actually a really good game solid 8/10 for me. Can be found for 20-30 on some sites And finally another game that kinda had a similar story like cyberpunk at least in it's release is No Man's Sky. 8/10 from a friend of mine with almost 500 hrs in it nowadays... If you're into the indi scene...real quick HADES SABLE HALLOW KNIGHT(goated?) SHOVEL KNIGHT INSIDE JOURNEY (goated?) LIFE IS STRANGE (goated?) That should help you get started and at most, if you look on sites like G2A and some European sites you can get ALL of these games you'll spend about $100 bucks give or take. Or you can spend like $45 and get ALL of the games listed, not the AAA titles per say and still all the Indy ones. I've played and beaten all of these besides Sable which I just got, and No Man's Sky. But yeah hope this helps!


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I had a bunch of games on my epic account way before I had a PC


username-selected

Just pirate them


VIP_Ender98

Now don't be a landlubber


shecoda

Emulators are your friend!


Trolleitor

Op you're farming karma. Everyone knows there is no such thing as "I don't own video games" on pcs


sheetrocker88

Rocket League is free and only game you need


HoodedStatue665

Meanwhile it's the opposite problem for me, Tons of games from Epic games and steam but can't play them due to slow hardware and a lack of a dedicated gpu


deweydean

also don't own any modern warfare 2 mountain dew code red gaming chairs. Damn, gaming is hard.


Noobeaterz

I have an entire harddrive full of games I've never bothered to install after downloading them. I fail to see the issue here.


khswart

I built a pc to play rocket league with those sweet sweet 144 frames per second. Turns out by the time I built my pc I forgot I also had to buy windows 10 and couldn’t afford to buy rocket league (back in 2019 before it was f2p) so I begged my parents for an early bday present🤣🤣


coloredgreyscale

humblebundle and other bundles if you have $1- $20 to spend


maddix30

I just played roblox and certain steam games (mostly gmod) that I already owned from using my dad's laptop


Blaze12312

I know it's shit but Epic games store provide weekly free games


Astrojef

Member when gpu used to come with a free game? I member.


edgy_Juno

Happened, I still just have a few games and a few are free.


ShinkoMinori

League of Legends is free.


j053noir

Epic store


boastfulbadger

Tons of free (legal) games on the internet.


MedievalFolkDance

I remember when I built my first case with no optical drives without thinking about my CD/DVD ROM collection. I gained a bookcase.


AdventurousClassic19

Easy solution epic games account and game pass. Came back to PC gaming and enjoy playing minecraft on a 2k rig, lol.


DARKBLADEXE

Plenty of solid F2P games as well as Codex versions until you can buy legit copies XD


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Game pass.


Scizmz

[epicgames.com](https://epicgames.com) gives away free games all the time


Nayroy18

Raid Shadow Legends!


TrueDegenerate69

Free to play games are here plus I've amassed quite a collection at a relatively cheap price by grabbing stuff from Steam/Gog sales. Sailing the seven seas is definitely an option too


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Borderlands 2 is $5 on steam.


lucky-the-lycanroc

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me


YeetGod11011

Steam sales will fix that shit real quick


theromingnome

First game on new PC? Choose wisely.


Player13377

Arrr


Soggy_Cracker

Warframe. It will push your PC and its free


tinfoilsheild

Yes, my brand new beast of a PC is immediately being used to its full potential with *Garry's Mod* .


zakijesk

Four games are right now * [Fallout: New Vegas - Ultimate Edition](https://store.epicgames.com/p/fallout-new-vegas--ultimate-edition) * [Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War](https://store.steampowered.com/sub/877808/?curator_clanid=6502906‎) * [Hue](https://store.steampowered.com/sub/880539/?curator_clanid=6502906) * [TGV Voyages Train Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/443910/) Every week there's at least one free game from EPIC most of which are DRM free you can install then run without the launcher From time to time there are giveaways from GOG.COM from publishers and developers on steam so you should have a good start while you save to buy the games you want to play


Substantial_Fun_5022

And then u get too many games so u don't know what to play so u end up playing nothing at all


CankleDankl

Step 1: Get L4D2 for like 5 dollars Step 2 (optional): Mod the fuck out of it Step 3: Play it for several hundred hours


3scap3plan

Epic Games store


DoubleOwl7777

either free to Play, free on epic or 🏴‍☠️


Taira_Mai

* Open Area [http://openarena.ws/smfnews.php](http://openarena.ws/smfnews.php) * Demos * Hit up anyone moving out or throwing away old games * Go down to Goodwill and go thrifting * Ebay


vinylectric

You own solitaire and minesweeper bro don’t sell yourself short


Ramiren

Bought a 7900 XTX and my brain wants to play nothing but Rimworld.


alex99x99x

Xbox game pass and a free game every week from the epic games store.


OhItsJustJosh

I mean, free to play market is great, and games are a lot cheaper than parts


mlvassallo

*played all these games on console years ago


Cadmium620

Remember: Every Windows has Solitaire preinstalled


SmileyXD9000

Yarr harr harr!