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Steam: "Awesomenauts - 1 Day Left"
Nov 17 2012, 5:45 pm
By: Fire_Kame  

Nov 17 2012, 5:45 pm Fire_Kame Post #1

wth is starcraft

Does Steam periodically give you free games? I keep seeing games appear in my library with a "1 day left" or "twenty hours left" etc. message next to it, but I don't want to install something if they're going to charge me later. So...what's going on? I've noticed this almost every weekend I start up steam.




Nov 17 2012, 5:52 pm Roy Post #2

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

It's free for a limited time; they let you install and play it, but after it expires, you have to buy it if you want to keep playing. I believe they're called "Free weekend games."




Nov 17 2012, 6:04 pm Fire_Kame Post #3

wth is starcraft

Oooh Okay. That makes more sense than just randomly throwing free games around.




Nov 18 2012, 12:59 am l)ark_ssj9kevin Post #4

Just here for the activity... well not really

They gave Portal out for free, but that was as a promotion for the Mac version.



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Nov 18 2012, 5:15 am Fire_Kame Post #5

wth is starcraft

I got portal for free at some point too, but I seem to remember that promotion running differently.




Nov 18 2012, 7:47 pm poison_us Post #6

Back* from the grave

I didn't get portal for free :( In any case, they usually have a discount during the free period for like 50% off or something.




Nov 18 2012, 8:12 pm Roy Post #7

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

Portal was unique in that there was a promo for it on Steam's site. We had a topic about that here: http://www.staredit.net/topic/11037/

If they're actually giving away a free game, we tend to make a commotion about it. Even when it's not a temporary promotion (see http://www.staredit.net/topic/13987/).




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