Free Video Game Giveaways

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28151762

Bonus: it also seems that the episodes have been rolled into the base game. Full details of the anniversary update.

Narrative choose-your-own-adventure for Windows

Experience Pandora through a new lens in this beloved, choice-driven narrative adventure set after Borderlands 2. Guide two unreliable narrators - aspiring Hyperion leader Rhys and clever con artist Fiona - whose greed-fueled quest takes unexpected turns based on your choices. Face vicious gangsters, cannibals, and terrifying wildlife as an unlikely partnership blooms on this wild ride, with consequences ranging from hilarious to heart-wrenching.

Very light on detail, but there are 7 games across Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows

2D golf roguelike for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 11th December. I grabbed it when it was free on Epic last year and it's pretty good fun, though the difficulty is all over the place and it can be pretty buggy!

Cursed to Golf offers a fresh take on the golfing and roguelike subgenres. Make your way through a hole within the PAR Count or your curse will take you back to the beginning of the course! To add to the challenge, these courses don't just have bunkers and rough spots but are also chock-full of mad obstacles like high-powered fans, spikes, TNT boxes, teleporters, and a whole load more. It's all par for the course in this twisted take on the classic game!

Get ready to rocket through the stars with Space Adventure, the ultimate endless runner game where YOU are the spaceship! Take command of your very own star cruiser, dodging deadly obstacles, collecting rare cosmic treasures, and unlocking upgrades in a galaxy that never stops. If you've been looking for a fast-paced, action-packed escape into the cosmos, this is it!

Take your spaceship for a spin in this endless runner where precision is key! Avoid the asteroids, dodge cosmic wreckage, and grab those shiny star coins. With each run, your skills will be put to the test in unpredictable galaxies—survive long enough, and you might even stumble upon hidden space secrets!

Arcade game for Linux, MacOS and Windows pay what you want

Indie puzzle for Windows, free on Epic Games for Amazon Prime subscribers until 11th December

What is the longest possible length a bird can be? Obviously a question only all the fruit in the world can answer! But where could all this fruit be hiding? Follow Redbird, Greenbird, and Bluebird on a quest for an amount of fruit beyond any bird's wildest dreams.

Snakebird is a very simple but deceptively challenging puzzle game about assuming the right shapes for the task at hand, be it pushing, lifting, teleporting, or just defying the laws of physics.

A few small pixel-art indies for Linux and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 14th November

So I'm not overwhelming the community with every little itch.io giveaway I'm going to start bundling them up as I have done with the indie horror giveaways. Here's a collection of made-in-24h, dev challenges, my-first-game, and other prototypes that might have a little less polish but could still contain a few hidden gems.

• Earth Clicker, world building idle game for Windows
• MAD? FROGG, multiplayer 3rd-person fighter for Windows
• Strategy of the Enslaved, hand-drawn deck-builder for Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows
• Autismo "vroom", top-down driving game for Windows and Linux
• Clean Attack, window-cleaning arcade game for Windows
• Thermo Puzzle, puzzle for Linux, Mac, and Windows
• Gravity Pilot, spaceship piloting survival for Linux, Mac, and Windows

It's a simple puzzle game for Android but it gets its own post because of the incredible name

• House Cleaner, Linux, Mac, and Windows, ending today
• House Cleaner 2, Linux, Mac, and Windows, ending today
• Don't Live Alone, Windows, until 16th November
• VHS 1&2, Fabric 1&2 (and other non-horrors), Linux, Mac, and Windows, until 30th November

Indie racing game for Windows, free on IndieGala

Off-Road Drive, the off-road racing simulation for PC, is the first game ever to deliver a true-to-life, off-road, extreme racing experience. Players will take part in The Russian trophy, Off-Road Trial, Thai Trophy and many other events through the worst driving conditions with a variety of natural obstacles like swamps, rocks, snow and sand.

No other game features this variety of off-road sport vehicles including tuned stock SUVs and trucks, as well as several classes of prototypes specifically built for off-road driving. The vehicles can be equipped with an assortment of special cross-country equipment and accessories including winches, low gear, differential gear locking, clinometer, altimeter, tire air pressure control, sand tracks, etc.

There has never been such an innovative simulation of interactive terrain response as well. Terrain under the vehicle will act just like it does in real life, the car will sink in dirt, the dirt will create a rut and will stick to the car and tires affecting its handling. Stones will fly from underneath the wheels and damage other trucks. The game will feature various surfaces that will not only affect tire friction but have complex reactions based on car weight, speed, wheel torque, tire condition, time on this surface, depth of car immersion into the surface and much more.

Welcome to Happyhills, the town where you can indulge your deepest desires, make your wildest dreams come true, and slaughter anyone in your path. In this case, all three of these are the same. Welcome the citizens of Happyhills in your way!

They all have ads and/or microtransactions so proceed with caution

• Dungeon Defence, indie wave defence
• Triple Fantasy Premium, anime card game
• Survival Dungeon: Loot RPG Pro, action roguelike
• Empire Kingdom: Idle Premium, idle RPG
• Dead God Land - Light Survival, isomeric survival

Colourful indie remake of snake for Windows, pay-what-you-want on Itch.io ending today

Collect elemental orbs to reach new high scores and grow your permanent pet snakes. Choose your environment, opt into dark mode, and enter the unique challenges of this 3D twist on a familiar 2D game.

Simple air traffic control arcade game for Android, looks to be basically the same as one called "flight control" which I played on my first smartphone over a decade ago!

Classic racing game (with local multiplayer) for Windows, free for Amazon Prime subscribers until 11th December

Play as Lightning McQueen, a rookie racecar looking to win fame and fortune at the Piston Cup Championship, in the video game adaptation of Disney•Pixar's Cars. A racing adventure game with ten playable characters from the film, Cars offers more than 30 races and mini-games through open environments. The game includes voice talent from the movie, so listen for moral lessons from Larry the Cable Guy and comic relief from Cheech Marin.

A simple sudoku game for Android. I'm sure there are better and FOSS ways to play but it seems good enough if that's all you want.

Indie platformer for Linux, Mac, and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 10th November

In the heart of the mystical Jungle of Xylaria, tales of a hidden treasure lure daring adventurers. Once a vibrant paradise, the jungle has become a perilous realm, shrouded in mystery and danger.

You arrive, eager to uncover its secrets, but soon realize the jungle is alive with treacherous obstacles and lurking guardians. As you navigate its winding paths, remnants of lost explorers whisper caution, revealing the fate of those who came before you.

Each level unravels more of the jungle’s lore, presenting formidable bosses that guard the ultimate prize. Can you harness the jungle's power, conquer its challenges, and emerge as a legend? The adventure awaits—dare to take the leap!