Make sure to cancel your membership before the month is up, or you will be charged for the next month of the service. You can browse the site before signing up to make sure the games you want to play are there.

First, visit a GameStop store (find one here) and sign up for the free rewards program. [1] X Research source Register your rewards card at the Power Up Rewards site and earn some free points by filling out your information. Make an account on Kongregate. com and link it to your rewards account for more free points. Each day you can get more points by earning the chosen “Badge of the Day” in a selected Flash game.

Trade in your used games for store credit. Purchase a game, play it, and return it within the allowed time limit for a full refund. (Warning: you may be banned from the store if you make this a habit. )[2] X Research source

Before using any other freebie site, make sure it is not a scam. If you can’t get friends and family to sign up as referrals, try searching for people on sites such as referralswapper. com.

Create a new email account using a free email service such as Gmail. Use only this email address when signing up for affiliate memberships, and expect to receive spam messages. When signing up for memberships with affiliate companies, read all the fine print. Sure, it’s incredibly boring, but you don’t want to be caught with surprise fees you didn’t know about. If you are asked to enter your credit card information, make absolutely certain you know how to cancel your membership, and when you’re able to do so. If you forget to cancel your membership, you will be automatically billed for a month of non-trial membership.

If you have gamer friends, and you’re more into single-player games, consider splitting the cost of a new game and taking turns playing. Alternatively, you can each purchase a game, then trade with each other once you’ve played through them.

Some of the most famous free games include the battle arena League of Legends, the collectible card game Hearthstone, the first-person shooter Team Fortress 2, and the Diablo-like Path of Exile.

The GOG free games section occasionally includes more high-profile games than other sites. [5] X Research source Reddit free games and Reddit efreebies.

The “On the House” promotion offers a full, free game with no strings attached. The game is typically a few years old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun. There are often several “Game Time” promotions running at once. These are also full games, but each one gives you a limited amount of time to play. This is great for trying out a game you’re interested in, but not so much if you want to play through the whole thing.