While Steam gets a lot of hype for discounted prices, you don’t actually have to spend any money to enjoy some of the best games the service has to offer. Over the years, Steam has accumulated a number of great games that are free-to-play, and I’m here to tell you which ones you should check out.
I have spent dozens of hours playing through hundreds of Mario Maker courses. Here’s the cream of the crop.
Starfighter: Eclipse may sound like a title for a run-of-the-mill sci-fi game involving spaceships, but don’t let the name fool you. It’s actually way steamier than that.
In 2009, a strange Facebook account appeared out of nowhere and friended people en-masse. The name on the account was Junko Junsui, and she had a message for anyone willing to listen.
Released earlier this year, Pry is a look at the life of a soldier who is wrestling with demons. I’d go so far as to say that it’s the best look at PTSD in gaming, and one of the most fascinating games released in recent memory.
One last ghost story before the year ends: do yourself a favor and try out the "supplemental" game to Night in the Woods that released earlier this month. It's called Lost Constellation, and it's fantastic.
Legends of the Arena is a Pokémon game that's been cooking for a while—and you should totally check it out.
Bennett Foddy's Speed Chess is not actually chess. It looks like chess and the pieces make chess moves, but it is the exact opposite of chess. And now you can play it, totally for free with up to 15 other people!
Game recommendation.... The Nightmare Cooperative is a stylish, simple-to-control, difficult game that has you moving up to four heroes in unison through randomized dungeons, collecting loot, fighting monsters, dying plenty.
Molyneux Orange: remember that fantastic comic strip about our most recent interview with Peter Molyneux? Chandana "Eka" Ekanayake of Uber Entertainment actually made a game about it!
Ridiculous Glitching seeks to answer the age old question: what happens when you go beyond the kill screen in Pac-Man? What lies beyond in the infinite void of data? One hard-ass game, that's what.
You would think setting a house on fire would be easy: all it takes is a box of matches and some time. But in the game Not Everything Is Flammable, it isn't that easy.
Remember the developers who are famed for being ripped off? Someone made a game about that: now you too can rip off Vlambeer games (like Ridiculous Fishing) and get away with it. Heh.
Since we can't all go back to bed, let's play some gaming apps instead. Here are eight of the latest and/or greatest to get us started.
Did you guys see the Bests update for Android? It signals a renewed effort to cover the latest and greatest games coming to the world's most popular open mobile platform. That's going to have to do for this week.
Barring special occasions, I never go out of my way to exclude any mobile platform from the Week in Gaming Apps. Sometimes it just happens.
They say there are only two things you can count on in life — death and DuckTales. Add The Week in Gaming Apps to that list.
The coast looks clear. There are certainly a lot less android roaming the streets than there were last week, but what if it's just a ploy to lead you out into the open? You take a couple of cautious steps out of the shadows, and BAM! — the Week in Gaming Apps.
What took the promised all-Android Week in Gaming apps so long? If you ask me, I blame Android.
Only one game in this installment of This Week in Gaming Apps is available on Android. That's sad, and we're going to make up for it next week, with a very special Android-only Week in Gaming Apps.
