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What is Free To Keep?
Free To Keep is a giveaway-tracking site for free PC games. Its focus is the narrow, practical question: which games can you claim right now, on which store, and when does the offer end? It covers Steam, Epic, GOG and Prime Gaming, plus a few smaller storefronts such as Stove and Ubisoft, and lists confirmed upcoming giveaways separately under "Coming Soon."
The site's main value is consolidation. Instead of checking each store's promotions page, you get one list of live offers with a store label, a claim counter showing how many people have taken it, and an ending-soon sort. The page also shows lifetime totals for offers tracked and claims recorded, which gives a rough sense of how much activity the site sees.
Beyond giveaways, the page carries adjacent sections that serve the same bargain-hunting audience:
- Historical Lows — popular games at their lowest recorded price, with the discount shown against list price.
- Below $1 — cheap paid games for people who want something to play without waiting for a giveaway.
- Partner cards — paid placements for bundles and subscriptions, clearly marked as partner links.
Who it's for
Anyone building a library on a budget, especially people who already pay for Prime and want to remember the monthly gaming claims before they expire. It is less useful if you only play on consoles or prefer to buy games at full price on release.
Practical next steps
If you use it, check the "Ending soon" sort first — giveaways expire, and a claim you miss is gone. Then verify the offer on the store itself before claiming, since availability and regional eligibility are set by the store, not the tracker. For official confirmation of a specific promotion, the store pages are authoritative: Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Prime Gaming.
Which free-to-keep games can I claim right now on Steam, Epic, GOG, and Prime Gaming?
Right now, Free To Keep's live board shows 22 active giveaways across Steam, Epic, GOG, Prime Gaming, Stove and Ubisoft — but the mix is uneven. Prime Gaming dominates the current list, Epic contributes a handful, and the Steam-side offers appear as limited key drops rather than open store giveaways.
What's live by store
Prime Gaming — the largest cluster. Titles listed as active include The Da Vinci Cryptex, High on Life, Hue, DOOM Eternal, DOOM + DOOM II, RiMS Racing, Drop Duchy, Botany Manor, War Hospital, Just Die Already, Havendock, Zoria: Age of Shattering, Weakless and Wall World 2. Prime giveaways typically require an active Amazon Prime subscription and are claimed through Amazon's gaming hub, then redeemed on the relevant launcher. Some are permanent keys; others are tied to a launcher account.
Epic — Mechabellum and Astrea Six Sided Oracles are listed as live, plus Cardpocalypse on Epic's Android and iOS storefronts. Epic's weekly free games are usually claimable for a seven-day window and stay in your library permanently once claimed.
Steam — the current Steam-side entry is a key drop (Keylocker), showing 88 of 100 claimed. That pattern matters: key-based giveaways are first-come, first-served and can run out before the stated end date.
GOG — no giveaway is shown as live in this snapshot, though GOG titles appear in the price-tracking sections. GOG giveaways are usually short and appear without much warning, so checking the board matters more than waiting for a newsletter.
Stove and Ubisoft — Stove shows Rush Rush Red Shoes and two smaller items (a TCG Sudoku title and a soundtrack). Ubisoft appears as a filter option but with no listed live offer here.
Coming soon
Two Epic titles are flagged as confirmed but not yet live: System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster and BURIED STARS, both dated October 1. Setting a reminder for those is worthwhile since Epic's window is short.
A practical claiming routine
- Open the board and filter to the stores you actually use — claiming a Prime key you'll never redeem just adds clutter.
- Prioritise anything marked "Ending soon" or showing a claim counter (like Keylocker's 88/100), since those can vanish early.
- Claim on the store page itself, not through a third-party link, so the licence attaches to your account.
- For Prime, redeem the key on its destination launcher promptly — unredeemed codes can expire.
For a reader with Prime and an Epic account, this week's realistic haul is roughly a dozen Prime titles plus two Epic games, with Steam and GOG offering little unless a key drop or flash giveaway appears. If you only check one source, Free To Keep aggregates all four storefronts in one view, which is faster than visiting each store's own promotions page.
When do this week's free game offers expire?
Free To Keep lists each offer's expiry alongside the claim button, and its "Ending soon" sort surfaces the ones closest to lapsing. The page also separates two categories that expire differently: live giveaways (Prime Gaming, Epic, GOG, Stove) and pre-announced ones under "Coming Soon," which have a start date rather than a deadline. In the evidence shown, the only dated entries are Epic's System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster and BURIED STARS, both marked Oct 1 — that is when they become claimable, not when they end.
What to check before you rely on a date
- Store giveaways typically run about a week, but Prime Gaming and Epic rotate on different schedules, so the per-offer timer matters more than the calendar.
- "Claimed" counts (for example, 88 of 100 on the Keylocker Steam key) signal limited stock — those can run out before the stated end time.
- Partner-linked deals (Humble Choice, Fanatical, Humble Bundle) are subscriptions or bundles, not free-to-keep giveaways, and their deadlines work differently.
Practical next step: sort by "Ending soon," claim anything you actually want immediately rather than waiting for the final day, and set a reminder for the Coming Soon titles so you catch them at launch. If you want a second source to cross-check dates, SteamDB tracks Steam promotions, and IsThereAnyDeal covers broader store discounts.
How do I set a reminder for upcoming free games before they go live?
Set a reminder in two layers: one for the announcement, and one for the moment the offer actually goes live. Giveaway pages often list a confirmed title days or weeks before the claim button appears, and the claim window is usually short.
A practical routine
- Check the "Coming Soon" section on Free To Keep and note the platform and the listed start date for each confirmed title.
- Put a calendar entry on that date, timed for the morning in your own timezone. Store giveaways often switch over at a fixed hour in one region, so the date alone can be off by a day where you live.
- Add a second reminder for 24–48 hours before the offer is expected to end. That is the one that saves you when the first reminder arrives on a busy day.
- When the reminder fires, claim it on the store itself rather than trusting a bookmark — then confirm the game shows in your library.
Why the second reminder matters more
Free-to-keep offers are not the same as free weekends or subscription libraries. A free weekend gives you access for a few days; a free-to-keep claim stays yours permanently once you add it, even if you never install it. That difference is exactly why the claim step is worth a reminder: missing it by a few hours usually means paying later or waiting for a repeat.
Choosing where to track
- If you only care about one store, the store's own wishlist and newsletter may be enough.
- If you collect across several stores, an aggregator saves you from checking four or five pages separately. Free To Keep tracks Steam, Epic, GOG, Prime Gaming and smaller storefronts in one list, which suits people who claim broadly rather than deeply.
- If you mainly want big-name titles, follow the store blogs directly and treat aggregators as a backup.
A concrete example
Suppose a confirmed Epic title appears under "Coming Soon" with an October 1 date. You set a calendar alert for October 1 at 9am and a second one for October 3. On the first, the page may still say "coming soon" because of a timezone offset — so you check again the next morning rather than assuming the offer was cancelled. The second reminder catches the claim if the first attempt failed.
One habit worth adding
Keep a short list of what you have already claimed. Duplicate claims waste time, and on stores where a key must be redeemed manually, an unclaimed key can expire. A quick note of title, store and date claimed is enough.
Are the free games on Free To Keep permanently mine to keep after I claim them?
Yes — for the offers this site tracks, the point is that a claimed game stays in your account library permanently. That is what "free to keep" means on Free To Keep: the listing is about giveaways where the key or entitlement is yours after you claim it, not a temporary trial or a weekend free-play event.
The important nuance is that "permanently" applies to your right to keep and launch the game, not to the store or launcher staying the same forever. You still need the relevant account (Steam, Epic, GOG, Prime Gaming and so on), and if that platform shuts down or delists a title, access can be affected by the platform's own terms. The claim itself is what changes a giveaway from "free right now" into "in your library for good."
How to tell a keeper from a rental
- Free to keep: claim it, it stays in your library after the offer ends.
- Free weekend / free play days: playable only during the window; it disappears afterwards.
- Subscription freebies (Prime Gaming, Humble Choice): you keep the keys you have already claimed, even if you cancel later. The page notes this for Humble Choice: cancel whenever you like, and keys already claimed stay in your library.
- Demos and betas: not the same thing; they usually expire or get removed.
A practical example
Say you see High on Life listed under Prime Gaming. You link your account and claim it before the offer ends. Later you drop the Prime subscription — the game remains in your library because you claimed it while eligible. By contrast, if you only add an Epic free-weekend title to your wishlist and never claim it, nothing is kept.
Decision rule
Claim anything you might plausibly want, even if you will not install it today. There is no cost to claiming, and the only real failure mode is missing the deadline. Check the "Ending soon" sort on Free To Keep first, since those are the offers where waiting actually costs you the game.
How do I get notified when a game on my wishlist hits its historical low price?
The short answer: Free To Keep doesn't do wishlist alerts. Its tracking is built around free-to-keep giveaways and curated price lists, not personal watchlists. If you want a notification the moment a specific game hits its lowest recorded price, you need a price-tracking service plus a store wishlist.
What Free To Keep actually gives you
- A single feed of live free-to-keep offers across Steam, Epic, GOG, Prime Gaming, Stove and Ubisoft, with the page noting it is "updated every 10 minutes."
- A "Coming Soon" section for confirmed freebies, so you can set a reminder and claim on day one.
- A "Historical Lows" section listing popular games at their lowest recorded price — for example GOG's Baldur's Gate 3 at 30% off and Cyberpunk 2077 at 70% off, plus Steam's Hades at 75% off.
- A "Below $1" section for pocket-change buys.
That's a browse-and-check tool: you visit, scan, and act. It tells you what's cheap right now, not what changed since you last looked.
How to get an actual alert
- Put the game on your Steam, GOG or Epic wishlist. Store wishlists do send discount emails, but they fire on any discount, not specifically a historical low.
- Add the same game to a dedicated price tracker that supports target-price or all-time-low alerts. These watch price history and can email you when a threshold is crossed.
- Set your target at or slightly above the recorded all-time low so you don't miss a brief sale window.
- Check the game's price history before trusting an alert — a "low" on one store may still be beaten elsewhere, and regional pricing varies.
Trade-offs
Store wishlist emails are effortless but noisy and tied to one store. Dedicated trackers are precise and cross-store, but you must maintain the list yourself, and some cover fewer shops or lag behind flash sales. Free To Keep is best used as a discovery layer — it surfaces giveaways and current lows you didn't know to watch — while a tracker handles the "tell me the instant it drops" job.
A concrete routine
Once a week, skim Free To Keep's giveaway feed and claim anything you want before it expires. For the two or three games you genuinely intend to buy, set tracker alerts at their historical low and leave the rest on your store wishlist. That split keeps you from drowning in notifications while still catching the price you actually care about.
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