Steam – How to Get Free / Cheap Steam Games

Below you will see the many sites that offer Steam games at discounted prices or for free. I will list every site that I personally know of, there will be some people might not agree with. But in fairness, I will list them all to the best of my knowledge.

Humble Bundle

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humblebundle.com

  • Tiered Bundles that support charity with each purchase.
  • Store with incredible discounts.
  • A free game in the store occasionally.
  • $12 Monthly Subscription that includes:
  • $100+ in games a month.
  • 10% off store(can be shared to a friend once a month).
  • $2 wallet credit for purchasing the 3rd tier of a bundle.
  • 60+ DRM free games to download and play(games do not link up with steam).
  • Early Unlock feature that lets you purchase the next months subscription early to play the games offered, other games unlock at the beginning of the month.

Chrono

chrono.gg

  • 24-hour sales on various games.
  • Daily Login once the game changes.
  • Points from each login that can be used in the onsite store.

OtakuMaker

otakumaker.com

  • Otakumaker has its own monthly bundle on its main site, but the main focus of this site is the 2 child sites shown under the Bundles/Deals tab on the site.
  • OtakuBundle has bundles that are a little more desirable at $1.49 each, I believe the bundles are a 9 games/DLC minimum.
  • GoGoBundle has bundles of up to 33 games, ranging from 99¢ – $1.49. These games are a little less desirable, but some of them usually have cards or achievements. You can buy these bundles infinitely is i’m not mistaken.

Fanatical

fanatical.com

  • Fanatical use to be called BundleStars if you’re familiar with that name instead. 
  • They offer a store with good deals on more popular games. 
  • The bundles range from $1 to $50ish from indie games to AAA titles. 
  • They also have a Pre-order section that are at a discount. 

Groupees

groupees.com

  • They offer bundles that sometimes include games, music, comics, books & more. 
  • Some of the money from each bundle goes to charity if i’m not mistaken. 

Sila Games

store.silagames.com

  • Has a decent store, along with a account leveling system that enables discounts and raffles entries based on account level and status. 

BundleKings

bundlekings.com

  • This site’s bundles are currently down due to some of the providers giving them unusable keys. 

Bunch of Keys

bunchkeys.com

  • This site offers a single bundle with limited stock, they also have a giveaway page for a single game at a time. I’ve only ever seen it have a giveaway for a copy of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. 

IndieGala

indiegala.com

  • Onsite currency used for various things on the site. 
  • Store with discounted prices. 
  • Auction page with bidding options. 
  • Giveaway page. 
  • Trading page. 
  • This site has a thing called Happy Hour when buying bundles. I’ve never bought a bundle from this site, but I found a video that explains it and shows an alternative that I will personally be using from now on. 

Lazy Guys Bundle

lazyguysbundle.com

  • Has a single bundle that has an option to buy 2 of them for ~5% off. 
  • Has a “top contributor” price from $5.99 – $99.99, this enables you to win either $30, $20 or $10 in steam games depending on your place in the top 3 respectively.

Green Man Gaming

greenmangaming.com

  • Disclaimer – This site has a somewhat bad reputation on the reddit groups for steam games, but I cannot figure out why. I’ve personally never had an issue with any game I’ve bought with this site.
  • VIP section for registered users, doesn’t cost anything. Offers a few discount codes for select games.
  • Has games for PC, Playstation and VR.
  • A GMG giftcard section.
  • Currently has a $50 bundle that includes very good games for the price and is aimed toward charity.

Direct 2 Drive

direct2drive.com

  • Game Store with all kinds of genres at discounted prices.
  • Publisher Promo store with discounted prices.
  • D2D Rewards – 5 tiers that are acquired by purchasing games, highest tier is $59.99 and rewards you with a minimum 20% discount.
  • D2D Trade In – after buying a trade-able game on D2D, you can trade it off for a different one.
  • D2D CloudPlay – Game streaming incase your PC can’t handle some games.
  • They offer games on the Playstation network.

Gamers Gate

gamersgate.com

  • Has a store with decent discounts.
  • A $1 or less section. 

Grab The Games

grabthegames.com

  • Shows Deals on a lot of various websites.
  • Deal Tracker.
  • Giveaway Section.
  • Arcade Games.

SteamGifts

steamgifts.com

  • Giveaways that can entered in using the points you get from being a member of the site.
  • You get a “Contributor Level” by starting and giving away games.
  • Some giveaways have a higher level to enter.

Fantasy Gaming

fantasy-gaming.com

  • Offer wall for points on-site.
  • Various Giveaway Pages.

Orly Gift

orlygift.com

  • Shop with decent deals.
  • 24-hour long giveaway with an amount of keys per hour.
  • $3.99 per 30 days membership that includes:
  • Disable all advertisement on orlygift.
  • No CAPTCHA check before entering a round.
  • V.I.P. Badge on your orlygift profile.
  • Automatically enter each round on orlygift. 
  • Very high chance to win!
  • Save your money and time and get awesome games. 

Opium Pulses

opiumpulses.com

  • Standard store with decent discounts.
  • Quests page that is an offer wall for on-site points.
  • A “Trove” that you can spend the on-site points in.
  • Giveaway Page.
  • Arcade Games.

GameKit

gamekit.com

  • Play games that the site is partnered with and submit screenshots for point on-site.
  • Offer wall for points.
  • Point Store that includes items for various games, gift cards, steam wallet codes.
  • The Key for this site is patience, anything steam related takes awhile to come through on the point store as their providers take forever to get back to them.

GameTame

gametame.com

  • Complete Offers/Tasks for on-site points.
  • Giveaways for on-site points.
  • Referral Section.
  • Shop that has Steam games, gift cards, various skins on various games.

GamesBolt

gamesbolt.com

  • Offer wall for on-site points.
  • Store for on-site points.

Daily Indie Game

dailyindiegame.com

  • Regular Store with severly Discounted games.
  • On-site point store from buying on-site points or selling your own keys on-site.

Oy Vey Keys

oy-vey-keys.com

  • Purchase games with on-site points earned from trading in CSGO, TF2 keys or trading cards/sacks of gems. An offer wall is also available for earning points. 
  • Site seems shady as it is very bland and basic but I’ve not had any issues with it yet. 

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Volodymyr Azimoff
About Volodymyr Azimoff 13786 Articles
I love games and I live games. Video games are my passion, my hobby and my job. My experience with games started back in 1994 with the Metal Mutant game on ZX Spectrum computer. And since then, I’ve been playing on anything from consoles, to mobile devices. My first official job in the game industry started back in 2005, and I'm still doing what I love to do.

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