Dreador
Active Member
Steam has started putting large red warnings on the logins for some of the sites that use the Steam API, you can still login via a link underneath this message but the text is very small. Currently only GameMiner is affected that I know of. (It's only a giveaway site so not like it is dangerous). You can read more here
Edit: 20/01/15 *I know pics are down as imageshack have stopped free hosting will move them when I get spare time*
Disclaimer: All these sites buy their games legitimately (they get paid through the advertisers) and send you the keys / gift you the games making them all legal. It is effectively like a friend buying you gifts. Please DO NOT post about any illegal ways of getting games here please.
Intro
I thought it was about time I shared some of my secrets to the AP gamers :) I've been fairly busy with work so I haven't had much time for anime as of late but I have had some spare time to do some research into earning Free games on Steam with the little time after work I have. Yup you read that right Free games, all legally acquired and I have been paying nothing but my own time to get these games on Steam. I'm hoping this guide will help you guys also get started in earning your own free games and keep you safe on the internet :)
All you need is a little time set aside each day and you could be earning free games each day like I have been :) See the following images of my steam account recently (personal details removed showing all the free games I've been earning).
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1693/ukss.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/550/x26r.jpg
IMPORTANT
Also please do not beg here I won't give you freebies, just follow my guide and you will get your games eventually. (You won't be getting the expensive stuff straight away but you can get cheap games quite quickly as I have been doing and you can work your way up).
I will try to answer any questions you may have and update this guide when me and my friends discover new sites/deals.
Dreador
Ok now that intro is over time for the goodies!
Limited Time Offers
Check the end of the thread for latest deals, haven't had time to clean up this limited time offers for a while.
Events that have ended
Zuma's Revenge
https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house
La Tale
Just click the free to play button, don't need to install and it will be available in your library.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/264360/
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok Steam Game
Free to add to your steam library for I dunno how long.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/283880
Portal 2 Sixth Sense Pack
Free to add to your account if you just want another title in your library.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247120/
Free steam keys for games once greenlit.
Sign up for an account here and keep an eye out in the topic for games to vote on then get keys for once greenlit. Keys are sent to email.
http://whosgamingnow.net/categories/giveaways
Floating Point Steam Game
Need more games for your library, you can add this one for free :)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/302380/
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Free for Steam (Unsure if still working)
https://gamesrepublic.com/ Register for an account, then confirm the emails they send I got sent two and my game did not appear till I had confirmed both. Go to your games, press download and select the last option to get key, this option is the steam key. (Unsure if still working worth a try)
Chess the gathering - steam beta key
If you like chess or just want a game then stick an email address here and they will send you a steam key for their beta game http://ctg.misfitsattic.com/early-access
Enclave Steam Key
http://www.dlh.net/en/register - Just sign up and confirm the email and another email will arrive containing the key. Warning - site is painfully slow at time of writing (I don't think their servers are coping too well. I did manage to get a key though so can confirm it does work.
http://www.dlh.net/en/
If you previously got enclave from this site just login to claim pirates of the black cove + knights & merchants. Or if you haven't just sign up and claim some games :) Only a certain amount of keys per hour so keep trying or try during early hours when not many are about.
Project Cyber Steam Key
Not sure if this is a beta key or a permanent anyway worth a try if it turns out to be permanent.
http://www.spearheadgames.ca/language/en/2014/03/13/project-cyber-steam-key-request-form/
Forsaken Uprising Beta
Apparently you will keep the game after beta. Requires signing up for an account there.
http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/567/Forsaken-Uprising-Beta-Key-Giveaway.html
Ionball 2: Ionstorm
It can take a while for it to appear properly on existing accounts but new indiegala accounts normally get it instantly.
https://www.indiegala.com/extra
Space Hack
250k key giveaway by bundle stars just requires an email and you get key instantly for steam.
http://www.bundlestars.com/#giveaway
direct link
http://woobox.com/qzxcn5
The Sims 2 on Origin
code: I-LOVE-THE-SIMS
Can only get before July 31st so hurry :)
Just put this in under redeem code in origin.
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-get-the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/
Defense grid 2 beta steam key
Not sure how long this is up for so get your beta key while they last. Alienware have keys for random games quite often so worth having an account there.
http://eu.alienwarearena.com/giveaways
Dead Island Epidemic Steam Beta Key
I got a key off gamespot, haven't tried ign but should be fine from there too.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dea.../1100-6419062/
http://uk.ign.com/prime/promo/dead-i...demic-giveaway
Spacechem, Dino D-Day, Really Big Sky, Gun Monkeys, GTR Evolution
Last chance to get 5 games on steam! PC gamer have some keys left over so if you have been away for a while and you missed out on the games before then now is your chance to get them.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/31/free-steam-key/
1 million SpaceChem steam keys
PC gamer giving away a steam games key a week for a while just requires liking their facebook page and submitting an email address.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/25/w...em-steam-keys-to-give-away-with-bundle-stars/
Space Hack (Steam)
"FREE FOR 24 HOURS! In celebration of the Merdian4 10-Year Anniversary, Space Hack is free to all customers for 24 hours. Offer ends August 6th at 10AM Pacific. "
http://store.steampowered.com/app/315260/
Peggle (Origin)
If you don't already have it then a good chance to get it free on origin.
https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house
GTR Evolution Steam key
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/23/free-steam-key/
Gun Monkeys Steam Key
PCGamer doing their thing again needs a facebook like and email. Also once you activate the key you get a gift copy also that you can give to a friend! Or sell, or let rot in your inventory, whatever floats your boat.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/16/free-steam-key/
Dino D-Day Steam keys
http://woobox.com/828jhg
Adventures of Shuggy Steam key
http://www.smudgedcat.com/shuggy_giveaway/
PID Steam key
If you missed out on getting PID for steam last time there are now 100k keys for it being given away.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/11/we-have-100000-copies-of-pid-to-give-away-with-bundlestars/
Rush Bros Steam Key
Another free game promotion by Green man gaming hopefully you still have an account from last time.
Sign up for an account if you have not already done so before www.greenmangaming.com
Once you have an account or if you have one from before fill in the form below and you will get an email with a link to confirm your email and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
You can currently get 50p from signing up to the newsletter and 50p for playing rush bros for the first time. Also loads of achievements from rush bros will give you money too :)
Free Super Sanctum TD Steam Key
Green man gaming doing another free game promotion.
Signup for an account if you have not already done so before www.greenmangaming.com
Once you have an account or if you have one from before fill in the form below and you will get an email with a link to confirm your email and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
Motor Rock Steam Key (No longer available to buy on steam)
Chance to get a game that is no longer sold on steam from the developers site, just needs to connect with steam open id. http://yardteam.org/mr/download.php
Avencast Steam Key
It may take a long time for you to sign up as they are having a lot of people sign up.
If you don't have an account signup at www.greenmangaming.com
When you have an account or if you already have one fill in the form here and you will get an email with a link to confirm your steam account and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
PID Steam Key
http://giveaways.bundlestars.com/?pid - Requires a valid email so you can receive the key and a steam account. Will use steam open auth to sign in if you are already signed into steam via web. Got mine in a few minutes after putting my email in.
Intel Grid 2 Competition - Intel are giving away 100 copies of the game Grid 2 for 100 days (part way through competition already). What you have to do is watch a Grid 2 race and do a spot these images when the video pauses. Quickest 100 people each day win. I haven't won yet but it's worth a try. This is a facebook app from Intel so you will need Facebook obviously. Also that secondary email I told you to use for all these kinda things sign up with that and confirm the email they send you.
Rekoil beta free steam key
If you like playing betas then there is one giving away steam keys for its beta of its game called Rekoil. All you need to do is sign up with an email address and confirm here. http://forums.rekoil.com/beta-registration.php
Snuggle Truck free steam key
http://zerglink.com/z/dejobaanFreeSnuggleDyscourse
Free steam keys for a game called Snuggle Truck that the developers are giving away to promote their game Dyscourse. Just requires inputting an email and you get a key. Obviously don't use your main email address.
Free Civilisation V or Mafia 2 keys Currently out of keyshttp://www.computerandvideogames.com/433659/blog/update-on-the-golden-joysticks-free-game-reward/ I've heard this is giving out keys again but can't confirm.
Note: I used same username, DOB and email across all sites.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/ - sign up for an account here. Make sure you put a DOB making an that age is over 18 - go to your email and activate the account.
Next go to http://www.computerandvideogames.com/joystick/ sign up for an account here again make sure you set a DOB to over 18. Fill in the voting for the games. (Note the account also needs you to confirm an activation which sometimes doesn't send) If you don't get the email look for the flashing triangle near your name on the site and resend it there and activate your account.
https://goldenjoysticks.greenmangaming.com/ Go here and select your free game and enter your email address that you used for www.computerandvideogames.com then your username from greenmangaming.com a password and again a DOB over 18
You will recieve an email with a link to get your game. (You will need to wait 24hours after you voted for the link to work otherwise you will get some you havent voted yet error).
Enjoy :)
Confirmed! Get them while they still have keys left.
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9938/ezyc.jpg
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Tremor Games
Tremor Games is definitely my favourite site to get games off of. Really easy and plenty of ways to earn points to get your games. Most of the games I have been earning for free have been off this site so get used to visiting this one daily, the more time you invest here the more games you will be getting.
Requirements:
Quick Start
1. First sign up using that secondary email. Top right corner you can sign up or there's a register button on the menu.
2. Link your steam account in the settings page (you will need to do this to receive gifts/trading cards/other items from their steam accounts). I believe they use Steam OpenID or your public profile page link I can’t remember which. But make sure the link is from https://steamcommunity.com if it is the Steam OpenID authentication.
Earning Points (Coins)
Coins = games. Basically on tremor games earning coins is how you redeem your games. There are many different ways to earn points and there is something for everyone. They are always adding new features and ways of getting points so I will try to update this as they add stuff.
Tips And Tricks
Claiming your freebies!
Once you have a reasonable amount of points (some games are as little as 200 coins!). Go to the tremor rewards tab. There are many things to choose from here ranging from Amazon Gift Cards and Steam Wallet Cards to Steam Trading Cards, Games, Gifts and even bitcoins.
Be careful though as not all games are Steam Games so make sure that it says Steam in the title rather than Desura/Origin etc unless ofc you want those types of games. I occasionally use Origin but not as much as Steam.
Once you have purchased a game it will be approved on your profile. What it should look like on your profile http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9807/v9lr.jpg Just claimed Crysis 2 today :D
Within 24 hours you should see a key to activate on steam in its place. (Bottom left of steam Add a Game > Activate a product on steam) to use your key. Or if you brought a gift/trading cards/game items you will need to add certain accounts to trade in steam with. Just follow the instructions on what account to add. (You will need steam guard enabled to trade in steam if you don’t have it enabled you should do so now as it can take 15 days to take effect).
Proof of my various free games from here and also my latest game waiting :)
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1693/ukss.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/550/x26r.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9807/v9lr.jpg
Steam Powers
Steam Powers is the second site I visit. This one can be much trickier to earn points on at least in the UK. It has taken me a long time to save up for games on here. However they do let you order any game on steam as well as dota2, tf2 and CSGO items if you’re into those games. They also have cheap offers on occasion as they keep up with steam sales.
Requirements:
1. First sign up using that secondary email.
2. Link your steam account under “Account > Account Settings” (you will need to do this to receive gifts/trading cards/other items from the admins steam account). I believe they use Steam OpenID or your public profile page link I can’t remember which. But make sure the link is from https://steamcommunity.com if it is the Steam OpenID authentication.
Earning Points (Coins)
Personally I find earning points a lot harder on this site. The offer page is similar but I find a lot less offers are enabled :(
Claiming your freebies!
Once you have finally earned enough points to get what you want on here just go to order page to pick a specific game, or search for it in the sale page. Once you have ordered it the admin will email the gift to the email associated with your steam account.
Or if you pick a game item like trading cards/dota 2 items/csgo items. Then you will need to add the SteamPowers account and trade with him when he is online. Generally around the same time each day just check how long ago they were offline to work it out.
Proof this works I got Final Fantasy 7 off it a few days ago while it was on 50% sale.
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/180/u59a.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3755/4yqr.jpg
SteamGifts.com
Steam Gifts – Really easy site to use, people giving away their spare games and you get points to use to enter these giveaways every day. Lots of people use the site so your chances are low but it is still worth entering what you can each day.
Requirements:
Quick Start
1. Signup with your steam account via steams OpenID service and provide your secondary email again so people can email you gifts/keys.
2. Start clicking giveaways and entering them. You will get more points over time so just login daily.
Pro Tip: Click using mouse scroll wheel to open multiple giveaways in new tab, then use ctrl+tab to go through your tabs for quick giveaway entering.
Claiming your freebies!
This is all user driven so you will either get an email or steam invite from the giveaway creator to give you your game.
Woot 13/10/13 I finally won something (Future Wars) after entering 495 giveaways! http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2562/hbqk.jpg
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7174/5ns1.jpg
IndieGala Giveaways
https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways - There are many pages of giveaways which kind of makes it annoying to look through currently. Hopefully they will improve it. You get a certain number of points per day to join giveaways with.
Old site
Game Miner
Game Miner -Invite only unless your Steam Account has $200 value or more.
Free invite code: 310005a7edb78c79e66b8b439f222edc
If the code is already used and I have not updated it, send me a message and i'll get one to you asap.
**GameMiner has removed the invite system so if you have a low value account use one of the other sites to boost its value till you can use it.***
Similar to steam gifts and Gala Giveaways again you earn "coal" on this site to enter giveaways and if you giveaway stuff you get "gold" to enter special giveaways for those who donate. Also many free giveaways that require nothing, just flick through the pages and enter those.
My first win after 312 entries :D
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1703/gaw5.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3357/5pvw.jpg
Playblink
Playblink - Seems very similar to gameminer, but you play mini games to enter some of the giveaways while others you just use your points which regenerate a point each hour. The mini games are either a bubble shooter type game or a bejeweled type game. I'm rubbish at bubble shooters :P but I manage a fairly reasonable score in bejeweled. Better score = higher chance of winning.
Requires Steam openid authentication and confirming you email address.
Ok so people also give away keys every now and again on the chatbox, you just need to be quick filling in a one letter/number captcha. Managed to get my first steam key off here this way.
674 Giveaways later I won a game (Bit.Trip Beat) http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8118/r6st.jpg Apparently only with a score of 21200 in a game, when i've managed 30k before so doesn't need a high score to win. http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/1120/08nu.jpg
Scrap.TF
https://scrap.tf/raffles - Giveaways for all sorts of steam items ranging from games and csgo/tf2 weapons to trading cards and emotes. I managed to win in my first day on the site lol. http://i.imgur.com/sKso2XU.jpg?1
I came across this by coincidence as I wanted to trade my trash TF2 weapons into scrap using bots. Useful site for trading tf2 stuff into useful metal for trading/selling.
Pro Tip: Click using mouse scroll wheel to open multiple giveaways in new tab, then use ctrl+tab to go through your tabs for quick giveaway entering.
SteamCompanion
http://steamcompanion.com/ - Another giveaway site like steamgifts/galagiveaways.
Just requires a steam account to sign in using steams openid signin system and an email address to have your wins sent to.
My wins didn't take too long especially joining some of the larger giveaways. http://i.imgur.com/Wb2xvFz.jpg
Playfire/GreenManGaming
*** Currently not running they are looking at a different rewards scheme will update when I know of anything ***
SteamGameSwap
SteamGameSwap - This site kind of overlaps with Tremor Games and Steam Powers so I don't personally use it currently for earning games via tasking but you may find if those first two don't work so well for you this does.
What I do use this site for is for entering giveaways that they have. As there are not so many users on here compared to steamgifts and such so I have already won a game :) Make sure to click the "Need more giveaways" button to get to other giveaways they have.
My won giveaway: http://i.imgur.com/5DQmDHU.jpg
Gameaways
www.gameaways.com - New site that is still in beta so not many know about it yet, however because of that it is a bit slow and buggy. May still require invite codes to get in, if it does here is one below.
Works similar to other sites you either get the code on the site or the giveaway creator will contact you.
Invite codes:
07516399-bc4a-4ea7-8397-7e8bf7e46403
078386b7-7043-4cd0-a8ba-031b132618d0
6625604e-ea05-4a2f-9a4b-4f88086f7b7f
d0bf8916-6f69-4cf5-8df8-272925eae9cc
You may need to go into your profile and sync your account before you can enter giveaways.
My first win after just 12 entered xD http://i.imgur.com/tZ5MUfE.jpg
Playing the Steam Market
Another way to get games is to sell your steam items for money into your steam wallet using the marketplace found under community in Steam.
Trading Cards
There is quite a demand for these you get them from certain games and you may already have some. Sell them on the market for some quick cash. Check your badges page for games where you can earn cards, you just have to play the game for a while and cards will appear in your inventory.
Dota 2
Dota 2 is a free to play game where you can get in game items at the end of matches. Some items are worth a lot of money but you can’t sell most on the market place. To cash out your items trade them for treasure keys -> http://dota-trade.com is a good place to trade for keys. Once you have keys you can sell them for about £1.50 a key on the market. I was lucky and got a £20 item within my first few games and traded it for many keys which I then sold on the market.
TF2
Team Fortress 2 is another game you can play for free and get items to sell on the marketplace. I haven’t done much on this but I have a few friends who have sold items for a fair bit of money that they got free.
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Counter Strike: Global Offensive – not a free game but comes up for sale for ~£5 in sales every now and again. Items from here are selling really well at the moment. I have sold quite a few in game crates and weapons for quite a bit of money.
Reddit
Two sections of reddit you may find useful to get coupons for money off steam games and also their giveaway section where you can get games.
Steam Coupons
Steam Giveaways
Almost Free Games
The Humble Bundle - Some of you may have heard of this one before but it is worth a mention to those who haven't. The guys at humble bundle give games away for only $1 but you can choose to donate more and get additional games (proceeds go to the developers and charities). This is an amazing deal and they often have steam games in their Humble Weekly sale. There are also mobile phone game bundles as well.
Note: If you know how to get bitcoins you can get the humble bundle free too by paying with them I have been using this method to get the bundle (Please see spoilered notes for more on bitcoins, I will try to update it with more info soon)
Bitcoin earning
Indie Royale Bundle - Similar to the humble bundle a site offering games on the cheap as a package. Not always steam games. Read more about what they have had on offer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Royale
Indie Gala Bundle - Not always steam games. Read more about what they have had on offer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Gala
Groupees Bundle - They have various game/music bundles. Don't know much about this one yet.
Bundle Stars - Another group selling bundles of games for really not a lot.
Flying Bundle - Relatively new bundle site but again many games for as little as one dollar.
Steam Coupons
What you might not know is that steam give you coupons when you trade in trading card sets. Most of them are rubbish but you get some really good 90% off ones too. People also give them away free so if you want some coupons to buy your games cheaper have a look through the following to see if there are any for games you may want.
Reddit Steam Coupons
Steam Trading Card Group
Trashbot - coupon bot that givesaway coupons.
Edit: 20/01/15 *I know pics are down as imageshack have stopped free hosting will move them when I get spare time*
Disclaimer: All these sites buy their games legitimately (they get paid through the advertisers) and send you the keys / gift you the games making them all legal. It is effectively like a friend buying you gifts. Please DO NOT post about any illegal ways of getting games here please.
Intro
I thought it was about time I shared some of my secrets to the AP gamers :) I've been fairly busy with work so I haven't had much time for anime as of late but I have had some spare time to do some research into earning Free games on Steam with the little time after work I have. Yup you read that right Free games, all legally acquired and I have been paying nothing but my own time to get these games on Steam. I'm hoping this guide will help you guys also get started in earning your own free games and keep you safe on the internet :)
All you need is a little time set aside each day and you could be earning free games each day like I have been :) See the following images of my steam account recently (personal details removed showing all the free games I've been earning).
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1693/ukss.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/550/x26r.jpg
IMPORTANT
- DO NOT USE YOUR MAIN EMAIL ADDRESS ON THESE SITES YOU WILL GET SPAM EMAILS, MAKE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS OR USE ONE YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT AND USE IT FOR EVERYTHING HERE.
- NEVER DOWNLOAD ANYTHING, AS TRUSTWORTHY AS THESE SITES ARE THE ADVERTISERS YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF (I will advise you on things you can do later)
- DO NOT GIVE AWAY ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS
- ONLY LOG INTO THESE SITES FROM ONE LOCATION AND DON’T MAKE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS (NO PROXIES/VPN/TOR) THEY WILL BAN YOU
- DON'T CREATE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AGAIN YOU WILL END UP GETTING BANNED. (THIS INCLUDES DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE SAME HOUSE)
Also please do not beg here I won't give you freebies, just follow my guide and you will get your games eventually. (You won't be getting the expensive stuff straight away but you can get cheap games quite quickly as I have been doing and you can work your way up).
I will try to answer any questions you may have and update this guide when me and my friends discover new sites/deals.
Dreador
Ok now that intro is over time for the goodies!
Limited Time Offers
Check the end of the thread for latest deals, haven't had time to clean up this limited time offers for a while.
Events that have ended
Zuma's Revenge
https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house
La Tale
Just click the free to play button, don't need to install and it will be available in your library.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/264360/
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok Steam Game
Free to add to your steam library for I dunno how long.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/283880
Portal 2 Sixth Sense Pack
Free to add to your account if you just want another title in your library.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247120/
Free steam keys for games once greenlit.
Sign up for an account here and keep an eye out in the topic for games to vote on then get keys for once greenlit. Keys are sent to email.
http://whosgamingnow.net/categories/giveaways
Floating Point Steam Game
Need more games for your library, you can add this one for free :)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/302380/
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Free for Steam (Unsure if still working)
https://gamesrepublic.com/ Register for an account, then confirm the emails they send I got sent two and my game did not appear till I had confirmed both. Go to your games, press download and select the last option to get key, this option is the steam key. (Unsure if still working worth a try)
Chess the gathering - steam beta key
If you like chess or just want a game then stick an email address here and they will send you a steam key for their beta game http://ctg.misfitsattic.com/early-access
Enclave Steam Key
http://www.dlh.net/en/register - Just sign up and confirm the email and another email will arrive containing the key. Warning - site is painfully slow at time of writing (I don't think their servers are coping too well. I did manage to get a key though so can confirm it does work.
http://www.dlh.net/en/
If you previously got enclave from this site just login to claim pirates of the black cove + knights & merchants. Or if you haven't just sign up and claim some games :) Only a certain amount of keys per hour so keep trying or try during early hours when not many are about.
Project Cyber Steam Key
Not sure if this is a beta key or a permanent anyway worth a try if it turns out to be permanent.
http://www.spearheadgames.ca/language/en/2014/03/13/project-cyber-steam-key-request-form/
Forsaken Uprising Beta
Apparently you will keep the game after beta. Requires signing up for an account there.
http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/567/Forsaken-Uprising-Beta-Key-Giveaway.html
Ionball 2: Ionstorm
It can take a while for it to appear properly on existing accounts but new indiegala accounts normally get it instantly.
https://www.indiegala.com/extra
Space Hack
250k key giveaway by bundle stars just requires an email and you get key instantly for steam.
http://www.bundlestars.com/#giveaway
direct link
http://woobox.com/qzxcn5
The Sims 2 on Origin
code: I-LOVE-THE-SIMS
Can only get before July 31st so hurry :)
Just put this in under redeem code in origin.
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-get-the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/
Defense grid 2 beta steam key
Not sure how long this is up for so get your beta key while they last. Alienware have keys for random games quite often so worth having an account there.
http://eu.alienwarearena.com/giveaways
Dead Island Epidemic Steam Beta Key
I got a key off gamespot, haven't tried ign but should be fine from there too.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dea.../1100-6419062/
http://uk.ign.com/prime/promo/dead-i...demic-giveaway
Spacechem, Dino D-Day, Really Big Sky, Gun Monkeys, GTR Evolution
Last chance to get 5 games on steam! PC gamer have some keys left over so if you have been away for a while and you missed out on the games before then now is your chance to get them.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/31/free-steam-key/
1 million SpaceChem steam keys
PC gamer giving away a steam games key a week for a while just requires liking their facebook page and submitting an email address.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/25/w...em-steam-keys-to-give-away-with-bundle-stars/
Space Hack (Steam)
"FREE FOR 24 HOURS! In celebration of the Merdian4 10-Year Anniversary, Space Hack is free to all customers for 24 hours. Offer ends August 6th at 10AM Pacific. "
http://store.steampowered.com/app/315260/
Peggle (Origin)
If you don't already have it then a good chance to get it free on origin.
https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house
GTR Evolution Steam key
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/23/free-steam-key/
Gun Monkeys Steam Key
PCGamer doing their thing again needs a facebook like and email. Also once you activate the key you get a gift copy also that you can give to a friend! Or sell, or let rot in your inventory, whatever floats your boat.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/16/free-steam-key/
Dino D-Day Steam keys
http://woobox.com/828jhg
Adventures of Shuggy Steam key
http://www.smudgedcat.com/shuggy_giveaway/
PID Steam key
If you missed out on getting PID for steam last time there are now 100k keys for it being given away.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/11/we-have-100000-copies-of-pid-to-give-away-with-bundlestars/
Rush Bros Steam Key
Another free game promotion by Green man gaming hopefully you still have an account from last time.
Sign up for an account if you have not already done so before www.greenmangaming.com
Once you have an account or if you have one from before fill in the form below and you will get an email with a link to confirm your email and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
You can currently get 50p from signing up to the newsletter and 50p for playing rush bros for the first time. Also loads of achievements from rush bros will give you money too :)
Free Super Sanctum TD Steam Key
Green man gaming doing another free game promotion.
Signup for an account if you have not already done so before www.greenmangaming.com
Once you have an account or if you have one from before fill in the form below and you will get an email with a link to confirm your email and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
Motor Rock Steam Key (No longer available to buy on steam)
Chance to get a game that is no longer sold on steam from the developers site, just needs to connect with steam open id. http://yardteam.org/mr/download.php
Avencast Steam Key
It may take a long time for you to sign up as they are having a lot of people sign up.
If you don't have an account signup at www.greenmangaming.com
When you have an account or if you already have one fill in the form here and you will get an email with a link to confirm your steam account and then another email with your key in once you have done that.
https://freegame.greenmangaming.com/
Worth signing up for a green man gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in games.
PID Steam Key
http://giveaways.bundlestars.com/?pid - Requires a valid email so you can receive the key and a steam account. Will use steam open auth to sign in if you are already signed into steam via web. Got mine in a few minutes after putting my email in.
Intel Grid 2 Competition - Intel are giving away 100 copies of the game Grid 2 for 100 days (part way through competition already). What you have to do is watch a Grid 2 race and do a spot these images when the video pauses. Quickest 100 people each day win. I haven't won yet but it's worth a try. This is a facebook app from Intel so you will need Facebook obviously. Also that secondary email I told you to use for all these kinda things sign up with that and confirm the email they send you.
Rekoil beta free steam key
If you like playing betas then there is one giving away steam keys for its beta of its game called Rekoil. All you need to do is sign up with an email address and confirm here. http://forums.rekoil.com/beta-registration.php
Snuggle Truck free steam key
http://zerglink.com/z/dejobaanFreeSnuggleDyscourse
Free steam keys for a game called Snuggle Truck that the developers are giving away to promote their game Dyscourse. Just requires inputting an email and you get a key. Obviously don't use your main email address.
Free Civilisation V or Mafia 2 keys Currently out of keys
Note: I used same username, DOB and email across all sites.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/ - sign up for an account here. Make sure you put a DOB making an that age is over 18 - go to your email and activate the account.
Next go to http://www.computerandvideogames.com/joystick/ sign up for an account here again make sure you set a DOB to over 18. Fill in the voting for the games. (Note the account also needs you to confirm an activation which sometimes doesn't send) If you don't get the email look for the flashing triangle near your name on the site and resend it there and activate your account.
https://goldenjoysticks.greenmangaming.com/ Go here and select your free game and enter your email address that you used for www.computerandvideogames.com then your username from greenmangaming.com a password and again a DOB over 18
You will recieve an email with a link to get your game. (You will need to wait 24hours after you voted for the link to work otherwise you will get some you havent voted yet error).
Enjoy :)
Confirmed! Get them while they still have keys left.
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Tremor Games
Tremor Games is definitely my favourite site to get games off of. Really easy and plenty of ways to earn points to get your games. Most of the games I have been earning for free have been off this site so get used to visiting this one daily, the more time you invest here the more games you will be getting.
Requirements:
- That secondary email I told you to have ready you will need that.
- A steam account (well duh obviously :P)
- Optional: bitcoin address
Quick Start
1. First sign up using that secondary email. Top right corner you can sign up or there's a register button on the menu.
2. Link your steam account in the settings page (you will need to do this to receive gifts/trading cards/other items from their steam accounts). I believe they use Steam OpenID or your public profile page link I can’t remember which. But make sure the link is from https://steamcommunity.com if it is the Steam OpenID authentication.
Earning Points (Coins)
Coins = games. Basically on tremor games earning coins is how you redeem your games. There are many different ways to earn points and there is something for everyone. They are always adding new features and ways of getting points so I will try to update this as they add stuff.
- Watching videos – This is where I earn the bulk of my coins. It’s super easy and most are short clips. There is a videos section which has a few videos to watch but there are more on the “get coins” page. The tabs on the “get coins” page you are looking for to find videos are: Supersonic, Trialpay(rarely for me), SuperRewards, Matomy, TokenAds, PeanutLabs, Videos(leave this open for more videos to appear), V11 Videos.
- Playing flash games – you can earn points from playing achievement enabled flash games on the site. If you are good at flash games you can get a reasonable amount of points here.
- Log in daily – You get a login bonus just for logging in! More points the older your account is so remember to login each day :)
- Trophies – You can get points for reaching certain milestones on the site e.g. no of friends etc. Feel free to add me. Dreador
- Trading in items – They will give you points for trading in various items to their steam accounts so if you have junk in your Steam inventory you don’t want/need trade them in for points to get games.
- Other offers in the earn coins section – you can try the other offers but again DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING. Go for the free ones like Surveys or on the Tasks tab you can do work like reading information about websites and reporting back (obviously don’t give away personal info and use your secondary email address).
- Tasks - If you are good with doing little data entry type tasks or similar then try the tasks tab under offers to do CrowdFlower tasks which give a fair bit of coins, i've got into this recently for some quite decent coin earning.
Tips And Tricks
- Use a different browser than you normally do. In windows 7 under volume mixer you can mute the sound from different applications so you can still have sound from your PC without all those videos you run in the background from annoying you.
- Avoid using adblocking addons while completing offers. They generally need to track if you have completed stuff and adblocking will stop it quite often so I generally run on a different browser than my normal one with adblocking off. DO NOT TURN YOUR ANTIVIRUS/FIREWALL OFF. No matter what anyone advises you to do don’t ever turn your antivirus/firewall software. The internet is a dangerous place if you’re not careful.
- Screenshot Everything! – The advertisers don’t always like paying out. If you screenshot when you finish a survey on the “thanks for completing” pages you can submit support tickets to claim your points on the various advertisers tabs. More info can be found here on getting missing coins http://www.tremorgames.com/?action=viewtopic&topicid=68
- Supersonic Videos – You can play all of these at once! 90% of them will credit you doing this saving you loads of time if you have loads of videos in your country. Then you can just come back and do the rest that don’t work 1 at a time.
- SponsorPay tab has an offer called “RadioLoyalty Listen for Free & Earn Rewards” you can do this offer forever for 3 points every 10 minutes (you fill in a captcha at 10min mark to get your points). I usually close and reopen after filling in the captcha make sure I’m credited again.
- Supersonic Mobile App Offers – You can use a program called Bluestacks which is an android emulator to run a fake phone/tablet to install the application offers onto. I sign up with a junk gmail account on this. A few of the phone offers work and you can get a reasonable amount of points from just installing and opening. You could optionally use your own android phone/tablet or iphone/ipad and just uninstall afterwards (one of my friends did this and he has been fine). They are normally apps with referral links to either google app store or itunes. These are the only downloads I approve of as they are off official app stores.
- Peanutlabs Surveys – These can be really good, just fill in the qualifying for surveys info at the top of the page and you will get surveys appear from time to time. Even if you don’t quite fill in the survey right you will get points for trying. If you do manage to get to the end of the survey you can get big points though (I’ve had 800-900 points from surveys before which enough for 2-3 cheap games but often points between 200-300 see this screenshot of my points earned near the bottom http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4228/5qt8.jpg ).
Claiming your freebies!
Once you have a reasonable amount of points (some games are as little as 200 coins!). Go to the tremor rewards tab. There are many things to choose from here ranging from Amazon Gift Cards and Steam Wallet Cards to Steam Trading Cards, Games, Gifts and even bitcoins.
Be careful though as not all games are Steam Games so make sure that it says Steam in the title rather than Desura/Origin etc unless ofc you want those types of games. I occasionally use Origin but not as much as Steam.
Once you have purchased a game it will be approved on your profile. What it should look like on your profile http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9807/v9lr.jpg Just claimed Crysis 2 today :D
Within 24 hours you should see a key to activate on steam in its place. (Bottom left of steam Add a Game > Activate a product on steam) to use your key. Or if you brought a gift/trading cards/game items you will need to add certain accounts to trade in steam with. Just follow the instructions on what account to add. (You will need steam guard enabled to trade in steam if you don’t have it enabled you should do so now as it can take 15 days to take effect).
Proof of my various free games from here and also my latest game waiting :)
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Steam Powers
Steam Powers is the second site I visit. This one can be much trickier to earn points on at least in the UK. It has taken me a long time to save up for games on here. However they do let you order any game on steam as well as dota2, tf2 and CSGO items if you’re into those games. They also have cheap offers on occasion as they keep up with steam sales.
Requirements:
- That secondary email I told you to have ready you will need that.
- A steam account
1. First sign up using that secondary email.
2. Link your steam account under “Account > Account Settings” (you will need to do this to receive gifts/trading cards/other items from the admins steam account). I believe they use Steam OpenID or your public profile page link I can’t remember which. But make sure the link is from https://steamcommunity.com if it is the Steam OpenID authentication.
Earning Points (Coins)
Personally I find earning points a lot harder on this site. The offer page is similar but I find a lot less offers are enabled :(
- Watching videos – There are not so many videos on this site but you can still find some under SuperSonic, Matomy, SuperReward, TrialPay, Video [V11], RadiumOne and Peanutlabs.
- Other offers in the earn coins section – you can try the other offers but again DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING. Go for the free ones like Surveys that you can fill in (obviously don’t give away personal info and use your secondary email address).
Claiming your freebies!
Once you have finally earned enough points to get what you want on here just go to order page to pick a specific game, or search for it in the sale page. Once you have ordered it the admin will email the gift to the email associated with your steam account.
Or if you pick a game item like trading cards/dota 2 items/csgo items. Then you will need to add the SteamPowers account and trade with him when he is online. Generally around the same time each day just check how long ago they were offline to work it out.
Proof this works I got Final Fantasy 7 off it a few days ago while it was on 50% sale.
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SteamGifts.com
Steam Gifts – Really easy site to use, people giving away their spare games and you get points to use to enter these giveaways every day. Lots of people use the site so your chances are low but it is still worth entering what you can each day.
Requirements:
- A steam account that has $100 worth of games on it, which have not been in bundles. This was introduced to stop people spamming up with new accounts. So if you have a low level account still work on other sites like Tremor Games first to get cheap games to get your account value up first.
Quick Start
1. Signup with your steam account via steams OpenID service and provide your secondary email again so people can email you gifts/keys.
2. Start clicking giveaways and entering them. You will get more points over time so just login daily.
Pro Tip: Click using mouse scroll wheel to open multiple giveaways in new tab, then use ctrl+tab to go through your tabs for quick giveaway entering.
Claiming your freebies!
This is all user driven so you will either get an email or steam invite from the giveaway creator to give you your game.
Woot 13/10/13 I finally won something (Future Wars) after entering 495 giveaways! http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2562/hbqk.jpg
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IndieGala Giveaways
https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways - There are many pages of giveaways which kind of makes it annoying to look through currently. Hopefully they will improve it. You get a certain number of points per day to join giveaways with.
Old site
Gala Giveaways - When you sign up you will get an initial amount of points based on the value of your steam account.
Ok so I finally won something from here after 500k points spent and it was a DLC -.- You need to check your profile on this site as it is not obvious you have won a game, I didn't notice till I saw I had an email from someone with a key in it.
Use these points to enter giveaways, if you win the game it will be sent to you via email. Once below 20k points you will earn 500 per hour so you can still enter giveaways each day.
Ok so I finally won something from here after 500k points spent and it was a DLC -.- You need to check your profile on this site as it is not obvious you have won a game, I didn't notice till I saw I had an email from someone with a key in it.
Game Miner
Game Miner -
Free invite code: 310005a7edb78c79e66b8b439f222edc
If the code is already used and I have not updated it, send me a message and i'll get one to you asap.
**GameMiner has removed the invite system so if you have a low value account use one of the other sites to boost its value till you can use it.***
Similar to steam gifts and Gala Giveaways again you earn "coal" on this site to enter giveaways and if you giveaway stuff you get "gold" to enter special giveaways for those who donate. Also many free giveaways that require nothing, just flick through the pages and enter those.
My first win after 312 entries :D
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Playblink
Playblink - Seems very similar to gameminer, but you play mini games to enter some of the giveaways while others you just use your points which regenerate a point each hour. The mini games are either a bubble shooter type game or a bejeweled type game. I'm rubbish at bubble shooters :P but I manage a fairly reasonable score in bejeweled. Better score = higher chance of winning.
Requires Steam openid authentication and confirming you email address.
Ok so people also give away keys every now and again on the chatbox, you just need to be quick filling in a one letter/number captcha. Managed to get my first steam key off here this way.
674 Giveaways later I won a game (Bit.Trip Beat) http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8118/r6st.jpg Apparently only with a score of 21200 in a game, when i've managed 30k before so doesn't need a high score to win. http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/1120/08nu.jpg
Scrap.TF
https://scrap.tf/raffles - Giveaways for all sorts of steam items ranging from games and csgo/tf2 weapons to trading cards and emotes. I managed to win in my first day on the site lol. http://i.imgur.com/sKso2XU.jpg?1
I came across this by coincidence as I wanted to trade my trash TF2 weapons into scrap using bots. Useful site for trading tf2 stuff into useful metal for trading/selling.
Pro Tip: Click using mouse scroll wheel to open multiple giveaways in new tab, then use ctrl+tab to go through your tabs for quick giveaway entering.
SteamCompanion
http://steamcompanion.com/ - Another giveaway site like steamgifts/galagiveaways.
Just requires a steam account to sign in using steams openid signin system and an email address to have your wins sent to.
My wins didn't take too long especially joining some of the larger giveaways. http://i.imgur.com/Wb2xvFz.jpg
Playfire/GreenManGaming
*** Currently not running they are looking at a different rewards scheme will update when I know of anything ***
Worth signing up for a Green Man Gaming account as you can get free money to spend on their store by using https://www.playfire.com and getting achievements in steam games, check their blog regularly to see what achievements are giving money.
You can get £1 to get you started just by signing up to the newsletter and installing the client.
http://steamlessness.appspot.com This is a useful site to compare what games you have and what rewards are currently available to get.
You can get £1 to get you started just by signing up to the newsletter and installing the client.
http://steamlessness.appspot.com This is a useful site to compare what games you have and what rewards are currently available to get.
SteamGameSwap
SteamGameSwap - This site kind of overlaps with Tremor Games and Steam Powers so I don't personally use it currently for earning games via tasking but you may find if those first two don't work so well for you this does.
What I do use this site for is for entering giveaways that they have. As there are not so many users on here compared to steamgifts and such so I have already won a game :) Make sure to click the "Need more giveaways" button to get to other giveaways they have.
My won giveaway: http://i.imgur.com/5DQmDHU.jpg
Gameaways
www.gameaways.com - New site that is still in beta so not many know about it yet, however because of that it is a bit slow and buggy. May still require invite codes to get in, if it does here is one below.
Works similar to other sites you either get the code on the site or the giveaway creator will contact you.
Invite codes:
07516399-bc4a-4ea7-8397-7e8bf7e46403
078386b7-7043-4cd0-a8ba-031b132618d0
6625604e-ea05-4a2f-9a4b-4f88086f7b7f
d0bf8916-6f69-4cf5-8df8-272925eae9cc
You may need to go into your profile and sync your account before you can enter giveaways.
My first win after just 12 entered xD http://i.imgur.com/tZ5MUfE.jpg
Playing the Steam Market
Another way to get games is to sell your steam items for money into your steam wallet using the marketplace found under community in Steam.
Trading Cards
There is quite a demand for these you get them from certain games and you may already have some. Sell them on the market for some quick cash. Check your badges page for games where you can earn cards, you just have to play the game for a while and cards will appear in your inventory.
Dota 2
Dota 2 is a free to play game where you can get in game items at the end of matches. Some items are worth a lot of money but you can’t sell most on the market place. To cash out your items trade them for treasure keys -> http://dota-trade.com is a good place to trade for keys. Once you have keys you can sell them for about £1.50 a key on the market. I was lucky and got a £20 item within my first few games and traded it for many keys which I then sold on the market.
TF2
Team Fortress 2 is another game you can play for free and get items to sell on the marketplace. I haven’t done much on this but I have a few friends who have sold items for a fair bit of money that they got free.
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Counter Strike: Global Offensive – not a free game but comes up for sale for ~£5 in sales every now and again. Items from here are selling really well at the moment. I have sold quite a few in game crates and weapons for quite a bit of money.
Two sections of reddit you may find useful to get coupons for money off steam games and also their giveaway section where you can get games.
Steam Coupons
Steam Giveaways
Almost Free Games
The Humble Bundle - Some of you may have heard of this one before but it is worth a mention to those who haven't. The guys at humble bundle give games away for only $1 but you can choose to donate more and get additional games (proceeds go to the developers and charities). This is an amazing deal and they often have steam games in their Humble Weekly sale. There are also mobile phone game bundles as well.
Note: If you know how to get bitcoins you can get the humble bundle free too by paying with them I have been using this method to get the bundle (Please see spoilered notes for more on bitcoins, I will try to update it with more info soon)
Bitcoin earning
Coinbase - First you need a bitcoin wallet to store you coins in. I use this particular one as it doesn’t have transaction fees between coinbase accounts and the humble bundle is a Coinbase account. Go to Account Settings > Bitcoin Addresses. There will be a long code that looks like 13vR3x2FYVyRz5XqkeTnNV7raJhEiUmiJb which is your bitcoin address, put this into any of the following places to earn bitcoins. The above code is mine if you ever feel like sending me coins :P
Land of bitcoin – good site that goes through lots of other sites which give you free bitcoins. Just sign up with your email and bitcoin address and start earning.
CoinAd - Get paid bitcoins for staring at a page for a few seconds.
BitVisitor - More getting paid bitcoins for staring at a page, have to stare for longer on this one.
BTCClicks - another earn bitcoins for staring at sites for a couple seconds, you have to earn a certain amount before this one pays out.
Earnfreebitcoins.com - More getting paid bitcoins for staring at a page, have to stare for longer on this one.
Bitter again more surfing for coins.
Land of bitcoin – good site that goes through lots of other sites which give you free bitcoins. Just sign up with your email and bitcoin address and start earning.
CoinAd - Get paid bitcoins for staring at a page for a few seconds.
BitVisitor - More getting paid bitcoins for staring at a page, have to stare for longer on this one.
BTCClicks - another earn bitcoins for staring at sites for a couple seconds, you have to earn a certain amount before this one pays out.
Earnfreebitcoins.com - More getting paid bitcoins for staring at a page, have to stare for longer on this one.
Bitter again more surfing for coins.
Indie Royale Bundle - Similar to the humble bundle a site offering games on the cheap as a package. Not always steam games. Read more about what they have had on offer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Royale
Indie Gala Bundle - Not always steam games. Read more about what they have had on offer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Gala
Groupees Bundle - They have various game/music bundles. Don't know much about this one yet.
Bundle Stars - Another group selling bundles of games for really not a lot.
Flying Bundle - Relatively new bundle site but again many games for as little as one dollar.
Steam Coupons
What you might not know is that steam give you coupons when you trade in trading card sets. Most of them are rubbish but you get some really good 90% off ones too. People also give them away free so if you want some coupons to buy your games cheaper have a look through the following to see if there are any for games you may want.
Reddit Steam Coupons
Steam Trading Card Group
Trashbot - coupon bot that givesaway coupons.
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