A guide to the best alternatives to play for free or at the best price during this weekend of closure due to the coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis is already global, and as video game companies see the quarantine spread across more countries, efforts to offer free or heavily discounted content increase to help make the closure a little more bearable. In these lines we will try to guide you through some of the best alternatives available right now at the same time that we also invite you to review our reports dedicated to the most relevant free games on the different platforms.
- Free PC Games
- Free PS4 Games
- Free games Nintendo Switch
- The best games for the family
Free or discounted games on PC
The computer and its powerful digital market is where the greatest number of possibilities are concentrated to play for free or very cheap these days. The first mandatory stop would be Steam, where there are various fronts from which to obtain entertainment, although without forgetting other alternatives.
Steam, dozens of demos available at the Spring Festival
Currently the spring festival is held, a space where independent studios present their future games through demos that you can download forever or titles that you can play for free for a few days. There are some very promising titles like the Hyper Parasite arcade, the Superliminal puzzle game or the very promising Carrion, one of our most anticipated indie games this year in which we control a specimen similar to The Thing of John Carpenter, bringing chaos and terror of a scientific facility. There are many more promising projects, such as the colorful 2D action game Vigil, the beautiful Spiritfarer in which we help spirits to move to the other side or the 2D game inspired by a certain From Software saga called Eldest Souls. Tinkering with the demos of the festival can be an excellent way to discover promising titles and to spend a good few hours entertaining with varied and quality offers.
Carrion, one of this year's most promising indies
A perfect weekend for Tomb Raider
If the adventures of the best-known explorer in the video game call your attention, until the 24th you can get free of charge with the first part of the reboot of Tomb Raider, an award-winning game valued at 8.9 in its day by Meristation . In addition Temple of Osiris is also available, a good cooperative game option and there are numerous installments of the saga that are at very low prices. The complete saga, valued at around € 379 at normal price, is reduced by 84% to 62.23, which can be tempting for an entire marathon. There are loose installments like Legend, the original Tomb Raider or the third installment that can be obtained for less than € 1
Tomb Raider Free Download
Tomb Raider is available for free
More free games on Steam for the little ones
In addition to Tomb Raider and Temple of Osiris, on Steam we can get Drawful 2 and Deiland games for free, which can be good alternatives for the little ones. And for those who feel like messing around, always good in times like this, there's Goat of Duty, a hilarious Call of Duty parody of goats to fight other players.
Deiland can be a good alternative for the kids at home
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, free this weekend
The latest and much-celebrated version of Assassin's Creed, the excellent Odyssey, is playable unlimited and free this weekend. It is a spectacular and enormous game, which can perfectly occupy us this weekend of quarantine in its entirety (its average to complete the main plot is 40 hours). In addition, it is an excellent time to remember that Ubisoft has significant active sales on Steam, until March 26, which covers its entire catalog. Games like Farcry 5 (9 in Meristation) are available with a 75% sale which leaves you at € 14.99.
- Play Assassin's Creed Odyssey for free
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey will be available for free only during the weekend
Reduced games on PS4
PS4 users have several powerful discounts on the Playstation Store (available via the web or from the console itself). Within the discounts named "MegaMarch", we can find some of the best console games at reduced prices. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a great game, great and ideal for these days, can be purchased for € 8.99. Bloodborne, one of the best exclusive games on the console, is available for € 12.99. Several installments of the Resident Evil saga are also on sale, such as the remake of the first game, which is € 4.99. If we are looking for something for a more universal audience, a good option is Grow Home, a charming high-quality platform that is reduced to € 2.99.
Bloodborne, one of the great PS4 exclusives
Nintendo Switch sale games
The Nintendo Switch eshop always has offers and a wide selection of games below € 5. Among our recommendations we can mention Doom 64, recent release of a forgotten classic as the exclusive installment of the saga on Nintendo 64, which far from being a port of the original game on PC is a high-quality independent delivery, with its own maps, enemies unique and history, about € 4.99 well spent. For lovers of retro we can also recommend the Oniken + Odallus pack, two 2D action adventures that will take us to the golden age of the Contra, Ninja Gaiden or Blue Shadow of the original NES.
If you like Doom, you can't miss Doom 64
Xbox One sale games
The Microsoft digital store has an interesting cyberpunk Observer thriller at € 7.49 from its € 29.99 -although it has been more reduced on PC-. But we would like to highlight the excellent Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which we can buy for € 4.49 and is a great addition to any catalog. Although, as on other occasions, we do not stop recommending giving the Xbox Game Pass a try, which thanks to the current offer we can get the first month for € 1 and that will give us access to a library of 100 games, some very recent and high quality as the Ori sequel, Will of the Wisps (in addition to the original), two superb platforms that are among the best in the genre.
Only for Ori is it worth trying the Game Pass
Other possibilities
To finish, we leave you links to other offers of free games that have emerged this week, to complete the range of offers available for these days:
- Get Imperium II on PC now: free FX Interactive games every week
- TFT (Teamfight Tacticts): how to download free on iOS and Android
- GOG gives away 27 free games to fight the coronavirus from home
- Magazines and video game books in Spanish that you can read for free for the coronavirus
- Watch Dogs and The Stanley Parable, free games at Epic Games Store
- Child of Light and other Ubisoft games, free for these quarantine days
