Free Weekends
Paid Steam games anyone could play free for a few days, and giveaways people could claim and keep. For each, the game’s players the week before, the most at once during, and how many were still playing the week after.
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Paid Steam games anyone could play free for a few days, and giveaways people could claim and keep. For each, the game’s players the week before, the most at once during, and how many were still playing the week after.
| Game | Dates | Peak During | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29–31 Oct 2026LiveFree to keep | 1,215 (368×) | — | |
| About 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2026Live | 23,223 (1.0×) | — | |
| 29 Oct – 3 Nov 2026Live | — | — |
23 of the 38 on this page with numbers after them left the game with more players than it had the week before.
| Game | Dates | Peak During | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| About 16–20 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 15–19 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 15–19 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 8–12 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 3–7 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 2–6 Oct 2026 | — | — | |
| About 25–29 Sept 2026 |
Before and Week After are average players over the 7 days either side; Peak During is the most at once, with how many times the week before’s average it was. Dates marked “About” are from the developer’s news post, and their numbers are monthly averages where our own counts do not reach back that far. As of . How we count
| 851 (18×) | −49% |
| About 14–18 Sept 2026 | 9,271 (20×) | −13% |
| About 10–14 Sept 2026 | 914 (2.2×) | −1% |
| About 10–14 Sept 2026 | 4,738 (2.2×) | −11% |
| About 10–14 Sept 2026 | 4,087 (2.0×) | −27% |
| About 10–14 Sept 2026 | 29,258 (7.2×) | −17% |
| About 20–24 Aug 2026 | 36 (2.4×) | +12% |
| About 20–24 Aug 2026 | 94 (2.0×) | −39% |
| About 20–24 Aug 2026 | 383 (8.8×) | −12% |
| About 7–11 Aug 2026 | 32,204 (1.3×) | −62% |
| About 7–11 Aug 2026 | 34,669 (21×) | +173% |
| About 7–11 Aug 2026 | 20,967 (12×) | +73% |
| About 30 Jul – 3 Aug 2026 | — | — |
 Necesse−35% | About 30 Jul – 3 Aug 2026 | 6,283 (7.2×) | +25% |
|---|
| About 23–27 Jul 2026 | 23,157 (5.8×) | +81% |
| About 23–27 Jul 2026 | 4,522 (22×) | −18% |
 Killing Floor 3−50% | About 23–27 Jul 2026 | 4,420 (19×) | +174% |
|---|
| About 23–27 Jul 2026 | 210 (2.5×) | −41% |
| About 10–14 Jul 2026 | 49,526 (2.1×) | 0% |
| About 9–13 Jul 2026 | 1,373 (1.8×) | +6% |
| About 19–23 Jun 2026 | 3,664 (1.6×) | 0% |
| About 18–22 Jun 2026 | 3,767 (3.1×) | +46% |
 Goblin Cleanup−35% | About 11–15 Jun 2026 | 1,448 (25×) | +102% |
|---|
| About 11–15 Jun 2026 | 560 (38×) | +57% |
| About 11–15 Jun 2026 | 424 (3.3×) | −24% |
| About 24–28 May 2026 | 419,645 (61×) | +2410% |
| About 22–26 May 2026 | 6,343 (49×) | +61% |
| About 21–25 May 2026 | 1,393 (12×) | +3% |
| About 15–19 May 2026 | 3,847 (25×) | +18% |
| About 14–18 May 2026 | 1,146 (14×) | +106% |
 V Rising−55% | About 13–17 May 2026 | 21,289 (5.2×) | +18% |
|---|
| About 8–12 May 2026 | 3,146 (10×) | +70% |
| About 29 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 2,586 (30×) | +142% |
| About 1–5 Apr 2026 | 4,030 (3.7×) | +294% |
 Subnautica−75% | About 1–5 Apr 2026 | 31,169 (6.9×) | +332% |
|---|
 Aquarist−30% | About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | 51 (2.9×) | +76% |
|---|
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | 14 (2.8×) | — |
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | — | — |
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | — | — |
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | — | — |
 House Builder−26% | About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | 63 (1.1×) | −21% |
|---|
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | — | — |
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | 35 (1.2×) | +8% |
| About 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2026 | 58 (1.7×) | +61% |
