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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 109 points 5 months ago (5 children)

You can use this FOSS tool to automatically claim those games.

https://github.com/vogler/free-games-claimer

Some even work pretty well on Linux using the Heroic Launcher.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 29 points 5 months ago

What the hell, I had no idea such a tool existed... I do not intend to use it... But it is so cool regardless.

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

That's actually pretty awesome, thanks!

[–] Mora@pawb.social 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Does that still work? Last updated over a year ago and the free games are usually protected by some rather creative captchas.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Never had to fill a captcha to get one of the free games

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[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Initially I, too, claimed those, but ultimately I never ended up playing them and often I’d just end up buying them from steam instead. It’s funny how I’m willing to pay for something I can have for free, if it’s convenient and easy. So I didn’t claim them for very long, stopped a long time ago, and still just ignore it if a game I thirst for is available for free.

But that’s also a pretty dark prospect: Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday. And I, along with most everyone playing on pc, will be shit out of luck then.

It’s hard to diversify at this point, when I’m too far gone, and knowing changing or adding services will increase the complexity of using it all and keeping mental track of all the games and where they are.

Ugh.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If Steam ever fucks over consumers I will pirate 100% of my games from that day on unless an indie company allows me to buy directly from them or through GoG.

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.

Yeah. I am confident that long term access to classic games is a torch only sufficiently carried by software pirates.

Don't get me wrong, I adore things like the Atari 50th Anniversary collection, and what Evercade is doing with esoteric arcade titles. (And I delight in throwing money at them.)

But only a small fraction of the greatest games get that kind of loving licensed treatment.

For the rest of gaming history, software pirates are essential.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While I don't disagree with anything you said, I think this comment descended into nihilism with alarming rapidity and I hope you're okay.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

Just enshittification fatigue. Every service being provided is hostile to us, so it makes us uneasy if one isn't.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

There's programs that keep track of all your libraries... GOG Galaxy is one of them.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I too have over 200 games on Epic and have purchased non of them. This is none news. I buy my games on Steam and get my free games on Epic.

[–] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

And the once or twice a year Epic offers a free game I actually want to play, I enjoy it just as much as if I'd bought it elsewhere.

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Interesting thought: "Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday."

Steam subscription $9.99 to access your library 😐 - man that feels wrong. But also can probably happen with the TOS noone reads

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It could happen, but if it does, it'll be decades down the line. Gaben has surrounded himself with true believers on purpose, in part to prevent that scenario.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's literally the only reason I have Epic on my PC.

Free games every week.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i went a couple years, pretty steady. now it's whenever i remember--and it's not been that often. only one during the winter deals.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I have a reminder to check it on my Proton calendar every week, haha.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You can just claim them on the webpage, no need to install the launcher.

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[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 50 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I stopped claiming epic freebies when I realized I ended up buying the game on steam anyway.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just use Heroic launcher to play the free Epic games.

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[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And never plays any of them.

The whole UX is just so bad

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] TyrianMollusk@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

If this added itch.io it'd be a fantastic filler for managing all the non-DRM off-Steam stuff.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Or Playnite (MIT license) which aggregates all your libraries, not just Epic.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And thats exactly why Epic is untrustworthy. Its like a shady guy on the corner saying "Hey i will give you 500 bucks if you just do this easy little thing for me. Will be done right away no worries".

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what's going on and are happy to pay.

What I don't know is what they actually pay the publishers.

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 18 points 5 months ago

Of course i know him that's me.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure there are tons of people like that. It's the same for me.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, that's pretty common. 200+ games and they don't even have payment info for me.

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[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away... Might be because some of the games don't apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago

FYI that one was a bit quiet so I started !freegames@feddit.uk

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[–] unrushed233@lemmings.world 12 points 5 months ago

Meh.. Piracy is still better 🏴‍☠️

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

My friend too have over 100 games. He never even play them but thankfully to him I don't have to make Epic Account.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

So he didn't claim even half of them?

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I bought Alan Wake 2, and glad I did. Accidentally decided to buy Red Dead redemption 2 on there because of a discount code making it much cheaper than steam a couple of years ago.

Huge mistake. I added it as a non-steam game so now to launch Red Dead redemption 2. I need to launch steam which then launches epic which then launches Rockstar Games launcher which then launches the game.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can skip one step and have just have many steps as if you had bought it on Steam, just launch it from the Epic launcher directly, ta-fucking-da

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

I too have basically all of them. A few have caught my interest on PC. More than a few were a big pain to get working on Steam Deck even with Heroic Launcher.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only 200? Try harder, noob.

(I'm at 410, and my Epic library is now three times the size of my Steam one, lol.)

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

There's no way I'd catch up to my Steam library, there's like 1,200+ games in there at this point. 2nd biggest is GOG with ~300 but I've been using Steam since HL2

[–] proper@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I have 0. Also interesting choice of words with “owns”.

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[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

This is the point though. They have beefed up my Epic Games library to the point where if I got banned from Steam, I would have a viable fallback.

That cannot be understated. It has a network effect and makes adopting it as a new platform versus a legacy one with two decades behind it, far easier to adjust to.

I love that at least someone is really trying other than MS with their poorly supported windows games store attempts.

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[–] mariusafa 6 points 5 months ago

I have 10 free games from GOG too and without DRM!

[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

I have 367 games in my Epic library. A few of them are f2p (e.g. Fortnite) but the majority are giveaways. The only game I've purchased on EGS is Alan Wake 2 due to exclusivity

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