Free Games This Week: Free-to-Play, Cheap and Co-op Picks

Looking for free games this week without wading through fifty tabs? Here is the short version, sorted by what is genuinely free-to-play, what is cheap enough to count, and what plays best with friends. No hype, no fake countdown timers, just the picks worth your evening and where to grab them.

Last updated: June 7, 2026. Prices checked: June 2026. Sources: Steam, Epic, publisher pages and partner stores. We refresh prices and sale notes regularly.

Best picks at a glance

• Best free-to-play overall: Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks. Chaotic Ork vehicle combat that costs nothing to try.
• Best free fighter: DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT Free Edition. Full 3v3 arena combat on the house.
• Best free arcade racer for groups: Crash Drive 2. Big open-map stunt driving, easy to pile into.
• Best cheap single-player: This War of Mine. Frequently a few dollars on sale and unforgettable.
• Best premium pick (worth paying): FREEDOM WARS Remastered. Co-op hunting action with a real campaign.
• Best for 2 players: Age of Reforging: The Freelands. Souls-flavoured action with online co-op.
• Best solo story night: Oxenfree. A tight supernatural mystery you finish in a sitting.
• Best cross-platform action: Attack on Titan / A.O.T. Wings of Freedom. Fast traversal combat with online modes.

Quick list

Live prices move week to week, so check the full catalog before you buy and the deals page for the current low.

Genuinely free this week (free-to-play)

If the goal is install-and-go for zero money, start here. These cost nothing to download and judge for yourself.

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is my first recommendation for anyone who just wants chaos right now. It is free-to-play, leans hard into Ork buggy combat, and matches are short enough to fit between other things. The rough edges are real, but the core loop of ramming, shooting and scrambling for objectives is doing one thing very well.

DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT Free Edition is the smart pick if you want a fighter that costs nothing. The free edition hands you the 3v3 arena combat and a rotating cast, so you can learn the systems before deciding whether to spend. It is online-focused, so bring patience for matchmaking and a willingness to learn the mechanics.

Crash Drive 2 is the casual crowd-pleaser. Big open maps, silly physics, stunt challenges, and lobbies you can hop into with strangers or friends. It will not change your life, but for a free arcade racer to keep on the side, it earns its slot.

Cheap enough to feel free (paid, but barely)

These are not free-to-play, but they drop low enough on sale that they belong in any free games this week hunt. Watch the deals page and the next Steam sale tracker for the lowest entry point.

This War of Mine is the standout. You manage civilians trying to survive a siege, scavenging at night and making grim decisions by day. It is single-player, heavy, and one of the most affecting survival games out there. On sale it is often pocket change, which makes it a near-mandatory pickup.

Oxenfree is a perfect one-sitting story. You explore a haunted island with a walkie-talkie and a cast of teens whose dialogue actually flows. Solo only, a few hours long, and it discounts deep and often.

This Is the Police 2 blends management, tactics and a bleak narrative about a frontier town's police force. If you like making uncomfortable calls and watching consequences play out, this single-player strategy game is cheap and meaty.

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? is a tidy puzzle box for fans of escape-room logic. It is solo, it is clever, and it rarely costs much. Great for a quiet evening when you want to think rather than twitch.

Best for 2 players and co-op

Everything in this section actually supports playing together, so nobody ends up watching from the couch.

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is my co-op pick of the week. It mixes Souls-style melee with online co-op, so you and a friend can tackle its world as a duo. It is rough in places, but the combat carries it, and the price is forgiving for a shared run.

FREEDOM WARS Remastered is the premium choice when you want a proper campaign plus co-op hunting. The remaster cleans up the action and supports online teams taking down giant enemies. This is the one to actually pay full price for if a longer co-op project sounds good.

Attack on Titan / A.O.T. Wings of Freedom nails the grappling-hook traversal from the series and offers online modes alongside the story. It plays across PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch, which makes it a friendly cross-platform pick for a group that owns different hardware.

Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare is a stranger beast, a first-person shooter welded to a strategy layer, with multiplayer for up to a squad-sized lobby. It is ambitious and uneven, but if you want a war-sim hybrid that nobody else is making, give it a look.

The chart above is the honest reason free-to-play matters: getting a group started for nothing beats asking four people to each buy in.

Best for big groups

When the headcount climbs past four, you want drop-in lobbies and low friction.

Crash Drive 2 is the obvious call. Its open maps and rotating events handle a crowd well, and since it is free, nobody has an excuse not to join. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks also scales up nicely once a lobby fills, with vehicle scrums that get funnier the more buggies pile in.

Best solo and sim picks

Not everyone is playing with a group, and some of the best value this week is single-player.

Infection Free Zone lets you build a survivor base on a real-world map, which is a hook that genuinely lands. Mad Games Tycoon 2 is a deep studio-management sim that eats weekends if you like spreadsheets with personality. For story-first players, This Bed We Made puts you in a 1950s hotel as a maid piecing together a mystery, and it is short, sharp and atmospheric.

Platformer fans are well served too. Freedom Planet and its sequel Freedom Planet 2 deliver fast, expressive, Sonic-adjacent action with real character. Both discount regularly, so the pair makes a cheap double bill.

Best cross-platform

If your group is split across machines, pick games that exist everywhere. Attack on Titan / A.O.T. Wings of Freedom spans PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. This War of Mine and Oxenfree are also on all four families, so a recommendation lands no matter what a friend owns. For handheld players, browse Steam Deck compatible games to confirm a title runs well before you buy.

Honourable / adjacent picks

These are good games that only loosely fit a free-this-week roundup, so they are not core picks.

• Mad Games Tycoon 2: excellent, but it is a paid sim that rarely goes deeply free, so treat it as a sale-watch rather than a freebie.
• This Is the Police 2: superb value on sale, yet it is firmly single-player and premium-priced at launch windows.
• Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare: includes multiplayer, but the experience is so solo-leaning that I would not buy it for group nights specifically.

FAQ

What does "free games this week" actually mean? It covers three things: free-to-play titles you can always install, paid games discounted so heavily they feel free, and limited-time store giveaways. We separate them above so you know exactly which is which.

Are the free-to-play picks here free forever? Yes. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT Free Edition and Crash Drive 2 are free-to-play, so the base game stays free. They may sell optional cosmetics or upgrades, but you never have to pay to start.

Where do I find this week's actual giveaways? Store giveaways rotate fast, so we keep them on a dedicated giveaways page rather than baking a date into this article. Check there before claiming, since offers expire.

Which free game is best for a group of four or more? Crash Drive 2 for casual stunt chaos and Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks for vehicle combat. Both are free and use drop-in lobbies, so getting everyone in is painless.

What is the best cheap single-player game right now? This War of Mine is my top call. It is a heavy, memorable survival story that often sells for just a few dollars. Oxenfree is a close second for a shorter story night.

Do any of these support couch co-op? Most of the co-op here is online rather than local, including Age of Reforging: The Freelands and FREEDOM WARS Remastered. I will not label a game couch co-op unless it genuinely supports same-screen play, so plan for online sessions.

Is it worth paying for FREEDOM WARS Remastered when free options exist? If you want a structured campaign with co-op hunting and a polished remaster, yes. FREEDOM WARS Remastered gives you a longer, more deliberate experience than the quick free-to-play sessions, which makes it the standout premium pick.

How do I make sure I am paying the lowest price? Compare stores before buying. Our catalog checks Steam, Epic, GOG and partner shops like Eneba and Kinguin, and the deals page flags current lows so you do not overpay.

The bottom line

For free games this week, install a free-to-play pick today, wishlist the cheap paid ones for the next sale, and claim any rotating giveaway before it lapses. Start with the free-to-play trio at the top, then let your group size and mood guide the rest. When you are ready to buy, compare every store in our price-comparison catalog and check the current deals so you grab the lowest price, not the first one you see.

Alex, Scout Team