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‘Tis the season to pick up games on the cheap or have them given to us for free by kind-hearted digital storefronts with big white beards and red cloaks.
We already know that the Epic Giveaway for 2024 will feature a 16-game handout bonanza between now and January 9th, as well as Steam’s sale running from just before Christmas until the new year (although there are no freebies on Steam, they don’t do that!).
GOG.com is also in on the action, kicking off its Winter Sale later today with discounts on 1,000s of classic and new games alike and it will also be handing out some freebies along the way as well. Let’s see what we know so far.
What are GOG’s free games in the Winter Sale?
GOG will be offering some free games throughout the promotion, details of which you can find below.
- 12th December 2 pm GMT, 3 pm CET: The Whispered World: Special Edition
It looks as though this title is set to be free for about three days until December 15th. We will add further free games as they leak or get announced.
When is the GOG Winter Sale?
Scheduled to run from the 12th of December until early in the New Year, the closing date has not yet been confirmed, but we should find out later today.
Renowned French deal-leaker Billbil-kun posted on his socials,
“Winter Sale 2024 event is about to start at GOG. Many discounts will be applied to a wide selection of games”, before going on to reveal that the first free game will be The Whispered World, a 2014 fantasy adventure game from Daedilic Entertainment.
🚨 UPCOMING EVENT 🚨
Winter Sale 2024 event is about to start at GOG
Many discounts will be applied to a wide selection of games
We'll have also some giveaways, here is the first one
The Whispered World Special Edition
📅 December 12 – 15th 3PM CEThttps://t.co/u9Q60lveWp— billbil-kun (@billbil_kun) December 12, 2024
The GOG sales are always a great place to crate-dig for old classics from yesteryear at truly knockdown prices. Previous sales have seen cuts of 90% to many games, and as a lot of the older stuff starts off cheap in the first place, many great games can be picked up for next to nothing. So our advice is do not ignore the GOG sale in favour of the more traditional digital storefronts.
