It’s time to take a look at some of the games that will be free (and free-ish) this August.

Some games are completely free to all, like the Epic Store giveaways, and some require a subscription like Game Pass or PS Plus to redeem, but at no extra cost on top of that. There will be more added and announced throughout the month, so check in regularly for the up to date list.

FREE

Epic Games Store

  • Lawn Mowing Simulator — 28th July – 4th August (PC)
  • Unrailed — 4th – 11th August (PC)
  • Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! — 11th – 18th August (PC)

FREE-ISH

These next games require a subscription to the relevant service but cost no additional money.

Prime Gaming

  • StarCraft: Remastered — 1st – 31st August (PC)
  • Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — 1st – 31st August (PC)
  • Beasts of Maravilla Island — 1st – 31st August (PC)
  • Recompile — 1st – 31st August (PC)
  • ScourgeBringer — 1st – 31st August (PC)
  • Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises — 1st – 31st August (PC)

Playstation


PS Plus Essentials

  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 — 2nd August – 6th September (PS4, PS5)
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon — 2nd August – 6th September (PS4, PS5)
  • Little Nightmares — 2nd August – 6th September (PS4)

PS Plus Extra & Premium

  • Yakuza 0 — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Yakuza Kiwami — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Yakuza Kiwami 2 — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Bugsnax — 16th August – (PS5, PS4)
  • Dead by Daylight — 16th August – (PS5, PS4)
  • Metro Exodus — 16th August – (PS5, PS4)
  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Monopoly Madness — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Monopoly Plus — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Trials of Mana — 16th August – (PS4)
  • UNO — 16th August – (PS4)
  • Wheel of Fortune — 16th August – (PS4)

Xbox

Game Pass

  • Inside — 29th July – (Cloud, Xbox, PC)
  • Ghost Recon Wildlands — 2nd August – (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
  • Shenzhen I/O — 4th August– (PC)
  • Turbo Golf Racing — 4th August– (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
  • Two Point Campus  — 9th August – (Cloud, Xbox, PC)
  • Cooking Simulator  — 11th August – (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
  • Expeditions: Rome — 11th August – (PC)
  • Offworld Trading Company — 11th August – (PC)
  • Midnight Fight Express — 23rd August – (Xbox, PC) 
  • Immortality — 30th August –(Xbox, PC)

Games with Gold

  • Saint’s Row 2 — 1st – 15th August – (Xbox)
  • Calico — 1st – 31st August – (Xbox)
  • Monaco: What's Yours is Mine — 16th – 31st August – (Xbox)
  • ScourgeBringer — 15th August – 16th September – (Xbox)