Free games to keep
Full games you claim once and keep. No trial, no subscription, no expiry.
How it works
Claimed means claimed
The game goes on your account and stays there whether you install it tonight or in 2031. No subscription keeps it alive and nothing rotates it out.
This is the bit Game Pass and PS Plus do not do. Those catalogues cycle, and a game you were halfway through disappears when the licence lapses. A claimed giveaway does not go anywhere.
Claim first, decide later
Windows run from about a day up to a week. Claiming costs nothing and commits you to nothing, so there is no sense in deliberating over a free game. Grab it and work out whether you care afterwards.
The worst case is a library entry you never launch. The best case is the one game in forty that turns out to be excellent.
Accounts, regions, and keys that run out
Every claim happens on the store's own site, so you need an account there. Epic, GOG, Ubisoft Connect, whichever the row says.
Some giveaways are region-locked and will not appear for you at all. Key-based ones can run dry before the posted deadline, so a listing occasionally dies early. GOG builds are DRM-free and the installer works with nothing running. Epic and Ubisoft want their launcher open.