Free to Play tag
Tag created in June 2017
Free to Play's popularity amongst developers
This graph shows games released over the years with the Free to Play tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Free to Play tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Free to Play tag has peaked in 2020, with 888 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 1% in 2019 and 0.04% in 2023.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Free to Play's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Free to Play tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.
While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Free to Play tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 43 (2010) and 1850 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Free to Play tag received between 119% (2010) and 285% (2014) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Free to Play
This graph displays the evolution of the Free to Play tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.
The median price for Free to Play games peaked in 2014 at 6.99$, and bottomed in 2015 at 0.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2017 at 94%, and bottomed in 2023 at 53%.
Positive reviews ratio for Free to Play, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Free to Play tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The highest rating for Free to Play is 90% for the Romanian language, and the lowest is 72% for the Japanese language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Team Fortress 2 | Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats! | Free | 91.1% | Oct 10, 2007 |
  | Dota 2 | Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own. | Free | 85.2% | Jul 9, 2013 |
  | Alien Swarm | Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free. | Free | 95.5% | Jul 19, 2010 |
  | Bloodline Champions | Bloodline Champions is a Free-to-Play online PvP Arena game where players engage in short, intense battles of up to ten players divided into two teams. Each player takes control over one of several bloodlines, each with their own unique weapons and abilities. Easy to learn, challenging to master. | Free | 85.3% | Oct 28, 2011 |
  | Champions Online | Grab your cape and defend Millennium City in this comic book-style action MMORPG! Design your hero and costume from thousands of costume pieces, face super-villains like Dr. Destroyer, and create your own unique nemesis. | Free | 58.9% | Jun 14, 2011 |
  | Star Trek Online | In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before. | Free | 75.7% | Jan 31, 2012 |
  | Dragon Nest | Dragon Nest is an online action role-playing game that combines the blazingly fast combat and visually stunning attacks of a console game with the epic story and role-playing elements of classic MMORPGs. | Free | 48.3% | Dec 18, 2012 |
  | Zombie Panic! Source | Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification. | Free | 84.4% | Oct 3, 2008 |
  | Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II | Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II pits three teams against each other in a struggle for wealth, power and total domination. Whether using the Gunpowder Keg to clear out a territory full of enemies, or the Javelin to pin your dead foes to a wall, you'll find this game both hilarious and exhilarating. | Free | 87.1% | Feb 12, 2010 |
  | Dystopia | Dystopia is a cyberpunk game with tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace. | Free | 84.9% | Feb 6, 2009 |
  | DC Universe™ Online | DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker. | Free | 72.6% | Nov 2, 2011 |
  | RIFT | Dive into a world of epic adventure! Create your perfect hero thanks to a uniquely customizable class system. Collect, craft, and customize your gear. Go it alone or group up to challenge dungeons, raids, dynamic open-world content, and your fellow players. | Free | 75.4% | Mar 1, 2011 |
  | The Cat and the Coup | In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. | Free | N/A | Jun 15, 2011 |
  | Spiral Knights | Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface. | Free | 82.5% | Jun 14, 2011 |
  | Puzzle Pirates | Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success! | Free | 53.3% | Aug 31, 2011 |
  | Neverwinter | Neverwinter is a free, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter! | Free | 76.7% | Dec 5, 2013 |
  | APB Reloaded | The world’s first and premier Action MMO Third Person Shooter allows you to choose between two sides of the law. Play as Enforcer or Criminal, customize your gear for the task at hand and hit the streets and play how you want in a city filled with more action this side of a Hollywood blockbuster. | Free | 48.7% | Dec 6, 2011 |
  | Fallen Earth Classic | Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon. | Free | 40.7% | Feb 22, 2012 |
  | Pox Nora | Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, fantasy RPG and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one. | Free | 74.3% | Oct 15, 2014 |
  | EverQuest II | EverQuest® II is the epitome of massively multiplayer gaming - the ultimate blend of deep features, heritage, and community. | Free | 55% | Dec 7, 2011 |
  | America's Army: Proving Grounds | America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites. | Free | 78.7% | Aug 2013 |
  | EverQuest | Welcome to EverQuest® - the online game that started it all! No other MMO matches EverQuest's sheer content, now with 29 expansions and countless updates. EverQuest is free-to-play. | Free | 36.4% | Dec 13, 2012 |
  | Dungeons & Dragons Online® | Enter a world of danger and adventure with Dungeons & Dragons Online® based on the beloved RPG that started it all. | Free | 78.1% | Jun 25, 2012 |