Free full game on a demo disc in the 90s/00s, you could sell magazines giving away an old gane Free release of old game to promote new game (lots of these) Fr

Free full game on a demo disc in the 90s/00s, you could sell magazines giving away an old gane Free release of old game to promote new game (lots of these) Free on steam / epic / origin (to get new users) Free in a cereal box (chex quest anyone) Free because the author doesn't want to sell it anymore but wants people to play it Free because it's open source now AND the assets are included (like ur quan masters) Free because its a hobby (like https://thedarkmod.com/ https://thedarkmod.com/ or 0 A.D. or other 'real' games that are hobbies) Lots of games have been free as in beer some time or other