Steam Free Games in November 2026: Last Gambit Is Free to Keep, Plus Two Free Weekends

PC players looking for free games on Steam this weekend have one full game they can keep and two big-name free weekends to try. The keeper is Last Gambit, a chess-based roguelite that stays in your library for free if you add it before it leaves Early Access on Nov. 13, 2026. The trials are Age of Wonders 4 and Payday 3, both free to play through Monday, Nov. 9, according to Polygon.

Gaming Route, which tracks Steam’s store data, said there is no paid game marked 100% off this week. The only other free-to-keep item it found is a DLC pack that requires a paid base game.

Free Steam games right now (Nov. 7, 2026)

End times are as reported by Gaming Route and Polygon; check each store page before the deadline.

How does Last Gambit stay free?

Last Gambit is not on a temporary sale. It has been free to play in Early Access since Aug. 27, 2026, and its developer, Trabucco Team, says on its Steam page that the game leaves Early Access with version 1.0 on Thursday, Nov. 13.

From that day it will cost €4.99 “or the regional equivalent,” the developer wrote. Polygon lists the US price as $4.99. The key line for players is the promise that anyone who already has it keeps it: “If Last Gambit is in your Steam library before November 13, you keep it for free, forever: you do not need to do anything.”

Gaming Route noted the developer did not name a cut-off hour, so it recommends adding the game by Nov. 12 to be safe.

What kind of game is it?

Last Gambit takes standard chess and breaks the rules. Instead of starting with 16 pieces, you build an army over a run, and the Steam page lists 27 piece types, including a Unicorn, a Griffon, a Phoenix that returns and a Void Queen that wraps around the board’s edges. A branching story mode adds bosses, merchants and rule-bending perks, and there is online 1v1 play with cross-play between PC and Android, plus offline modes.

The game runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, per the store page, and had a “Mostly Positive” user rating from a small number of reviews at the time of writing. The developer also discloses that most of the piece and skin images were made with generative AI tools and then refined by hand.

Which Steam free weekends end Nov. 9?

Age of Wonders 4. Paradox’s fantasy 4X strategy game is free to play from Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. PT to Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET), according to Gaming Route, which cited Paradox’s Steam announcement. Polygon reported that the game is 60% off during the promotion for anyone who wants to keep playing.

Payday 3. Starbreeze’s co-op heist shooter also has a free weekend on Steam ending Nov. 9, Polygon reported, with the game 70% off through Thursday after the trial ends.

Free weekends are trials. Valve’s own documentation, quoted by Gaming Route, says players “lose access when the time period expires” unless they buy the game.

Free DLC: Hunting Simulator 3 pack

The Classic American Hunter Pack for Hunting Simulator 3 normally costs $4.99 and is free to keep until Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. PT, according to Gaming Route. It only works if you own Hunting Simulator 3, which is a paid game.

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Earlier coverage: Steam Free Games This Week: Claim Last Gambit Before Nov. 13 (Nov 6)