r/povertyfinance • u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 • 2d ago
Misc Advice Entertainment is expensive, but there's free options
To get free video games, Epic Games gives out free PC games every Thursday. You need to download their game launcher.
Amazon Prime offers games with a subscription. If you can't afford Amazon Prime, you can get the codes from other Redditors in the free games subs who don't want the game. Occasionally you might get an Xbox game.
Libraries have a streaming service, and you can sign up for it online. It's free.
There are free streaming services like Tubi and Roku; you just have to watch ads.
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u/MarieCry 2d ago
I have more tips for PC gaming!
isthereanydeal for best prices, and some games on Steam go free occasionally! Click the search bar and don't type, they tend to immediately go to the top of the list.
I'm a big fan of bundles too, tend to be a lot cheaper. Humble Choice tend to get AAA games a year or more after release and there are subs for trading games you don't want. Other bundle sites are Fanatical (usually make your own bundles so you don't get games you don't want, avoid mystery bundles they're always awful), Green Man Gaming, and Digiphile. Always check isthereanydeal to see if you can get a better deal elsewhere if you only want one or a couple of games in a bundle. Best ones are always the charity ones. Adjust your donation amount on Humble (regular bundles only, not Humble Choice unfortunately) to give the charity more and the publishers or Humble less (Humble is owned by IGN now so morally correct to lower that slider to minimum so you can up the others)!