At long last,
Amazon's Prime Day deal deals event is in full swing, and that means bargains on just about every kind of item imaginable. We'll be posting some of the niftier deals in various product categories as the two-day sales bonanza goes on, but in this article, we're focused on dozens of free games that are up for grabs, including
Mass Effect Legendary Edition and
Need for Speed Heat.
The only real catch with Amazon's Prime Day event is that it's exclusive to Prime members. There are various pricing tiers, depending on your situation. A regular Prime membership runs $139 per year or $14.99 monthly if you're feeling non-committal, and comes with a 30-day free trial. Qualifying students, on the other hand, get a 6-month trial and then pay either $69 annually or $7.49 per month. Finally, qualifying ETB and government assistance recipients can sign up for $6.99 per month, with a 30-day free trial to boot.
So here's the deal for the frugal among you, who are new to Prime—you can sign up for a free trial, claim all 35 games that are up for grabs at absolutely no cost, and then decide whether to keep your membership beyond the trial of wave goodbye before it renews. Whichever you decide, the games are yours to keep once claimed (barring any licensing shenanigans).
The headliner among the bunch is
Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a collection of 4K remasters of
Mass Effect,
Mass Effect 2, and
Mass Effect 3 with over 40 DLC, including promo weapons, armors, and packs. This is normally a $60 collection.
Here's the full list of games...
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Star Wars Republic Commando
- Need for Speed Heat
- GRID Legends
- 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
- Gina Sisters: Twisted Dreams
- Meta Unit
- Metal Slug 2
- The Crow's Eye
- Samurai Showdown II
- Addling Adventures
- Clouds & Sheep 2
- Fatal Fury Special
- Road Trip
- Gone Viral
- Puzzle of the Year
- The King of Fighters 2002
- Pumped BMX Pro
- Bang Bang Racing
- Death Squared
- The King of Fighters 2000
- The Darkside Detective
- 10 Seconds Ninja X
- The Dark Detective: A Fumble of the Day
- Manual Samuel
- HUE
- Serial Cleaner
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
- Rain World
- Maniac Mansion
- Suzerain
- Fishing: North Atlantic
- Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Claiming is fairly straightforward and easy for the most part—just head to the
Prime Gaming page and click the claim button underneath each game. In some cases there's an extra step (for Origin and Legacy Games titles), which is slightly annoying. It would also be helpful if there was a 'claim all' button. But these are minor inconveniences for what amounts to dozens of free titles.