No Gravity Games Is Handing Out 12 Free Switch Games This Month (North America)

Neat. What did Nintendolife think of these games? Does the reviewing staff think it's worth it to buy one of these games to get the other two for free?

EDIT: It's not good stuff. I looked. Very nice of them to do that though, but I'd never buy one to get the others.

Just another scheme to get this publishers games near the top of the Eshop charts.

@Goofonzo You can get Pirate’s: All Aboard for free by signing up for the newsletter… but after seeing some of the games it might not even be worth the time lol

Well the Lineup seems a lot like last years give away. At least from the games announced so far.
Some of them are entertaining for what they are and others are real turds. And everything is free so you can't lose much besides a bit of your time.
The real turd last year, however, was the tie in promotion of the companys NFT with the giveaways.

@inactive 100% not worth signing up for the free game.

Free stuff is free stuff. I took advantage. Whether I actually play them or not though is a different story. Do any of the games come recommended?

Unfortunately, this giveaway is for US only.

https://nogravitygames.com/nfaq/

Only for USA, so...

To anyone bummed about being unable to partake in this offer, you're not missing out on anything.

I'll pass.
Free game offers like this have never yielded something I want to keep on the console. Also, I don't need the anxiety of having to get every game every 24 hours. "Missing a game will break the chain, and you won't be able to claim the next game".

I suspect it’d like getting a bunch of RCMADIAX games. Or an Ashlee Simpson album. Or a Kevin Costner movie.

“My boat...”

@OorWullie That doesn't work anymore as Nintendo no longer lists free games on the best sellers list.

This developer has made a couple decent games. It will be worth it if they put up Wallachia, Cyjin, Okinawa Rush, or Primal Light. Even Tanuki Justice was pretty good. Unfortunately they probably won't include these games and most of the rest of their library is not great.

It's a bad deal. These games are not wroth free.

I thought Nintendo outlawed this 2 years ago?

"There's also apparently a rule in place now preventing developers from providing 100% discounts if a user alreadys owns a game from their catalog. This information was shared by Simon Carless’ GameDiscoverCo newsletter."

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/switch_eshop_game_prices_can_no_longer_be_below_usd1_99_says_death_squared_dev

@HeadPirate The first three announced I'll agree, but maybe we'll get lucky and they'll put up one of their better games in a later set of free games. You can download the games to continue the "chain" then just delete the ones that are no good, just in case they include one of their decent games in a later set.

A bunch of garbage that isn’t even worth the time to download.

@fox_mattcloud What do you think? lol

@Pokemaniacal i got mr.gimmick on nes its a great game

@HeadPirate lol

@inactive Did anyone actually get the free newsletter Pirate game? I signed up and am still waiting for the code for it...

A lot of whining about free stuff. It's free, ignore it if you want. There are developers out there charging good money for games that are as bad or worse. So entitled, no one owes you anything for free get over yourselves.

I have a bunch of their lineup including Exorder (and other neat stuff like Strike Force Kitty Star Horizon plus Nova-111 etc from the previous giveaway streak), but not Graviter or Creepy Tale. Curious about other possible freebies here as well, especially as a lot of the games are on my wishlist. And until they're revealed, I can stock up on popcorn and read first world scoffs about the games "not being worth the time it takes to get them for free" (aka the time most of the commenters will waste dozily scrolling through some social media otherwise).😏

@Dan420 lol

@nhSnork You have these games in your wishlist?!?!? DOUBT.

There was maybe one No Grav game I was interested in, but like others have said they mostly publish shovelware. I did notice on the eShop just now that their entire catalogue is on sale except for twelve games, and the three games listed above are part of those twelve, so it looks pretty obvious to me what the twelve free games will be.

The one game I was kinda maybe interested in is one of the sale games, so that settles it for me to not clutter my system with this dreck.

@Goofonzo it's a doubt my Deku discount emails don't share. My wishlist is bigger than you could possibly imagine.😆

There's a reason most of us haven't heard of these games.

I have Nova-111 on Wii U and enjoyed it. So I would be interested to see what else they have to offer. I signed up for the newsletter but haven't received the code yet. Thinking of getting Sorcery to get in on the discounts. Seems like you can see exactly what games they will be giving away as they say there will be going on discount after they are given away, and there are exactly 12 games of theirs not on sale

@fox_mattcloud there are a few and I mean very few worth having like aldurs blood but that would be a later day free game.

@Trmn8r I received it in the past from them, check your promotions folder in your email.

A bit disappointed to see that they've already given away the first three games in the past. I know I didn't buy any of them, but they're all in my library already.

Wallachia- 8/10 Nintendo Life, 68% Metacritic
Cyjin- 8/10 Steam
Okinawa Rush- 81% Metacritic
Primal Light- 9/10 Steam
Tanuki Justice- 7/10 Nintendo Life, 72% Metacritic

Their library is not all garbage and free is free. It costs the time to download and the memory space occupied. Don't like it delete it. What exactly do you have to lose?

Us only not North America , it doesn’t work in Canada .

I got Will You Snail? so I'll be able to join in. Their last giveaway for their anniversary had only five games. I still play, what, one, maybe two of them?
...which means there's bound to be a few good games among the ok ones!

@Goofonzo If you are 42 then you remember paying a quarter, which was a lot in the '80's, to play (not even own) games that are arguably worse than these free games. Yet you won't dare soil your poor memory card with downloading any of these free games, with the chance that one of the developers better games gets put up free later. Yep I'm the weird one. Oh no free stuff, run, run like the wind. Lmao

@Goofonzo 11 other games, not 2

@fox_mattcloud Exactly, how could anyone argue with putting free content in their library.

@james_squared North America.........

@Goofonzo Not everyone is a entitled dolt, some people enjoy this type of content, and that's made obvious by the fact that the company can afford to continue doing business. Soooo, if you don't want free games, then march yourself off off to GameStop

I like how people comment saying "it's such a waste of time to claim these games." It takes more time and effort to type up a comment here than it does for me to claim a free game. I literally claimed the first one while I was on the phone with a client this morning.

It has now been five hours since I signed up for their newsletter and no key for Pirates. I emailed them with a screenshot of the confirmation about an hour ago and no response. Looks like I'm going to miss out on this due to poor email management. Disappointed to say the least.

@Sethdedun That's not what No Gravity Games is saying on their website, which is what I quoted. If it works in other places, then that's great.

@Goofonzo Creepy Tale and Graviter are both worth giving a try. They're not going to be winning any awards, but they're at least enjoyable enough to justify the effort of getting them. Destropolis, Golden Force, Alder's Blood, Picklock, and Star Horizon, all of which they've given away before, are also pretty good fun. I've put a lot of time into Destropolis in particular, and still play a couple rounds every few weeks.

Looked on the eshop and the first one is not free.

Guess none of their games interested me before…..

Has anyone actually been able to redeem a Pirates key? I'm going on 8 hours now with no communication from them. I'm starting to believe this is nothing more than a scam to get people to pay for something they didn't want just to get other games they don't want.

@Jadamson929 I think I had a similar problem when they did it last year. They had two places where you could sign up for the newsletter, but only one actually sent you the code. After chatting with their support, I got it to work by unsubscribing and resubscribing through the other one.

@Anachronism
Thanks, hopefully that's the case although it does not bode well for them that they repeated the same mistake they had a year to fix.

I signed up for their newsletter over 13 hours ago, no email for free download of their Pirates game. I checked on my switch I'm the eshop and the game still says to purchase. Guess I'll be missing out on this

I live in the USA and signed up for the newsletter, I got a couple emails but not the one with the free game code yet, I only have until midnight to claim today’s free game and I’m not staying up until midnight waiting on a code that will probably never come...

@stevep @ALL1204 @Jadamson929 @Trmn8r For anyone trying to get Pirates, I think the only signup page that actually sends you the code is the one linked in that youtube video's description. Try unsubscribe+resubscribing using that one.

@Anachronism

Thanks, I see that the link mentions the Pirates game but I resubscribed with that link and didn’t get a code yet

@stevep Did you unsubscribe first? That's what I had to do last year, and got the code pretty soon after that. Beyond that, I can't be much help, so good luck.

QubicGames is that you? Their games are still sitting in my backlog. Free is not always good, sorry to say. But good for anyone that wants to go for it either way.

Please change the title of this article. This applies strictly for the US only. It does not apply to Canada or Mexico.

@Dan420 yeah, never understood why people are so prideful about the games they play or own.

It's cool they're giving out free stuff and I like developers who are willing to do fun events like this. But I also understand the sentiment that bad games are bad games whether they're free or not. If someone leaves a flaming bag of dog waste on my porch, that was free as well but I don't have to smile about it.

Some of their games are pretty decent like Tanuki Justice and Wallachia.

I never thought I'd see the day when people are complaining about free games. I guess some people are never happy unless they got something to complain about.

@KevinP Free games on the eshop are easily ignored, a flaming bag of dog poop on your porch is not; therefore analogy fail.

i personally like to browse the eshop and purchase unknown dollar games. It’s like having a toy box and just playing with random toys that look fun. sometimes i find hidden gems and sometimes i find stinkers, which i still manage to find some fun with honestly. I guess it’s the wonderment of playing a mystery video game and finding fun in it that excites me.

I did find Exorder kinda fun and i don’t mind spending a few hours with it.

In case everyone is wondering about the remaining games,i'm sure they will be the ones without a discount right now. And those are:

• Strike Force Kitty
• Destropolis
• Supersonic Tank Cats
• Pool Pro GOLD
• Powertris
• Nova-111
• Star Horizon
• Golden Force
• Creepy Tale 2
  I think the giveaway is worse than the other they made in christmas last year.
  They are offering less games (in 2021 they were 19) and these one are mostly crap
  Creepy Tale 2,Nova-111,Golden Force and Strike Force Kitty are the only decent ones.

@Trmn8r I received mine almost instantly. I haven't played it yet though.

@Jadamson929 so I actually did receive it. I had purchased the first game on the list since I didn't have any of their games in my library already. I checked my email because I got a few of them and then in one of the emails from no gravity was a code for the pirate game. In total I purchased graviter and exorder for less then $4. Then I was also able to download creepy tale %100 for free. I did all of this Dec, 7 in about 15 mins to figure it all out

European gamers as invisible as a retail worker in December.

#DontBeADickToRetailStaff

I'm currently partaking in this free giveaway , when i see a free opportunity i take it
1 After buying Pokémon violet and some 3ds games i don't have money for anything else
2 i don't really have anything to do this month
3 i put an alarm on my phone to remind me in case I forget
4 free games are always appreciated
5 if i don't like the games i will just use the "archive software" function

@Sethdedun yes exactly if it's free then there's nothing to complain about cause you aren't paying for it

@ModdedInkling
It definitely applies to Canada

If only they didn't give us garbage today, the game selection were going good until Pool Pro Gold.

This publisher and thread are going places!!

@Goofonzo ultimately comes down they have one to two good games their best game for my understanding that the games I do own of theirs is alders blood definitive edition

So far only two of the games have survived on my Switch for more than ten minutes. Graviter is kinda fun but there are about 300 identical flash games available for free. Star Horizon was the best in terms of production value, but is ultimately a very poor Starfox 64 clone with janky controls. If they thought this would be a great advertisement for their brand, they've wildly missed the mark. I have to think the only point to this is to boost their eShop visibility in the hopes that some poor sucker might actually pay for one of these non-games.

@Frooster Your prediction has proven to be very accurate. It appears that Creepy Tale 2 will be the final game in this giveaway.

@inactive I have a USA account but how do I sign up for the games? Like that newsletter. I don’t have funds for my US account only my region UK

Well, looks like the giveaway is over for me! Can't get Golden Force as it's 18+ apparently, and besides, Creepy Tale 2 looks like Creepy Tale except somewhat higher quality, and I hate horror games anyways! So, my review of all the games in the giveaway (except Golden Force and Creepy Tale 2):
Exorder: Least favorite of the bunch, by far. I just don't like that type of game. Archived it to make way for the games from that other big sale which has actually quality games.
Graviter: Liked it a bit. The story I like, as it has a cat (foreshadowing), and the puzzles are ok. Don't like the fact that they integrated in app purchases.
Creepy Tale: Was fine at first. The story was ok and the puzzles fun. Then the game broke after I failed a chase sequence, and I'm never going back.
Destropolis: Already had before giveaway (still really good though!)
Supersonic Tank Cats: Has a cool artstyle for the 2D graphics, but the 3D bits (aka what your actually playing in) look kinda meh. Would work better as a cartoon than a game, but then again, its Mario Kart. With cats. That have tanks on their backs. Instant 10/10 (though to be serious, it's more so a 5/10).
Strike Force Kitty: Looks like it'd be a ton of fun... if I hadn't just finished Bowser Jr.'s Journey a month ago, which isn't the same thing but kinda is, and I could already feel the grindy rage coming back up. Got past the first boss, then called it quits. Gotta give it credit for having cats, though.
Powertris: I suck at regular Tetris, so this game is a nightmare! Hard pass.
Star Horizon: Already had before giveaway (and I don't like it, like any other Star Fox-like)
Pool Pro Gold: Didn't even play it. Going to see if my brother will, though.
Nova-111: Already had before giveaway (it's pretty good, just haven't had time to play it a lot)
So yeah, no hits this time. Ah well, there's always the next giveaway!

Free trash is still trash

I own Nova 111 but I can’t get Creepy Tale 2 for free. What gives?

I took full advantage of this offer and have downloaded all 12. I really enjoyed Power-tris, though it is a bit slow in reaction time. Creepy tales is a favorite for me and my daughter. Supersonic Tank Cats is a very silly racing game. So far those are the ones that I have tried out of the 12. Hats off to NO GRAVITY GAMES for thinking outside the box with these games.

@brandonbwii unless you started from day 1 and downloaded the game each day you wont be able to get Creepy Tales 2.

One man's trash is another's treasure. Game play and replay is so much more than graphics and triple A status in my book. But to each there own. Hell I still love playing Jumping Joe and Friends, to me that game is so addictive. Download them all and "toss out" the ones you don't care for and if you do not like any, you do not like any.

I will stay say thanks for No Gravity Games for making this a fun chase with some unique games.

I did this last year, and I think there was only one or two new ones this year. I am a bargain hunter and free is the best.
Destropolis is a fun shooter, not deep or anything, but very good at what it does!
Nova-111 is a terrific puzzler that successfully combines real-time and turn based strategy.
Given that it cost me nothing but a little time, I came out way ahead. Thanks No Gravity!

Pft, of course I see this in the last hours of the 16th. Ah well, been outta the Switch ecosystem for a while, but still pop on here and there, especially for that sweet, sweet s t a b i l i t y .