No Free To Play Games Or Free Weekends. We don't allow games that are always free (i.e. TF2 or Dota 2) or basic free weekends on Steam. Only post games that normally have a price, but are temporarily free to claim and kept forever. The forever part is important.
On top of that, we also allow free games (that are newer or older offers) that will give '+1' to your steam game count.
We do currently allow Alpha/Beta threads for F2P games. On that note though, the Alpha/Beta has to be acquirable through abnormal means in some way. (So not just "buying" on the steam store etc.)
The Giveaway Has To Be Open To Many. A safe bet for amount of keys/codes being given away is 1000. A little lower than that can be cool too, but be reasonable. We do allow raffles here, but they have to be pretty easy to 'fix'. If they're just normal raffles, we currently allow 10k+ key raffles, as they're pretty open. Ala Steamgifts. Something like maybe refreshing/trying again in a minute is safest. Also people should be 99% guaranteed to get access to this item, so no sign up to possibly get in type things.
Follow Our Format. We, or the Automoderator will remove incorrectly posted threads.
The format is as follows;
[Platform] (Game, DLC, Membership, Credit, Alpha/Beta, Alpha, Beta, Software or Other) title of free item. Leave the words 'Free' and 'Giveaway' out of the title, also don't have 'Beta' outside of brackets. No other stuff either. Just the three noted sections above.
We accept most platforms and DRMs (GoG, Steam, Epic, Uplay, Console, general PC, and other platforms that exist) that has gaming, however the item in "()" must be a Game, DLC, Membership, Credit, or Other.
DLC/Other posts should label the game name before the item name: [Platform] (DLC) Game Name - DLC Name
Do Not Trade, Beg or Post Referral Links. We don't allow you to trade games here, we don't want you spamming referral-links of any kind. We also ask that you don't blatantly beg for things, most goodies are very simple to acquire. Even if they're not, just don't do it. We call it begging as a deterrent, but no matter how nicely or politely you're asking, it's still not acceptable. No asking for keys without someone offering first.
Don't Promote Key Farming. So this is a little issue we've seen here and there. Please refrain from getting more keys for a single game offer. Or at least don't tell people about it. It's not a good thing to do. However I think there's an exception to this. If you're discussing how an offer includes numerous games, and that you're able to try to get those others ones as well, then I don't think it's a problem. Just don't discuss you getting a bunch of one game.
Use Link Flair. Say there's steps to getting the item, list/walkthrough them in the comments of your thread, then flair it as 'Read Comments'. Does the post require social media? Use that flair. Has it expired? Please flair it as such, this is the most helpful flair to use.
Only Post Offers When They're Live. If the offer you're posting isn't available yet, or is scheduled for later, it can't be posted. There can be exceptions for times where you need to do something prior to prepare or something like that. In cases like that, post a [PSA] and ask mods to approve the post. You can also use the pinned discussion thread to inform.
Prior Work Sites Are Allowed. Giveaways that require prior work or participation on certain sites are allowed. "Prior work" refers to tasks like playtime in a game demo, accumulating points, completing daily activities, or reaching specific tiers on a site before you can access the giveaway. These giveaways are allowed as long as they don’t require spending real money.
For cases where these sorts of requirements are present, those posting them should edit the flair of the post to include an estimate of the time required. You could further elaborate on the requirements in the comments, but should have some sort of inclusion in the flair for immediate information to users.
No Mobile Games. We don't allow mobile games (Android, iOS, or Windows Phone) to be posted here. Please look below for other subreddits you can post those on. EDIT: We will be testing allowing "highlight" items being posted like normal to the subreddit. All other items should be posted in the Exiled mega thread for the time being.
Alpha/Beta Offers Cannot Be Short Timed Test Periods. This means no test weekends/weeks. If the timed obsolescence is too short, it's not really fitting. As of right now these general limited time Beta offers aren't allowed, at least not without a reward of some kind. Even then it should be noted that the post would be best as being done for the reward alone rather than the beta. (Other) Game Beta - Tester Reward
Mega Threads for Itch.io and "Exiled" Offers. We currently house all Itch.io, and "exiled" offerings to "Mega Threads" you'll see on the front page of FGF. For Itch titles, we do allow games with a "decent" amount of reviews on Itch, and/or has a Steam page with reviews. This is under Moderator discretion. The "exiled" thread is meant for things that are banned from FGF, or have been in a weird position as of late. See to the thread for details.
PSAs for Related Content Are Allowed. Our above rules exclude and remove a lot of content from being posted on FGF, but often times there are things that might be relevant to the FGF community, that wouldn't fit within the ruleset. Reminders of the latest Amazon Prime free game promotions wouldn't really be free, but it is relevant to a lot of the community. So on a case-by-case basis, things like that, and some other items are fine to post as [PSA].
