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There are some great free games to get this week for your Steam Deck and other handhelds. A Steam key for Golden Light is being given away for free on Fanatical until tomorrow, while Epic is giving away both Amnesia: The Bunker and Samorost 3. Amazon Prime is also giving away three GOG games: Fallout: New Vegas, Empty Shell, and True Fear: Forsaken Souls.
Here are the free games we found for you to enjoy:
Free Games For Your Steam Deck and Handhelds - 10/16/25:
Steam Games:
Golden Light (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/17) (Verified) (Fanatical Giveaway)

F1 25 (Free to try. Redeem by 10/20) (Unsupported)

Hardest (Free to keep. Redeem ASAP) (Unknown)

Oil Sheik (Free to keep. Redeem ASAP) (Unsupported)

Inverta (Free to keep. Redeem ASAP) (Unknown)

Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened (Free to keep. Redeem ASAP) (Unknown)

Epic Games (Steam Deck: Can use Heroic or Third-Party Tool):
Amnesia: The Bunker (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/23) (Verified)

Samorost 3 (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/23) (Verified)

Vampire: The Masquerade Reckoning of New York (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/12) (Verified) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

GOG Games (Steam Deck: Can use Heroic or Third-Party Tool):
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/19) (Playable) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Empty Shell (Free to keep. Redeem by 12/17) (Verified) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/19) (Verified) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

XCOM 2 (Free to keep. Redeem by 1/7/26) (Playable) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

DragonStrike (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/5) (Unsupported) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

FATE: The Cursed King (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/22) (Unknown) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Residual (Free to keep. Redeem by 12/17) (Unknown) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: The Complete Edition (Free to keep. Redeem by 12/3) (Playable) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Heroes of Loot 2 (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/26) (Unknown) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Sid Meier's Civilization 3 Complete (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/5) (Unsupported) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Heroes of Loot (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/29) (Unknown) (REQUIRES AMAZON PRIME ACCOUNT)

Amazon Prime (Steam Deck: Can use Heroic or Third-Party Tool):
Tormented Souls (Free to keep. Redeem by 12/3) (Verified)

Pixel Cafe (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/29) (Verified)

Afterimage (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/12) (Verified)

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (Free to keep. Redeem by 10/22) (Verified)

The Academy: The First Riddle (Free to keep. Redeem by 11/5) (Verified)

And that is all for this week! Amazon and Epic Games release new freebies weekly, so we will have our hands full getting through all of them!
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