9 Phenomenal Video Games That Cost Absolutely Nothing

5. Hearthstone

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The crème de la crème of digital card games, Hearthstone just recently celebrated an eye-watering milestone of 70 million registered players, in the process crushing any dream Bethesda or CD Projekt RED may have had of ever surpassing Blizzard’s own.

Its claim to be entirely free to play may have become increasingly spurious over recent months due to a handful of questionable business decisions, but Hearthstone’s entire suite of content is accessible without flipping so much as a single penny in Blizzard’s direction.

Yes, it’ll gobble up more spare time than you’d prefer, should you want to collect every last digital card, but that’s not where Hearthstone’s appeal lies. Remove the monotony of physical card games - shuffling, discarding and flipping begone! - and bring each rectangular piece of power to life with memorable dialogue and wacky abilities and voila! You have Hearthstone.

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