9 Phenomenal Video Games That Cost Absolutely Nothing

2. Warframe

Warframe game
Digital Extremes

If you're not aware of Warframe, you should make it your mission to read up on Digital Extreme's third-person shooter post haste, especially if, like any sane person, you like free stuff.

Funded entirely by an in-game cash shop that sells nothing not already obtainable through play, Warframe's sheer size and breadth of content on its own is enough of an affront against those publishers that require several payments - base game, expansions, costume and map packs, the list goes on - to acquire everything, but it extends beyond that.

Every last inch of Warframe's expansive galaxy feels like, in every sense of the term, a triple-A game without the steep cost associated with post-launch bolt-ons. I'm not, for a second, advocating that video games should be doled out to the masses for nothing, but Warframe dares to challenge the status quo by making everything free, only requiring that you burn a few notes if you're looking for a shortcut.

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