# Steam free-game lineup expansion > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/steam-free-game-lineup-expansion > Updated: 2026-08-27T09:33:43.000Z. Sources: 14. Developments: 7. Since early July 2026, Valve’s Steam platform has been steadily enlarging its permanent free‑to‑play catalogue. On July 1, the 2D action‑platformer Greenhouse: Schism was made free alongside WinBolo, Laira Cut Me Open, Captain Soda Prologue and CryptoGrid. A week later, Steam launched Dustpile, a web‑app for organizing pending games, and added four more titles: NTE: Neverness to Everness, the indie MMO Battle For Embolia, the incremental RPG Archmage Idle and the precision platformer Fleck & Grus. On July 23, a family‑focused game and four genre‑diverse offerings—Wild West Miner Simulator, War Commander, Razor Trail Survivors and Ashbound: Endless Hunt—joined the library. The expansion continued on July 28 with a region‑specific quartet for Hungarian PC users: the dark metroidvania Rotten Bloom, the horror shooter Mandir: Gods Untouched, the co‑op mining‑survival game Dig For Your Lives, and the real‑time strategy Knights vs Aliens. On August 3, Steam added Tidal Nexus Online, an underwater retro MMO; Flats Full of Cats, a hidden‑object adventure; Orbital Crash, a gravity‑shifting arena shooter; and Avoidvania, a platform‑style cat‑hero game. On August 12, four more free-to-play titles were added, spanning role-playing, action, and simulation genres. These include TASMON: Taskbar Monsters, an idle RPG that runs on the computer taskbar; Beach Knights, a cooperative action game; My City, a life simulation game; and an unnamed horror-themed adventure involving an abandoned hedge maze and survival elements. On August 27, Steam released six additional free-to-play games. This group included the fish simulation ‘PC FISH: Taskbar Aquarium’, the satirical idle manager ‘Totally Normal Meat Co.’, and the first-person horror game ‘A Hole In My Room’. The release also featured a roguelite, two additional horror titles, and a point-and-click adventure. ## Timeline ### 2026-08-27: Steam releases six new free-to-play games Steam has launched six new free games, featuring genres such as horror, simulation, roguelite, and idle management. 4 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-releases-six-new-free-to-play-games ### 2026-08-12: Steam adds four new free-to-play games to its catalog Steam has expanded its free-to-play catalog with four new titles, including the idle RPG TASMON: Taskbar Monsters and the cooperative action game Beach Knights. 6 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-four-new-free-to-play-games-to-its-catalog ### 2026-08-03: Steam adds four new free games to PC library Steam released four new free PC games—Tidal Nexus Online, Flats Full of Cats, Orbital Crash, and Avoidvania—expanding its free‑to‑play catalog. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-four-new-free-games-to-pc-library ### 2026-07-28: Steam adds four free games for Hungarian PC players Steam released four free indie games—Rotten Bloom, Mandir: Gods Untouched, Dig For Your Lives and Knights vs Aliens—for Hungarian PC users, covering metroidvania, horror shooter, co‑op survival and strategy. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-four-free-games-for-hungarian-pc-players ### 2026-07-23: Steam adds four free games to its catalog Steam released a family-friendly free game and four additional free titles – Wild West Miner Simulator, War Commander, Razor Trail Survivors, and Ashbound: Endless Hunt – all at no cost. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-four-free-games-to-its-catalog ### 2026-07-08: Steam adds free games and launches new library‑organising web app Steam introduces Dustpile, a free swipe‑based library organizer, and adds four permanent free games—NTE: Neverness to Everness, Battle For Embolia, Archmage Idle, and Fleck & Grus. 3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-free-games-and-launches-new-libraryorganising-web-app ### 2026-07-01: Steam adds Greenhouse: Schism to permanent free game lineup Steam made Greenhouse: Schism free after poor sales and added four new free titles—WinBolo, Laira Cut Me Open, Captain Soda Prologue and CryptoGrid—to its permanent catalogue. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/steam-adds-greenhouse-schism-to-permanent-free-game-lineup --- Cite as: Steam free-game lineup expansion. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/steam-free-game-lineup-expansion