An honest messenger between you and free games.
Epic, Prime Gaming, GOG and Steam release free games all the time. The problem was never finding them — it was remembering. Clairo remembers.
Why we exist
The Epic Games Store gives away a free game every Thursday. Amazon hands out batches via Prime Gaming every month. GOG runs permanent giveaways and surprise drops. Steam has free weekends and free-to-keep titles scattered with no calendar.
All in all, more than 150 free games a year pass through the major stores. You miss almost all of them. Not for lack of interest — for lack of notice.
We aren't a coupon site. We have no affiliate links. We don't want your time on our page — we want your time playing.
Principles
Frequently asked questions
How do you know when a game goes free?
Each platform exposes its data differently. Epic has a public API (freeGamesPromotions) that we poll every 15 minutes. Prime Gaming has no API — we follow the offers page with responsible scraping, cached. GOG and Steam use a combination of official RSS feeds, SteamDB, and human verification.
When we detect a change, notifications go out within 5 minutes of the next send window.
Do I need an account to get notifications?
No. You drop your email in the signup form, pick the platforms you follow and the send window. Done. No password, no login.
Every email we send has unique links with single-use tokens for the want and skip buttons. You teach the system without coming back to the site.
We only store your email and preferences. No game library data, no claim history, no behavior beyond the clicks on the email buttons.
Do you earn commission when I claim a game?
No. No store has an affiliate program for free games — it wouldn't make sense. And even if there was one, we wouldn't use it.
Clairo is free. No paid plan, no active donation, no affiliate, no ads. Operational costs are trivial while the product is small, and the maintainer's time is the investment.
If that ever changes, you'll hear it from us first — in the alert emails itself.
What if the game disappears from the store after I claim it?
It doesn't. Once you claim it during the promo window, the game stays in your library permanently — even if the campaign ends, even if the store removes it from the catalog, even if you cancel Prime later.
The only exception is free-to-play games, which don't get "claimed" — they're downloadable whenever the server is up.
Can I suggest a source or fix an error?
Please do. Email hey@clairo.gg with the source link and what's wrong. Fixes usually ship the same day. Speed scales with the clarity of your email.
Do you have an app?
No, and we don't plan to. The portal is mobile-first and works as a PWA — you can install it directly from the browser and it opens like an app. The alert email covers the rest.
Sources we consult
Full transparency. These are the primary sources that feed Clairo. When they disagree, we prioritize in this order: official API → official feed → official page → community.
Clairo is free. But if that ever changes, you'll hear it from us first.