Cyberpunk 2077 free trial

[Franzeta 12]

Hello, I would like to know if the free trial of the game is also available on steam as well as on consoles, thanks

[Draconifors]

No.

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/49963/free-cyberpunk-2077-trial-frequently-asked-questions

Will there be a trial for PC users?

No. Due to technical reasons, we are not able to provide the trial for PCs in the same way as for consoles.

[EricHVela]

I like some of the entitled comments. "We should be able to play as much as we want." "After 4.5 hours of cutscenes..." (which would only happen when trying to skip everything to get to the end in the trial timeframe and that's still a gross misrepresentation). "Why doesn't this have Phantom Liberty?"

Sheesh. Give them an inch to see if they like the game's style and they want the world for free.

[Titan Awaken]

You can automatically assume the answer is no because free trials are extremely rare on Steam. So rare in fact that I've never actually seen one in person.

Free demos are a thing, however but it's up to the publisher to decide if they want to release a demo or not. Like RE3R:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1173690/Resident_Evil_3_Raccoon_City_Demo/

[EricHVela]

The issue this time is how the trial is implemented: 5 hours per account without restriction in the base game. (This requires the whole game to download.) Saved games also carry over into the purchased game.

The quoted section, "we are not able to provide the trial for PCs in the same way as for consoles", suggests that they may be considering a different trial for PC—one that's a smaller download with a majority of the content excised. Saved games might be trickier to transfer.

[Titan Awaken]

Originally posted by Titan Awaken:

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Addendum: There is a Steamworks Documentation page for "Free Weekends" so I'm kind of curious as to what "technical reasons" mean in this case specifically. This is total conjecture on my behalf of course but it's probably got to do with the lack of DRM/copy protection.

[★REM★]

The game is worth much more than the price they ask, just buy it.