If I add a free to play game to my library and later this free to play game becomes paid then can I still play it or first I have to pay it's cost or price before I can play it again?

[321321]

If I add a free to play game to my library and later this free to play game becomes paid then can I still play it or first I have to pay it's cost or price before I can play it again?

[pete]

Free to play games never become games that you have to pay for. BUT there are many games that are open betas that you can test until they are released and then you have to pay to play the game.

[Snapjak]

Quake Live was f2p during it's beta and then went paid afterwards. Everyone who had the f2p license was upgraded to the paid, but through some sorcery the game would still disappear when uninstalled as if it was still f2p.

So yes, if an f2p game goes paid and they allow the license to stay you can keep it.

[Darren]

It is entirely up to the publisher they can use a different AppID for the paid version which woud require you to pay. Or the same one which wouldn't.

[321321]

Which one of the 3 comments there above (except mine or this one) is the exact answer to my topic exactly?

[NHH]

never really heard of a free to play game that soon turned into a paid one, but i think if it were to happen it's up to the publisher if they want to maintain non paying players

[JJ, Professional Fool]

In the extremely rare case if this happening, speaking in hypotheticals, most publishers would separate paid players from free to play players through paywalls regardless.

Mmorpgs have done this like EverQuest and eso. It is free to download now but it used to come with a subscription. Subs give you the entire game as intended but as player base suffered they made paywalls to limit what a free account could use as a paid player has the perverbial keys to the kingdom with no restrictions to leveling and loot.

They share servers and play together, but Jimmy f2play might take longer to level cap or they have less inventory space to work with etc.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by hostiboii:

Free to play games never become games that you have to pay for. BUT there are many games that are open betas that you can test until they are released and then you have to pay to play the game.

Actually the do. SOmetimes a Dev will make a game free temporarily as a result of a promotion. The answer OP is that if you still have the game installed when it goes Pay, you still get to keep it.

[321321]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by hostiboii:

Free to play games never become games that you have to pay for. BUT there are many games that are open betas that you can test until they are released and then you have to pay to play the game.

Actually the do. SOmetimes a Dev will make a game free temporarily as a result of a promotion. The answer OP is that if you still have the game installed when it goes Pay, you still get to keep it.

I don't have this game installed on my personal computer and I don't see it in my library so I don't see how to even install this game.

However Steam Store still tells me that I already have it in my library.

[76561198986686951]

Originally posted by average sea player:

never really heard of a free to play game that soon turned into a paid one, but i think if it were to happen it's up to the publisher if they want to maintain non paying players

It does actually happen! Bro Falls: Ultimate Showdown is currently free, but plans to turn paid access after its early access phase. I looked this up to make sure I can keep it after it turns paid access.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by DimaYemchy:

Originally posted by average sea player:

never really heard of a free to play game that soon turned into a paid one, but i think if it were to happen it's up to the publisher if they want to maintain non paying players

It does actually happen! Bro Falls: Ultimate Showdown is currently free, but plans to turn paid access after its early access phase. I looked this up to make sure I can keep it after it turns paid access.

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