Steam free-to-keep: Space Menace and Deadshot free until 23 September 2026

The promotions were described as a claim window of roughly 48 hours. Anyone who added the games to their Steam account within that period could reportedly keep them permanently.

The available information treats these as separate offers, but places them in the same timeframe. The supplied sources also note that Space Menace normally costs $6.99.

What happened

According to the supplied reporting, Steam had two separate free-to-keep offers live: one for Space Menace and one for Deadshot. The articles explicitly name both games as free to claim via Steam and tie that claim window to an end time on 23 September 2026.

The claim period was described in the sources as a temporary window of about 48 hours. That means this was not a permanent price drop, but a limited-time promotion where users could add the games to their library within the stated period. The sources list an end time of 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time and 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

For Space Menace, the supplied context gives a regular price of $6.99. For Deadshot, the available material only confirms that it was a separate free-to-keep promotion with the same end date. The supplied information does not say that Steam itself made an official announcement; the reporting appears to be based on outside publications that spotted the offers on 17 September 2026.

The sources also describe the usual free-to-keep setup: a game can be claimed for free during the promotional window and remains linked to the account afterward. However, the supplied material does not confirm whether there were any regional restrictions, account requirements, or other conditions for claiming Space Menace or Deadshot.

Background

The supplied sources describe Steam’s free-to-keep format as a temporary promotion where a PC game can be claimed for free and then stays attached to the account. In this case, two titles were available during the same period: Space Menace and Deadshot. The reporting makes clear that this was a claim offer, not a permanent free release.

For Space Menace, the sources provide a specific price reference of $6.99. That makes the promotion a limited free claim rather than a permanent pricing change. The available context also says the offer ran until 23 September 2026, matching the timing in the reporting from 17 September 2026 and the combined update on 21 September 2026.

For Deadshot, less detail is available in the supplied information. What is clear is that it was also mentioned as a free-to-keep title during the same period, with the same end date as Space Menace. The sources do not provide additional pricing information for Deadshot, and they do not mention any platform-wide announcement from Steam itself.

The available pieces also show that the coverage came from outside publications, including a Gamerant article and other external reports confirming the claim period. No regional exceptions, platform restrictions, or extra steps are mentioned beyond adding the game to a Steam account within the stated window.

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Sources

• Gamerant: Steam Free Games This Week: September 23, 2026 — reporting on the free-to-keep offers for Space Menace and Deadshot.
• External reporting on Space Menace being free to claim on Steam until 23 September 2026.
• External reporting on Deadshot being free to claim on Steam until 23 September 2026.