Steam: GameRant noemt vijf indiegames die permanent gratis zijn geworden
In brief
- GameRant says five Steam indie games recently switched from paid to permanently free-to-keep, including Tactical Mission: Target Rush and more.
The titles named are Tactical Mission: Target Rush, Journey Through The Nightmare Realm 2, Cosmo Chaser, Twin Trials and Donut Smash.
In the same roundup, GameRant also mentions Hayfever, which the article says went from $14.99 to free.
What happened
On 17 September 2026, GameRant posted a roundup of Steam games that the site says recently became free-to-keep. The article presents the change as a permanent pricing adjustment on Steam, not a temporary promotion. In the table used by GameRant, the games are paired with their previous paid prices and genre descriptions, so the roundup focuses on small premium indie games that originally had a fixed purchase price.
The five named indie games are Tactical Mission: Target Rush, Journey Through The Nightmare Realm 2, Cosmo Chaser, Twin Trials and Donut Smash. According to the table in the article, their previous prices were $4.99, $4.99, about $2, $5.99 and $3.99 respectively. GameRant describes Tactical Mission: Target Rush as a tactical FPS with zombie elements, Journey Through The Nightmare Realm 2 as a roguelite co-op retro game, Cosmo Chaser as a sci-fi shoot ’em up, Twin Trials as an FPS and 3D platformer, and Donut Smash as an arcade, rhythm and incremental game.
GameRant also lists Hayfever as an additional title in the same category. That game reportedly previously cost $14.99 before becoming free. In the external context provided with this report, there is also a Steam reference to Hayfever and a Steam search result showing the title, but the supplied text does not include a separate store history or regional price comparison.
So the roundup covers several genres within one Steam overview, but the core of the report is the same: according to GameRant, these titles recently moved from paid to free-to-keep on Steam. The source does not give exact effective dates for each game, does not confirm temporary promotions, and does not break the change down by region or storefront.
Timeline
17 September 2026: GameRant publishes a Steam roundup about games that the article says have permanently become free.
17 September 2026: The roundup names Tactical Mission: Target Rush, Journey Through The Nightmare Realm 2, Cosmo Chaser, Twin Trials and Donut Smash as titles that moved from paid to free-to-keep.
17 September 2026: GameRant also names Hayfever as an extra title that reportedly went from $14.99 to free.
Recent months: GameRant says the listed games switched from a paid model to a free model on Steam during that period.
Recent months: The article’s table links the titles to previous prices of $4.99, $4.99, about $2, $5.99, $3.99 and $14.99 for Hayfever.
Background
Steam is the platform in this report, and Valve operates the storefront. The source is about small premium indie games that previously had a fixed sale price and were later made available for free. That makes the roundup relevant within the wider Steam catalog, where price changes and model shifts happen regularly.
The listed amounts show that these were relatively low-cost titles, with prices ranging from about $2 to $14.99. The source does not give exact effective dates, regional price differences or confirmation of temporary promotions. It also does not explain whether the free status came through a price cut, a business model change or another storefront adjustment.
The external context supplied with this report does include Steam search results and store references for Hayfever and Tactical Mission: Target Rush. In that context, Tactical Mission: Target Rush appears in one Steam search result with a $4.99 price and in another search result as free. For Hayfever, a Steam store reference is included, but the supplied text does not contain a price archive or confirmation of the exact transition date.
Because the source does not provide separate store citations for each title, the core of the report still depends on GameRant’s roundup. The available information does support that multiple indie projects are involved, that the prices were low, and that the overview was published on 17 September 2026. However, the text does not prove the precise timing of each change or any regional differences.