Key Highlights:
- GOG gives away 13 adult games for free as a protest against payment-processor-driven censorship.
- Games include Postal 2, Agony Unrated, HuniePop, and several NSFW visual novels.
- Offer ends 7:00pm CST on August 3, and claimed titles remain in your library permanently.
GOG has launched a bold digital protest by giving away 13 adult-themed PC games for free, available until 7:00pm CST / 2:00 AM BST on August 3rd.
The platform’s decision comes in response to the increasing removal of controversial titles from major storefronts such as Steam and Itch.io. These games, all legal and developer-approved, have been quietly delisted following pressure from payment processors including Visa, MasterCard and PayPal, who were targeted by advocacy groups lobbying against adult content.
FreedomToBuy.games is the newly launched site behind the campaign. Anyone with a PC and a GOG account can access the page and claim the full set of 13 games without cost. Once claimed, the games remain in the user’s library permanently.
The giveaway isn’t simply a promotional event, it’s a calculated stand against the erosion of creative freedom in digital spaces.
According to GOG, some games disappear not due to law-breaking, but because “someone decided they shouldn’t exist.” That statement defines the core intent of the campaign: preserving access to games that are facing deletion through backchannel decisions rather than community demand or legal rulings.
Among the titles included are Postal 2, Agony Unrated, HuniePop, House Party, and Sapphire Safari. Each of these represents a different branch of adult or controversial content. Postal 2, for instance, was banned in New Zealand and restricted in Germany. Agony was initially rated Adults Only by the ESRB and re-released in an unrated format. HuniePop has been famously blacklisted from Twitch, while Sapphire Safari offers a Monster Girl photography experience in an open-world setting.
The full list of games available includes:
- Agony + Agony Unrated
- Being a DIK – Season 1
- Fetish Locator Week One
- Helping the Hotties
- House Party
- HuniePop
- Leap of Faith
- Leap of Love
- Lust Theory
- Postal 2
- Sapphire Safari
- Summer’s Gone – Season 1
- Treasure of Nadia
These games are not just picked for their shock factor. They are bound by a common thread: vulnerability to silent erasure. In a world where third-party processors can dictate what remains accessible, GOG is positioning itself as a platform willing to take risks to maintain the integrity of digital ownership.
The campaign speaks less to the explicit content and more to the precedent that’s being set – where platforms are reshaped not by developers or audiences, but by finance-driven morality filters.
You may have heard of the StopKillingGames campaign that aims to prevent multiplayer game shutdowns. I get a strong vibe akin to that.
This issue stretches beyond the titles involved. Indie developers, particularly those making visual novels or alternative narratives, often depend on storefronts like Steam or Itch.io to reach players. If those platforms remove games arbitrarily, developers lose access to revenue, feedback loops and long-term relevance. That disruption isn’t just commercial, it’s cultural.
Although Helping the Hotties is named in the press release, it has not yet appeared on the FreedomToBuy site at the time of writing, which may indicate a technical delay or a last-minute rights issue. The site itself just redirects to a page on the GOG website, so that may also be fixed over-time.
This protest isn’t about justifying every game on the list. It’s about the right to make and play games that push boundaries without having those boundaries redrawn by invisible middlemen.
With just a day or so left, you better be quick if you’re interested in this special freebie offer.