Steam has launched a promotion where every customer can try the game Dead Space for free for 90 minutes. Is this a specific promotion only for this title, or is Valve planning to establish one in the future general character for its entire catalog as a new method of game testing?

For those who don’t know him, say we’re talking about remake from the third-person horror, action and survival game released in 2008, which was well liked by critics and the public alike for its setting and sound, references to big screen classics such as Alien, and elements taken from other game series such as like Doom, Half-Life or Resident Evil.

Its remake arrived this year (with relatively positive reviews) by the Motiv study. The game has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper and more immersive experience while maintaining the atmosphere we once loved. But we didn’t want to talk to you specifically about the game, but about the promotion they ran on Steam.

A free trial of the game on Steam?

It should be clarified that the publisher of the game is Electronic Arts and offers on its own EA Play platform tests with a limited time subsidy that can last up to 10 hours, free weekends or various demo festivals. It’s a strategy that other platforms follow.

However, this new free trial feature is not attached to any similar promotion and you only need a free Steam account to participate. The game page displays a handy button ‘Play Now’ which will install the full version of the game as if the user had purchased it.

Once installed, you can play normally up to the aforementioned 90 minute limit. Valve has not announced any general release schedule. Game tests for Steam, but the truth is this could be a new method of game testing before buying them in a strategy so that publishers and developers attract more players.

I don’t know about you, but I personally like to try before I buy. Games are very expensive and the disappointment of titles that you don’t quite like or that launch are embarrassingly poorly finished they are the order of the day. Most digital gaming platforms offer quick refunds if the playing time is less than two hours, but they have a way to easily try out a new game would be a much more attractive option.

We don’t know if Valve will expand this pattern in general or if it’s just a specific promotion with Dead Space. In any case, don’t miss out on this hour and a half of joy, because it’s a game worth playing.