- Sentience: The Android’s Tale claimable till April 23.
- Steam’s time tot time promotional free games and another game claimable at the moment
Steam users looking for something free need look no further than its current offerings on the Free-to-Keep promotion, with the latest being a 2017 sci-fi game called Sentience: The Android’s Tale.
Steam’s Promotional Events And Free Games
Steam users just need to act quickly to take advantage of the promotion. Every so often, Steam makes a couple of paid games available completely free of charge for a specified time the Free-to-Keep promotion. In fact, Steam users can still download the dungeon management game Legend of Keeper: Career of a Dungeon Manager for free until April 23, 2026, too. Players take on the role of an employee for the Dungeons Company in that game and go about managing and defending them against would-be heroes. It’s a cute, fantasy concept, but for someone more into Sci-Fi, that may not really scratch that itch. Sentience: The Android’s Tale is a different story.
Download Sentience: The Android’s Tale Free on Steam
Developed by Pilgrim Adventures and published by GrabTheGames, Sentience: The Android’s Tale is a 2D choice-based narrative game where players take on the role of the titular Android. Built on the RPG Maker engine, it puts players in the digital boots of an artificially intelligent machine that has just gained consciousness. Tasked with serving human pioneers on the desolate borderworld planet of Akritas, you are forced to make decisions that evaluate the concepts of obedience, free will, and what it truly means to be alive.
Steam users have until April 23 to download the game for free, but they should still keep expectations in check. Sentience is a premium title aside from this Free-to-Keep period, but it is not a particularly expensive one. It typically costs $5, making it a budget game on Steam on any normal day of the week. That said, it’s free, and $5 is $5. There’s no harm in checking it out.
The narrative is influenced by player decisions, in which players make choices as an Android: to be a servant or to be their own entity. At the same time, they can learn from the forgotten pioneers on the sci-fi planet Akritas, especially as players work to gain their trust. Beyond the narrative influence, most of Sentience: The Android’s Tale gameplay is classic point-and-click adventure game stuff, so players should expect a chill, if serious experience—the game explores themes about the sheer concept of intelligence and being, after all.
The end result is at least a dozen possible endings, where every major character can survive or perish based on the player’s choices and actions. Overall, Sentience: The Android’s Tale sounds like a budget sci-fi take on the gameplay offered by The Dark Pictures Anthology, which is the most apt description or comparison one could make. It’s not on the level of choice-based games like Dispatch, but those looking forward to a new choice-based game might enjoy Sentience: The Android’s Tale.
Wrapping Up
Reviewers on Steam have given the game a “Very Positive” rating, praising its deep writing and impactful choice trees. However, some players have noted that the movement speed is quite slow and finding items blended against the RPG Maker background can be slightly difficult. In the meantime, Steam users can keep an ear to the ground for more news on its Free-to-Keep promotion. More announcements are expected in the next couple of days/weeks, so if a sci-fi or fantasy game on Steam still doesn’t quite scratch that gaming itch for you, maybe something else will come along soon and do it.
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