Deep Rock Galactic is free to play in full on Steam this weekend

Left 4 Dead meets Minecraft, in space

If you’re looking for a spot of jolly cooperation this weekend, other thanElden Ring, round up the crew and get rowdy inDeep Rock Galactic. The excellent cooperative FPS, where we play as spaceDwarves gathering spacegems and battling spacebugs in destructible spacemines, is holding a free trial weekend on Steam to celebrate its fourth birthday. It is a (rock) cracking game.

“The high level concept for this game isLeft 4 Deadmeets Minecraft, both undeniably influential games that, personally, I don’t have much enthusiasm for,” Nic Reuben said in ourDeep Rock Galactic reviewafter the full launch. “Let me tell you why Deep Rock Galactic - a game that the phrase ‘more than the sum of its parts’ could have been invented for - is an absolute gem.” You’ll have to read that for his explanation.

Since then, developers Ghost Ship Games have kept updating DRG with new missions, new weapons, official mod support, a free battle pass, and loads more.

The free trial weekend runson Steamuntil 6pm on Monday. The game’s on sale for keepsies this weekend too, half-price down to £12.49/€14.99/$14.99. The cosmetic DLC packs are also discounted, with 50% cuts on all but the newest (which has a 30% discount). The devs really are good to this game and its players.