No Gravity Games Is Giving Away 6 Free Switch Games This Month

Bring on the freebies

by Jim Norman
Mon, 6:30pm

It may not be the Christmas Holidays yet, but No Gravity Games is back with a fresh line-up of daily free Switch games.

The 'Pixel Chaos Giveaway' gets underway tomorrow (19th May) and will be sticking around until 24th May, with one No Gravity Games-published title going for free every 24 hours.

Just like the annual 'Switchmas Giveaway', there are a couple of rules to bear in mind with this one. First up, the offer is only available to those with a North American Nintendo account, without parental controls enabled. Then, you'll need to have downloaded at least one game from the No Gravity back catalogue to get the giveaway started.

Things then work on a chain basis, requiring you to pick up the previous day's free game before you can move on to the next. Each game will be subject to a discount for 24 hours after its free period, so you can buy it on the cheap if you happen to miss a day and break the chain.

We'll be updating the following list in the coming days, so you can keep track of each and every freebie in the giveaway:

19th May - TBA
20th May - TBA
21st May - TBA
22nd May - TBA
23rd May - TBA
24th May - TBA

If previous giveaways have taught us anything, it's that the events rarely consist of wall-to-wall quality titles, though the theme this time around is all about "classic-style platformers", so it might be worth checking out if you're keen to beef up this specific section of your Switch library.

Will you be picking up any of the free games in this giveaway? Let us know in the comments.

[source nogravitygames.com]

Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since.

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dystome
Mon, 6:41pm

Cool! Always nice to go get free stuff, even if it's only a brief diversion.

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Shaw_Brothers
Mon, 7:38pm

Nintendo of America only - doh!

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thenikdavies
Mon, 7:39pm

Was just looking to see if there might be anything worthwhile and I stumbled upon an absolute blast from the past. They've published "Bubble Trouble" on the Switch. I used to play that loads on either Miniclip or NotDoppler or something. An old flash game.

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VoodooTrumpet
Mon, 8:18pm

Free trash is still trash.

I did one of their switchmas giveaways (2025 I think) and got some decent games. I’ve been wanting some platformers to play so this is pretty well timed.

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Anachronism
Mon, 9:47pm

I really like having these in the back as low stress games. Since I didn't pick or pay for them, I don't have to worry about them meeting my expectations or about getting my money's worth. I can play with my brain off, and if something doesn't click with me, I can drop it regret free. I've been playing One True Hero from the last giveaway, and it's a perfectly fine action platformer with a couple rough edges but surprisingly good humor and facial animation. Sometimes that kind of thing is a nice break from the giant blockbusters and critical darlings that make up most of my backlog.

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ImpromptuR
Mon, 10:30pm

@dystome I disagree.

Our time is more valuable. A free bad game is still a bad game.

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FortniteJ
Tue, 12:44am

@ImpromptuR
Yes, and?
So just don't play the so called bad games.
I have never played GTA V, which I consider a horrible game.

No Gravity Games has given away tons of actually great games.

For example 2022 they gave away Golden Force, which is insanely well made and it's just bonkers that they gave it away for free. I even bought the physical release afterwards.
They also gave away Nova-111 during the same x-mas. That's another game that I purchased physically, sadly on PS4, because it's not available physically on Switch.
I also really enjoyed Star Horizon.

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FortniteJ
Tue, 12:50am

@AGuyWhoLikesNintendo

I hope Flippin Kaktus will be given away for free this time.
I missed Master Spy during a previous give-away.

I think I got Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja in a previous give away, really well made game. Maybe it will be included this time again.

That's the ones I wish for.

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ddlevine
Tue, 1:01am

I’ve never seen one of these mentioning “parental controls not enabled.” That seems odd.

@FortniteJ I know I got Cyjin and Master spy (both are really good games) but I haven’t gotten flippin’ Kaktus yet.

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Ploppy
Tue, 4:04am

That American account i frantically made to get the mis-priced Cyperpunk (unfortunately i was too late) will come in handy.

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FortniteJ
Tue, 1:04pm

First game is
STRIKE FORCE KITTY

Was already given away in 2022, but not a bad game at all.
it has cats.

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JetmanUK
Tue, 1:41pm

Thanks for sharing this NL.
I have finally set up a US account and purchased credit, a few steps but very easy. I purchased the cheapest game that no No Gravity Games are selling, Rawr Off, and claimed the first freebie.

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Puddle
Tue, 2:03pm

All classic platformers--too bad---I was hoping for Steve Jackson's Sorcery. Loved the books bitd, id like to try the game but there's no way Im buying a NG game.

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MegaMan52
Yesterday, 12:44am

I didn't get all of the games from the Switchmas Giveaway, just Pirates: All Aboard! But that means I'm eligible to get the games from this Giveaway, so I got Strike Force Kitty today, and am making sure that I get the other games since I really like platformers.