As part of the Foundation Festival, you can currently play perhaps the most ambitious project in video game history for free. All details about the “Free Fly” event of Star Citizen are summarized by MeinMMO.
How can I play Star Citizen for free? The Foundation Festival of Star Citizen runs until July 14, 2025, and you can try the SciFi MMO for free until then. More than 5.7 million supporters have supported the game so far with over 846 million US dollars (718 million euros, as of July 4, 12:07 AM) (via robertsspaceindustries.com).
Normally, you would have to pay €64.26 for the Standard Edition of Star Citizen. However, there is currently a discount and if you like the game during the free trial, you can purchase it for €54.62. The development of the SciFi MMO has been slow, having been in progress for 14 years. MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz recently had strong words about the MMO.
Here’s how you can play Star Citizen for free:
- Create an RSI account (through robertsspaceindustries.com)
- Download the client of Star Citizen (via robertsspaceindustries.com/download)
- Start the game and get going
If you enter a friend code, you will receive 50,000 credits as starting credit.
The new Star Citizen to try out
How is Star Citizen doing right now? With the new update Alpha 4.2, the developers have added the “Storm Breaker.” This is a new activity that you can also see in the video above. As part of the current rain crisis, you are supposed to explore an apparently abandoned Lazarus facility on Pyro 1 to uncover what the Advanced Systems Division has been secretly doing there.
To bring items from inside the station to safety, you can transport them using cargo elevators to the shuttle areas. But be careful: a giant sandworm is already waiting for your group there.
With the radiation, a new environmental hazard comes to the universe of Star Citizen. Those who want to enter radioactive areas need special equipment. Characters who attempt to enter without protection and come into contact with radioactive items or animals may suffer injuries or die.
What’s coming with update 4.3? The new Alpha 4.3.0 is expected soon, which according to RobertsSpaceIndustries.com brings a number of new features. These include cooperative zones that distinguish themselves from contested areas and focus on exploration, puzzle-solving, and cooperation. These zones can be found in abandoned underground facilities on all moons of the Stanton system.
New equipment is also making its way into the game: The VOLT Laser Sniper Rifle “Zenith” and the lightweight sniper armor “Ghost,” specialized in stealth and high mobility, as well as the new Medium Utility Armor “Ambrose.”
Gameplay improvements include enhanced ladders for more reliable usage and the introduction of AI FPS turrets that provide new PvE challenges as anti-personnel turrets. The mission system will also be expanded, allowing new missions to be discovered and added to the journal as soon as you enter or approach a certain area.
A player has spent 1,000 dollars on Star Citizen, but the premium customer support has left him hanging. Why this doesn’t bother him and how the community reacted, you can find out here: Player spends at least 1,000 dollars on Star Citizen, gets premium customer service that does not respond
