Mantis Burn Racing Is Free On Steam Next Weekend

So how about a free game? Sounds good. Why is a racing game maker offering completely free access to their game next weekend?

VooFoo Studios will be slashing the price of its top-down competitive arcade racer, Mantis Burn Racing, to “nothing” on the weekend of February 22. This isn’t a sample or demo version, this is the full game, and all its DLC packs will be free as well. “What’s the catch?” you might ask….well, the game will only be free for that weekend and if you want to play it afterward, you’ll have to pay. But as it is, it functions as a digital rental free of charge.

VooFoo is doing this mainly to call attention to the E4i Mantis Burn Racing Championship, an esports event running at the same time. The event will be streamed on The Overpowered Noobs’ Twitch channel and hosted through its eSports division, ESPORTS 4INDIE (E4i). A prize pool is at stake, as well as the official title of “Mantis Burn Racing Badass.”

Mantis Burn Racing’s free trial period will last from 6PM GMT on February 22 until 9PM GMT, on February 25. If you decide you like the game enough to buy it, there’s good news….it’ll be 50% off at that point, and for the next two days. Any in-game progress you make during the free trial will carry over to the paid version.

We should also emphasize that the free weekend applies to the Steam version ONLY. This game is also on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and XBox One, but it won’t be free on any of them.