GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming
Is GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming free? Free with a Catch.
Pricing: The Android app has no Google Play in-app purchases and supports a real free GeForce NOW tier, while optional paid memberships and extra playtime are purchased as NVIDIA service charges outside the app. Optional paid features: Performance membership ($9.99/month or $99.99/year); Ultimate membership ($19.99/month or $199.99/year); Extra 15 hours of playtime — Performance ($2.99); Extra 15 hours of playtime — Ultimate ($5.99).
GeForce NOW has a genuine free cloud-gaming membership, but it is a service rather than a library of included paid games: you generally bring supported games you own or use free-to-play titles. Paid memberships improve queues, session length, performance and monthly playtime limits.
- A real free membership lets users try cloud gaming without an app purchase.
- Supports many owned PC games plus compatible free-to-play titles.
- No Google Play in-app purchases are required to use the client.
- Free users can face queues and shorter sessions.
- Many games still need to be owned separately.
- Paid memberships provide substantially better performance and access.
- Recent reviews report latency, login, and queue problems.
The Android app has no Google Play in-app purchases and supports a real free GeForce NOW tier, while optional paid memberships and extra playtime are purchased as NVIDIA service charges outside the app.
- Use GeForce NOW's Free membership to stream supported PC games you already own or compatible free-to-play games
- Access the Android cloud-gaming client without an app purchase
- Performance membership$9.99/month or $99.99/year
- Ultimate membership$19.99/month or $199.99/year
- Extra 15 hours of playtime — Performance$2.99
- Extra 15 hours of playtime — Ultimate$5.99
NVIDIA GeForce NOW™ transforms your device into a powerful PC gaming rig. Gamers can play PC titles they already own or purchase new games from popular digital stores like Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, and EA. Access 1500+ games, with more released every GFN Thursday. The catalog also features many of the world’s most-played games, including 100+ free-to-play titles, like Fortnite, Apex Legends, Destiny 2 and more. Play with and against millions of other PC players, and never wait for downloads, installs, patches or updates. Downloading the app will not give you access to the service. Streaming with GeForce NOW requires a membership. Give PC gaming a try with our free membership. Or join one of our premium memberships for an enhanced experience including faster frame rates, RTX ON, priority access to our gaming servers and extended session lengths. To learn more about membership options, and to sign-up for GeForce NOW, visit our page here: www.geforcenow.com. The GeForce NOW app works with Android phones, tablets and TV devices supporting OpenGL ES 2.0 with at least 1GB of memory and Android 5.0 (L) or later. GeForce NOW works with most Chromebooks with 4GB of RAM or more. For an optimal experience, we recommend 5GHz WiFi or Ethernet connection with at least 15Mbps. You can find a full list of system requirements and supported gamepads here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/system-reqs/