Boost your Steam hours for free - 24/7
Link your Steam account, pick your games, and we idle them on our servers around the clock. Start with 100 free hours, then 24 free hours (1 day) every month.
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Everything the paid idlers do - free to start
Free Hour Boosting
100 hours of real Steam playtime on the house, then 24 free hours every month. No card, no trial countdown, no catch.
Multi-Game Support
Boost up to 32 games at the same time - every one gains hours simultaneously, around the clock.
Always Online, 24/7
Our servers do the idling. Your PC off, your Steam untouched, your hours climbing while you sleep.
Free / Forever
$0
- 100 hours to start, then 24h every month
- 1 game at a time
- Auto-restart included
- Always-on 24/7 boosting
Every feature, every plan
We don't gate features behind tiers. Free or Lifetime, you get the full toolkit.
Custom In-Game Title
Show any status text you want - 'Ranked Grind', your Discord tag, anything - while idling.
32 Game Limit
Idle up to 32 games simultaneously, the maximum Steam allows on one account.
Card Farmer
Trading card drops are collected automatically and rotate to games that still have drops left.
Always-On Boosting
Our servers idle for you 24/7. Close the tab, shut down your PC - hours keep counting.
Custom Appearance
Appear Online, Away, Snooze, or Invisible to friends while your hours grow.
Custom Away Message
Friends who message you while you idle get your personal auto-reply.
Auto Restarter
Dropped connection? We reconnect automatically with smart backoff. Zero babysitting.
Auto-Accept Friends
Incoming friend requests get accepted automatically while you're away. Optional, of course.
Boosting in three steps
Sign up free
Email + password. No card, no download. Takes 30 seconds.
Link your Steam
Secure login with Steam Guard. We keep an encrypted token - never your password.
Pick games & go
Choose from your library, press start, and watch hours climb from any device.
"Won't I get banned?"
Short answer: no - VAC targets cheat software in matches, and idling never launches the game. We wrote the long answer too, covering VAC, EAC, BattlEye, and the Steam Subscriber Agreement.
Frequently asked questions
Won't I get banned for boosting hours?
No - there are no known VAC or account bans for hour idling, ever. VAC detects cheat software running with the game; idling never launches the game at all. Your account simply reports 'in-game' over Steam's own network protocol, the same state as sitting in a menu. Read our full breakdown on the Is It Safe page.
How does FreeSteamIdler work?
You link your Steam account, pick games from your library, and our servers keep your account marked as playing them 24/7. Nothing is installed on your machine and your PC can stay off. Playtime accrues exactly as if the games were running.
Is it really free?
Yes. Every account gets 100 hours of 24/7 boosting on one game to start, then 24 free hours (a full day) every month - no card required. Paid packages from $0.99 add more hours and more simultaneous games, but the free tier never expires.
Can I play while my hours are boosting?
Absolutely. Auto-Stop detects when you launch a game yourself, pauses idling instantly so there's no session conflict, and resumes automatically when you log off. You'll never see a 'playing elsewhere' error mid-game.
Is my Steam account safe with you?
We never store your password. Logging in issues a refresh token, which we encrypt with AES-256-GCM using a per-user key before it touches the database. Steam Guard stays fully enabled on your account, and you can unlink and revoke access at any time from your Steam settings.
Do I need to download anything or keep my PC on?
No downloads, no scripts, no VM - everything runs on our servers. Set it up once from any browser (phone included) and your hours accumulate around the clock.
What payment methods do you accept?
Cards (via Stripe) and PayPal. All packages are one-time payments - no subscriptions, no recurring charges, ever.
What's your refund policy?
Full refund within 24 hours of purchase if you haven't used any of the package's hours. After hours are consumed, packages are non-refundable. Details on the Refund Policy page.
Does it work with Family Shared games?
No - Steam only records playtime on the account that owns the license, and idling a shared library risks conflicts with the owner. We only idle games actually owned by your linked account.
Start boosting in under two minutes
100 free hours to start, then 24 free hours every month. No credit card, no download, no PC left running.