For a whole week you can try out the four most popular spaceships in Star Citizen for free – we explain how!
A release of Star Citizen, despite its long development time, is still a long way off. But work on the ambitious space MMO continues, and you currently get the chance to play along for free for a week during the latest edition of the Ship Showdown event, where you can test out the four most popular ships.
Fly for free for a week – get these ships
If you’ve never heard of Ship Showdown: This is a month-long event where the community celebrates their favourite ship designs. For this purpose, the fans have published drawings, videos and even self-written songs about their favourite ships.
The competition and voting for which ship players love the most ran throughout September
- and now the final four participants have been announced:
- C2 Hercules: An armed transport spaceship, with a military frame, turrets, ballistic cannons and a large shielding system.
- MPUV Cargo: A small merchant and industrial vessel designed for loading and unloading starships and stations.
- 600i Explorer: A luxury personnel carrier with room for five crew members. Perfect for exploration missions
- Mercury Star Runner: A small and agile courier ship.
You can test all these ships for free in the current Free Flight Event.
You can play for free now
The event runs until Monday 27 September 2021 and it’s easy to enter:
- Create a new Star Citizen account or log in to your existing one
- Enter the code “SHOWDOWN2021” in your account to get access to the Free Fly Event.
- Download the client, install it and run the subsequent update. Done!
If the free event has whetted your appetite for a long-term immersion in the world of Star Citizen, there is also a big sale in the store until 25 September 2021 There you can buy many spaceships and Starter Packs at up to 20 percent off.
