007 First Light now has a free Starter Pack: as of November 5, 2026, anyone on PC through Steam or on Xbox Series X|S can play the game’s whole opening mission in Iceland without buying it, IO Interactive announced. PlayStation 5 owners get the same Starter Pack on November 10, and PlayStation Plus Premium members can already try a one-hour timed trial instead.
What the Starter Pack Includes
The free download is the game’s introduction, the first chapter of the story. You play a young James Bond, still a Naval air crewman, trying to survive a military operation that has gone wrong in Iceland: staying hidden, gathering intel and getting out alive. It is the mission that opens the full game, not a separate demo level built for the occasion.
Progress carries over. Whatever you finish in the Starter Pack, or in the PlayStation Plus Premium trial, continues in the full game if you buy it, so nothing played now is wasted.
The Sale Ends at Different Times on Each Platform
IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios paired the free mission with a discount on the full game, and the end dates differ by store:
- PC (Steam): 40% off, November 5 to November 9.
- Xbox Series X|S: 40% off, November 5 to November 15.
- PlayStation 5: 50% off, November 5 to November 30.
The game is sold in Standard, Deluxe, Collector’s and Legacy Editions on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, the Epic Games Store and Amazon, and IO Interactive’s Steam post points buyers to the Deluxe Edition at 40% off. A Nintendo Switch 2 version follows on March 18, 2027.
What This Means for Players
If you held off on IO Interactive’s Bond game, this is the cheapest way in: play the Iceland mission for free and decide from there. Steam players have the shortest window, since the PC discount ends on November 9. PlayStation owners get the deepest cut and the longest sale, though they wait until November 10 for the free mission itself.
Anyone who already owns the game has more to come back to: the free Extended Operations DLC added New Game+, a photo mode and a 00 difficulty. Switch 2 owners can read our news on the Switch 2 release date and pre-orders. The PS5 discount runs alongside the PlayStation Store’s Black Friday sale, which also ends on November 30, and for IO Interactive’s other series, see our news on Hitman’s Elusive Target starring Jacksepticeye.
Source: IO Interactive, Your First Assignment Starts Here: The Free Starter Pack Is Available Now!, Steam, November 5, 2026, and IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios, 007 First Light Launches Free Starter Pack Across Multiple Platforms, press release, November 5, 2026.