According to this this used to have a price tag.
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Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.
MAJOR UPDATE
POSTED
Fri, May 5
Last Year is back on Steam!
Last Year is back on Steam and now it's free to play!
Hello again, classmates of East Side High!
For our returning players, welcome home! We've missed you!
And for our new players, welcome to the Nightmare!
The action-packed asymmetric horror experience is back on Steam and is now free to play!
Special thanks to Kazeath for the promotional artwork.
Started off a Discord only game. I was one of the lucky few Aussie Discord Partners to play it. It was fun and a more, I guess, memey version of Dead By Daylight. Then it launched on Steam at an insane price tag and quickly died.
Great to see this gone free as it will encourage a new playerbase. Looking forward to actually playing this game again.