From January 1, 2026, a "surcharge" will be levied to exceed 100 hours of gameplay per month on GeForce NOW.
The GeForce NOW platform is almost unique: it's a video game streaming service that relies on powerful servers set up by NVIDIA and the user's own Internet connection, so there's no need to invest in a high-performance graphics card to enjoy the latest PC video games. This service is obviously not free of charge, but until now has benefited from a fairly permissive policy in terms of playing time.
NVIDIA offers three GeForce NOW packages. The first, entirely free of charge, relies on advertising to be profitable: fewer games are accessible - over 2,000 all the same* - but it's above all playing time that is very limited, with sessions lasting a maximum of one hour and no priority on the waiting lists set up in case of high demand. The "performance" package costs 10.99 euros per month, but is already more open, with over 4,000 games available*, image definition set at 1440p (compared with 1080p for the free version), RTX support and sessions of up to 6 consecutive hours. Finally, the "ultimate" package goes one step further: for 21.99 euros per month, you get true priority access, 4K support, servers powered by powerful GeForce RTX 5080s and sessions of up to 8 consecutive hours.
The three GeForce NOW packages © NVIDIA
For the last two packages, however, there's a new limitation that only "founding" members are still able to avoid: a maximum of 100 hours' play per month. Beyond this threshold, it is still possible to play, but this implies the purchase of bonus packs sold in blocks of 15 additional hours: in this case, you'll have to accept an outlay of 2.99 euros for the performance package and 5.99 euros for the ultimate. In absolute terms, 100 hours of play per month isn't too bad: that's about 3 hours a day. Except that heavy gamers can far exceed this figure and, above all, if several people - within a family, for example - use the same subscription, you can very quickly be limited. NVIDIA justifies this change to " guarantee our customers reduced waiting times and a high-quality experience at every session ". A better way of wishing the community a happy new year!
* Note that the games accessible via GeForce NOW are not "directly" accessible: GeForce NOW connects to your various libraries (Epic Games, GOG, Steam, UPlay...) and you need to have the games on one of these libraries to access them via GeForce NOW. GeForce NOW is not a content distribution platform.
