--- title: How to Watch 'Game of Thrones' Season 8 Online for Free description: The "Game of Thrones" season 8 premiere is April 14, and you can live stream Game of Thrones free at Amazon Prime, HBO Go, or DirecTV Now. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2019-04-14T21:00:40.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T11:39:32.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - game of thrones - TV word_count: 704 canonical: https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![190411-game-of-thrones-how-to-watch](https://img.money.com/2019/04/190411-game-of-thrones-how-to-watch.jpg) *Emilia Clarke in HBO's "Game of Thrones" Season 8* Winter is here, and at long last, so are the final six episodes of *Game of Thrones*. The broadcast of the *Game of Thrones* season 8 began airing on Sunday, April 14, and the series finale is scheduled for Sunday, May 19. While *GoT* is on HBO — a premium pay channel, included with cable packages for an extra fee each month — there are ways you can watch the *Game of Thrones* season 8 online for free, or at least some episodes, including the *Game of Thrones* finale on Sunday, May 19. Here's everything you need to know to live stream *Game of Thrones* for free during the final season. ## Live Stream *Game of Thrones* Season 8 on Amazon or HBO Go The trick to watching *Game of Thrones* online for free is to sign up for a free trial of a live-streaming service that includes HBO in its bundle of channels. Many streaming services let you watch HBO live and on-demand, allowing you to stream *Game of Thrones* episodes as soon as they air, and also to catch up with older seasons and [binge *Game of Thrones*](https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-online-free-season-8/) whenever you like. All of these services come with some kind of free trial — generally lasting five to seven days — thereby allowing you to at least live-stream the *Game of Thrones* season 8 premiere or another new episode for free. If you already have [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime), it's super easy to sign up for a free trial of [HBO on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Game-of-Thrones-Season-1/dp/B007BVMVDU). Once you're registered for a free HBO trial with [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime), you get seven days to stream as much HBO as you want — including unlimited *Game of Thrones* episodes, old and new. After the free seven-day trial of HBO on Amazon, you will be charged the regular monthly subscription rate — $14.99 — if you don't cancel before the deadline. This same rule applies to all streaming service free trials: If you do not want to become a paying subscriber, be sure to remember to cancel before the free-trial period expires. Instead of using Amazon Prime to watch *Game of Thrones*, you could go directly to HBO, which has its own streaming service, [HBO Go](https://play.hbogo.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GVU2cggagzYNJjhsJATwo). The deal is essentially the same: If you're a new subscriber, you can sign up for a free seven-day trial of HBO Go so you can stream *Game of Thrones* season 8 for free — along with any other HBO content you want, including [old *Game of Thrones*](https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-online-free-season-8/) episodes — as long as the free trial is in effect. If the trial period is over and you haven't canceled in time, you will be charged $14.99 per month for [HBO Go](https://play.hbogo.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GVU2cggagzYNJjhsJATwo). ## Streaming TV Packages With HBO and *Game of Thrones* Several live-streaming TV services also let you watch *Game of Thrones* online for free via their own free trials. If you are unfamiliar with live-streaming TV, think of it as the online version of the traditional cable TV package. Each live-streaming TV bundle comes with dozens of channels, only you watch online on a smart TV or other connected device rather than through a cable box. The live-streaming service [DirecTV Now](https://www.directvnow.com/) includes HBO with its "Plus" package. It normally costs $50 per month, but if you can try it out for free for seven days if you are a new subscriber. Subscribers can also [stream unlimited old *Game of Thrones* episodes](https://www.directvnow.com/game-of-thrones) with DirecTV Now. Two other live-streaming TV packages start at around $45 per month, plus an extra $15 for premium channels like HBO, and yes they will let you stream *Game of Thrones* for free during free-trial periods. The two streaming services that let you order HBO a la carte are [Hulu + Live TV](https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&offerid=532303.52&type=3&subid=MYTECMondayNightFootballBTSept18) and [PlayStation Vue](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/channels/). If you do not cancel HBO or the streaming service itself before the free trial expires, you will be charged in full for the first month's service. Be careful when ordering live-streaming TV services just so you can watch *Game of Thrones*, because not all of these services come with access to HBO. In particular, you can't stream *Game of Thrones* on [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/), [Sling TV](https://help.sling.com/en/support/solutions/articles/46000000144-what-happened-to-hbo-and-cinemax-), or [YouTube TV](https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/) — because none of them have agreements for streaming HBO content. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "TV", "item": "https://money.com/tv/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "How to Watch 'Game of Thrones' Season 8 Online for Free" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/", "name": "How to Watch 'Game of Thrones' Season 8 Online for Free", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2019-04-14T21:00:40.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T11:39:32.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "How to Watch 'Game of Thrones' Season 8 Online for Free", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2019/04/190411-game-of-thrones-how-to-watch.jpg", "width": 2488, "height": 1659, "caption": "190411-game-of-thrones-how-to-watch" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2019-04-14T21:00:40.000Z", "description": "The \"Game of Thrones\" season 8 premiere is April 14, and you can live stream Game of Thrones free at Amazon Prime, HBO Go, or DirecTV Now.", "abstract": "The \"Game of Thrones\" season 8 premiere is April 14, and you can live stream Game of Thrones free at Amazon Prime, HBO Go, or DirecTV Now.", "@id": "https://money.com/watch-game-of-thrones-season-8-online-free/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T11:39:32.000Z", "wordCount": 704, "keywords": [ "game of thrones", "TV" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Television", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" ] } ] } ] } ```