I've been thinking a lot about this for a while now, and I feel like this is the right decision.
Sponchies is my second game, I spent over a year making it... it was a great learning experience for me to grow as a developer, I really learned a lot. But unfortunately it was a commercial failure, I don't know if it was the wrong timing or the game wasn't unique enough to stand out from the many games that are being released on Steam on a daily basis. (or maybe it's just because it had a 0 marketing budget)
I worked many many hours on this game, and it makes me sad that no one is playing it, but it never really had a chance with no marketing and no exposure. So hopefully if I make it FREE maybe some people may give it a try and enjoy playing it.
Just to make it clear, this is a not going to be FREE to play with in-game purchases or anything like that, Sponchies is going to be complety FREE. As a game developer you want your games to be played as much as possible and be enjoyed by many people.
Hopefully you might give Sponchies a try! and maybe tell your friends.
NOTE* Making Sponchies FREE won't happen instantly but I'll update this note when it's available to dowload for free. ETA 1 week