since its going up on steam i doubt it will be free, as for the dates heres the status from patreon: (recite frome pothoney)
If everything continues to go well, meaning I finish the art on schedule and the Steam review process goes smoothly, we might be looking at a release as early as April.
Please treat this as a tentative target, not a hard promise. Unforeseen hurdles can always pop up in the final stretch. But I wanted you to know that the finish line is much closer than I originally anticipated.
(ps i hope its ok to post this Pouthoney, if not let me now and ill refrain from posting patreoninfo)