try letting a few days pass by clicking the arrow, then check again on all chars.
IT IS free... as long you aren't forced to pay for play it, its free. no matter if patrons get it first or not, you not forced to give money for playing it, even here on F95 (wich Akabur is well informed about, as he already posted videos and post about us) you get it for free... because its free.
only difference here is that you dont have to give a donation to be able to play it a week before everybody else.
still, the game is free. as long its not mandatory to pay for playing it .
it wouldnt be free if peoples must have to give money for be able to get it. but the game is always avalaible for everybody after a week or something.
patrons just get the "test" build before its public released. wich mean, if you dont pay, you have higher chance to play a game without bugs (because most of bugs will be reported by patrons). while patrons who give money can play before but have chance to have bugs on the game.