Every Free Game Released On The Epic Games Store

Since launching in 2018, the

Epic Games Store

has consistently released titles for free. Provided someone creates an account on the store, they will be able to add these discounted games to their library during a small window of time. From that point on, the account holder can play these games indefinitely. Although not completely opposed to the idea of changing its schedule, at the moment, the Epic Games Store releases a new free game every week, usually on Thursday.

The Epic Games Store has been able to engage more fans through its versatility in the catalog of games available. Not to forget the hype surrounding free “Mystery Games” that have been accompanying the

Mega

Sales of Epic Games Store for some time now. The hype is usually well-deserved, as these veiled titles usually turn out to be massive hits, like

NBA 2k21

in 2021


or

Grand Theft Auto 5

in 2020. Similarly, the free games available on Epic Games Store every week raise a substantial amount of hype.

What are all the free games that have been given away on Epic Game Store since 2018? What is currently free in 2023?

Updated on November 9, 2023 by Mark Sammut:



The Epic Games Store’s November 9 and 16 free games have been added.

Epic Games Store’s Current Free Games: Golden Light & Earthlock

An over-the-top shooter with a grimy presentation,

Golden Light

is bizarre in

the best

possible way. Rushing after his swallowed girlfriend, the player finds themselves in a strange entity called the Gut, a place filled with fleshy entities that vary in their aggression. The goal is to gradually clear out biomes, completing their levels along the way. Rather than wiping out everything that moves, players just need to unlock access to the elevator, and they should generally try to avoid killing things for the sake of it since their actions determine the enemies’ behavior.

Golden Light

is certainly an acquired taste that is designed with older players in mind. It is not for everyone, but anyone searching for a weird and creepy FPS will find a lot to enjoy here.

Earthlock

is a turn-based fantasy RPG that is not especially well-known, especially away from the Nintendo Switch ecosystem. Still, the game is fairly charming and a decent throwback to JRPGs from yesteryear. Admittedly, the gaming industry has produced a lot of these types of projects in recent years that are arguably superior to

Earthlock

, but it is still a good option as a

free Epic Games Store game

.

Epic Games Store’s Upcoming Free Game: Surviving The Aftermath

The apocalypse is a popular topic in fiction, and gaming is no exception.

Surviving the Aftermath

provides a slightly different package than most by focusing on rebuilding a population rather than a lone wolf who is trying to shoot their way through hordes of enemies. In charge of a group of desperate folks, players must steadily build up their resources as they seek to establish a colony that can serve as their new homes. Unfortunately, the world is an unforgiving and deadly place.

Surviving the Aftermath

is a fairly impressive entry in the management sim genre, and it makes good use of its post-apocalyptic setting to present a hardcore and challenging experience. Like most entries in this genre, this release is not for everyone, but it should hit the mark with a select few who love these types of titles.

Games That Were Previously Free On The Epic Games Store In 2023 & 2022

Games That Were Free On The Epic Games Store In 2021

• 
  3 out of 10: Season Two
  
• 
  Absolute Drift
  
• 
  Alien: Isolation
  
• 
  Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition
  
• 
  Among Us
  
• 
  Antstream – Epic Welcome Pack
  
• 
  A Plague Tale: Innocence
  
• 
  Automachef
  
• 
  Aven Colony
  
• 
  Bridge Constructor:
  
  The Walking Dead
  
  
• 
  Control
  
• 
  Creature in the Well
  
• 
  Crying Suns
  
• 
  Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
  
• 
  DARQ: Complete Edition
  
• 
  Dead by Daylight
  
• 
  Defense Grid: The Awakening
  
• 
  Deponia: The Complete Journey
  
• 
  The Escapists
  
• 
  Europa Universalis IV
  
• 
  The Fall
  
• 
  The First Tree
  
• 
  For The King
  
• 
  Frostpunk
  
• 
  Galactic Civilizations 3
  
• 
  Godfall Challenger Edition
  
• 
  Guild of Dungeoneering
  
• 
  Halcyon 6
  
• 
  Hand Of Fate 2
  
• 
  Hell Is Other Demons
  
• 
  Horizon Chase Turbo
  
• 
  Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
  
• 
  Ironcast
  
• 
  Jurassic World Evolution
  
• 
  Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth
  
• 
  Kid A Mnesia Exhibition
  
• 
  The Lion’s Song
  
• 
  Loop Hero
  
• 
  Mages of Mystralia
  
• 
  Metro: Last Light Redux
  
• 
  Minit
  
• 
  Mothergunship
  
• 
  Moving Out
  
• 
  Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
  
• 
  NBA 2K21
  
• 
  Neon Abyss
  
• 
  Never Alone
  
• 
  Nioh: The Complete Edition
  
• 
  Obduction
  
• 
  Offworld Trading Company
  
• 
  Overcooked! 2
  
• 
  Paladins Epic Pack
  
• 
  Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Enhanced Plus Edition
  
• 
  PC Building Simulator
  
• 
  Pine
  
• 
  Prey (2017)
  
• 
  Prison Architect
  
• 
  Rage 2
  
• 
  Rebel Galaxy
  
• 
  Remnant: From the Ashes
  
• 
  Rogue Company Season Four Epic Pack
  
• 
  Saints Row: The Third Remastered
  
• 
  Salt and Sanctuary
  
• 
  Second Extinction
  
• 
  Sheltered
  
• 
  Shenmue 3
  
• 
  Sonic Mania
  
• 
  The Spectrum Retreat
  
• 
  Star Wars Battlefront 2
  
• 
  Speed Brawl
  
• 
  Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
  
• 
  Sunless Sea
  
• 
  Surviving Mars
  
• 
  Tales of the Neon Sea
  
• 
  Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure
  
• 
  Tharsis
  
• 
  theHunter: Call of the Wild
  
• 
  Tomb Raider Trilogy
  
• 
  Train Sim World 2
  
• 
  Verdun
  
• 
  Void Bastards
  
• 
  Wargame: Red Dragon
  
• 
  Vampyr
  
• 
  The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  
• 
  While True: learn()
  
• 
  Yoku’s Island Express
  
• 
  Yooka-Laylee
  

Games That Were Free On The Epic Games Store In 2020

• 
  20XX
  
• 
  3 Out of 10 Episode 1.
  
• 
  Abzu
  
• 
  AER: Memories of Old
  
• 
  Alien Isolation
  
• 
  The Alto Collection
  
• 
  Amnesia: The Dark Descent
  
• 
  Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
  
• 
  Anodyne 2
  
• 
  Ark: Survival Evolved
  
• 
  Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
  
• 
  Aztez
  
• 
  Barony
  
• 
  Blair Witch
  
• 
  Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
  
• 
  The Bridge
  
• 
  Carcassonne
  
• 
  Cave Story+.
  
• 
  Cities: Skylines
  
• 
  Civilization 6
  
• 
  Close to the Sun
  
• 
  Costume Quest 2
  
• 
  Crashlands
  
• 
  Darkest Dungeon
  
• 
  Darksiders Warmastered Edition
  
• 
  Darksiders 2 Definitive Edition
  
• 
  Death Coming
  
• 
  Defense Grid: The Awakening
  
• 
  Drawful 2
  
• 
  Dungeons 3.
  
• 
  Elite: Dangerous
  
• 
  Enter The Gungeon
  
• 
  The Escapists 2
  
• 
  Faeria
  
• 
  Farming Simulator 19
  
• 
  Figment
  
• 
  Football Manager 2020
  
• 
  For The King
  
• 
  Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
  
• 
  Grand Theft Auto 5
  
• 
  Gone Home
  
• 
  GoNNER
  
• 
  Hitman
  
• 
  Hob
  
• 
  Horace
  
• 
  Hue
  
• 
  Inner Space
  
• 
  Inside
  
• 
  Into The Breach.
  
• 
  Just Cause 4
  
• 
  Killing Floor 2
  
• 
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance
  
• 
  Kingdom: New Lands
  
• 
  Layers Of Fear 2
  
• 
  Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition
  
• 
  The Long Dark
  
• 
  Metro: Redux
  
• 
  MudRunner
  
• 
  Mutazione
  
• 
  My Time At Portia
  
• 
  Next Up Hero
  
• 
  
  Night In The Woods
  
  
• 
  Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
  
• 
  Offworld Trading Company.
  
• 
  Overcooked
  
• 
  Pathway
  
• 
  Pikuniku
  
• 
  Pillars of Eternity
  
• 
  Railway Empire
  
• 
  Remnant: From the Ashes
  
• 
  Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
  
• 
  RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition
  
• 
  Samurai Shodown Neogeo Collection
  
• 
  Shadowrun Collection
  
• 
  Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
  
• 
  A Short Hike
  
• 
  Solitairica
  
• 
  The Stanley Parable
  
• 
  Steep.
  
• 
  Stick It To The Man!
  
• 
  Stranded Deep
  
• 
  Stranger Things 3: The Game
  
• 
  Sundered: Eldritch Edition
  
• 
  Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
  
• 
  Tacoma
  
• 
  The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia
  
• 
  Ticket To Ride.
  
• 
  Torchlight 2
  
• 
  Torment x Punisher
  
• 
  A Total War Saga: Troy
  
• 
  Totally Reliable Delivery Service.
  
• 
  Tropico 5
  
• 
  Tyranny
  
• 
  Watch Dogs
  
• 
  Watch Dogs 2
  
• 
  Wheels of Aurelia
  
• 
  Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
  
• 
  Wilmot’s Warehouse
  
• 
  The World Next Door
  
• 
  World War z
  

Games That Were Free On The Epic Games Store In 2019

• 
  Abzu
  
• 
  Alan Wake
  
• 
  Alan Wake: American Nightmare
  
• 
  Ape Out
  
• 
  Axiom Verge
  
• 
  Bad North
  
• 
  Batman: Arkham Collection
  
• 
  Celeste
  
• 
  City of Brass
  
• 
  Conarium
  
• 
  Costume Quest
  
• 
  The End Is Nigh
  
• 
  Enter The Gungeon
  
• 
  The Escapists
  
• 
  Everything
  
• 
  Fez
  
• 
  For Honor
  
• 
  FTL: Faster Than Light
  
• 
  GNOG
  
• 
  Hello Neighbor
  
• 
  Hyper Light Drifter
  
• 
  Inside
  
• 
  Into The Breach
  
• 
  The Jackbox Party Pack
  
• 
  Jotun: Valhalla Edition
  
• 
  Kingdom New Lands
  
• 
  Last Day of June
  
• 
  Layers of Fear
  
• 
  Lego Batman Trilogy
  
• 
  Limbo
  
• 
  Little Inferno
  
• 
  The Messenger
  
• 
  Metro 2033 Redux
  
• 
  Minit
  
• 
  Moonlighter
  
• 
  Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden
  
• 
  Nuclear Throne
  
• 
  Observer
  
• 
  Overcooked
  
• 
  Oxenfree
  
• 
  Q.U.B.E.2
  
• 
  Rayman Legends
  
• 
  Rebel Galaxy
  
• 
  Rime
  
• 
  Ruiner
  
• 
  Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
  
• 
  Slime Rancher
  
• 
  SOMA
  
• 
  Stories Untold
  
• 
  Superhot
  
• 
  Surviving Mars
  
• 
  Talos Principle
  
• 
  Thimbleweed Park
  
• 
  Torchlight
  
• 
  Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
  
• 
  Towerfall Ascension
  
• 
  Transistor
  
• 
  This War of Mine
  
• 
  What Remains of Edith Finch
  
• 
  The Witness
  
• 
  The Wolf Among Us
  
• 
  World of Goo
  
• 
  Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
  

In 2018, the Epic Games Store put up two games for free during December:

Super Meat Boy,

which was available from December 28, 2018, to January 10, 2019, and the open-world survival game,

Subnautica

, which was available from December 12, 2018, to December 27, 2018.

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