Our Epic Games Store Free Games List features the most recent listings of the games in the Epic Free Games store! We also answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the store, including whether the games are free forever if you need to install the game, and how often free games are released! This list is updated every Thursday at 10am CT, when the next free game is released.
Upcoming Free Epic Games Store Games
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Free Period: December 8 to December 15
Experience what it’s like to live in the fantasy of everyone with an active-imagination and a desire to save the world in the most outlandish ways possible. Whether you want to use special powers or extravagant weapons to achieve your goal of being the hero, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected will provide you the tools you need to get there.
Wildcat Gun Machine
You have three main goals in Wildcat Gun Machine: Survive, upgrade your gear, and demolish the baddest bosses and their minions. In this isometric shoot-em-up, you’ll have your work cut out for you in overcoming the carefully crafted puzzles that are specifically designed to make progress as difficult as possible. Be sure to choose the best guns, biggest mechs, and cutest cats.
Current Free Epic Games Store Games
Fort Triumph
Free Period: December 1 to December 8
Fort Triumph focuses heavily on two game mechanics: world exploration and turn-based strategy. This combination forms an exciting game where you must make it your goal to collect resources and experience to progress your heroes so you can overcome anyone who thinks to challenge you.
RPG in a Box
Inspire your creative side by using RPG in a Box, a software/game engine that gives players all the tools they need to make their own RPG. This program is perfect for players who like to take hours finding perfect games from deeply underground developers, or for players who wish to be game developers themselves and want to gain experience in the process of making and publishing games.
Previous Free Epic Games Store Games
Star Wars: Squadrons
Free Period: November 24 to December 1
In Star Wars: Squadrons, you get to pilot some of the most recognizable vehicles and machines in the Star Wars franchise. This is a space-combat simulator where your only goal is to be an ace pilot and a master at mechanical assault. As a multi-player game, you’ll never be short of competitive action!
Dark Deity
Free Period: November 17 to November 24
Learn the history of the Dark Deity in this narrative-focused turn-based combat game about a once thriving land fractured by ancient magic. Manage your relations with the characters as best you can to optimize your performance and gain access to dialogue that might help you on your path to renew the environment around you.
Evil Dead: The Game
See what it’s like to walk in Ash Williams shoes in this entirely new medium, where you must actively play as the iconic characters of the franchise. Regardless of whether your intentions are good or evil, you must fight for your survival from the most grotesque paranormal entities in the most gruesome ways possible.
Alba - A Wildlife Adventure
Free Period: November 10 to November 17
In this quaint adventure, you play as a well-intentioned child that has set out to research the animals around your small island—all while helping your fellow island-dwellers with simple tasks around the island. This game is perfect for younger players who like a little bit of exploration, puzzle-solving, and questing all rolled into one experience!
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Stealth and deception are your only friends in this tactics game where you must quickly come up with clever methods to take out targets. As a team of assassins from centuries past, you must quickly adapt to every scenario by using using each characters arsenal to complete your goal of neutralizing your targets.
Filament
Free Period: November 3 to November 10
Filament is a peaceful puzzle game that puts you on a space station unable to return to the world you left. In the puzzles, you must wrap your filament around specific objects in the room while following the guidelines shown. You’ll find no shortage of unique puzzle designs in this emotional, story-driven game.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
This Vietnam war game gives you the option to take command of almost any kind of weapon used in the war: vehicles, guns, and equipment. This is a massive multi-player FPS that features big team battles of up to 64 players, so you’ll have plenty of teammates to help you complete objectives each round (and plenty of competition).
Saturnalia
Free Period: October 27 to November 3
Saturnalia is a horror game like no other, beautifully designed a unique sketched art-style that brings out the intimidating uneasiness you feel as you play. You must manage your resources as you solve the intriciate puzzles trapping you in a hellish environment. When (not if) your characters die, you’ll see the world change around you. Can you escape a world so dark?
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a turn-based strategy game where every decision you make about your upgrades, army, and advances could change the outcome of the game. With a technologically advanced army at your disposal, you must carefully select the best upgrades and augments that will make them an unstoppable death force—all while managing combat to masterfully execute missions.
Evoland
Free Period: October 20 to October 27
See the history of game development in a single game where you must level up your character through different perspectives. Your character begins with a basic pixelated design from the earliest console games and eventually will evolve to a 3D version from gaming’s late 20th century design! Level up your hero to see what gaming was like throughout the 90s!
Fallout 3
Play one of the most iconic games of the past 20 years and experience a grim future of a world destroyed by nuclear bombs. Survive the desolate wasteland that comes from nuclear fallout and uncover the mystery behind what happened to your loved ones while you were kept asleep inside the shelter. Upgrade your weapons and lay waste to anyone in your path, or use your cunning and charisma to get them on your side!
Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove!
Free Period: October 13 to October 20
The 90s are back and better than ever. One of the cult-classic games from the generation of pioneers in the gaming world has been remade with fresh graphics and new features. With online multiplayer enabled, you can play alongside anyone in the world in this excellent remake of the original non-sensical game!
Rising Hell
Free Period: October 6 to October 13
In this game, death is only the beginning. After that, you must rise through the different levels of hell by using the large array of abilities and weapons at your disposal. Fend off terrible creatures as you make your way to the top of this demonic tower-climbing game and see if you can escape from never-ending torment.
Slain: Back From Hell
Battle monstrous bosses for the fate of your soul in this gore sidescroller that pits you against the demons of Hell. Prove your mettle (and your Metal!) and descimate any horrendous creatures that stand in your way. This sidescroller wants you to be gruesome and merciless—but be aware: it’ll be gruesome and merciless back.
Runbow
Free Period: September 29 to October 6
Runbow is a racing game like no other. In this fast-paced 2D side-scroller, you must select a hero and race against others to reach the goal before anyone else. With five different game modes, there is plenty of variety in each match. Choose the character you feel has the best ability to get you to the end, and leave the other players in your dust!
The Drone Racing League Simulator
Drone Racing League Simulator is an immensely popular multiplayer racing game where you get to custom build a drone with the best gear to beat your competition. To get better gear, you must race your drone in over 25 different environments and determine the best drone build for each one. Compete against other builds to prove yours is the best, or just enjoy a simulated drone experience and master some aerial maneuverability before you pick up a drone in real life!
ARK: Survival Evolved
Free Period: September 22 to September 29
ARK: Survival Evolved is a survival simulator game that strands you on an island filled with monstrous creatures and vicious dinosaurs. But, the real threat lies within your fellow players, who will stop at nothing to put you behind so they can put themselves ahead. Survive, fight, and lay waste to anyone in your path, and don’t forget to recruit dinosaurs to help you!
Gloomhaven
Play as a mercenary on your way to becoming a legend in this turn-based strategy game inspired by the massively popular table-top game. Gloomhaven has all the appeal and mechanics of the physical version, except it doesn’t take up physical space on your shelf! Master the mechanics and experience a new battle with randomized card draws that force you to adapt to new abilities, events, and goals with every battle. Will you play with friends, or command multiple characters on your own?
Spirit of the North
Free Period: September 15 to September 22
Tap into your inner spirit animal in Spirt of the North, where your destiny as a red fox aligns you with the guardian of the Northern Lights—a fox spirit. In this third-person adventure, you must navigate the beautiful forest around you to uncover the secrets of the North and learn just how far you must go to protect your home.
The Captain
The Captain is a game where you don’t just manage an intergalactic space ship, you manage nearly everything that might include. In this game, you must meet with new civiliations and make hard decisions on how to handle them. As an all-emcopassing game that challenges your management capabilities, leadership skills, and morality—you’ll have to make difficult decisions on what to do in a wide array of situations. Unfortunately, you can’t save everyone. Best learn that now instead of later.
Realm Royale Reforged Epic Launch Bundle
Free Period: September 8 to September 15
Relive one of the most popular medieval-themed battle royale experiences in a whole new light with Realm Royale Reforged. With this free launch bundle, you are given awesome cosmetic changes to your equipment, including the Death’s Edge Assassin Ski, the Bokserker Chicken Skin, and the Nogard Mount.
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator
If you’ve ever wanted to see a rough outline of what life is like for a winemaker, you’ll find that in Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator. This pleasant game is a relaxing resource management experience where you must allocate time and energy as best you can to produce the best wine and sell it to further your business.
Knockout City
Free Period: September 1 to September 8
Knockout City is a competitive online multiplayer dodgeball game where, unlike in real life gym class, there is no risk of getting picked last. This free pack gives you the base game and the Armazillo DLC Pack, which includes several exclusive cosmetics for the game. But, like the free period for the game, you must log in before September 8, 2022 to claim the rewards!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Experience one of the best Tomb Raider games with everything unlocked in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. Every outfit, weapon, and puzzle is available, which gives you the opportunity to delve deeper into the Tombs for ancient secrets that you didn’t even have access to when you played the original game!
Submerged: Hidden Depths
Explore the majestic ruins of a sunken city filled with life and nature. Discover the world as you might picture it in a pleasant dream—full of wonder, beauty, and (almost certainly) plenty of metaphors. Submerged: Hidden Depths is a game that focus on exploring your surroundings and gives you a relaxed experience free of combat and any form of frustration.
Rumbleverse Boom Boxer Content Pack
Free Period: August 18 to August 25
Enter the Rumbleverse in a big way with this free content pack for the game that includes an exclusive Boom Boxer set, a title card background and border, and a 120-minute in-game Fame booster. The Boom Boxer set includes the Boxing Headset, Boxing Gloves, Boxing Tank Top, Boxing Trunks, and Boxing Shoes.
Cook, Serve, Delicious 3
Free Period: August 11 to August 18
Manage your own food truck in a desolate war-torn America and serve the hungry people that need it. Expand your truck and your menu to provide over 200 different meals while you play through the campaign that includes over 100 levels—you can even run your food truck with a friend and collaborate to build a lucrative Food Truck service!
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Free Period: July 28 to August 4
It may seem like a straightforward task, but mowing the lawn can be difficult, timely, and expensive. Of course, this might explain why so many lawn care businesses exist. You can now run your own lawn care business and experience the lucrative business of tending to other people’s yards. However, building your company from the ground up isn’t easy. The price of buying and maintaning the best equipment will surprise you But, don’t stop at mowing the lawn—buy all kinds of equipment to become the ultimate lawn care specialist!
Tannenberg
Free Period: July 21 to July 28
Fight your way through iconic battles from the early 1900s in Tannenberg, a team combat game based on experience of the military during World War I. Battles in this game can hold as many as 64 players split into teams, ensuring that you’ll always have someone to protect or an enemy to eliminate. Pick a side and help your country win the war!
Shop Titans
In Shop Titans, you run your own shop that you can customize to your preferences and modify to fit your customers’ needs. Craft objects to upgrade your shop and build until you have a steady flow of income to expand your business. Through careful and clever business decisions, you can become the ultimate shopkeeper and see those dollars roll in!
Wonder Boy The Dragon’s Trap
Free Period: July 14 to July 21
In a world full of puzzle platformers, few of them are as unique as Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. You can not only play as a boy or a girl, but also as a lizard, lion, hawk, and more! You are cursed by the dragon whose treasure you seek, and must use your wit and strength as each animal to progress through the game and finally snag the dragon’s treasure!
Killing Floor 2
Free Period: July 7 to July 14
Killing Floor 2 is the perfected sequel to the wildly popular game Killing Floor. In this cooperative game, you and your teammates must take down undead creatures, all with their own special abilities. Earn cash by taking down as many vicious beasts and use it to upgrade your weapons. Can you reach the end and take down the Patriarch?
Ancient Enemy
Become the hero and take on the forces of evil as a master strategist in this role-playing and apocalypse-themed card game. Much like other online card games, you need to perfect the your strategy and time your moves to take down your opponents, all while protecting yourself. Only one person can win a battle!
Hood: Outlaws & Legends
Free Period: June 30 to July 7
See the medieval world from a whole new perspective: as an infamous and unforgiving thief who will rob from the rich through any means necessary. As an anti-hero in Hood: Outlaws & Legends, you have fewer good intentions than one might expect from the classic Robin Hood game. You must compete against rival gangs (both players and NPCs) that want to take away your scores of riches. Can you stop them and become the most notorious medieval gang?
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Become a powerful summoner with the ability to shape creatures at your will in this isometric tactic game from Spiderweb Software. You find yourself in the middle of a battle between two opposing forces, and must choose which side to whom you belong. Use an array of tactics in battle to win, like physical force or by outsmart them. And, of course, continue to develop a fearsome team of beasts to help you!
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Battle on the side of evil in Iratus: Lord of the Dead, where you play as an antagonist set out to destroy the mortal world. As a Necromancer, you summon hordes of vile creatures to do your bidding, which is do destroy any being that wants to stop you on your path or horror.
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Digital Edition
Free Period: June 23 to June 30
See the universe of massively popular Game of Thrones series from a whole new perspective both literally and figuratively in this isometric turn-based digital board game. Conquer your enemies and master strategies of war in your quest to claim the Iron Throne. Can you prove yourself worthy of the ultimate position of power?
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Free Period: June 16 to June 23
If you enjoy tinkering and consider yourself a mechanic, Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 provides the perfect opportunity for you to fulfill that hobby without spending absurd amounts of money. With photo-realistic parts and an intuitive interface, you’ll build knowledge of what these parts look like and how to fix them—even in real life. Happy fixing!
Supraland
If you’ve ever made an adventure in your backyard by giving imaginary life tiny heroes, you’ll know exactly what Supraland is about. Act out your childhood stories in this action/adventure puzzle game where you play as the hero in a yard full of trinkets, other figurines, and confounding riddles. Be young and innocent again, but this time see your make-believe stories of yesteryear be acted out in real time—but by you!
Maneater
Free Period: June 9 to June 16
Become one of the most fearsome predators of the seas when you play as a shark in Maneater, a game where your goal is to devour people in the most gruesome ways possible. Sink your teeth into this aquatic game and destroy any living creature you can find to survive in the cutthroat sea-life. Evolve to become the most powerful shark and the true legend of the depths.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Free Period: June 2 to June 9
Experience the world through a different lense: The Nazis won World War II and pushed forward in their conquest to establish fascist control all over the world—and beyond. In this intense FPS, you play as a member of a faction set on taking the dictatorship down, which is no easy task. You must use the most powerful weapons and machinery to overcome the seemingly impossible task of destroying The New Order.
Bioshock: The Collection
Free Period: May 26 to June 2
Relive your travels through the cities of Rapture and Columbia with this collection of the three core games from the massively popular Bioshock series. This collection includes the remastered versions of Bioshock and Bioshock 2, as well as the most recent installment of the series: Bioshock 3. Experience the extravagant stories of betrayal, control, and the dark side of psychologic and psychic power!
Borderlands 3
Free Period: May 19 to May 26
Borderlands 3 is the latest installment of the core game series for the Borderlands franchise. In this erratic FPS, players shoot to loot and loot to shoot from an endless pool of guns. Meet wacky characters with a death wish and experience mayhem to uncover the hidden Vaults. Grind your way to higher levels and perfect your character’s skill tree to shape them into an unstoppable death machine. Play through the game as it tailors to your style of a run-and-gun shooting frenzy!
Redout Enhanced Edition
Free Period: May 12 to May 19
Dive in to a high-octane, intense world of track racing in Redout Enhanced Edition. Feel what it’s like to hold on to the wheel of a car going faster than you ever thought possible and do your best to glimpse the blurry surroundings—if you can. Immerse yourself in a world that passes too quickly for your eyes to process what’s going on. Then, when your brain adjusts to the speed of the environment, realize that you’re in complete control and several other players are in the same situation. Don’t let them do it better. Get there faster.
Prey
Prey is a first-person shooter that sees you trudging the deep and hollow halls of Talos I, an intergalactic space station that a hostile alien species have overrun. With little to no backup and only a limited supply of tools, you must learn to survive and beat the odds as an army of one.
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Jotun: Valhalla Edition is a hand-drawn adventure game that keeps its love of Norse mythology close to its chest. As Thora, a deceased Viking warrior with a dishonorable past, you must prove to the Gods that you’re worthy of living an afterlife in the proud realms of Valhalla. With that, you can expect your fair share of epic battles, many of which will cause the very hairs of Odin’s beard to tremble.
Terraforming Mars
Free Period: May 5 to May 12
Terraforming Mars is a management game that puts the player on the desolate and dusty wasteland of Mars and challenges them to form a bustling civilization. With limited resources and space available, the players must strategically place structures and terraform the land to make sure humanity thrives.
Just Die Already
Free Period: April 28 - May 5
If you’ve always wondered what it’s like to cause uncontainable havoc in your 80s, then you’ll want to give Just Die Already a try. You play as people well past retirement age who refuse to finish their remaining years as complacent victims of time. Instead, your characters grab whatever they can find to cause as much disarray and havoc as possible. Rage against the dying of the light.
Paradigm
Free Period: April 28 to May 5
In this nonsensical pixelated adventure game, you play as Paradigm: a mutant with a traumatizing past where he was forced to fend for himself in an unwelcoming world. This is a point-and-click adventure game with plenty of funny, interesting, and difficult puzzles to keep you occupied as you work your way through the fascinating story!
Riverbond
Free Period: April 21 to April 28
Riverbond is an isometric co-op raiding game (like Minecraft Dungeons) that uses the voxel art style that has gained popularity in the past several years. In it, you must use powerful weapons, improve special abilities, and level up your skills by taking on monstrous enemies and large groups of creatures with your friends. If you have been on the lookout for a cute game to play with your friends that doesn’t require you to have a competetive edge, this is the game for you!
Amnesia: Rebirth
Put your mental resolve to the test in this anxiety-inducing, terrifying puzzle game where your must hide from a horrifying monster. Engage your fight-or-flight mode throughout the entire game (emphasis on flight, since you can’t fight back) and see how quickly you can make decisions in a state of panic. Or, if you have nerves of steel, you can always just enjoy the new perspective on horror and atmospheric gameplay.
Insurmountable
Free Period: April 14 to April 21
Insurmountable is a game that heavily relies on choice. You select the class of character that you want to use to scale a massive mountain. Dangers await you at every step, and you must keep your wits about you while braving the cold, excruciating path upward. One wrong choice could mean your doom, and one right choice could save your life. Seems simple enough, but there’s a hitch—with every death, the mountain changes!
XCOM 2
XCOM is an isometric turn-based strategy game in which you must utilize the special traits and abilities of your team to take down an opposing alien force set on taking over the world. Then, in your downtime (on the ship), you must manage your resources and workforce appropriately to get ahead of the invaders and prevent them from taking over key locations. Think you can play the role of Commander and save the world from being overrun?
Rogue Legacy
Free Period: April 7 to April 14
In Rogue Legacy, you play as an entire lineage, full of characters that have traits, good and bad, of their previous generation. When one of your characters dies, you are given a choice between three characters to play as next, and each option might give you a huge advantage or disadvantage (or both) in the dungeon!
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
This game has been on the Epic Free Games list before! In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, which focuses heavily on providing a detailed environment, you must investigate the mysterious disappearance of a child named Ethan Carter. As you progress, you must also uncover the nefarious and occult-themed plot of behind his disappearance and determine the true fate of his family.
Total War: WARHAMMER
Free Period: March 31 to April 7
In this turned-based action-strategy game set in the official WARHAMMER universe, you must use your power of command to lead an entire army into battle and (hopefully) come out the victor. Choose the race that best suits your playstyle, be it Humans, Vampires, Dwarfs, Goblins, or Orcs. Each race has its own unique benefits, and your task is to find the best strategy within them to conquer your foes!
City of Brass
City of Brass is an exciting first-person adventure game developed by some of the top developers in the Bioshock franchise. In it, you play as a thief equipped with a whip, a sword, and a cunning skill set you can use to trick, trap, or pummel your enemies into ash. Your goal: race against the clock to defeat your enemies, or meet your end when the time runs out.
Demon’s Tilt
Free Period: March 24 to March 31
Pinball is making a comeback! In Demon’s Tilt, you combine common elements of video games such as bosses, secrets, soundtracks, and boosts with the classic game of Pinball. Experience a whole new type of sensory overload with this demonic twist on one of the first electronic games. Can you defeat your inner demons with a maximum high score?
In Sound Mind
In Sound Mind puts the best of Amnesia and Silent Hill together to make a unique, horrifying, fear-inducing challenge. In this game, you’ll find you’re frequently too scared to move and will end up questioning everything you do out of fear that it something might jump out at you. That fact, mixed with the puzzles, terrifying boss fights, and original soundtrack, makes this for one of the best horror games in recent years.
Free Period: March 17 to March 24
Cities: Skylines
Free Period: March 10 to March 17
Cities: Skylines combines classic and modern elements of management games and brings them to the CitySim genre. Manage your own city with your governing powers to accommodate for many different situations. Natural disasters are the least of your worries when you have a city to run. But, make no mistake, you’ll have to take them into consideration as you build your City Empire!
Black Widow: Recharged
Free Period: March 3 to March 10
Black Widow: Recharged is the remastered version of the classic version developed by SneakyBox and Adamvision Studios. In this Asteroids-esque game, you play as a spider, defending your web from all kinds of insects that are set out to take you down. If you are fond of arcade classics, this is a great game to try!
Centipede: Recharged
Having been originally developed by the same developers as Black Widow, Centipede: Recharged follows a similar genre. In this game, you play as a Centipede that must destroy all creatures, critters, and other nasties. Use special power ups, clever planning, and twin joysticks to best your opponents!
Dauntless Epic Slayer Kit
In Dauntless, you play as a Slayer, who is the only force between the world and the Behemoths. You must take down epic monsters and craft powerful weapons to save life as you know it. With this free Epic Slayer Kit, you are given three days of VIP Club, and a nice purse of several currencies in the game to speed up your progress.
CrisTales
Free Period: Feb. 24 to March 3
If you’ve ever asked yourself “How can I be at three points in spacetime at once?”, CrisTales is your answer. In this game, you play with the ability to look into the past and the future as you progress through the game. You can use the use past events to influence your decisions in the present, then see the consequences of those actions in the future!
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Free Period: Feb. 17 to Feb. 24
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons is for people who like to multitask. It is a unique approach to game format where you are playing both co-op and single-player. You play as two brothers who set out to find the “Water of Life” and bring it back to their dying father. The challenge is that you must often work them simultaneously to solve puzzles and progress through the game. Think you can manage playing two characters at once?
Before we head into the list of past and present free games, I’m going to run through some of the common questions people seem to have about how the free games system works.
Are the Games Free Forever?
They are free during the free period, and you do not need to purchase them after the free period is over. Once the free period is over, you will need to pay the normal price to get them. In other words, they are free forever if you get them on time.
Do I Need to Install the Game?
No, you don’t need to install the game to get credit for it. Once you click on the purchase button, you will run through the standard process of purchasing a game but it will be free. You do not have to install it, and it will be available for download anytime afterwards.
How Often Are Games Free?
Every week there will be a free game available. Once a new game is offered for free, the one that will be next will be revealed. They have run events where more games were given out, most notably the Days of Free Games event during the winter holidays. Epic will also sometimes release multiple games at a time for free!
