The Free Game Offers Thread

Epic Games Store

Cat Quest II - May 2 - 9
Orcs Must Die! 3 - May 2 - May 9


Cat Quest is a fairly simple action rpg with an obviously strong animal theme to them. I didn't like the first one but I know a lot of other people seem to. Orcs Must Die is an action based tower defense game, whereas you place traps to fend off waves of orcs but can also fight them yourself once the round has started. The first two were very good, but this one made some questionable design and business decisions (including temporarily being Stadia exclusive) so I've never tried it.



Amazon Prime

Tomb Raider: Game of the Year Edition - May 2
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars - May 2
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - May 9
The Forgotten City - May 16


Most of these are self explanatory, but I'll briefly describe The Forgotten City. This is an adventure game in which you find yourself exploring an ancient Roman city and trying to undercover the mystery of what happened to it. There is a time-loop mechanic, similar to something like Majora's Mask or The Outer Wilds, in that you have a certain amount of time to explore, solve puzzles, and talk to npcs. At some point "the end" is triggered, which you then get to witness, and you can reset back to the beginning while keeping pertinent knowledge to help make more progress on the next loop.

Epic is giving away mystery games again.

Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY Edition - May 16 - May 24

Epic Game Store's next mystery game:

Farm Simulator 22 - May 23 - May 30

These Epic Game Store mystery games have been kind of boring, this next one has been free before, including just a few weeks ago on Amazon:

Chivalry 2 - May 30 - June 6

This week's mystery game from Epic is Marvel's Midnight Suns

Oh hey, that's not bad. Pretty good game that hasn't been free before, to my knowledge.

For anyone that doesn't know what this is: This is a strategy rpg from the people who made X-Com but rather than be a straight copy it's got systems from various other games included as well. You create your own character and can upgrade their powers with better gear. You recruit Marvel characters and interact with them in an social system to increase combat performance. Combat itself is card based, while still taking place on a tactical turn-based field.


This also looks like it's going to be the last mystery game. And just to make it perfectly clear to anyone seeing this thread:

Marvel's Midnight Suns - June 6 - June 13

One last day to pick up Midnight Suns for anyone who is interested.

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Originally Posted by Wool

One last day to pick up Midnight Suns for anyone who is interested.

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Just so you know, I *did* read this, and as a result I *did* pick this up, so you're not just shouting into the unanswering void. Well, I mean you are, but I guess sometimes you get an answer back. :)

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the reminder!

Your welcome. I felt bad about burying the original notification in SGF stuff, which started a day after this became free.

Epic Games Store

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition - June 27 - July 3
The Falconeer - July 4 - July 10


I was wondering if Epic would do anything to distract from the Steam sale. This one isn't huge but I'm happy with it. Sunless Skies is the sequel to a game called Sunless Seas, a gothic horror ship exploration and trading game. Apparently the combat was changed quite a bit in the sequel so I never got around to buying it to try it out, now I don't have to. Huzzah!


This is also Amazon Prime Day month apparently, so their monthly free games are a little better than usual. Some of these are repeats, but as far as I'm aware the Ninja Turtle beat'em up has never been a free game before. Some of the other highlights (and dates) are:

Now - Forager (GOG)
Now - Card Shark (Epic Games Store)
July 3 - Hitman Absolution (GOG)
July 11 - TMNT Shredder's Revenge (Epic Games Store)
July 11 - Knights of the Old Republic II
July 18 - Maneater (Epic Games Store)
July 18 - Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition
July 25 - Cat Quest II
July 25 - Midnight Fight Express


That's the short version. Here's the long version: Prime Gaming Blog

Amazon added a few more "free" games to their Prime Gaming releases this month, but they only last 48 hours so I'm posting about them a few days early.

July 16 - Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (Epic Games Store)
July 16 - Chivalry 2 (Epic Games Store)
July 16 - Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (Epic Games Store)


Suicide Squad practically just came out. The fact that it's free already really speaks to how badly it bombed. But it might be checking out for anyone curious.

Bumping as a reminder to redeem Suicide Squad today if you are curious and want to try it. I have no idea how long WB will keep the servers running with how badly it did, so I certainly wouldn't buy it at this point.

I had stopped paying attention to this stuff but noticed by accident that Amazon was giving away a ton of games (with Prime) this month. Everything from Lord of the Rings, to Borderlands, to Kerbal Space Program. I want to bring special attention to Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and Greedfall. The former is a Witcher spinoff with card battle mechanics and the latter is the budget Bioware style rpg I mentioned in the monthly games thread.

IGN - Amazon Prime Gaming September 2024

Amazon is doing Prime day stuff next month (didn't they just have one of these a couple months ago?) so next month might be good too.

P.S. Tales from the Borderlands is better than actual Borderlands.

Amazon Prime's "free" games this month are appropriately Halloween themed and include Doom: Eternal, Bioshock Remastered, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Death's Door, and A Plague Tale: Innocence.

Spoiler for full list:

Available now:
-Hive Jump 2: Survivors (GOG)
-SCARF
-Tomb Raider: Legend (GOG)
-The Eternal Cylinder (EGS)
-Spirit of the North (EGS)
-No Straight Roads (EGS)
-BioShock Remastered (GOG)
-DOOM Eternal (MS Store)
-DreadOut 2
-Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition (EGS)
-Priest Simulator: Vampire Show (EGS)
-The Gap

Oct 17:
-Mystery Box: Hidden Secrets
-Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
-Through the Darkest of Times
-Killing Floor 2 (EGS)
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol

Oct 24:
-Pumpkin Jack (GOG)
-The Gunk (GOG)
-STASIS: BONE TOTEM (EGS)
-Gargoyles Remastered
-Monster Train (GOG)
-Morbid: The Seven Acolytes (EGS)

Oct 31:
-A Plague Tale: Innocence (GOG)
-Death’s Door (EGS)
-Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare Collector’s Edition
-Scorn (GOG)
-Coromon (GOG)

Half Life 2 and it's DLC episodes are free as part of it's anniversary until Nov 18th. For an extra $2 you can get the Orange Box which includes the original Portal.

Of the games Amazon Prime Gaming is giving away this month, two of the better ones are available today.

Overcooked 2 is an arcade style cooking game in which you have to assemble a series of dishes while contending with various level gimmicks before time runs out. I think this has been free before.

Dredge is a fishing boat rpg with a bit of a supernatural occult twist. It's dangerous to go out at night, but as you make money from selling fish you can afford better lines, engines, lights, etc.

Amazon has expanded the number of "free" games they are giving out this month as part of a promotion with their Secret Level show. Some of titles include The Outer Worlds, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and various old Warhammer games such as Dawn of War and the original Space Marine.

I also saw a tweet recently claiming they will have promotions during The Game Awards.


Epic's free game this week is The Lego Skywalker Saga. Next week their holiday mystery game giveaways begin. I feel like there's always at least one thing worth redeeming.

The free epic mystery game from Epic this week is The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, an online co-op survival/crafting game about dwarves.

I grabbed Return to Moria and played it with a few friends yesterday - It was actually pretty okay. It has a good amount of atmosphere, it handles decent-but-not-great, and I can see the appeal in putting more hours in. It seemed very much like Grounded, but in Middle Earths Moria.
It'll recommend giving it a go, especially while it's free. You can play up to 8 players in the same game, but it's not a persistent world game like Valheim. Rather one person has a save game, that they can host and provide a key to friends, so they can jump into that game and explore together.

The daily free mystery games at Epic Games Store has started. Today's free game is Vampire Survivors.

You are only really saving about 5 dollars (its a cheap game), but its still worth checking out. It's kind of a super casual survival roguelike thing. It reminds me of old War3 custom maps.