After their mega giveaway last Christmas, Epic Games are still loading freebies into the pipeline for 2021. To round out the year, Epic gave away fifteen games across fifteen days including AAA hits such as Jurassic World: Evolution and Alien: Isolation, as well as indie gems, Inside, Darkest Dungeon, and Night in the Woods just to name a few.
On January 14th, anyone with an Epic Games account will be able to redeem a free copy of Star Wars: Battlefront II on PC via the Epic store (client or browser). It’s worth pointing out that this is the “Celebration Edition” which includes loads of extra cosmetic DLC and skins based on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Star Wars : Battlefront II will be available for seven days – if you don’t claim it in that time then it’s gone for! If you like more of a tactical roguelike twist with your sci-fi games then maybe this week’s freebie, Crying Suns, is worth a look too. For the full list of every Epic free game check out the list we’ve compiled below, complete with our extensive review coverage.
Epic Games – every free game list
Game Name | Dates Available |
Crying Suns | January 7-14, 2021 |
Jurassic World: Evolution | December 31, 2020-January 7, 2021 |
Torchlight II | December 30, 2020 |
Solitairica | December 29, 2020 |
Stranded Deep | December 28, 2020 |
Night in the Woods | December 27, 2020 |
My Time At Portia | December 26, 2020 |
Darkest Dungeon | December 25, 2020 |
Inside | December 24, 2020 |
Tropico 5 | December 23, 2020 |
Metro 2033 Redux | December 22, 2020 |
Alien: Isolation | December 21, 2020 |
Defense Grid: The Awakening | December 20, 2020 |
The Long Dark | December 19 , 2020 |
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty | December 18, 2020 |
Cities Skylines | December 17, 2020 |
Pillars of Eternity | December 10-17, 2020 |
Tyranny | December 10-17, 2020 |
Cave Story+ | December 3-10, 2020 |
MudRunner | November 26-December 3, 2020 |
Elite: Dangerous | November 19-26, 2020 |
The World Next Door | November 19-26, 2020 |
The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia | November 12-19, 2020 |
Dungeons 3 | November 12-19, 2020 |
Wargame: Red Dragon | November 5-12, 2020 |
Ghostbusters The Video Game – Remastered | October 29-November 5, 2020 |
Blair Witch | October 29-November 5, 2020 |
Layers of Fear 2 | October 22-29, 2020 |
Costume Quest 2 | October 22-29, 2020 |
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | October 15-22, 2020 |
Kingdom New Lands | October 15-22, 2020 |
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | October 8-15, 2020 |
ABZU | October 8-15, 2020 |
Pikuniku | October 1-8, 2020 |
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition | September 24-October 1, 2020 |
Football Manager 2020 | September 17-24, 2020 |
Watch Dogs 2 | September 17-24, 2020 |
Stick It To The Man! | September 17-24, 2020 |
Railway Empire | September 10-17, 2020 |
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine | September 10-17, 2020 |
Into The Breach | September 3-10, 2020 |
Hitman | August 27-September 3, 2020 |
Shadowrun Collection | August 27-September 3, 2020 |
God’s Trigger | August 20-27, 2020 |
Enter the Gungeon | August 20-27, 2020 |
The Alto Collection | August 13-20, 2020 |
Remnant: From the Ashes | August 13-20, 2020 |
A Total War Saga: Troy | August 13-14, 2020 |
Wilmot’s Warehouse | August 6-13, 2020 |
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP | July 30 – August 6, 2020 |
Barony | July 30 – August 6, 2020 |
20XX | July 30 – August 6, 2020 |
Next Up Hero | July 23-30, 2020 |
Tacoma | July 23-30, 2020 |
Torchlight II | July 16-23, 2020 |
Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition | July 9-16, 2020 |
The Escapists 2 | July 9-16, 2020 |
Killing Floor 2 | June 9-16, 2020 |
Hue | July 2-9, 2020 |
Stranger Things 3 | June 25-July 2, 2020 |
AER Memories of Old | June 18-25, 2020 |
Ark: Survival Evolved | June 11-18, 2020 |
Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection | June 11-18, 2020 |
Overcooked | June 4-11, 2020 |
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection | May 28-June 4, 2020 |
Civilization VI | May 21-28, 2020 |
Grand Theft Auto V | May 14-21, 2020 |
Death Coming | May 7-14, 2020 |
Crashlands | April 30-May 7, 2020 |
Amnesia: The Dark Descent | April 30-May 7, 2020 |
For the King | April 23-30, 2020 |
Just Cause 4 | April 16-23, 2020 |
Wheels of Aurelia | April 16-23, 2020 |
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments | April 9-16, 2020 |
Close to the Sun | April 9-16, 2020 |
Gone Home | April 2-9, 2020 |
Drawful 2 | April 2-9, 2020 |
Hob | April 2-9, 2020 |
Totally Reliable Delivery Service | April 1-8, 2020 |
World War Z | March 26-April 2, 2020 |
Torment x Punisher | March 26-April 2, 2020 |
Figment | March 26-April 2, 2020 |
Watch Dogs | March 19-26, 2020 |
The Stanley Parable | March 19-26, 2020 |
A Short Hike | March 12-19, 2020 |
Mutazione | March 12-19, 2020 |
Anodyne 2 | March 12-19, 2020 |
Gonner | March 5-12, 2020 |
Offworld Trading Company | March 5-12, 2020 |
Inner Space | February 27-March 5, 2020 |
Faeria | February 20-27, 2020 |
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate | February 20-27, 2020 |
Aztez | February 13-20, 2020 |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance | February 13-20, 2020 |
Ticket to Ride | February 6-13, 2020 |
Carcassonne | February 6-13, 2020 |
Farming Simulator 19 | January 30-February 6, 2020 |
The Bridge | January 23-30, 2020 |
Horace | January 16-23, 2020 |
Sundered: Eldritch Edition | January 9-16, 2020 |
Darksiders Warmastered Edition | January 1-9, 2020 |
Darksiders 2 Dethinitive Edition | January 1-9, 2020 |
Steep | January 1-9, 2020 |
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair | December 31, 2019 |
Hello Neighbor | December 30, 2019 |
The Talos Principle | December 29, 2019 |
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | December 28, 2019 |
Hyper Light Drifter | December 27, 2019 |
FTL: Faster Than Light | December 26, 2019 |
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator | December 25, 2019 |
Celeste | December 24, 2019 |
Ape Out | December 23, 2019 |
Little Inferno | December 22, 2019 |
Superhot | December 21, 2019 |
Towerfall Ascension | December 20, 2019 |
Into the Breach | December 19, 2019 |
The Wolf Among Us | December 12-19, 2019 |
The Escapists | December 12-19, 2019 |
Jotun: Valhalla Edition | December 6-12, 2019 |
Rayman Legends | November 29-December 6, 2019 |
Bad North | November 21-29, 2019 |
The Messenger | November 14-21, 2019 |
Ruiner | November 7-14, 2019 |
Nuclear Throne | November 7-14, 2019 |
Costume Quest | October 31-November 7, 2019 |
Soma | October 31-November 7, 2019 |
Layers of Fear | October 24-October 31, 2019 |
Q.U.B.E.2 | October 24-October 31, 2019 |
Alan Wake: American Nightmare | October 17-24, 2019 |
Observer | October 17-24, 2019 |
Surviving Mars | October 10-17, 2019 |
Minit | October 3-10, 2019 |
Metro 2033 Redux | September 26-October 3, 2019 |
Everything | September 26-October 3, 2019 |
Lego Batman Trilogy | September 19-26, 2019 |
Batman: Arkham Collection | September 19-26, 2019 |
Conarium | September 12-19, 2019 |
ABZU | September 5-12, 2019 |
The End is Nigh | September 5-12, 2019 |
Celeste | August 29-September 5, 2019 |
Inside | August 29-September 5, 2019 |
Fez | August 22-29, 2019 |
Hyper Light Drifter | August 15-22, 2019 |
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden | August 15-22, 2019 |
GNOG | August 8-15, 2019 |
For Honor | August 2-9, 2019 |
Alan Wake | August 2-9, 2019 |
This War of Mine | July 25-August 2, 2019 |
Moonlighter | July 25-August 2, 2019 |
Limbo | July 18-July 25, 2019 |
Torchlight | July 11-18, 2019 |
Overcooked | July 4-11, 2019 |
Last Day of June | June 27-July 4, 2019 |
Rebel Galaxy | June 20-27, 2019 |
Enter the Gungeon | June 13-20, 2019 |
Kingdom: New Lands | June 6-13, 2019 |
City of Brass | May 30-6, 2019 |
Rime | May 23-30, 2019 |
Stories Untold | May 16-23, 2019 |
World of Goo | May 2-16, 2019 |
Transistor | April 18-May 2, 2019 |
The Witness | April 4-18, 2019 |
Oxenfree | March 21-April 4, 2019 |
Slime Rancher | March 7-21, 2019 |
Thimbleweed Park | February 21-March 7, 2019 |
Axiom Verge | February 7-21, 2019 |
The Jackbox Party Pack | January 24-February 7, 2019 |
What Remains of Edith Finch | January 11-24, 2019 |
Super Meat Boy | December 28, 2018-January 10, 2019 |
Subnautica | December 12-27, 2018 |
The Epic Games Store also hosts a growing number of online free-to-play hits including Fortnite, as well as Rocket League, Dauntless Reforged, Rogue Company, and more.
Source: Epic Games
max
Thank you. I like the heads-up for these games, handed out free for a limited period of time. But for some time now I have wondered WHY The Sixth Axis continues to publish the list of “free” games below each of these articles?
The list now stretches back two years, and the games on it aren’t being given freely away anymore so what is the point? It is like saying: “Here are all the deals on Amazon that you might have missed”. What does the reader benefit from it? It is not news, it is just keeping a record of some kind, a record that is kind of pointless to most readers.
Right now it just seems to be a marketing stunt for the Epic Store, especially since the same is not done for the games on the consoles (PS Plus for example).
IMHO this list adds nothing to the article, but perhaps Jim can enlighten us to why it deserves to be published (and updated) each week? If TSA feel the need to keep this list, do so, but I do not think it deserves to be published in each article, link to it instead if you must.
Jim Hargreaves
Hi Max,
There are a few reasons why we do this. Some readers may want to see which games have been given away in past, either out of general interest or if they’re planning on buying a PC game. Some gamers might want to hold off buying a game if there’s a chance it could appear in Epic’s free catalogue.
It also gives us an opportunity to plug the hard work of our staff and contributors, giving their reviews some added exposure via the list.
DeadlyChipmunk
As good old Jim Bowen would say, “look at what you could’ve won!”
I’ve added a good chunck of these to my Epic account and I’ve yet to play any of them, still going through stuff on Steam which is my preferred platform tbh. I dislike Epic’s need to buy exclusives, with that said Zombie Army 4 should arrive on Steam soon, sadly priced around 40 quid knowing Steam (cdkeys maybe to the rescue).