As part of Epic’s plan to drive more players to its platform Epic gives away a game for free every week, occasionally Epic Games will give away multiple games but not every week. this week there is just the one game being given away for free to keep, Galactic Civilizations III.
Galactic Civilizations III has been given away for free before but for those that missed it previously it will be free to add to your library until the 20th of January so make sure to grab it while you can! Epic has also revealed just the one game they will be giving away for free next week, Relicta.
Previous games Epic has given away for free during the 2019 period are as follows.
- Subnautica – 12th December 2018 – 27th December 2018
- Super Meat Boy – 28th December 2018 – 10th January 2019
- What Remains of Edith Finch – 11th January 2019 – 24th January 2019
- The Jackbox Party Pack – 25th January 2019 – 7th February 2019
- Axiom Verge – 8th February 2019 – 21st February 2019
- Thimbleweed Park – 22nd February 2019 – 7th March 2019
- Slime Rancher – 8th March 2019 – 21st March 2019
- Oxenfree – 22nd March 2019 – 4th April 2019
- The Witness – 5th April 2019 – 19th April 2019
- Transistor – 19th April 2019 – 2nd May 2019
- World Of Goo – 3rd May 2019 – 16th May 2019
- Stories Untold – 17th May 2019 – 30th May 2019
- RiME – 23rd May 2019 – 30th May 2019
- City Of Brass – 31st May 2019 – 6th June 2019
- Kingdom New Lands – 7th June 2019 – 13th June 2019
- Enter The Gungeon – 14th June 2019 – 20th June 2019
- Rebel Galaxy – 21st June 2019 – 27th June 2019
- The Last Day Of June – 28th June 2019 – 4th July 2019
- Overcooked – 5th July 2019 – 11th July 2019
- Torchlight – 12th July 2019 – 18th July 2019
- LIMBO – 19th July 2019 – 25th July 2019
- Moonlighter & This War Of Mine – 26th July 2019 – 2nd August 2019
- For Honor & Alan Wake – 3rd August 2019 – 9th August 2019
- GNOG – 9th August 2019 – 15th August 2019
- Hyper Light Drifter & Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – 16th August 2019 – 22nd August 2019
- Fez – 23rd August 2019 – 29th August 2019
- Celeste & Inside – 30th August 2019 – 5th September 2019
- ABZU & The End Is Nigh – 6th September 2019 – 12th September 2019
- Conarium – 13th September 2019 – September 18th 2019
- 6 Batman games in Celebration of 80 Years of Batman – 19th September 2019 – 25th September 2019
- Everything & Metro 2033 Redux – 26th September 2019 – 3rd October 2019
- Minit – 4th October 2019 – 10th October 2019
- Surviving Mars – 11th October 2019 – 17th October 2019
- Observer & Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – 18th October 2019 – 24th October 2019
- Layers of Fear & Q.U.B.E.2 – 25th October 2019 – 31st October 2019
- SOMA & Costume Quest – 1st November 2019 – 7th November 2019
- Nuclear Throne and Ruiner – 8th November 2019 – 14th November 2019
- The Messenger – 15th November 2019 – 21st November 2019
- Bad North – 22nd November 2019 – 29th November 2019
- Rayman Legends – 30th November 2019 – 6th December 2019
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition – 7th December 2019 – 12th December 2019
- The Escapists and The Wolf Among Us – 13th December 2019 – 19th December 2019
- 12 Days of Free Games seasonal event – 20th December 2019 – 1st January 2020
- Into The Breach – 20th December 2019
- TowerFall Ascension – 21st December 2019
- Superhot – 22nd December 2019
- Little Inferno – 23rd December 2019
- Ape Out – 24th December 2019
- Celeste – 25th December 2019
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator – 26th December 2019
- Faster Than Light – 27th December 2019
- Hyper Light Drifter – 28th December 2019
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – 29th December 2019
- The Talos Principle – 30th December 2019
- Hello Neighbor – 31st December 2019
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – 1st January 2020
Since starting the free game giveaways in 2018 and throughout 2019 Epic gave away 73 games worth approximately $1450 that had been claimed over 200 million times.
Previous games Epic has given away for free during 2020 are as follows.
- Steep, Darksiders I & Darksiders II – 2nd January 2020 – 9th January 2020
- Sundered Eldritch Edition – 10th January 2020 – 16th January 2020
- Horace – 17th January 2020 – 23rd January 2020
- The Bridge – 24th January 2020 – 30th January 2020
- Farming Simulator 19 – 31st January 2020 – 6th February 2020
- Carcassonne & Ticket to Ride – 7th February 2020 – 13th February 2020
- Aztez & Kingdom Come: Deliverance – 14th February 2020 – 20th February 2020
- Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate & Faeria – 21st February 2020 – 27th February 2020
- InnerSpace – 28th February 2020 – 5th March 2020
- GoNNER & Offworld Trading Company – 6th March 2020 – 12th March 2020
- A Short Hike, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust & Mutazione – 13th March 2020 – 19th March 2020
- Watch Dogs & The Stanley Parable – 20th March 2020 – 26th March 2020
- Figment, World War Z & Tormentor x Punishment – 27th March 2020 – 2nd April 2020
- Gone Home & Hob – 3rd April 2020 – 9th April 2020
- Close to the Sun & Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments – 10th April 2020 – 16th April 2020
- Just Cause 4 & Wheels of Aurelia – 17th April 2020 – 23rd April 2020
- For The King – 18th April 2020 – 30th April 2020
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent & Crashlands – 1st May 2020 – 7th May 2020
- Death Coming – 8th May 2020 – 14th May 2020
- Grand Theft Auto V – 15th May 2020 – 21st May 2020
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – 22nd May 2020 – 28th May 2020
- Borderlands: The Handsome Collection – 28th May 2020 – 4th June 2020
- Overcooked – 5th June 2020 – 11th June 2020
- Ark: Survival Evolved & Samurai Showdown Neogeo Collection – 12th June 2020 – 18th June 2020
- Pathway – 19th June 2020 – 25th June 2020
- AER Memories of Old & Stranger Things 3: The Game – 26th June 2020 – 2nd July 2020
- Hue – 3rd July 2020 – 9th July 2020
- Killing Floor 2 & Lifeless Planet. The Escapists 2 – 10th July 2020 – 16th July 2020
- Torchlight II – 17th July 2020 – 23rd July 2020
- Next Up Hero & Tacoma – 24th July 2020 – 30th July 2020
- 20XX, Barony & Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – 31st July 2020 – 6th August 2020
- 3 Out of 10 Ep 1 Welcome to Shovelworks & Wilmot’s Warehouse – 7th August 2020 – 14th August 2020
- Remnant: From the Ashes & The Alto Collection – 15th August 2020 – 20th August 2020
- Enter the Gungeon & God’s Trigger – 21st August 2020 – 27th August 2020
- HITMAN and Shadowrun Collection – 28th August 2020 – 3rd August 2020
- Into The Breach – 4th August 2020 – 10th September 2020
- Railway Empire & Where The Water Tastes Like Wine – 11th September 2020 – 17th September 2020
- Watch Dogs 2, Football Manager 2020 & Stick It To The Man! – 18th September 2020 – 24th September 2020
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition – 25th September 2020 – 1st October 2020
- Pikuniku – 2nd October 2020 – 8th October 2020
- ABZU & Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – 9th October 2020 – 15th October 2020
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs & Kingdom New Lands – 16th October 2020 – 22nd October 2020
- Layers of Fear 2 & Costume Quest 2 – 23rd October 2020 – 29th October 2020
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered & Blair Witch – 30th October 2020 – 5th November 2020
- Dungeons 3 – 6th November 2020 – 12th November 2020
- The Textorcist – 13th November 2020 – 19th November 2020
- Elite Dangerous & The World Next Door – 20th November 2020 – 26th November 2020
- Mudrunner – 27th November 2020 – 3rd December 2020
- Cave Story + – 4th December 2020 – 10th December 2020
- Tyranny – Gold Edition & Pillars of Eternity – 11th December 2020 – 16th December 2020
- Cities: Skylines – 17th December 2020
- Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty – 18th December 2020
- The Long Dark – 19th December 2020
- Defense Grid: The Awakening – 20th December 2020
- Alien Isolation – 21st December 2020
- Metro: 2033 Redux – 22nd December 2020
- Tropico 5 – 23rd December 2020
- Inside – 24th December 2020
- Darkest Dungeon – 25th December 2020
- My Time At Portia – 26th December 2020
- Night in the Woods – 27th December 2020
- Stranded Deep – 28th December 2020
- Solitarica – 29th December 2020
- Torchlight 2 – 30th December 2020
- Jurassic World Evolution – 31st December 2020 – 7th January 2021
Since the 1st of January 2020 Epic has given away a grand total of 109 games worth £1866.61 or $2550. It looks like they will be continuing to give games away through 2021 too so this is a great time to be a gamer when it comes to grabbing some really good games for free!
- Crying Suns – 8th January 2021 – 14th January 2021
- Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition – 15th January 2021 – 21st January 2021
- Galactic Civilizations III – 22nd January 2021 – 28th January 2021
- Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition – 29th January 2021 – 4th February 2021
- For The King & Metro: Last Light Redux – 5th February 2021 – 11th February 2021
- Halcyon 6 – 12th February 2021 – 18th February 2021
- Rage 2 & Absolute Drift – 19th February 2021 – 25th February 2021
- Sunless Sea – 26th February 2021 – 4th March 2021
- Wargame: Red Dragon – 5th March 2021 – 11th March 2021
- Surviving Mars – 12th March 2021 – 18th March 2021
- The Fall – 19th March 2021 – 25th March 2021
- Creature in the Well – 26th March 2021 – 1st April 2021
- Tales of the Neon Sea – 2nd April 2021 – 8th April 2021
- 3 out of 10: Season Two – 9th April 2021 – 15th April 2021
- Deponia: The Complete Journey, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth & The First Tree – 16th April 2021 – 22nd April 2021
- Alien Isolation & Hand of Fate 2 – 23rd April 2021 – 29th April 2021
- Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms – 30th April 2021 – 6th May 2021
- Pine – 7th May 2021 – 13th May 2021
- The Lion’s Song – 14th May 2021 – 20th May 2021
- NBA 2K21 – 21st May 2021 – 27th May 2021
- Among Us – 28th May 2021 – 3rd June 2021
- Frostpunk – 4th June 2021 – 10th June 2021
- Control – 11th June 2021 – 17th June 2021
- Hell Is Other Demons & Overcooked 2 – 18th June 2021 – 24th June 2021
- Horizon Chase Turbo & Sonic Mania – 25th June 2021 – 1st July 2021
- The Spectrum Retreat – 2nd July 2021 – 8th July 2021
- Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead & Ironcast – 9th July 2021 – 15th July 2021
- Obduction & Offworld Trading Company – 16th July 2021 – 22nd July 2021
- Defense Grid: The Awakening & Verdun – 23rd July 2021 – 29th July 2021
- Mothergunship & Train Sim World 2 – 30th July 2021 – 5th August 2021
- A Plague Tale: Innocence & Minit – 6th August 2021 – 12th August 2021
- Rebel Galaxy – 13th August 2021 – 19th August 2021
- Void Bastards & Yooka-Laylee – 20th August 2021 – 26th August 2021
- Saints Row: The Third Remastered & Automachef – 27th August 2021 – 2nd September 2021
- Yoku’s Island Express – 3rd September 2021 – 9th September 2021
- Sheltered & Nioh: The Complete Edition – 10th September 2021 – 16th September 2021
- Tharsis & Speed Brawl – 17th September 2021 – 23rd September 2021
- The Escapists – 24th September 2021 – 30th September 2021
- Europa Universalis IV – 1st October 2021 – 7th October 2021
- PC Building Simulator – 8th October 2021 – 14th October 2021
- Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse – 15th October 2021 – 21st October 2021
- Among the Sleep Enhanced Edition – 22nd October 2021 – 28th October 2021
- DARQ: Complete Edition – 29th October 2021 – 4th November 2021
- Aven Colony – 5th November 2021 – 11th November 2021
- Rogue Company Season Four Epic Pack & Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep – 12th November 2021 – 18th November 2021
- Kid A Mnesia, Guild of Dungeoneering & Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) – 19th November 2021 – 25th November 2021
- Antstream Arcade & theHunter: Call of the Wild – 26th November 2021 – 2nd December 2021
- Dead by Daylight & While True: learn() – 3rd December 2021 – 9th December 2021
- Prison Architect & Godfall Challenger Edition – 10th December 2021 – 16th December 2021
- Shenmue III – 16th December 2021 – 17th December 2021
- Neon Abyss – 17th December 2021 – 18th December 2021
- Remnant: From the Ashes – 18th December 2021 – 19th December 2021
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – 19th December 2021 – 20th December 2021
- Loop Hero – 20th December 2021 – 21st December 2021
- Second Extinction – 21st December 2021 – 22nd December 2021
- Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – 22nd December 2021 – 23rd December 2021
- Vampyr – 23rd December 2021 – 24th December 2021
- Pathfinder: Kingmaker – 24th December 2021 – 25th December 2021
- Prey – 25th December 2021 – 26th December 2021
- Control – 26th December 2021 – 27th December 2021
- Mages of Mystralia – 27th December 2021 – 28th December 2021
- Moving Out – 28th December 2021 – 29th December 2021
- Salt and Sanctuary – 29th December 2021 – 30th December 2021
- Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider & Tomb Raider GOTY – 31st December 2021 – 6th Janurary 2022
So the total number of games Epic gave away in 2021 comes to 89 which equates to £1614.27 or $2190.90. That is such a huge amount of games and you could have grabbed all of those for free to keep forever! The giveaways will of course be continuing throughout 2022 so make sure to keep checking in so you don’t miss any freebies.
- Gods Will Fall – 7th January 2022 – 13th January 2022
Now that is one crazy games library if you grabbed each and every one of them for free while you could!
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