The Epic Games Store has been giving awayfree PC gamesevery week for years. All you need to do is claim a game within the promo window to keep it forever. Wondering if it’s worth checking on any of these games? Well, here are all the best ones you’ve already missed.
We all make mistakes, and it seems I was working off a very incomplete list when originally putting this list together, which meant I missed some of Epic’s biggest ever giveaways. I’ve now expanded the list to include some of the brilliant games I missed the first time!
15Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition
Despite a slightly rocky release thanks to some exceptionally bad bugs,Fallout: New Vegashas gone on to be heralded as one of the best in the post-apocalypse RPG series. TheUltimate Edition, which Epic offered for free in 2023, includes four story and two item pack add-ons that were initially released as separate DLC, making this an even better deal if you grabbed it for free.
2010
$19.99
May 25–Jul 31, 2025
14Football Manager 2024
The latestFootball Managergame,Football Manager 2024, was available for free on the Epic Games Store just 9 months after its initial release. If you managed to grab this while it was free, you’d have saved yourself a hefty $60 price tag, and had access to the latest and greatest soccer management simulator—a series that is way more addictive than it sounds like it should be.
2023
$59.99
Sep 5–12, 2024
13Control
Controlis a mind-bending third-person shooter with a complex story from the developers ofAlan Wake. It’s a highly received AAA game that Epic has offered free three times in total. Unlike the usual weekly promotions, this game was twice only available to grab for two days, which goes to show you need to check the free games regularly to make sure you don’t miss a good one.
2019
$29.99
Dec 25–26, 2024
12Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylinesmay lack the AAA graphics of some earlier entries, but it’s an impressively complex and malleable city designer that somehow manages to make town planning an addictive and enjoyable endeavor. There are countless bonus add-ons available for this game, with a sequel available as well, but Epic only offered the base game in this promotion. It was well worth grabbing and playing nonetheless.
2015
Jun 03, 2025
11Death Stranding
From the acclaimedMetal Gear Soliddirector Hideo Kojima,Death Strandingis a bizarre-yet-captivating game that sees you acting as courier in a desolate future. Some have criticized it as little more than a “walking simulator” but there’s much more to it than that, and the story is unlike any other, making it big news when Epic offered it for free for the first time on Christmas day in 2022.
$39.99
May 18–25, 2023
10Total War: Warhammer
You wouldn’t need to spend countless hours amassing and painting an army of Warhammer figurines before battling with them if you’d grabbedTotal War: Warhammerwhen it was free on the Epic Games store in 2022. There are much more modern Warhammer games—some of which have also been free on Epic—but this was one of the best.
2016
Mar 31–Aug 14, 2025
9Kerbal Space Program
Gaming shouldn’t be rocket science, butKerbal Space Programmakes it so. In this addictive game you get to manage your own space program, designing rockets, launching them, and hoping they make it into orbit without blowing up any goofy green Kerbal aliens. There is immense replay value here, and if you checked the Epic Games Store in January 2023 you’d have gotten it for free.
Jan 5–12, 2023
8XCOM 2
From commanding an alien space program to taking one on,XCOM 2has you leading Earth’s defense against an alien invasion, developing your base and commanding troops in turn-based action to do so. This is the acclaimed sequel to 2012’sXCOM: Enemy Unknownand Epic offered it for free for a week in 2022.
Apr 14–21, 2022
7Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy
2013’sTomb Raiderrebooted the classic gaming franchise with modern graphics, revised gameplay, and a gripping new take on Lara Croft. Its positive reception led to 2015’sRise of the Tomb Raider, and 2018’sShadow of the Tomb Raiderclosing out the trilogy. Each game in the series improves on the last, and all three were available for free on Epic Games at the end of 2021.
Officially, theDefinitive Survivor Trilogycombines all three games and their DLCs into a single package, which isn’t available on Epic. However, Epic gave away each game separately, including their DLC, so the end result was the same, making this a fantastic grab!
2013, 2015, 2018
$19.99, $29.99, $39.99
May 31, 2025–Aug 11, 2025
6Dishonored – Definitive Edition
Set ina London-like city at the turn of the 20th century,Dishonored - Definitive Editionis a fantasy RPG from Bethesda that offers impressive choice in developing your character and tackling missions through stealth or combat. It’s a hugely popular game, with an acclaimed sequel, and theDefinitive Edition(which includes four add-ons) was available for free at the end of 2022.
2012
