The Epic Game Store (EGS) releases several games free, typically at least one each week on Thursdays, and often of high-quality titles from both small and large game publishers. Around the holidays they often give away games daily over a few weeks. Epic gives away these free games to both support developers and bring in more customers to their platforms.
I avoid their platform when possible due to its associations with Tencent and China. There are whole communities dedicated to hating on the company, the CEO Tim Sweeney, the anti-competitive business practices, the in-house game engine Unreal, and the free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite.
Here is my list of games that were free on Epic, and where I play them:
| Game: | Platform: |
| Grand Theft Auto V | EGS |
| SUPERHOT | Steam |
| Among Us | Steam |
| Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Steam |
| Control | Steam |
| Hue | Steam |
| Limbo | GOG |
| Inside | Xbox |
| Minit | Itch.io |
| Obduction | GOG |
| Tomb Raider series | EGS |
| The Spectrum Retreat | EGS |
| GNOG | Itch.io |
| Q.U.B.E. 2 | Steam |
| The Talos Principle | GOG |
| The Bridge | Steam |
| Drawful 2 | Steam |
| while True: learn() | EGS |
| The Stanley Parable | Humble |
| Darq | EGS |
| Supraland | Steam |