
That number is actually down from 2020, when 103 games were given away for free. Last year, the Epic Games Store gave its users 89 free games with a combined value of $2,120. The free games for the current week are puzzle game Filament and FPS Rising Storm 2: Vietnam. Unlike similar offerings from Microsoft and Sony, free games from the Epic Games Store do not require an active subscription to any service. Following the success of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, which still has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating after six years, Mimimi Games revived the classic Desperados franchise with Desperados 3.Įvery week, the Epic Games Store offers two to three free games to users, making them downloadable anytime during the week they are offered and providing them to users' libraries forever. The standalone expansion, Aiko's Choice, is not included with the free download but can be purchased for a sale price of $7.99, a savings of $12. In Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the player takes control of a small squad of characters with special skills in feudal Japan in order to accomplish map-specific missions without raising alarms.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a different type of strategy game referred to as "real-time stealth tactics." Developed by Mimimi Games and released back in 2016, it was heavily influenced by the classic Commandos franchise.
