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It seems as though theEpic Games Storefree game giveaways will continue throughout 2024, at least according to reliable leaker billbil-kun. One of the key strategies that theEpic Games Store has used to compete with Steamis by giving away free games on a weekly basis. This gives PC gamers a good reason to not only download the Epic Games Store launcher, but return to it regularly to claim their freebies.
Some PC gamers have refused to use the Epic Games Store as they don’t like thepractice of EGS exclusivesand would rather have their game library all in one place. The Epic Games Store is also missing some key features that gamers enjoy on Steam, though they have been gradually added over time, like achievements, for instance. In any case, the Epic Games Store isn’t giving up on bringing as many people to its launcher as possible, and so it will continue giving away free games throughout 2024.
This was backed up by billbil-kun, an insider who has accurately leaked information about theEpic Games Store. They said that according to their latest investigations, “Epic Games Store will continue to give away free games every week” for 2024. The Epic Games Store itself hasn’t made any kind of official announcement about its free game plans for 2024, but it has already started giving away free games for users to add to their digital libraries.
So far, four games have been given away to Epic Games Store users in January 2024, indicating that billbil-kun’s information is correct and the free game giveaways will indeed continue this year. The first Epic Games Store free game given away in January 2024 was co-op puzzle gameEscape Academy, which was free from January 1 to January 2.Escape Academywas followed by20 Minutes Till Dawnfrom January 2 to January 3, and thenA Plague Tale: Innocencefrom January 3 to January 4.A Plague Tale: Innocencewas the final daily free gamegiven away as part of the latest mystery game promotion, as the current Epic Games Store free game,Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, is free until January 11.
Epic Games Store Free Games January 2024
With the Epic Games Store free mystery game promotion done, EGS users can expect to get a heads-up about the next free games from one week to the next. It’s already been announced thatSail Forthwill be the free Epic Games Store gamefrom January 11 to January 18. And while the January 18 to January 25 free game has not been officially announced at the time of this writing, billbil-kun has put forth a possible candidate.
In the same post where they claimed the Epic Games Store free games will continue to be given away in 2024, billbil-kun said that that there’s an 80% chanceLovewill be free on the Epic Games Storefrom January 18 to January 25. Fans will find out if that prediction is true come January 11 whenSail ForthreplacesGuardians of the Galaxyand the Epic Games Store free game for January 18 is officially revealed.
Epic Games Store
A digital video game storefront for Windows PC and macOS created and operated by Epic Games. Originally launched in December 2018, Epic Games Store is both a website as well as a standalone launcher.
