Steam has dominated the digital PC gaming market for years, and soEpic Games Storehas needed to use gimmicks to cut off a slice of the pie. One way that it’s accomplished this is throughEpic Games Storeexclusives, with Epic spending a ton of cash to secure timed-exclusives for the platform. Another way is through giveaways, giving PC gamers free games in exchange for them downloading the Epic Games Store launcher.
Epic Games Store gives away free games every week throughout the year, but it takes things to the next level when December rolls around. To count down to the new year and to promote its holiday game sale, the Epic Games Store gives away new free games daily starting in mid-December. TheEpic Games Store mystery games promotionhas become a fan favorite tradition, with many happy to see it return for 2021.
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The Epic Games Store capped off 2021 with another iteration of its mystery games promotion, giving away 15 free games from December 16 to December 30. Each free game was teased with Christmas wrapping paper that hinted at its identity before it was officially revealed.Epic Games Store usershad 24 hours to claim each of the free games once they were added to the lineup, with the exception of the final free game,Tomb Raider Trilogy, which is free to claim until Thursday, June 6 at 10:00am CT.
Epic Games Store Mystery Games
Thefirst Epic Games Store mystery game wasShenmue 3, setting the tone that the free mystery games would generally be higher profile games than Epic usually gives away with its weekly free games. That held true for the most part and even included one of 2021’s highest-rated indie releases,Loop Hero, on December 20.
Epic Games saved the biggest games for last with the2017Preyreboot given away for freeon December 25 and thenControlreleased for free on December 26. And of course,Tomb Raider Trilogywas free to Epic Games Store users on December 30.
WithTomb Raider Trilogy, the Epic Games Store is moving away from its free mystery games promotion and starting to go back to its usual routine of giving away a new free game every week. Things are getting back to normal with the Epic Games Store free game for June 6 to June 13, which isGods Will Fall.
