The Epic Games Store is giving away 15 games per day for free in its festive season giveaway. Yesterday it was Inside for free. Today you can get Darkest Dungeon for mahala. Here’s what you need to know.
Festive Freebies – Day 9 of Epic Store’s 15-day sale
‘Darkest Dungeon’ – 25 to 26 December
Inside, which was developed and published by Red Hook Studios back on 3 February 2015, is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
You need to recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Sounds like fun! Take a look at the trailer below.
The developers invite you on the journey to “battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark”.
Watch: ‘Darkest Dungeon‘ gameplay trailer
Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.
The New Yorker included Darkest Dungeon in its lineup for “Best Video Games of 2015”, while Rock Paper Shotgun says it’s one of the “50 best PC RPGs of all time”. That’s quite impressive. Don’t miss out.
You have until 18:00 South African Standard Time (SAST) on 25 December to download Playdead’s masterpiece for free. Simply head over to the Epic Games launcher to get your copy.
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Previous free games from the Epic Store
Inside
Inside, which was developed and published by Playdead back in July 2016, is a sombre puzzle-platformer adventure game with a 94% critics’ rating and a “Mighty” OpenCritic Rating.
Christan Dolan from Eurogamer says it’s “Playdead’s follow-up to ‘Limbo’ [which] is a superior game in every way”, while Jaz Rignall from US Gamer says its only downside is being so short. Rignall added:
“Combine a highly a highly compelling visual narrative with superb puzzles and brilliant platforming, and you have ‘Inside’, one of the most intriguing, addictive and beautiful-looking games of this generation”.
If you missed any of the previous games, hurry over to Epic and get it at a reduced cost while the festive season giveaway is still active.
- 17 December: Cities: Skyline
- 18 December: Oddworld: New n Tasty
- 19 December: The Long Dark
- 20 December: Defense Grid 1
- 21 December: Alien: Isolation
- 22 December: Metro: 2033 Redux
- 23 December: Tropico 5
- 24 December: Inside
- 25 December: Darkest Dungeon (You are here)
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