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Which games are free on the Epic Games Store this week?

Updated Oct 19th, 2023 11:02AM EDT
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For the past four years, the Epic Games Store has been giving away free games every week. That trend will continue throughout 2023, and every time new free games go live on the store, we’ll be sure to update this page with the latest selection.

Epic Games Store free games this week

As of October 19, The Evil Within and Eternal Threads are free on the Epic Games Store. The games will be free until October 26 at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET.


Which games will be free next week?

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows and The Evil Within 2 will be free on the Epic Games Store next week.

How to get Epic Games Store games for free

In order to download the free games on the Epic Games Store, all you need is an Epic Games account. If you don’t already have one, you can sign up for free right here. Once you’re signed in, just head to the game’s store page, click the big GET button, and follow the instructions to add the game to your account for free.

When do free games refresh every week?

Typically, the Epic Games Store refreshes its freebies every Thursday at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET. Every once in a while, Epic will change the schedule and do something cool, like give away a new game every day, as was the case last December.

Full list of free Epic Games Store games in 2023

  • October 19 – October 26: The Evil Within, Eternal Threads
  • October 12 – October 19: Blazing Sails, Q.U.B.E. ULTIMATE BUNDLE
  • October 5 – October 12: Godlike Burger
  • September 28 – October 5: Model Builder, Soulstice
  • September 21 – September 28: Out of Line, The Forest Quartet
  • September 14 – September 21: 911 Operator
  • September 7 – September 14: Spelldrifter
  • August 31 – September 7: Cave Story+
  • August 24 – August 31: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
  • August 17 – August 24: Black Book, Dodo Peak
  • August 10 – August 17: Europa Universalis IV, Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
  • August 3 – August 10: Bloons TD 6, Loop Hero
  • July 27 – August 3: Homeworld Remastered Collection, Severed Steel
  • July 20 – July 27: Murder by Numbers, The Elder Scrolls Online
  • July 13 – July 20: Train Valley 2
  • July 6 – July 13: GRIME
  • June 29 – July 6: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
  • June 22 – June 29: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, theHunter: Call of the Wild
  • June 15 – June 22: Guacamelee! 2, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
  • June 8 – June 15: Payday 2
  • June 1 – June 8: Midnight Ghost Hunt
  • May 25 – June 1: Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition
  • May 18 – May 25: Death Stranding
  • May 11 – May 18: The Sims 4 The Daring Lifestyle Bundle
  • May 4 – May 11: Against All Odds, Horizon Chase Turbo, Kao the Kangaroo
  • April 27 – May 4: Breathedge, Poker Club
  • April 20 – April 27: Beyond Blue, Never Alone
  • April 13 – April 20: Second Extinction, Mordhau
  • April 6 – April 13: Dying Light: Enhanced Edition, shapez
  • March 30 – April 6: The Silent Age, Tunche
  • March 23 – March 30: Chess UltraWorld of Warships – Starter Pack: Ishizuchi
  • March 16 – March 23: Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War
  • March 9 – March 16: Call of the Sea
  • March 2 – March 9: Rise of Industry
  • February 23 – March 2: Duskers
  • February 16 – February 23: Warpips
  • February 9 – February 16: Recipe for Disaster
  • February 2 – February 9: City of Gangsters, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
  • January 26 – February 2: Adios, Hell is Others
  • January 19 – January 26: Epistory – Typing Chronicles
  • January 12 – January 19: First Class Trouble, Gamedec – Definitive Edition, Divine Knockout
  • January 5 – January 12: Kerbal Space Program, Shadow Tactics – Aiko’s Choice
  • December 29, 2022 – January 5: Dishonored – Definitive Edition, Eximus: Seize the Frontline

We’ll continue to update this list as Epic gives away more games in 2023.

Jacob Siegal
Jacob Siegal Associate Editor

Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.