Every Thursday at 10am CT, theEpic Games Storerotates its selection of free games for users to claim, removing the previous week’s titles, adding a pair of new games, and revealing what users can expect from next week’s offerings. Thursday, April 14 is no different, with theEpic Games Storesaying goodbye to last week’s free games and giving away two new free games for users to claim right now.
From now until Thursday, April 21 at 10:00am CT, Epic Games Store users can claimInsurmountableandXCOM 2for free.XCOM 2is easily one of the biggest Epic Games Store free games that the launcher has ever given away, as it was both a commercial and critical success. Taking home multiple awards in the year of its release,XCOM 2is generally considered to be one of the best turn-based strategy games of recent years, so it’s definitely exciting to see it given away for free through the Epic Games Store.
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Insurmountablemay not have the brand recognition thatXCOM 2has, but that doesn’t mean it should be slept on. A survival game about rock climbing,Insurmountableearned mostly positive reviews at the time of its original release. Anyone that’s interested in the genre should consider grabbing it for theirEpic Games Store librarywhile it’s free, especially since there are no strings attached. The only thing anyone needs to do to get the free games is download the launcher and claim them.
Epic Games Store Free Games for April 2022
InsurmountableandXCOM 2are the Epic Games Store free games for this week, but next week will bring a pair of new games to the Epic Games Store free games lineup. From April 21 to April 28,Epic Games Store userscan look forward to claimingAmnesia: RebirthandRiverbond.
Amnesia: Rebirthis the latest installment in theAmnesiasurvival-horror series. It has direct narrative ties to the original game, while providing fresh scares in a new desert location.Amnesia: Rebirthearned mostly positive reviewsand is definitely a solid survival-horror experience for those that can handle it.Riverbond, meanwhile, is a co-op adventure game with a voxel art style. They’re two very different kinds of games, but the variety will likely be appreciated by Epic Games Store users.
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