Limited time deals for cheap or free games are everywhere, but life is life and sometimes it's hard to jump on deals as soon as they happen. After all, some of the best free games on PC are often only free for a few days at most. Both Steam and Epic Games Store offer players free bets, with the latter being the more consistent of the two. That is, users of the Epic Games Store have 24 hours to download the last two games.
The Epic Games Store is more consistent because it's more reliable, with Steam's selection of free games rotating in and out at random dates and times. Meanwhile, the Epic Games Store has been making a couple of games free every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. CT (8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET) for years. That doesn't necessarily speak to the quality of the games, but for the current EGS offerings, they're worth picking up for cyberpunk, noir, and/or detective game fans.
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On February 12, the Epic Games Store did Nobody wants to die and The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark free for the week. These will no longer be available from 10 a.m. CT Thursday, February 19—only 24 hours at the time of this writing. The Darkside Detective may be more of an acquired taste, though Nobody wants to die is an excellent entry in the cyberpunk genre.
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EGS free playlist Until February 19
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Nobody Wants to Die (expires February 19)
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (expires February 19)
Nobody wants to die is a cyberpunk noir adventure game set in New York City 2329, where players assume the role of Mortality Department detective James Karra. Karra is the tail of a serial killer and must deal with the fact that consciousness can be stored and bodies replaced. All of this leads him to dark secrets among New York City's elite, with highly investigative gameplay where players use advanced technology to reconstruct crime scenes. In the meantime, The Darkside Detective is a more humorous game, a point-and-click adventure with players as Detective Francis McQueen and his sidekick Officer Dooley. Players investigate paranormal cases in the cursed town of Twin Lakes, complete with several stand-alone mysteries and supernatural occurrences.
At least one of these free games from the Epic Games Store should speak to gamers, which means if they haven't claimed it yet, they should do so ASAP. Both are available on the Epic Games Store. Of course, more free games will be made available when these two rotate out on February 19th, but arguably the two new free games are less appealing.
New free games from the Epic Games Store are coming on February 19th
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Return to Ash (free from February 19 to February 26)
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STALCRAFT: X Starter Edition (Free from February 19 to February 26)
Sometimes the Epic Games Store releases more “free content” than free games necessarily, and that's what's happening with 1 freebie next week. Stalcraft: X is an open world MMOFPS set in Chernobyl, and it should be noted that it is already a free-to-play game. What the Epic Games Store is giving away is a starter pack that gives new players a boost with some weapons, gear and other content. The other free giveaway is a game, but it's a visual novel, which is arguably a little less appealing. Return to Ash is about choices, relationships and how these two things affect the afterlife.
In other words, players should act quickly to grab the current EGS deals, especially if next week's doesn't speak to them. The benefit of the Epic Games Store's consistent giveaways is reliability, though. If the Epic Games Store's February 19th free games don't speak to gamers, they can expect new ones to be revealed tomorrow and released on February 26th. Chances are, at least one of these free games will speak to someone.
