What will be true of games made free on the Epic Games Store in December 2024 as part of their front-page free games promotion. Excludes Brotato (made free on November 28) and other free games not featured in this promotion.
Epic Games Store: https://store.epicgames.com/
Past free games for reference: https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-free-games-list/
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Disambiguation (to be updated with new entries as needed):
PlayStation exclusive is a game that was marketed as such or can be proven to have been in an agreement with Sony to be released on a PlayStation console before other game consoles. Non-exhaustive list: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/5bb9a9b4-f9f4-454e-bf57-0a74bc3a7ee9/1
Card games refers to games where cards are used in the main gameplay loop. E.g. Slay The Spire: YES, The Witcher 3: NO, Kardboard Kings: YES, Astrea: NO (dice game)
Released on iOS or Android excludes cloud gaming platforms.
DLC and add-on content are not considered games and will not count.
List of games (last updated Dec 24):
Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
Vampire Survivors
Astrea: Six Sided Oracles
TerraTech
Wizard of Legend
DLC:
Dark and Darker - Legendary StatusDredge
Update 2024-23-12 (PST): DLC and add-on content are not considered games and will not count. (AI summary of creator comment)
Update 2024-24-12 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Additional Games:
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Vampire Survivors. Not what I expected but the dev posted on YouTube that you can pet the dog, and CanYouPetTheDog posted about it so that's a YES.
https://x.com/CanYouPetTheDog/status/1524816197287542785
Hmm the title of the video is "You cannot pet the dog" with PET in the description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pRdoY2MWn8