Here's a little something for purveyors of exquisite things at reasonable prices: Call of the Sea, developer Out of the Blue's acclaimed Lovecraft-hued tropical island mystery adventure, is free next week on the Epic Games Store.
Call of the Sea - which originally released toward the tail-end of 2020 - whisks players back to 1934, as protagonist Norah Everhart (voiced by Firewatch and The Walking Dead: Season One's Cissy Jones) investigates a beautiful South Pacific island in search of her missing husband.
What follows is a captivating, often ingenious blend of story, exploration, and puzzling that successfully that manages to hits some powerful emotional beats, even as it tips into cosmic weirdness. Eurogamer's Robert Purchese described Call of the Sea as a "dazzlingly different debut with a haunting sense of place and adventure" in his Recommended review.