Publishers and storefronts have been offering a ton of free games recently to help people combat the boredom of being stuck inside, and the Epic Games Store is continuing to give away free games on a weekly basis as well. This week, Epic users can snag three more free games--World War Z, Figment, and Tormenter x Punisher--but the company also revealed the two free games coming up next. Starting April 2 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, Gone Home and Hob will be free to claim on the Epic store. To claim any Epic free games, you just need a free account.
Gone Home is a first-person exploration game where you play as a woman who's just returned home after spending a year abroad. Despite expecting your family to be there to welcome you, you quickly discover no one is home, and you must explore the empty house to discover what has happened. The beginning of Gone Home is eerie, but this is no horror game; instead, it's a deeply personal story about a family's struggles and heartache. While Gone Home was derisively called a "walking simulator" by some when it released in 2013, the genre has since blossomed, with Gone Home paving the way for other acclaimed narrative adventures like What Remains of Edith Finch, Firewatch, and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. If you're a fan of these games, you shouldn't miss out on Gone Home, which earned a superb 9.5/10 in GameSpot's Gone Home review.
"Gone Home gives you a house to explore, and as you do so, that house slowly reveals to you the story of the people who live there," wrote critic Carolyn Petit. "That story is intimate and honest and beautiful, and the active way in which you piece that story together, coming to understand the Greenbriar family through the things you find as you investigate their house, makes Gone Home one of the most captivating story-driven games in the medium's history."
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