Epic Games free games list: What free games are on the Epic Games Store right now?

Plus a list of all previous free games on the Epic Games Store

Guide by Ollie Toms Guides Editor

Additional contributions by Rebecca Jones

Updated on Aug. 4, 2023

What free games are on the Epic Games Store right now? Since it launched in late 2018, the Epic Games Store has become known for giving away one or more of its games each week for free. Not just to play, but to own. Forever.

We think that's something quite special, and worth celebrating. It's also well worth you logging into your Epic account every week or so and adding the new week's free game into your library even if it's not the kind of game you feel like playing. After all, you might change your mind, and it costs you nothing to pick it up and own it forever.

Below we'll highlight which is the currently free game on the Epic Games Store, and which free game is coming up next week. We'll also give you a rundown of every permanently free game on the Epic Store, and every game that has ever been made free as part of Epic's weekly deals, dating all the way back to December 2018.

Epic Games free games: What's free right now?

A cartoonish top-down map of a coastal village, dominated not so much by its wooden huts as by the multiple explosions, bombs, sawblades, and fantasy creatures battling it out overhead. — Image credit: Ninja Kiwi

Bloons TD 6 (free until August 10)

Don't be thrown off my the mobile game aesthetic: Bloons TD 6 is a tower defense strategy that will keep you occupied for hundreds of hours, along with the friends and family you convince to co-op with you.

One of the Lich's endless loops from Loop Hero. Here you can see some of the different terrain you can use to alter the loop. — Image credit: Four Quarters / Devolver Digital

Loop Hero (free until August 10)

In this endless roguelike RPG, instead of controlling a single character, you control the whole world! Place tiles to create the next loop in the fight against the world-destroying Lich.

What's the next Epic Games free game?

A map screen of Italy from Europa Universalis IV — Image credit: Paradox Interactive

Europa Universalis IV (free August 10-17)

Europa Universalis IV is one of the most beloved of Paradox's Grand Strategy games, despite its age. Released a decade ago in 2013, EU4 allows you to fill the shoes of a nation leader of your choice, and use politics, war, trade, and technology to lead your chosen country however you wish through the early modern era.

A screenshot from Orwell showing details about the life of Cassandra Watergate. — Image credit: Osmotic Studios

Orwell: Keeping An Eye On You (free August 10-17)

Orwell is a sinister narrative simulation game that tasks you, as Orwell's first human researcher, with investigating the lives of various citizens to find the person behind a series of terror attacks. In Orwell, you are the Panopticon, and you have access to every morsel of data on every citizen's online life to do with as you please.

What games on Epic Games are always free?

One of the biggest selling points of the Epic Games Store is the frequency with which games are made free to play (and keep) for a short while. But there are also plenty of permanently free games available on the Epic Store. We've listed them below:

3 Out Of 10
Animation Throwdown: The Quest For Cards
Armored Warfare
Auto Chess
Blankos Block Party
Blood Of Steel
Brawlhalla
Century: Age Of Ashes
Chimeraland
Core
Crayta
CRSED: F.O.A.D
Dauntless
Destiny 2
Destroy All Humans! - Clone Carnage
Diabotical
EVE Online
Fall Guys
Fangs
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
Heroes & Generals WWII
Honkai Impact 3rd
Honkai: Star Rail
Idle Champions Of The Forgotten Realms
KARS - The WWII Card Game
KID A MNESIA Exhibition
Knockout City
League Of Legends
Legends Of Runeterra
Magic: The Gathering Arena
Might & Magic: Chess Royale
MultiVersus
Neverwinter
Paladins
Path Of Exile
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
Pinball FX
Primordials: Battle Of Gods
PUBG
Realm Royale Reforged
Rocket League
Rogue Company
Roller Champions
Rumbleverse
Shop Titans
Smite
Space Punks
Spellbreak
SpellForce 3: Versus Edition
Star Stable Online
Star Trek Online
Super Squad
Swords Of Legends Online
Teamfight Tactics
The Cycle: Frontier
Trackmania
Valorant
Warface
Warframe
World Of Warships

Artwork showing League Of Legends character Jinx in the Fortnite universe. She is grinning and firing a big laser gun.

Epic Games free games list

Below is the definitive list of all games that have been previously made free on the Epic Games Store. They're not free anymore, but it's still worth having a scroll through to see what kinds of things Epic likes to give away to its userbase. There are some real treats in here. And don't worry if you missed one, because there's always the chance it can be made free again later on!