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As every week, you can grab a free game from Epic Games. This time you get an atmospheric horror game with a very special setting

Since you’re reading an article here, you already have one of the most important core skills for this week’s Epic free game. BecauseSunless Skiesis a very text-heavy experience, but well worth it.

Another prerequisite is an interest in locomotives, space, the Queen of England and tentacles. Perhaps not ideal for a dating profile, but for Sunless Skies.

The free game of the week: Sunless Skies

(Genre:Horror role-playing game –Release:January 2019 –Developer:Failbetter Games)

Sunless Skies follows on from its predecessorSunless Seabut you don’t need to have played it to follow the story

There isn’t really an overarching story either, Sunless Skies consists ofmany small storiesthat you discover on your explorations through the space colonized by the Queen.

You are on the road as a train driver and travel from port to port to explore the world and fulfill orders. You will meet otherspace locomotives, but there may also be pirates among them.

In addition to all the reading, you can also fight and upgrade your locomotive with equipment and weapons. These will also help you against the one or other horror lurking in the depths of space.

The game offers a hand-drawn game world with a dense horror atmosphereà la Lovecraft. The GlobalESportNews test gave it an 84 rating on release.

However,

Sunless Skies isa roguelike If you and your crew run out of food and fuel en route, that’s it for your game run and you have to start all over again. Permadeath mode can also be deactivated

Don’t be confused by the addition “Sovereign Edition”, the British indie studio simply chose this name for the final version of the game.

(To Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition in the Epic Games Store)

Sunless Skies is definitely a special game, but if you’re not afraid of a bit of reading, you’ll get a game with a dense atmosphere and lots of exciting stories.

If there was nothing for you this week, just come back next week. Or you can spend a few euros and go bargain hunting at the Steam Summer Sale, you can find all the information in the box above

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