The Epic Store is now giving away two games again, and they”re well worth a look. We reveal for whom they are worthwhile.
After games were given away daily in the Epic Store between the years, the normal rhythm continues from this week on. So you will get at least one game for free every week again. This Thursday, the offer is particularly worthwhile, especially if you love strategy games. After all, there are two titles for free, both of which received an excellent rating in our test and were awarded a Gold Award.
As always: To bag these games, all you have to do is sign in to the Epic Game Store with your account, visit the games” shop page and you can then add them to your library. The games will then be yours forever, but you only have until next Thursday at 5pm.
We tell you here for whom the two free games are worthwhile.
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Shadow Tactics – Aiko”s Choice
(Genre: Real-time Tactics – Developer: Mimimi Games – Release: December 6, 2021)
Five years after the release of the main game, the surprise hit Shadow Tactics was given a stand-alone addon. Here, the story revolves around the past of the kunoichi adept Aiko, which we relive in a total of three main and three side missions. As in the main part, Aiko is supported by her loyal companions, who sometimes have their own abilities as ninja, sometimes as samurai. Above all, you have to be quiet and not draw too much attention to yourself. Aiko”s Choice offers classic stealth tactics and convinces with large level areas that you can traverse in very different ways.
Which abilities you use, which environmental objects give you an advantage and also whether you act lethally or spare lives, you can always decide for yourself anew. This is just as much fun in the add-on as in the much longer main game, and in the test it even scored a full 86 points:
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Suitable for whom?
Although Aiko”s Choice is an outstanding game, it is clearly aimed at connoisseurs of the main game. After all, you are thrown straight into the action and don”t get to know the characters first. The missions also assume that you are already familiar with real-time tactics. This includes, for example, cleverly combining the talents of the characters, showing patience and not switching off the PC in frustration when you have to reload a section for the tenth time. Reloading is part of the concept in this kind of sneaking game!
Kerbal Space Program
(Genre: Technical Simulation – Developer: Squad – Release: Apr 27, 2025)
Don”t let the cuddly graphics with the cute little aliens fool you. Kerbal Space Program is a badass space simulation! In this game you are completely free to create your own space programme and explore the orbit with it. However, it will take some time before your Kerbals are successful. Before that, you will have to spend a lot of time in the workshop. You will also have to assemble your own rockets.
This could be easy in a game, but in Kerbal Space Program you really have to pay attention to a lot. One engine too many, one stabiliser too few, and your spacecraft is transformed into a fiery humming gyroscope that disappears high in the sky in a huge explosion, just like on New Year”s Eve. Sounds exhausting, but it”s a lot of fun! In the test, it received an excellent score of 87 points.
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