Today is Friday, Apr. 10--it only means that another set of free games in Epic Games Store is now officially out in the market. If you are looking for ways to spend time during this massive lockdown, here's a free way to do it. Every week, Epic Games Store gives away free access to most-played games. This week, 2014's famous Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments and 2019 mystery game Close to the Sun are featured. Here's what you need to know to claim these free games.
Epic Games now gives free access to Sherlock detective game!
If you're the kind of person that loves to play mystery or crime-solving games, here's a treat for you. Epic Games Store will be releasing free access downloads to one of the most in-demand detective games in Playstation, the Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Crimes and Punishments was originally from the Sherlock Holmes video game series brought by Frogwares in 2014 and distributed by Focus Home Interactive.
Of course, who wouldn't like to be Sherlock Holmes just for a day, right? This video game will make you Britain's greatest crime detective Sherlock Holmes. As a player, you will need to solve six cases involving mystery murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts, and numerous investigations that will lead you to your greatest finding at the end of the game.
"Use the 14 extraordinary skills of detection for which Sherlock is famous, choose the avenues of inquiry you wish to pursue, interrogate your suspects and, from your deductions, name the guilty parties... you can even determine their fate! The ramifications are far-reaching, and your decisions will exert a real influence through your reputation or the surprising consequences that will arise where you least expect them..." said in the game's synopsis.
If that does not make you excited for the weekend, here's another mystery game that you might like to check out in Epic Games.
Close to the Sun: Another free game in the Epic Store
Since the world is now under quarantine due to the widespread Coronavirus. Here's another quarantine-themed video game that you might like to download now on Epic Games Store for free!
Close to the Sun, is one of 2019's horror adventure video game, developed by an Italian video game producer Storm in a Teacup and published by the British company Wired Productions.
This video game is set in the 1800's era wherein players will have to play as the journalist Rose Archer. Archer steps aboard in the mystery Helios in search of her lost sister Ada. The ship, however, is now covered with mysterious stench and silence. The journalist found herself stuck in the ship while looking directly at the entrance with signage read as 'QUARANTINE.'
Epic Games Store weekly freebies!
This is not the only week that Epic Games Store unleashes free games for their avid fans. Every 7 days, the store replaces the free games with another set of interesting old games that you would like to play again.
For this week, Close to the Sun and Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments could be one of your reasons to enjoy staying at home.
