Summary
- Epic Games Store offered 16 free games in its latest mystery game promotion, concluding with Hell Let Loose.
- Hell Let Loose is the free game from now until Thursday, January 9.
- The January 9 free game is gold rush simulation game Turmoil.
The Epic Games Store free game for January 9 is Turmoil. Epic Games Store is coming down from the high that was the latest mystery game promotion. While there were a couple of bumps in the road, the consensus seems to be that the latest Epic Games Store free mystery game promotion was a resounding success.
Epic Games Store’s latest free mystery game promotion treated users to 16 free games in total, ranging from small indies to big-budget blockbusters. Epic Game Store users were disappointed by reruns, but otherwise, there was a great deal of praise for the latest iteration of the poplar giveaway. The final Epic Games Store free mystery game was Hell Let Loose, which users have until Thursday, January 9 at 10:00am CST to claim.
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Hell Let Loose is free to claim on the Epic Games Store right now. A World War 2 FPS, Hell Let Loose earned mixed reviews when it first launched but has a dedicated following of players. It will be free on the Epic Games Store until Thursday, January 9 when it’s replaced by Turmoil, a much different kind of game. Whereas Hell Let Loose is a brutal first-person shooter game, Turmoil is a simulation game about the gold rush.
Epic Games Store Free Games January 2025
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (January 1)
- Hell Let Loose (January 2 – January 9)
- Turmoil (January 9 – January 16)
First released in 2016, Turmoil earned mixed reviews, but like Hell Let Loose, audience reception for the game has been much more positive. Turmoil game modes include a single-player campaign with procedurally-generated levels and multiplayer matches against AI-controlled enemies, friends, and random online opponents. A Turmoil campaign takes a little under 10 hours to complete on average, but the game definitely has plenty of replay value. Plus, Epic Games Store users will be getting Turmoil completely free of charge when it’s added to the free games lineup, so there’s no harm in claiming it for one’s digital library.
Turmoil will be free on the Epic Games Store from January 9 to January 16. January 16 will see a new free game replacing Turmoil, but fans won’t find out what exactly it is until later in the week. While the Epic Games Store free games are kept secret during the mystery game promotion, the typical giveaways are announced in advance. This way, Epic Games Store users know what to expect from one week to the next. As for the number of free games every week, 2025 is sticking with 1 game per week so far, but there were plenty of weeks last year when two free games were given away instead, so fans will have to wait and see what happens.
Epic Games Store
A digital video game storefront for Windows PC and macOS created and operated by Epic Games. Originally launched in December 2018, Epic Games Store is both a website as well as a standalone launcher.