Epic Games Store has been giving away free games each day at 11:00 am Eastern time, available to anyone that has the Epic Games Launcher downloaded. It's a new day, which means the latest Epic Games Store free game is now available. And as expected, the Epic Games Store free game for December 22, 2020 is none other than Metro 2033 Redux, the remaster of the survival-horror FPS game from 4A Games.
Metro 2033 Redux is an enhanced version of the original Metro 2033, incorporating graphical and gameplay improvements first seen in its sequel Metro: Last Light. Metro 2033 received mostly positive reviews at the time of its release, with praise given to its unique setting and atmosphere. 4A Games' debut project, Metro 2033 was successful enough to justify the aforementioned Last Light sequel, as well as the latest game in the series, Metro Exodus.
Anyone interested in adding Metro 2033 Redux to their Epic Games Store library can claim it now. Meanwhile, its addition serves as further evidence that the leaked list of Epic Games Store free games for December 2020 is legitimate. Metro 2033 Redux means that the leaked list is now six for six, and so Epic Games Store users can safely count on the rest of the games on the list being accurate as well.
According to the leaked list of Epic Games Store free games for December 2020, tomorrow's free game will be Tropico 5. Tropico 5 will be followed by Inside, Darkest Dungeon, My Time at Portia, Night in the Woods, Stranded Deep, Solitairica, Torchlight 2, and Jurassic World Evolution. It's a mix of smaller indie games and more well-known releases, with award-winning titles like Inside and Night in the Woods arguably the most significant of the rest of the lineup.
Even if the rest of the leaked Epic Games Store free games are incorrect, the Epic Games Store will still update tomorrow at 11:00am Eastern with a new free game for users to add to their collection. And looking ahead, Epic Games Store users should be able to expect even more free games once the promotion wraps up, as Epic Games releases games for free on its store on a regular basis.
This is part of Epic Games' plan to get more people using the Epic Games Store launcher. Besides giving away free games, Epic Games has also accomplished this by signing controversial exclusivity deals, making some big games timed-exclusives for the Epic Games Store. Oftentimes this means that certain PC games don't come to Steam for a year or more, which has understandably upset some members of the PC gaming community.