Epic Games Store is giving away 15 free games as it counts down to the end of 2020, with a new free game added to the store each day. Now the free Epic Games Store game for December 19 has been revealed, validating a previously-leaked list of free games in the process.
As expected, the free Epic Games Store game for December 19, 2020 is none other than The Long Dark. Originally released in 2017, The Long Dark is an open world survival game where players have to survive in a freezing wilderness. Like many other survival games, The Long Dark players have to keep their hunger, thirst, temperature, and more in mind if they hope to make it through alive. It includes a regular survival mode, a story mode, and a Challenge mode, giving survival game fans plenty of content to play through.
The Long Dark earned mostly positive reviews at the time of its release, keeping up the trend that these Epic Games Store free games are generally high quality experiences. It marks the third game released as part of the Epic Games Store free games for December 2020 promotion so far, having been preceded by city management simulator City: Skylines and Oddworld: New 'n Tasty.
The Long Dark being made part of the Epic Games Store free games lineup is significant because it seemingly validates a leaked list of games that will be included in the promotion. That leaked Epic Games Store free games for December list has accurately named Cities: Skylines, Oddworld: New n Tasty, and now The Long Dark. If the rest of the list is accurate, then fans can look forward to adding Defense Grid 1, Alien: Isolation, Metro 2033, Tropico 5, Inside, Darkest Dungeon, My Time at Portia, Night in the Woods, Stranded Deep, Solitairica, Torchlight 2, and Jurassic World Evolution to their Epic Games Store collection in the coming days.
All of the games being released as part of the Epic Games Store free games for December 2020 promotion are generally well-received titles, with some standing out as having received particular critical acclaim. Inside won numerous awards when it first released, as did Night in the Woods. Alien: Isolation is nothing to scoff at either, with that game being hailed as one of the better survival-horror games in the last decade.
It's possible that the leaked list of Epic Games Store free games is inaccurate, but it's not looking that way. While they wait to see if the Epic Games Store free game for December 20 is Defense Grid 1 as leaked, fans can claim their free copy of The Long Dark.