The Epic Games Store has been counting down to the new year by making select games completely free for users of the service. There's only a few more days left of this promotion, with the Epic Games Store free game for December 28 now confirmed to be none other than Stranded Deep.
For the uninitiated, Stranded Deep is a first-person survival game that spent a whopping five years in early access. Stranded Deep has since had its proper release, giving fans a chance to see what all the fuss is about. The game forces players to try to survive on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean as well as the surrounding deserted islands, forcing them to scavenge for food and other supplies.
Like many other survival games, Stranded Deep uses procedural generation so no two games are exactly the same. This means that Stranded Deep players will have to rely on their wits to survive every time instead of simply memorizing where all the best items and resources are located. Anyone curious about Stranded Deep can claim it now on the Epic Games Store completely free of charge to see if it's something they're interested in playing.
Something interesting to note about Stranded Deep is that it's one of the rare PC games that actually supports local co-op play. Stranded Deep split-screen co-op is available in the PC version of the survival game, so that's another feature that fans can check out after adding the game to their Epic Games Store collection.
Meanwhile, December 29 will bring with it a free game of its own, and since the leaked list of Epic Games Store December 2020 free games has proven to be completely accurate so far, fans have a very good idea of what tomorrow's game will be. Unless Epic Games Store decides to throw fans a curveball, it seems as though the free game for December 29 is Solitairica. Solitairica combines the classic card game Solitaire with RPG and roguelike elements to create a completely unique concept. It has had a relatively positive reception so far, and now it will be able to reach a much wider audience.
After Solitairica, two more games will be part of the Epic Games Store free games lineup for December 2020. Torchlight 2 is the free game for December 30, whereas Jurassic World Evolution is the free game for December 31. Again, it's always possible Epic Games Store will decide to do something else, but the leak has been 100% accurate so far, and it's hard to see that changing in the coming days.