Epic Games Store free games: the Christmas giveaway continues Defense Grid: The Awakening

December 21, 2020

Ready for this week’s free Epic Games Store games? With the world continuing to be still turned upside down Covid-19, there’s never been a better time to stay indoors and game. Whether you’re setting out on an epic single-player adventure, or teaming up with your buddies online, video games are the cure all we need right now during these unprecedented times. It’s nice of Epic to give away free games each and every week, then.

Epic’s Christmas free games giveaway has begun, meaning you’ll have 24 hours to snag each new title.

The fourth giveaway is Defense Grid: The Awakening, which is available to download today (December 20). Survive hordes of invading enemies in this strategic tower defense game.

You can grab it here, and watch a trailer of the game in action below:

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More free games

As for the other games? Well, Epic is giving away one game a day as part of its Holiday Sale, so you only have 24 hours to snag Defense Grid: The Awakening. What will we get next?

Epic Games Store is continuing to offer free games every week for the foreseeable future as part of its commitment to winning over gamers. It’s aiming to establish itself as a serious game distribution force, duking it out against the long-standing king of PC gaming, Valve’s Steam platform.

While Epic has courted some controversy through its aggressive approach to securing PC gaming exclusives for its platform, it’s hard to argue against its continued distribution of top-notch free games.

Next week’s games

Can’t wait to get your hands on some more games without spending a penny? Well, we don’t know what the next game giveaway is going to be from Epic just yet – whatever it is will be the fifth of 15 daily game giveaways, so make sure you check back for more.

Previous free games

Want to see what you’ve missed so far? Check below for the historic list of freebies that the Epic Games Store has offered up to its customers so far:

The Long Dark (December 19 – December 20, 2020)
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty (December 18 – December 19, 2020)
Cities: Skylines (December 17 – December 18, 2020)
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (December 10 – December 17, 2020)
Tyranny: Gold Edition (December 10 – December 17, 2020)
Cave Story+ (December 3 – December 10, 2020)
MudRunner (November 26 – December 3, 2020)
The World Next Door (November 19 – November 26, 2020)
Elite Dangerous (November 19 – November 26, 2020)
The Textorcist (November 12 – November 19, 2020)
Dungeons 3 (November 5 – November 12, 2020)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered (October 29 – November 5, 2020)
Blair Witch (October 29 – November 5, 2020)
Layers of Fear 2 (October 21 – October 29, 2020)
Costume Quest 2 (October 21 – October 29, 2020)
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (October 15 – October 21, 2020)
Kingdom New Lands (October 15 – October 21, 2020)
Abzu (October 8 – October 15, 2020)
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam (October 8 – October 15, 2020)
Pikuniku (October 1 – October 8, 2020)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition (September 24 – October 1, 2020)
Stick It To The Man! (September 17 – September 24, 2020)
Football Manager 2020 (September 17 – September 24, 2020)
Watch Dogs 2 (September 17 – September 24, 2020)
Railway Empire (September 10 – September 17, 2020)
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (September 10 – September 17, 2020)
Into the Breach (September 3 – September 10, 2020)
Shadowrun Collection (August 27 – September 3, 2020)
Hitman (August 27 – September 3, 2020)
Enter the Gungeon (August 20 – August 27, 2020)
God’s Trigger (August 20 – August 27, 2020)
The Alto Collection (August 13 – August 20, 2020)
Remnant: From the Ashes (August 13 – August 20, 2020)
Wilmot’s Warehouse (August 6 – August 13, 2020)
3 Out of 10 (August 6 – August 13, 2020)
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (July 30 – August 6, 2020)
Barony (July 30 – August 6, 2020)
20XX (July 30 – August 6, 2020)
Tacoma (July 23 – July 30, 2020)
Next Up Hero (July 23 – July 30, 2020)
Torchlight 2 (July 16 – July 23, 2020)
The Escapists 2 (July 9 – July 16, 2020)
Lifeless Planet (July 9 – July 16, 2020)
Killing Floor 2 (July 9 – July 16, 2020)
Hue (July 2 – July 9, 2020)
AER Memories of Old (June 25 – July 2, 2020)
Stranger Things 3: The Game (June 25 – July 2, 2020)
Pathway (June 18 – June 25, 2020)
Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection (June 11 – June 18, 2020)
Ark: Survival Evolved (June 11 – June 18, 2020)
Overcooked! (June 4 – June 11, 2020)
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (May 28 – June 4, 2020)
Civilization 6 (May 21 – May 28, 2020)
GTA 5 (May 14 – May 21, 2020)
Death Coming (May 7 – May 14, 2020)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (April 30 – May 7, 2020)
Crashlands (April 30 – May 7, 2020)
For the King (April 23 – April 30, 2020)
Just Cause 4 (April 16 – April 23, 2020)
Wheels of Aurelia (April 16 – April 23, 2020)
Close to the Sun (April 9 – 16, 2020)
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (April 9 -14, 2020)
Drawful 2 (April 2 – April 9, 2020)
Gone Home (April 2 – April 9, 2020)
Hob (April 2 – April 9, 2020)
Figment (March 26 – April 1, 2020)
Tormentor X Punisher (March 26 – April 1, 2020)
World War Z (March 26 – April 1, 2020)
Stanley Parable (March 20 – 26, 2020)
Watch Dogs (March 20 – 26, 2020)
A Short Hike (March 13-19, 2020)
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust (March 13-19, 2020)
Mutazione (March 13-19, 2020)
GoNNER (March 5-12, 2020)
Offworld Trading Company (March 5-12, 2020)
Inner Space (February 27-March 5, 2020)
Faeria (February 20-27, 2020)
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (February 20-27, 2020)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (February 13-20, 2020)
Aztez (February 13-20, 2020)
Carcassonne (February 6-13, 2020)
Ticket to Ride (February 6-13, 2020)
Pandemic* (February 6-13, 2020)
Farming Simulator 19 (January 30-February 6, 2020)
The Bridge (January 23-30, 2020)
Horace (January 16-23, 2020)
Sundered Eldritch Edition (January 9-16, 2020)
Steep, Darksiders I Warmastered Edition, and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition (January 1-9, 2020)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (December 31, 2019-January 1, 2020)
Hello Neighbor (December 30-31, 2019)
The Talos Principle (December 29-30, 2019)
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (December 29-29, 2019)
Hyper Light Drifter (December 27-28, 2019)
Faster Than Light (December 26-27, 2019)
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (December 25-26, 2019)
Celeste (December 24-25, 2019)
Ape Out (December 23-24, 2019)
Little Inferno (December 22-23, 2019)
Superhot (December 21-22, 2019)
TowerFall Ascension (December 20-21, 2019)
Into The Breach (December 19-20, 2019)
The Escapists and The Wolf Among Us (December 12-19, 2019)
Jotun: Valhalla Edition (December 6-12, 2019)
Rayman Legends (November 29-December 6, 2019)
Bad North (November 21-29, 2019)
The Messenger (November 14-21, 2019)
Nuclear Throne and Ruiner (November 7-14, 2019)
SOMA and Costume Quest (October 31-November 7, 2019)
Layers of Fear and Q.U.B.E. 2 (October 24-31, 2019)
Observer and Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (October 17-24, 2019)
Surviving Mars and DLCs (Space Race and Resupply Pack) (October 10-17, 2019)
Minit (October 3-10, 2019)
Everything and Metro 2033: Redux (September 26-October 3, 2019)
Batman Arkham Collection (three games) and Lego Batman Trilogy (September 19-26, 2019)
Conarium (September 12-19, 2019)
The End is Nigh and Abzu (September 5-12, 2019)
Celeste and Inside (August 29-September 5, 2019)
Fez (August 22-29, 2019)
Hyper Light Drifter and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (August 15-22, 2019)
GNOG (August 8-15, 2019)
For Honor and Alan Wake (August 2-9, 2019)
Moonlighter and This War of Mine (July 25-August 2, 2019)
LIMBO (July 17-25, 2019)
Torchlight (July 11-18, 2019)
Overcooked! (July 4-11, 2019)
Last Day of June (June 27-July 4, 2019)
Rebel Galaxy (June 20-27, 2019)
Enter The Gungeon (June 13-20, 2019)
Kingdom: New Lands (June 6-13, 2019)
City of Brass (May 30-June 6, 2019)
RiME (May 23-30, 2019)
Stories Untold (May 16-30, 2019)
World of Goo (May 2-16, 2019)
Transistor (April 18-May 2, 2019)
The Witness (April 4-18, 2019)
Oxenfree (March 21-April 4, 2019)
Slime Rancher (March 7-21, 2019)
Thimbleweed Park (February 21-March 7, 2019)
Axiom Verge (February 7-21, 2019)
Jackbox Party Pack (January 24-February 7, 2019)
What Remains of Edith Finch (January 11-24, 2019)
Super Meat Boy (December 28, 2018-January 10, 2019)
Subnautica (December 12-27, 2018)

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Ready for this week’s free Epic Games Store games? With the world continuing to be still turned upside down Covid-19, there’s never been a better time to stay indoors and game. Whether you’re setting out on an epic single-player adventure, or teaming up with your buddies online, video games are…