The Darkside Detective
Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 6 cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Twin Lakes is a cursed city. Less cursed than say, “Demons are tearing it apart” but more cursed than “always loses its keys” or “often steps in puddles”. It’s roughly in the middle of the cursed scale, is what we’re trying to say.
Cursed enough that it’s a nuisance. Cursed enough that somebody has to deal with it…
That’s where The Darkside Detective comes in. Whenever you hear a bump in the night, feel a tingle up your spine, or smell something fishy, Detective Francis McQueen isn’t far behind.
No, he doesn’t smell of fish - it’s a phrase, come on...
Picking up after the events of The Darkside Detective, McQueen has to save his usually-present (in body, if not mind) sidekick Officer Dooley from the Darkside, so the two can get back to what they do best - investigating the city’s many strange, often paranormal, always paradoxical goings-on.
Join them in this frighteningly funny point-and-click adventure as they investigate six more standalone cases bringing them to a carnival, the local retirement home, an amateur wrestling circuit and even as far away as Ireland as they do what they can to keep the Darkside at bay.
Once The Darkside Detective and Nobody Wants to Die the current free games on the Epic Games Store, have run their course, it will be up to Return To Ash and StalCraft: X Starter Edition, which will be gratis starting February 19 until February 26, 2026.
Return To Ash
The hospital room she knew is gone. Beyond the window lies a blank, white void that stretches endlessly. Instead of the usual aches and pains, she awakens feeling better than she has in years. Is this a dream, or…? Return to Ash is a narrative-driven visual novel focused on emotional storytelling and relationship building. Your decisions will shape Ashleigh’s journey, and determine how her story ends. Explore a mysterious afterlife, forge bonds with others trapped in this strange purgatory, and face impossible, torturous trials from a masked being who calls themself “Death”.
StalCraft: X Starter Edition
STALCRAFT: X is a free-to-play MMOFPS with RPG elements. Start exploring the world of the Zone with a Starter Pack. It includes everything you need for your initial raids: a 7-day Premium, weapons, armor, artifacts, and cosmetics.
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has its own rules. There are no safe paths: aggressive mutants live in forests, unpredictable anomalies appear around every corner, and other Seekers are always ready to claim your trophies.
Experience an expansive non-linear storyline of 50+ hours where every decision impacts the unfolding events. Explore the stories of the Zone's inhabitants and complete hundreds of side quests, each presenting a true test of endurance. Participate in a variety of season activities and large-scale thematic events to earn exclusive rewards!
In honor of the opening of a new route, we present to you a Starter Pack — gear that will help you survive your first raids.
The pack includes:
- 7 days of Premium
- Military Issued FN SCAR-L — 1 unit
- Aurora-B Jumpsuit — 1 unit
- Classic M9 — 1 unit
- Sports Bag — 1 unit
Artifacts:
- Ice Hedgehog (115%) — 1 unit
- Battery (115%) — 1 unit
Cosmetics:
- Hexagon-C camouflage (for weapon) — 1 unit
- Hexagon-C camouflage (for armor) — 1 unit
- Follower Skin — 1 unit
Consumables:
- Pouch of 5.56 mm — 10 units
- Injector — 25 units
- Pouch of Military First-Aid Kits — 10 units
- Jiden EXTRA Energy Drink — 15 units
- American MRE — 15 units
- Desperol — 15 units
Here’s everything you need to start. From now on, it's just you and the Zone.
Nobody Wants to Die
Lose yourself in the world of New York, 2329, where immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. Following a near-death experience, Detective James Karra takes an off-the-books case from his chief with only the help of a young police liaison, Sara Kai, to assist him. Time reveals all as they risk everything in pursuit of a killer, uncovering the dark secrets of the city's elite.
Experience a noir adventure in an alternate future of New York City in 2329; technology has advanced to offer humans eternal life, allowing consciousness to be stored in memory banks or transferred from one body to another. That is, if you can afford the subscription.
See through the eyes of Mortality Department Detective James Karra on his hunt for a serial killer who targets the city’s elite citizens. Investigate crime scenes using his time manipulation augmentation and advanced technology to reconstruct events leading up to each murder and uncover clues that lead to the horrifying truth behind the murders.
Lose yourself in a dystopian future through this meaningful and original interactive detective story, that explores the dangers of transhumanism and immortality. In a world of eternal life and vanishing morality, you, a hardened detective, must navigate the lines of right and wrong in a society where death is a distant memory.
Utilising the power of Unreal Engine 5, Nobody Wants to Die pushes the boundaries of storytelling, combining photorealistic graphics and a distinctly unique narrative experience.