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Songs of Conquest And Rogue Waters Free On Epic Games Store, The Ouroboros King And Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks Next Week

by Rainier on June 4, 2026 @ 8:56 a.m. PDT

For the next week, the Epic Games Store is offering two titles for free: Songs of Conquest and Rogue Waters.

Songs of Conquest

Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

Songs of Conquest is a turn-based strategy game inspired by 90s classics. Lead powerful magicians called Wielders and venture to lands unknown. Wage battles against armies that dare oppose you, hunt for powerful artifacts and expand your territory. The world is ripe for the taking – seize it!

  • Adventure Awaits: Explore a wide variety of maps with diverse enemies and valuable loot. Delve into contrasting biomes with unique factions, environments and battlefields.
  • Build an Empire: Manage resources, research new advancements and expand your kingdom. Plan your towns to match your playstyle – Will you enlist every archer you can to rain death from their bows, or will the eternal legions of Aurelia march to war beneath your banners?
  • Wage War: Dive into a deep combat system using troop abilities and powerful magic. Combine troops to maximize available spells and damage potential. March into epic siege battles and determine which faction matches your playstyle and strategy. There are many ways to conquer!
  • Play Your Way: Handcrafted maps for the curious adventurer, or randomized maps for endless replayability. Conquest maps allow head-to-head battles, while Challenge maps offer strategic puzzles to hone your tactical thinking. Find a plethora of maps created by the Lavapotion team as well as our mod community.
  • Alone or Together: Venture into the world of Aerbor on your own, team up with a friend, or enlist AI allies and enemies - the choice is yours. The majority of maps are playable in single player, co-op, or multiplayer through local hotseat or online.
  • Four Factions: Four factions are locked in an epic conflict. Arleon, knights of old battling each other for dominance. Rana, ancient tribes fighting for survival in the swamp. Loth, necromancers raising the dead to create a glorious future. Barya, bold mercenaries and inventors dedicated to coin, gunpowder and independence.
  • Four Choral Campaigns: Listen to the bards as they celebrate your path to victory. Each campaign comes with a unique song that tells the tale of your rise and ruin. Unlock new verses as you complete missions, enjoying the full track at the end of the journey.
  • In-game Map Editor: The in-game map editor allows you to create your own adventures using the same tools the developers use to create campaign and skirmish maps. Script in-game events, control the soundtrack, write dialogue and share your creations with others!

Once Songs of Conquest and Rogue Waters, the current free games on the Epic Games Store, have run their course, it will be up to The Ouroboros Kingand Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, which will be gratis starting June 11 until June 18, 2026. 

The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.

Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move one piece per turn, so you must choose carefully. Make your troops work together to obliterate the enemy army.

Another Chance: If you're defeated you can go back to action on another timeline, where the path to victory will change: different map, different enemies, different rewards... in true roguelike spirit.

Key features

  • Lots of end-game options to dial up the difficulty to insane levels.
  • Same-device multiplayer, challenge your friends to chess games with lots of unique pieces.
  • Chess-based tactics, easy to learn and hard to master.
  • 15-45 minute runs, good for a short break and also longer sessions.
  • No gatekeeping, all the content is unlocked from the start. Win or die based on your skills.
  • No need to learn any chess openings or study anything.
  • All in game text is available in English

*Game inspirations: Shotgun King: Chess, The Final Checkmate, Pawnbarian, Slay the Spire, Into the Breach, 5D chess with multiverse timetravel.

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

Adrenaline-fueled combat racing in the brutal Warhammer 40,000 universe! Drive ferocious vehicles equipped with powerful weapons and abilities into a full-throttle battle to the death. Speed Freeks is a fresh, Ork-y take on vehicle combat that you’ve never seen before. WAAAGH!

YOU'Z NOW PART OF THE KULT OF SPEED!

High-octane combat racing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe! Race and customize buggies, tanks and helicopters, mastering advanced movement and explosive weaponry. Unlock gear, customize your rides and use the Creation Workshop to create, share, and play custom maps with the community!

More speed. More dakka. Join da Speedwaaagh and tear through war-torn tracks, racing solo, against bots, or with other people online across multiple game modes.

Prove you’re the fastest git in Deff Rally, an 8v8 combat race where, speed, kunning and aggression combine before an all-out sprint to victory.

Use Orky tactics in Kill Konvoy as teams defend their giant mechanical Stompa while sabotaging the enemy’s one, with every match erupting into chaos as you fight to the finish line. Each vehicle plays differently, rewarding players with diverse skill, kunnin', and brutal strats.

When the dust settles, jump into building your own chaos - using a powerful level editor with over 400 assets. Create racetracks and battlefields either solo or with friends in real time, then share them on the Workshop where you can also download other wild creations by the community.

Rogue Waters

Set sail as Captain Cutter, a pirate caught in a deadly struggle for power and vengeance. Navigate dangerous waters, unleash mythical sea creatures, and outwit enemies as you chase legendary treasure and confront dark secrets.

  • Embark on a journey of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge, as you unravel the mysteries of the Sea Shepherd prophecy and face the immortal Captain Blackbone.
  • Use your Pirate Cave (HUB) to equip ship upgrades & crew members before each run.
  • Each run generates new encounters, requiring careful navigation as you work your way toward Captain Blackbone.
  • Enjoy a rich, story-driven adventure across 3 acts, with endless replayability.

ASSEMBLE YOUR CREW

Recruit and grow your pirate crew, discovering their hidden potential as you lead them into battle. It's your responsibility to mold them into the legendary pirates they were destined to be.

  • Recruit from 6 unique classes, each with distinct abilities and playstyles for your ship’s crew.
  • After each run, upgrade your crew’s skills to increase their effectiveness.
  • Damage persists across runs, requiring you to swap out crew members to allow them time to heal.

EVER-CHANGING LAND AND SEA

Face new challenges as the game world shifts procedurally with each run, offering fresh secrets, combat scenarios, and treasures to discover.

  • Encounters feature diverse pirate factions and enemy types—choose your battles wisely.
  • Your crew will engage enemies on ships and land alike.
  • Visit shops to heal, upgrade crew, buy cannons, and repair your ship.
  • You can extort shops for loot, but it’ll lead to a fight.

TURN THE TIDES

Customize your naval encounters with cannons and ship artillery. Unleash powerful shots during naval combat to destroy enemy ship modules and gain the upper hand in boarding fights.

  • Encounters begin with Sea Battles where you can use cannons to target key areas of enemy ships.
  • Both your ship and the enemy's have distinct buffs that can be destroyed.
  • Crew members can be targeted and killed during battle, so defend your ship and crew before boarding.

TACTICS EN GARDE!

Experience a fresh take on turn-based tactical combat that replicates the visceral intensity of cloak-and-dagger duels. Use the environment to gain the upper hand like never before.

  • The boarding phase involves hand-to-hand combat where your crew faces off against enemies.
  • Use your crew's unique abilities to maneuver and pin enemies against obstacles for fatal damage.
  • Leverage the environment by pushing enemies into spikes, grabbing one-time weapons, or swinging into position with ropes.

SUMMON CREATURES FROM THE DEEP

Legendary sea creatures, once thought to be myths, roam the oceans of Rogue Waters. Free them from captivity and gain their trust to summon them in battle.

Summon 3 sea monsters to assist in the boarding phase:

  • The Kraken crushes nearby enemies.
  • The Mermaid disrupts and pushes enemies in any direction.
  • The Giant Snail drops a deadly spiked obstacle on the deck.

THESE WATERS ARE ROGUE-LITE

Each run resets your equipment and items, but unlocks permanent upgrades for your crew, ship, and Captain Cutter, allowing you to grow stronger with every battle.

Items and upgrades reset between each run:

  • Personal items (character equipment): additional weapons, attack modifiers, and side upgrades for abilities.
  • Shipboard weapons (cannons and similar items): each new run begins with a usable, basic starter set.
  • Ship modules reset as well.

Each run permanently increases your progress:

  • Unlock skill trees for crew members and Captain Cutter.
  • Acquire ship and port facility upgrades in the Pirate Cave (HUB).
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