It's become an annual tradition for the Epic Games Store to hold a free mystery game promotion in December as a way to count down to the new year, where new free games are released every day like a digital advent calendar. The Epic Games Store free mystery game promotion has returned for December 2021, with the Epic Games Store giving away a new free game every day at 10:00am CT.
So far, the Epic Games Store free games have consisted of Shenmue 3, Neon Abyss, and Remnant: From the Ashes, but now the fourth free mystery game is available. As previously leaked, the fourth free Epic Games Store mystery game is none other than The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, which is available for Epic Games Store users to claim right now, though the launcher may not be running the best due to traffic overload.
Once users are able to hop on to the Epic Games Store launcher, they will be able to claim The Vanishing of Ethan Carter for their collection at no additional cost. Unlike other "free" game promotions, the Epic Games Store free games are truly free, allowing anyone to claim the games without paying a dime for a subscription service or anything of that nature.
Epic Games Store Free Mystery Games List
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (December 19)
- Remnant: From the Ashes (December 18)
- Neon Abyss (December 17)
- Shenmue 3 (December 16)
For those who may be curious about what exactly The Vanishing of Ethan Carter entails, it's an award-winning 2014 mystery game where players have to figure out what happened to the ill-fated Carter family. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter lets players loose in its world so they can solve the mystery on their own with puzzles to solve and other obstacles to overcome.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter will be free on the Epic Games Store until December 20 at 10:00am CT, at which point it will be replaced by the next free game, whatever it may be. Unlike how the Epic Games Store mystery games leaked last year, a reliable list of free games has not leaked online for this year's promotion just yet. So it's really anyone's guess as to what the next free Epic Games Store game will be, but luckily fans won't have to wait all that long to find out for themselves.
The next Epic Games Store free game will be available on December 20 at 10:00am CT when it replaces The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, so users have to wait about a day to find out what's next.
