Highlights

  • Epic Games Store is offering free mystery games.
  • Escape Academy is the current free game, available for users to claim until January 2.
  • Escape Academy also has paid DLC available, including two expansions, for users who want additional puzzles and challenges to solve.

The Epic Games Store free game for Monday, January 1, 2024 is Escape Academy. Previous Epic Games Store free mystery game giveaways would have been wrapped up by now, but the latest event has bled into the new year and is ongoing. In fact, Epic Games Store users are expected to have at least three more mystery games to claim before the latest promotion is over.

The point of the Epic Games Store free mystery games is for users to open the Epic Games Store launcher each day to see what the new game is as well as potentially take part in the ongoing Holiday Sale. However, leaks may have ruined the surprise, revealing all the new Epic Games Store free mystery games for the rest of the promotion. If the leaks are accurate, the next free games will be 20 Minutes Till Dawn, A Plague Tale: Innocence, and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

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Epic Games Store users should take the leaked EGS mystery games with a grain of salt, but they do seem to be legitimate, especially since the Epic Games Store free mystery game for January 1, Escape Academy, was part of that same leak. Regardless, Epic Games Store users can now claim Escape Academy for free. The game will remain free for users to claim until January 2 at 10:00am CST, at which point it will be replaced by the next free mystery game (20 Minutes Till Dawn, according to the leak).

Epic Games Store Free Mystery Games List

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  • Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (December 13 - December 20)
  • DNF Duel (December 20 - December 21)
  • Melvor Idle (December 21 - December 22)
  • Art of Rally (December 22 - December 23)
  • Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (December 23 - December 24)
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo (December 24 - December 25)
  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition (December 25 - December 26)
  • Human Resource Machine (December 26 - December 27)
  • Cursed to Golf (December 27 - December 28)
  • Cat Quest (December 28 - December 29)
  • Snakebird Complete (December 29 - December 30)
  • Saints Row (December 30 - December 31)
  • Ghostrunner (December 31 - January 1)
  • Escape Academy (January 1 - January 2)

While Escape Academy is one of the more obscure Epic Games Store free mystery games, EGS users should still be excited about getting it. Escape Academy is a fun first-person puzzle game where players are tasked with making their way through increasingly-difficult escape rooms. Escape Academy's co-op support is what really puts it over the top, and so EGS users wanting a new co-op game to play should definitely grab it while it's still free.

Leaked EGS Free Mystery Games for 2024

  • 20 Minutes Till Dawn (January 2 - January 3)
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence (January 3 - January 4)
  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (January 4 - January 11)

EGS users that like Escape Academy should note that the game has some paid DLC available to check out as well. There are currently two Escape Academy expansions available on the Epic Games Store with Escape from the Past and Escape from Anti-Escape Island both selling for $9.99, though fans get them both for $14.99 if they decide to spring for the Season Pass, netting themselves a nice $5 discount on the DLC. The Escape Academy DLC is just as fun as the base game, and so those that want even more puzzles to solve once they've wrapped up the core adventure shouldn't hesitate to buy the expansions.