# Free game of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [May 23, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728 "2018-05-23T16:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/653 "2026-06-08T07:29:58Z")
It’s pretty decent. > [@The 2021 what are we playing thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2021-what-are-we-playing-thread/4671/7): > > I’ve started playing Tell Me Why. So far it’s feeling quite a bit like some scrapped concepts for Life is Strange 2. It’s feeling very similar. Don’t change a winning team, I suppose. > [@The 2022 what are we playing thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-2022-what-are-we-playing-thread/4913/11): > > Following @ZakPhoenixMcKracken’s [tip](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-adventure-games-on-sale-thread/2838/458), I’ve been playing Life is Strange: True Colors the past few days. I find it a tad disappointing after episode 1 (I just started episode 5), but it’s very good looking and it also has a lot of stuff that was cute and enjoyable. This is the kind of game where you can just wander around the environments a bit enjoying how nice they look. The “plot twist” was something I was afraid they might do all the way back in ep 1 when that character was first introduced,… ---
**Author:** ![Goodmold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Goodmold](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Goodmold)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/654 "2026-06-22T11:55:19Z")
The cyberpunk RPG _Citizen Sleeper_ is currently free on Epic. Very good reviews. Positive and negative critics mention it’s very text-heavy, which in this adventure forum should be a positive trait to mention. [https://store.epicgames.com/p/citizen-sleeper-944858](https://store.epicgames.com/p/citizen-sleeper-944858) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/655 "2026-06-22T16:06:04Z")
> [@Goodmold](#): > > it’s very text-heavy, which in this adventure forum should be a positive trait to mention. Depends, I hear that Planescape Torment has an amount of text vastly exceeding a large fantasy tome with many NPCs merely spouting what are effectively in-game encyclopedia articles. But if I look at some screenshots this looks in line with Fallen London or something, which is quite neat. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/656 "2026-06-22T17:24:47Z")
> [@Goodmold](#): > > The cyberpunk RPG _Citizen Sleeper_ is currently free on Epic. Very good reviews. Positive and negative critics mention it’s very text-heavy It’s essentially a text-based game, so yeah, you’ll be reading a lot. But it’s not massive amounts of text, from my recollection. I do recommend getting it, since it’s free, but from my own experience with the game, I think it can be either hit or miss. The mechanics are fairly simple: at the start of each day, you roll up to 5 (I think) dice, and then you can perform tasks that each consume one. Some tasks may require low numbers, some high numbers, some exact matches. So it’s not like a bad roll dooms you outright, but you may not be able to always pursue the activity you wanted to. Initially, this made for very intense gameplay, as there is so much to do, and so little time. Add to that that you need to invest energy (dice) into self-preservation, or the number of dice you can roll will shrink, limiting further how much you can do. In the long run, this will spiral into either a virtuous or a vicious cycle. In my case, it was the former, which took away a lot of the excitement. At that point, the game basically turned into a chose-your-own-adventure, where I still got to chose what path to go down, but the initial struggle for survival was totally gone. The story was okay, but not good enough to carry the whole game with the main mechanic defeated. I did not bother to play the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Goodmold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Goodmold](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Goodmold)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/657 "2026-06-23T07:56:40Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > Depends, I hear that Planescape Torment has an amount of text vastly exceeding a large fantasy tome with many NPCs merely spouting what are effectively in-game encyclopedia articles. OT, but I urge you not to rely solely on the Digital Antiquarian (you are using his exact same words). Jimmy Maher’s opinion is legitimate but not very balanced, since he admittedly wrote his review as counterweight to the prevailing narrative. There is a reason why PS:T is still spoken about, nearly 30 years after its publication. Without it, _Disco Elysium_ would not exist in its current form, and without Disco, I doubt _Citizen Sleeper_ would have been made as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/658 "2026-06-23T11:06:28Z")
> [@Goodmold](#): > > OT, but I urge you not to rely solely on the Digital Antiquarian (you are using his exact same words). Jimmy Maher’s opinion is legitimate but not very balanced, since he admittedly wrote his review as counterweight to the prevailing narrative. It’s far from the first time I heard it going back multiple decades, but that’s what brought it to mind, yes. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/659 "2026-06-23T17:27:36Z")
Well, with PS:T I’d urge everyone to see for themselves and apply their own judgement 🙂. But I have to commend Jimmy for voicing an opinion that would not be exactly popular with his audience. I find tolerance in short supply these days, so reading his dissenting point of view felt kind of refreshing, if a bit disappointing. But good advice in general, to not rely on a single source of truth. Especially not on my own impressions of Citizen Sleeper 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/660 "2026-06-23T18:17:11Z")
I noticed it was on sale on GOG, so perhaps I’ll finally give it a go myself. It never appealed to me because it was a CRPG, but Jimmy’s article actually made it sound much better than that, which I either didn’t quite realize or simply forgot about. (I don’t always dislike CRPGs but I don’t find the whole leveling / grinding mechanic appealing.) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/b/b92c4934674e38ff6be6ca4501e9b82e0316de97.jpeg) > [@kaiman](#): > > But I have to commend Jimmy for voicing an opinion that would not be exactly popular with his audience. I find tolerance in short supply these days, so reading his dissenting point of view felt kind of refreshing, if a bit disappointing. He does that all the time though? For example my reaction to his FF VII article was that I already felt that way in the year 2000. His most recent article took aim at Warlords 3, and Warlords II Deluxe is one of my favorite games of all time. 😅 Then again, I don’t enjoy 3 that much either, but his stated reasons sounded precariously much like things inherent to Warlords. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Goodmold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Goodmold](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Goodmold)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/661 "2026-07-02T11:05:56Z")
Just found out RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is free for the next 3 hours! Hope someone still manages to grab it! [https://store.epicgames.com/p/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-complete-edition](https://store.epicgames.com/p/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-complete-edition) ---
**Author:** ![ephialtes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ephialtes/32/11961_2.png) [@ephialtes](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ephialtes)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/662 "2026-07-03T09:24:03Z")
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, the legendary point-and-click horror adventure based on Harlan Ellison’s classic sci-fi story, is available for free on the Epic Games Store [https://store.epicgames.com/p/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-95c5c2](https://store.epicgames.com/p/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-95c5c2) The Official Strategy Guide is available at The Internet Archive > **[I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of...](https://archive.org/details/nomouth-hintbook)** > > The official strategy guide to the game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/663 "2026-07-07T17:25:04Z")
Silence is free on GOG for the next 3 days > **[Silence](https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence)** > > War rages on. During an air raid, 16 year old Noah and his little sister Renie seek shelt One of the Daedalic catalogue I never played so far. From what I know it’s related to The Whispered World, which I haven’t played either, but I guess it can be enjoyed on its own (assuming it’s actually enjoyable). ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/664 "2026-07-07T17:43:15Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > Whispered World I haven’t played Silence (yet) either, but I can highly recommend The Whispered World. In the last third of the game the puzzles are a little bit weak and the story seems to be weird. But the IMHO really great ending is worth playing it. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/665 "2026-07-07T17:54:17Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > I can highly recommend The Whispered World I have the Special Edition from another giveaway, so at some point I guess I’ll have to play both. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/666 "2026-07-08T06:43:30Z")
I already have it on Steam, together with a bunch of other Daedalic games, but haven’t played a single one of them. (Barring five minutes of Deponia) ---
**Author:** ![glenfx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/glenfx/32/13133_2.png) [@glenfx](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/glenfx)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/667 "2026-07-08T08:37:19Z")
I don’t like the Daedalic stories overall, the writing is usually stiff/flat and fairly uninspired, I personally hated the prank they did with the audio settings in Deponia 2 and hated the series after that (I also hated that Ron Gilbert turned Guybrush into a Ruffus clone in his last game). I couldn’t really get into the Whispered World though I don’t know if it was because the game was super buggy or if it was due to my hate towards Deponia so I have been thinking on giving the upgraded version a try again. But The Dark Eye series, especially Memoria, those are really good games, worth playing. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/668 "2026-07-08T16:57:44Z")
> [@glenfx](#): > > But The Dark Eye series, especially Memoria, those are really good games, worth playing. Those are among my favorites, too, and Memoria especially is a contender for all-time favorite. > [@glenfx](#): > > I personally hated the prank they did with the audio settings in Deponia 2 I loved that one 😃. Not the best puzzle overall, but I can appreciate the novelty and creative genius required to come up with something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Goodmold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Goodmold](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Goodmold)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/669 "2026-07-19T08:07:50Z")
The full version of _The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante_ is free to keep on Steam. Recent game (2021) and very popular in my gaming circles; I’m surprised it’s going on giveaway so soon. > **[Save 100% on The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/)** > > A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against... ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/670 "2026-08-06T15:23:15Z")
_Beacon Pines_ is free this week to grab on Epic Games. I had it on my wish list for quite some time; so long I’m not even sure why? The screenshots with the character close ups during dialog look really generic to me. Also _We Were Here Together_ is free again. It seems to be a two player escape room type of game. Maybe I’ll get to play it with one of you one day. ---
**Author:** ![Goodmold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Goodmold](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Goodmold)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/671 "2026-09-04T15:53:02Z")
_Alone With You_, a sci-fi pixel art adventure, is free on the Epic Store [https://store.epicgames.com/p/alone-with-you-028a15](https://store.epicgames.com/p/alone-with-you-028a15) ---
**Author:** ![uriel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/uriel/32/1340_2.png) [@uriel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/uriel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728/672 "2026-09-04T16:57:52Z")
> [@Goodmold](#): > > _Alone With You_, a sci-fi pixel art adventure, is free on the Epic Store Has anyone played this one? Worth it? [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728.md?page=32) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/free-game-of-the-day/2728.md?page=34)