Epic Games has announced that The Evil Within and Eternal Threads are free to claim from the Epic Games Store until October 26. The first title—which appears to be the first AAA freebie that Epic has offered in a while—is a survival horror game from Tango Gameworks and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami that requires some tweaks for better enjoyment (instructions on how to remove the 60 FPS frame cap here), while Eternal Threads is a puzzle game with themes of “time manipulation, choice, and consequence” from the developers at Cosmonaut Studios. Next week’s Epic Games Store freebies are Tandem: A Tale of Shadows and The Evil Within 2, just in time for Halloween.
The Evil Within
As Detective Sebastian Castellanos, seek the dark truth behind a gruesome mass murder and its connection to a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead. Facing unimaginable terror and fighting for survival with limited resources, Sebastian embarks on a frightening journey to uncover who – or what – is responsible.
Tension and anxiety heighten dramatically as you explore the game’s tortured world, facing menacing horrors, avoiding cruel traps and managing crucial supplies as you struggle to survive against overwhelming odds. Corridors, walls, doors and entire buildings change in real time, ensnaring players in a warped reality where threats can appear at any time and from any direction.
Eternal Threads
The complete narrative follows the six main characters through multiple decisions across multiple timelines and you can experience these in any way you choose.
You can concentrate on just one particular character’s storyline at a time, following their choices across the timelines and then go back to the start and follow another character.
You can approach the story like a forensic detective, observe the final outcomes of the story and then work backwards along the timeline – essentially observing the effects and then determining their cause.
Or you can just watch things in chronological order, experiencing the timeline unfold as you observe and change the decisions that the characters face as the week progresses.