Free on the Epic Games Store this week: Midnight Ghost Hunt

In temporary: Another Thursday, one other free recreation courtesy of the Epic Games Store. This week’s freebie is Midnight Ghost Hunt, a multiplayer hide-and-seek recreation that first hit the retailer as an early entry title final 12 months.

In this 4v4 recreation from Vaulted Sky Games and Coffee Stain Publishing, you’ll alternate enjoying as each a ghost and a hunter in a “chaotic struggle between the living and the dead.” As a ghost, you will possess on a regular basis gadgets and work along with your fellow spooks to set traps and ambush hunters. Conversely, hunters are tasked with banishing all spirits earlier than the clock strikes 12 and the hunters grow to be the hunted.

The recreation options a number of haunted areas with varied props to own, every offering totally different techniques to contemplate – and gadgets to hurl at hunters. The recreation seemed reasonably polished from the early entry gameplay trailer, and sure has solely gotten higher over the previous 12 months.

On Steam, most of the recreation’s greater than 4,300 evaluations are Very Positive.

Midnight Ghost Hunt hit the Epic Games Store as an early entry title on March 31, 2022, and is generally priced at $19.99.

The freebie is a part of the ongoing Epic Games Mega Sale which kicked off final month and runs via June 15. Each week, Epic drops a brand new free recreation for gamers to scoop up. The first was Death Stranding and final week, Fallout: New Vegas was on supply. Once claimed, the freebie is yours to maintain.

Highlights from the ongoing sale embody half off Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, and TOHU. Battlefield 2042, Anno 1800 Standard Edition and PC Building Simulator, in the meantime, could be had for 75 % off their common value. If you’re in the hunt for a good deeper low cost, perhaps 80 % off Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl or Ghost Recon Breakpoint is likely to be price it.

The Epic Coupon can also be nonetheless in play. With it, you may get a 25 % low cost on eligible video games, and it may be used on singles or purchases with a number of video games that sum as much as $14.99 or extra after any sale low cost. The Epic Coupon is robotically utilized at checkout, and you’ll obtain one other coupon after finishing every eligible transaction.