The holiday season is over and the new year is upon us, and that means the abundant big sales and giveaways we've enjoyed over the past several weeks are rapidly winding down. There's still time to score one more freebie, though, and it's a good one—Iratus: Lord of the Dead, which you can now snag for free from GOG.
Released in 2020, Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a Darkest Dungeon clone in which you play as the bad guy, a necromancer ("very emo," apparently) who gets a bang out of killing intrepid adventurers and creating new monsters from their hacked-up body parts. We said in a 2019 preview that it "doesn't have much in the way of new ideas," but even so it looked promising and we found that its pieces came together very well when it left Early Access a year later.
"I'm only a few hours into my first campaign, but I'm enjoying Iratus a lot more than I thought I would," Steven wrote of his early descent into evil. "I miss the intensity of juggling my party's mental and physical health, and, compared to Darkest Dungeons' gorgeous hand-painted aesthetic, Iratus' art sometimes looks a little goofy and cheap. But unlocking new units and discovering all the ways they complement each other is really fun."
- GOG's bespoke cut of The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall gets delisted tomorrow, so you've got a day to grab it for free as the store works out how 'to publish and maintain such projects better' in future
- I missed this co-op open world base-builder when it first came out, but it's got over 10,000 positive Steam reviews and it's free to play all weekend
To give it a shot yourself, just pop around to GOG and scroll down the front page a bit until you see the button to claim it. Give it a click and Iratus: Lord of the Dead will be added to your account momentarily. The freebie will be available until 9 am ET on January 5, which is also when GOG's big Winter Sale wraps up.
