Epic is giving away a free game every day in its annual Holiday Sale

Epic Games Store 2022 holiday sale
(Image credit: Epic Games)

The Epic Games Store has kicked off its annual holiday sale, and that's good for two reasons: One, lots of discounted games, and two, lots of free games—15 of them, in fact.

Epic's holiday sale features discounts of up to 75% on a wide range of games, as well as the traditional Epic coupon, which takes an additional 25% off purchases, individual or combined, of $14.99 (or your local equivalent) or more. As usual, this is an auto-replenishing coupon: Everybody gets one to start, and each time you use it in an eligible transaction, you'll be given another one, just like Tom Hanks' magic coin in that terrible D&D movie from 1982.

With all due respect to Epic's price-cutting efforts, the daily free games are the big hook here. Today's giveaway game is Horizon Chase Turbo, "a tribute to classic arcade racers" that forgoes realism for simple speed and nostalgia. It's free for the taking until 11 am on December 17, when another game will take its place.

So, what's good in the sale? A few thoughts:

Remember that those are pre-coupon prices, so you'll end up dropping less than the listed prices when all is said and done. Even so, be sure to shop around before you click the button to ensure you're getting the best possible price: GOG has its own winter sale rolling right now (complete with free games) and the big boy on the block—the Steam Winter Sale—is coming next week.

Epic's 2022 holiday sale runs until January 5, but the daily game giveaways only go until December 30, so get 'em while you can. To keep up with all of Epic's freebies, past and present, be sure to keep your eyes on our running total of what's free on the Epic Games Store right now.

Andy Chalk
US News Lead

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

Read more
A Straftat screenshot.
Free games to grab over the holidays
A screenshot of the listing of most-played games on the Epic Games Store, as of January 2024.
What's free on the Epic Games Store right now?
Epic Games logo behind the Epic Games Store
Epic gave away nearly 600 million games in 2024, and it's 'not slowing down' for 2025
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles art
You should definitely grab today's free Epic Store giveaway: this 'dicebuilder' might quietly be the best freebie of the season
Dragon Age character Varric looking confidently forward with allies behind him
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Winter Sale
2024 Steam Winter Sale screenshot
Steam's 2024 Winter Sale is live
Latest in Game Development
Sharon Tal Yguado speaking at the 2025 D.I.C.E. Summit.
'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't it
Palworld early access
Palworld studio's first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: 'This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025'
Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi says his studio's new game won't be that big after all: 'it's not modern to have similar experiences repeated over and over again'
A man with a sausage-shaped head
'Calm down!' says Facepunch Studios: Garry's Mod successor s&box is getting a fan-requested sandbox mode and an alternative to 'Sausage Men'
Hellboy Web of Wyrd
Devolver has a new label dedicated to making games based on comics, films, TV shows and 'cult heroes'
Garry's Mod screen - G-Man riding a balloon-festooned cart with his hands held above his head while a Counter-Strike guy chases him
Rust dev is bored of paying Unity '$500k a year' to fix its engine and promises that his Garry's Mod successor won't hoodwink devs with fees
Latest in News
spectre divide
Spectre Divide and its studio are shutting down after just six months: 'The industry is in a tough spot right now'
Naoe looking at the wrist blade in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Ubisoft backflips, says Assassin's Creed Shadows will support Steam Deck at launch, but I doubt I'll actually want to play it there
Henry from KCD2 wearing nice outfits
'Diversify your fashion endgame' with this Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mod that gives Henry fly new gambesons, pourpoints, and caftans
Masked Counter-Terrorist in helmet in forefront with sunglasses and beret-wearing CT in background touching headset
There's hope yet for Classic Offensive after its Steam rejection: The team behind the Counter-Strike 1.6 revival mod is in touch with Valve about its 'concerns'
Recently appointed Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
Here comes Intel's new CEO: a semiconductor veteran that won the same prestigious award as Jensen Huang and Lisa Su
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 15: Protestors attend the SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike Picket on August 15, 2024 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Lila Seeley/Getty Images)
8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry's latest proposal is 'filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse'