Free on Steam & Epic: 5 cool games for free this weekend

With the free games of the week, role-playing and strategy fans in particular will have a lot of fun

The weekend is just around the corner and with it the weekly load of free games on Steam and the Epic Games Store Both platforms together offer five games, including a cool sci-fi open world

As always, some games are yours to keep permanently, others are only free to play for a limited time.

Highlight of the week: The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds is a single-player role-playing game that takes you on a exciting journey through a retrofuturistic galaxy

What’s it all about? Set in the year 2355, megacorporations have colonized entire planets and brought them under their control. You awaken from cryogenic sleep aboard a colony ship you thought was lost and quickly find yourself in the middle of a far-reaching conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Halcyon colony.

The Outer Worlds is characterized by its strong focus on character development – your heroes not only have strengths, but also weaknesses. You can influence the game’s story through decisions that also shape relationships with companions and factions within the game.

More free promotions this weekend

• Thief: The remake of the medieval stealth classic Dark Project: The Master Thief lets you slip into the role of the thief Garrett once again. You evade guards, avoid noise, use the shadows to your advantage and bag everything that isn’t nailed down.
  • Get & keep free until: April 11 (Epic Games Store)
• Ark: Survival Ascended: The Unreal Engine 5 remake of the survival MMO classic lets you wake up on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, which you can also tame.
  • Free to play until: April 8 (Steam)

• Hearts of Iron 4: In this complex WW2 strategy game from Paradox, you can take over almost every nation on the planet and explore alternative histories with them. The game includes not only warfare, but also diplomacy and governance.
  • Free to play until: April 8 (Steam)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: The now huge MMO lets you explore regions and cultures that you know from games like Skyrim and Oblivion. Complete quests, clear dungeons.
  • Free to play until: April 9 (Steam)

After last week was a bit of a disappointment, you’ll get a great selection of free games again this weekend. Will you be checking out the Fallout alternative The Outer Worlds or going on the prowl with master thief Garrett? Let us know in the comments section!