Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece Prey Currently Free On PC, Along With Other Great Games

by techlowdown · 12 May 2022

Prey is free on the Epic Store until May 19. But if you’re stumbling upon this blog after that date, don’t fret. You can still grab Prey for nothing if you have an Xbox Game Pass subscription. However you get your hands on it, you’re in for a treat. It’s one of 2017’s best games, and one of my personal favorite games from the last generation.

What kind of game is it? Well, it’s not a sequel to 2K’s 2006 shooter Prey. Instead, the 2017 game is an immersive sim (“imsim”), a strange genre that is both hard to define and easy to spot. Often, imsims are played from a first-person perspective and involve lots of interweaving game systems that can work together in novel but natural ways, letting you immerse yourself in the game world and play however you want.

Examples of imsims include Arkane’s Dishonored series and System Shock. Often these games will let you play as a stealthy pacifist, a blood-hungry maniac, or something that falls somewhere in between. And Prey, like many similar imsims, gives you countless potential ways to complete missions and objectives, making it one of the most replayable single-player games out there.

If you beat Prey and find yourself craving more, check out the Mooncrash expansion, which is also included. It adds a whole new roguelike mode to the game, upping the replay potential even further. Neat!

As for the Epic Store other two current freebies, they ain’t too shabby either. You can pick up Redout, a fast-paced futuristic racing game heavily inspired by F-Zero and Wipeout, for nothing. And you can also grab Jotun, a rad-looking hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology and featuring a lot of vikings. Those vikings, they are mighty popular in games these days, huh?

Again, all of these games are only free on PC via the Epic Games Store, and only until May 19. So if you’re interested, don’t wait. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go relax and take a sip from this coffee mug on my desk that…Wait a minute…I wasn’t drinking anythi

This article was originally published by Kotaku.com. Read the original article here.