This week’s Epic Games Store free games are Bad Cheese and Agent A: A puzzle in disguise. Both unlock at 15:00 UTC on Thursday, October 15 (11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT) and stay free until 15:00 UTC on Thursday, October 22, according to Epic’s free games data. Together they normally cost $32.98, and anything you claim is yours to keep.
Until 15:00 UTC today you can still grab last week’s pair: Out of Sight, a horror puzzle adventure about a blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes, and TerraScape, a cozy medieval city-building puzzler on floating islands.
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Epic free games this week at a glance
| Game | Normal price | Free from | Free until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Cheese | $12.99 | Oct 15, 15:00 UTC | Oct 22, 15:00 UTC |
| Agent A: A puzzle in disguise | $19.99 | Oct 15, 15:00 UTC | Oct 22, 15:00 UTC |
| Out of Sight (last chance) | $14.99 | Oct 8 | Oct 15, 15:00 UTC |
| TerraScape (last chance) | $16.99 | Oct 8 | Oct 15, 15:00 UTC |
Local times for the 15:00 UTC switch: 4 p.m. in London, 7 p.m. in Dubai, 8:30 p.m. in India.
Bad Cheese: what it is and who it’s for
Bad Cheese is a psychological horror game drawn in the style of 1920s rubber-hose cartoons. You play a young mouse stuck at home for the weekend with a volatile Dad while Mom is away, and the goal is simple and unsettling: keep Daddy happy. That means chores (scrubbing, sweeping, making fries, killing spiders, bringing Dad his pills) while the house gets stranger around you, plus treats and action figures hidden in the rooms.
Bad Cheese mixes 1920s cartoon art with household horror. Image: Feardemic
Made by Simon Lukasik and published by Feardemic, it launched on Steam on September 1, 2025. Steam players rate it Mostly Positive (about 71% of roughly 700 reviews). Steam lists Windows 10, 8 GB of RAM, a GTX 1660 and 5 GB of storage as the minimum.
Worth your time if you like art-led, offbeat horror for October nights. Skip it if cartoon gore and an abusive-parent theme aren’t for you.
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Agent A is the gentler pick. You’re a secret agent sneaking into the hideout of enemy spy Ruby La Rouge, and the whole game is inventory and logic puzzles set in 1960s spy-movie style. Developer Yak & Co lists 35 environments, 100 inventory puzzles and 50 puzzle screens.
A laser-grid puzzle room in Agent A, with your inventory down the right side. Image: Yak & Co
The PC version came to Steam in August 2019, where it holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating (about 95% of more than 6,000 reviews). It runs on very modest hardware: Steam lists 2 GB of RAM and 1 GB of storage.
Worth your time if you enjoy escape rooms, The Room-style puzzle boxes or point-and-click adventures, or you want something cozy to play with a cup of tea. If you only claim one, the player ratings make Agent A the safer pick.
How to claim Epic’s free games
- Sign in to your Epic account at store.epicgames.com or in the Epic Games Launcher on PC.
- Open the game’s store page between October 15 and October 22 (15:00 UTC).
- Click Get, then Place Order. The total shows $0.00.
- The game stays in your library for good, even after the offer ends.
Coming next on Epic: a sale from October 19
Epic’s store data also lists discounts that start on October 19 at 15:00 UTC and end on November 2 at 16:00 UTC. Highlights: Castlevania Anniversary Collection at 60% off its $19.99 price (good timing with the new Castlevania out this week; here’s our older look at how Konami could revive the series), Monument Valley at 65% off $7.99, and the time-bending puzzle game Eternal Threads at 80% off $19.99. Epic hadn’t listed next week’s free games in its data when we checked on October 15.
Other free games this week from official stores
October's PS Plus Monthly Games are claimable until November 2. Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment
- PlayStation Plus monthly games: F1 25 (PS5), Hunt: Showdown 1896 (PS5) and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 (PS5, PS4) can be added to your library until Monday, November 2, per the PlayStation Blog. They’re on every tier, including Essential. Extra and Premium members also get October’s Game Catalog (Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West and more) from October 20. Compare tiers in our PS Plus tier explainer.
- Prime Gaming: Amazon’s October lineup adds Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong (redeemed on Epic) and Caravan SandWitch (Amazon Games app) on October 15, as Worthplaying reported. Ad Infinitum and Time Travel: Escape Room Game follow on October 22. Claim them with an Amazon Prime membership at luna.amazon.com/claims.
- Steam Next Fest: free demos of hundreds of upcoming games run October 19 to 26 on the Next Fest page (here’s a past Next Fest demo we covered).
FAQ
What time do Epic free games change?
Epic swaps its weekly free games every Thursday at 15:00 UTC, which is 11 a.m. ET or 8 a.m. PT while US daylight saving time is on. This week’s switch is October 15, and the next one is October 22.
Do I keep Bad Cheese and Agent A after October 22?
Yes. If you click Get and complete the $0 order before the deadline, the games stay in your Epic library permanently.
Prices and dates checked on October 15, 2026, at about 11:00 UTC. Sources: Epic Games Store free games data, Bad Cheese on Steam, Agent A on Steam, PlayStation Blog, Worthplaying, Steam Next Fest.
Featured image: Feardemic / Epic Games Store
