Evoland 2, Out There are free this week on Epic Games Store on mobile

Guess what day it is? It’s free game Thursday!

This week on the Epic Games Store mobile app you can pick up Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder and Out There: Omega Edition* for free until April 3.

Both games are available to download on Android worldwide and iOS in the European Union.

*Note: May not be available in all regions

Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder
Playdigious

Evoland 2 is a time-bending, genre-mashing role-playing game from developers Shiro Games and Playdigious that’s really many games from many eras tucked into one self-aware adventure. 

Players take on the role of an amnesiac protagonist-turned-hero who’s caught a slight case of spacetime continuum disorder. Your explorations through the world help you solve the mystery of your origins and change the game around you — ideally, but not necessarily for the better. 

That’s the big twist: As you make your way through different time periods in Evoland 2, the world transforms. Though it’s an RPG at heart, it morphs seamlessly between varied genres and nostalgic aesthetics. 

Sometimes, it looks and feels like you’re playing on a Game Boy. Other times, it’s clearly a game from the NES or PSOne era. Sometimes, you’re exploring a town in 2D, like it’s an early Legend of Zelda game. Sometimes, it‘s a 3D world like Final Fantasy. Sometimes you’re exploring, sometimes you’re platforming, and then you’re solving tile-matching puzzles, and before you know it, you’re in a fighting game. 

Evoland 2 is an ode to video games and platforms gone by and a loving wtribute to its influences. And you can experience and discover it all for free. 

Out There: Omega Edition
Mi-Clos Studio

Out There from developer Mi-Clos Studio blends elements of science fiction, roguelikes, and resource management tied together with beautiful pulp comic book styling. 

Out There begins with a classic hard sci-fi premise. In the far future, Earth’s resources have been depleted. You play as an astronaut sent on a mission to find more resources. After some serious cryonic sleep, you were supposed to wake up orbiting Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Instead, you awake confused, in unknown space, and so far from home that you’re not even in the right solar system. 

Your goal: Survive … out there. 

That requires exploration, resource management, and a bit of diplomacy. There are planets to visit (the green ones have much-needed oxygen), resources to harvest (you need to power your adventures), and multiple alien species to meet (and languages to learn). Because Out There takes place in a procedurally generated galaxy, every game is different, and every unique version of the galaxy is begging to be explored. 

Out There’s atmospheric, other-worldly soundtrack accompanies players throughout their adventures, courtesy of composer Siddhartha Barnhoorn, whose audio stylings you may have heard in games like The Stanley Parable. 

So take to the stars and save yourself (and maybe even humanity) in Out There. 

Remember to check out the Epic Games Store on mobile to see what else is available in the growing catalog.