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Epic's weekly giveaway is back, and this week it's putting all its chips on one card game. Literally.
From today until July 30 you can grab Foretales on the Epic Games Store for nothing. Claim it once and it's yours to keep, no subscription, no strings attached. It normally runs about 20 dollars, so this is a proper freebie, not some leftover nobody wanted.
One thing worth flagging: this is a solo drop. Epic had been doubling up for weeks, handing out two games at a time all summer long. This week it's back to a single headliner. Quality over quantity, we suppose.
So what is Foretales?
Picture a story-driven adventure where every scene is a spread of cards on the table, and you play them to decide how things go. That's the pitch studio Alkemi went with, and they call it decksploration, basically exploring the world through a deck of cards. You are Volepain, a small-time bird thief who nicks a magical lyre and promptly starts having visions of the world ending. Oops.
From there you pull together a ragtag party (a tiger archer named Léo, a hulking gorilla, an elephant, the usual talking-animal crew) and try to outrun a prophecy that says everything is about to fall apart. The clever bit is how you solve problems. Cornered by guards? You can fight them, sure. Or you can play a money card and bribe your way past, or talk, or sneak around. The game genuinely does not punish you for keeping your sword sheathed, which is rarer than it sounds.
It first landed back in September 2022, published by Dear Villagers, and it slipped under a lot of radars at the time. Gorgeous hand-drawn art, a branching story that actually branches, and no two runs playing out quite the same. If you like your narrative games with a bit of tabletop DNA, this one has been quietly waiting for you.
Grab it before Thursday
The usual rules apply. Epic rotates its freebies every Thursday at 8 AM Pacific, so Foretales is up until July 30, when the next mystery game takes its slot. Add it to your library even if you are not going to play it tonight. Future you will thank present you.
Planning to give this one a shot, or is decksploration just not your thing? Drop it in the comments.
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