Epic Games Store Reveals Free Game for March 16

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The Epic Games Store has made Call of the Sea free for users to claim right now, while Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War will be free beginning Thursday, March 16. Epic Games Store free games rotate in and out every Thursday at 10:00am CT, and there are no signs that Epic is going to stray from that pattern any time soon.

The Epic Games Store has given away quite a few solid games for 2023 already, and Call of the Sea can be added to that list. Call of the Sea was first released in 2020 and earned mostly positive reviews when it first launched. The game is a first-person adventure game with a focus on puzzle-solving. It lets players explore a mysterious island, all the while attempting to solve a Lovecraftian mystery. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but Call of the Sea certainly has its moments and is definitely worth a look, especially since Epic Games Store users can claim it for their libraries completely free of charge.

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Anyone intrigued by Call of the Sea's Lovecraftian premise has until Thursday, March 16 to snag it. At that point, it will be replaced by Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War, which is quite a different kind of game. First released in 2018, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War is a turn-based 4X game, the first of its kind for the Warhammer franchise. It earned mixed reviews from critics, but it was much more warmly received by fans.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War has a 4.5 star rating on the Epic Games Store at the time of this writing. Taking a look at its Steam page reveals that the game has Very Positive reviews on Valve's digital distribution platform as well. So even though critics weren't quite as high on