Epic Games Store Updates List of Free Games for May 2024

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The Epic Games Store has updated its list of free games for May 2024 while confirming that next week will see the long-awaited return of the platform's mystery game promotion. Typically, Epic Games Store free game updates not only give users a fresh batch of freebies to claim, but they also let fans know what they will be able to add to their digital libraries the following week. The exception to the rule is when the Epic Games Store runs its mystery game promotions.

Epic Games Store mystery game promotions coincide with big sales on the digital storefront. Epic Games Store users are drawn back to see what the free game is and claim it, with the hope that they might also decide to buy one of the games that are on sale while they're there. It's unclear how effective this strategy has been, but it must be at least somewhat successful, because the Epic Games Store has hosted multiple mystery game promotions each year.

Now fans know that the Epic Games Store mystery game promotion is coming back on Thursday, May 16 at 10:00am CT. In usual mystery game fashion, fans have no idea what the free game will be, and they won't know until next week. But while Epic Games Store users wait to see what the free mystery game is, they have a couple of freebies to snag. From now until May 16 at 10:00am CT, Epic Games Store users can claim Circus Electrique and $100 worth of content for free-to-play game Firestone.

For those unfamiliar with the latest Epic Games Store free games, Circus Electrique is a turn-based strategy game about managing a circus that released in 2022 to mixed reviews. It seems some hardcore fans of the genre were impressed with it, though, so Epic Games Store users should still be sure to claim it while it's free. Firestone, meanwhile, is an idle game. Idle games are admittedly niche, but it doesn't hurt to claim $100 worth of content for free.

Some Epic Games Store users will get a great deal of playtime out of Circus Electrique and Firestone, but others will be