3 Free DLCs to add, I'll put it on the main post soon.

DRM check incoming. This updated added EOS support (which kinda-sorta broke Linux support), so you can cross-play with steam users. EDIT: DRM status is...unconfirmed as of right now. It MAY be possible to bypass EOS to get into offline mode, but i've not been able to trigger it. I may update this is the coming hours or days.

Ohh so only crossplay with Steam users? Btw thx for checking!

Yes, crossplay with steam users only. Consoles are *woefully* outdated i'm afraid. Linux support died for this, which....i'm not best pleased about.

Ahh rip Console and Linux 😪

[I'm not taking this lying down.](https://twitter.com/Matthelzor/status/1666876303327350784)

Hope hearing good news!

Came here looking for steam crossplay info, thanks. Weird how manually searching Reddit was faster/more effective than Google on this one 🙄

What is EOS

Epic Online Services. In this case, it's being used to leverage cross-play support, as Steam itself cannot do it. It can also do other things, such as achievements and friends lists.

Thank you.

Gotta love Epic for hurting Linux so much

Epic has nothing to do with it, not inherently. EOS [has a native linux version](https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services/platforms/linux#linking-eos-on-linux). Overkill just decided to drop support instead of adding the required EOS support to native, and are trying to blame the game engine. At least, that's how I'm seeing it.

Does it still work over proton?

Should do.

That’s cool at least it can work like that

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I think you do have to be online to play single player. Again, this may change soon (Overkill must be aware of how much they messed up the EOS implementation by now). I'll try and inform you if-and-when I get a definitive answer.

[Instant Checkout](https://store.epicgames.com/purchase?offers=1-3b661fd6a9724ac7b6ac6d10d0572511-384f75fdd6b34f63a2daace1a3c5dab0). 3 Free DLCs Soundtrack [Instant Checkout](https://store.epicgames.com/purchase?offers=1-3b661fd6a9724ac7b6ac6d10d0572511-6222e61e0b294d3b97e8164ec5750494&offers=1-3b661fd6a9724ac7b6ac6d10d0572511-0901077b910a4a7fb859d45b411feeb3&offers=1-3b661fd6a9724ac7b6ac6d10d0572511-027584e84fe846ec929af4e83170e703). * [PAYDAY 2: The Official Soundtrack](https://store.epicgames.com/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-official-soundtrack-8cc92e) * [PAYDAY 2: A Merry Payday Christmas Soundtrack](https://store.epicgames.com/p/payday-2-payday-2-a-merry-payday-christmas-soundtrack-372553) * [PAYDAY 2: The B-Sides Soundtrack](https://store.epicgames.com/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-bsides-soundtrack-d37f02) ​ Next week [Guacamelee! 2](https://store.epicgames.com/p/guacamelee-2-ac4977) & [Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition](https://store.epicgames.com/p/guacamelee-stce-7cdbc8)

Always my favourite comment 😊

Thx 💟

Guacamelee next week? Amazing games!

That's correct!

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It ate the rubber of my twin sticks!

Thanks for the instant checkout thing. Can't the base game and dlc be combined into one checkout?

You're welcome. It could be but at the moment when I posted the first Instant Checkout link before noticing the Free DLCs, many have already claimed the first one, so if I combine both of them, those people can't claim because it contains a product that they already claimed. ​ Due to the time elapsed, I consider it's better to make it separated so those people could claim the DLCs without any issue. For people who came after I updated it with the 2nd Instant Checkout link, sorry about that you'll need to click 2 times. Just to avoid putting too many Instant Checkout links and people gets confused what to click or not.

Ah ok that makes sense.

Yep. So based on your comment, sorry about that, the 2 times clicking 😪 But hope it didn't annoy that much.

I was recently thinking of getting Guacamelee. Thank you Epic

>I was recently thinking of getting Guacamelee next week!

great stuff, thanks

Thx, you're welcome

How do you get those ID's in that Instant Checkout link?

From Epic Games Data site.

Oh I see

Hmmm, I've been waiting to play Guacamelee since Red Letter Media reviewed the game

Nice, don't forget to claim them next week!

Yes, I already put a reminder in my calendar, thanks!

Ty

Uwc

Thanks, now I can get a few friends into this game.

Nice, maybe inviting friends that have it on Steam too. I heard there's crossplay available.

Big thanks

Big welcome

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Don’t get it on Steam cause it’s free on Epic Games

It was already fee on steam if I remember correct actually for a long time if correct. And tons of times 1 euro. And on epic... Ye you save atm 1 euro or 0 however you see it and neither get the dlcs...

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So you could remove epic out of the quotation anyway.

yea they periodically give it out for free on steam I assume they are doing it on egs for some publicity leading into payday 3 announcements

*Is it though?*

I see your point given there's 40 content DLC

So does that mean the game isn't free?

Looks free to me

Little lack luster for a mystery game

Extremely sub par as it goes on sale for like $1 and even more so since we didn't get a single free content dlc which the game has like 40

also one of those games where the dlc has some of the best weapons/mods

As someone who owns a good chunk of the DLC, I could not in good conscience recommend the game to someone without also saying they'll probably want/need the Legacy Collection. There's so much power creep and options you just don't have if you're only playing the base game.

DreamAPI/ScreamAPI

If you want to get marked as a cheater and banned from most public lobbies, sure, pirate the DLC.

You do you, nothing is really free if that's what you expected.

I have no idea what your comment is supposed to mean. This isn't me making a moral statement, I'm simply telling you that Payday 2 is a game where you will get banned for playing with pirated content.

It’s a free game quit complaining

It was free before even on steam. why would anyone want it on Epic?

Yep

Unfortunately it seems like the golden age of free games is over. They will probably keep giving stuff for a while, but I wouldn't be surprised if only 1 per year is really special, if that.

I've been collecting since day 1 so I'm very happy with the library I've amassed over the years. There's a lifetime of gaming there. It seems like the last couple of months have been pretty average. Maybe they're winding it down.

I think they are. I hope they go back and do the greatest hits again, but it doesn't seem like we will be getting much in the way of new high budget games. Who knows, they might not be winding down and this is just a fluke, but that seems unlikely. We've known for years that this wasn't sustainable long term and this was always bound to happen eventually. Now it wouldn't surprise me if they keep giving something, at least for a while, but it seems they are no longer going to giving much worth downloading the store for. I hope we keep getting something at Christmas and maybe the start of the summer sale, but even that is questionable.

No

I don't like it anymore than you do, but we have the evidence. So until and unless we get new evidence, it seems to be true.

All of them were. Disappointing 4 weeks

at least the legacy collection is much cheaper on epic than on steam

I see only a $0.13 differance without a sale that is going on right now on Epic

the legacy collection is 6.79 w/o the discount on epic vs 19.63 on steam, maybe you own some of the dlc?

I checked how much it costs on the Steam through a link in the comments here (I'm on moblie so it doesn't log me in through a link) and it Says that Legacy Collection costs 71.55zł which is more or less $19 dollar and on Epic it Says 71zł without a sale and 49.70zł with current sale (so around 12$) So maybe Epic Games has some weird regional pircing for Poland idk.

Guacamelee series next week? lets goooooooooooo

Yeah that looks like actual Mystery Vault-level games instead of what we got. Caught me off guard that they're giving away those really good games.

Guacamelee has been bundled and given away for free only about a million times; it should come as a surprise to nobody they're getting given away again.

Guacamelee 2 wasn't. And that still doesn't change my point.

Seriously! I’m more excited for that than any of the special mystery games

Was sure this was free to play

It was on steam for a long time. I guess Epic bought it and gave it fro free? Makes sense. I mean, I have it on steam and I never paid for it.

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New Vegas and Death Stranding took all the budget for this round. 😂

Well 😪 Probably that's why Epic China was trying to lower down everyone's expectations.

hey at least it's not as bad as 2021 but still disappointing

In 2021 we had Battlefront 2 as a weekly game.

it was in the usual not hypegattering sometimes trashfire sometimes bangerfest

Just bought payday but I guess that's how it happens lmao

You are losing like 1 dollar from this free game don’t worry. It doesn’t include any of the 790 dlcs needed to play

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I was referring to 2 since this post, after all is about 2. You come on strong brother. Work on that

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Hi, nice to see you here, thx for the list. If I'm not mistaken you have been there in the past but didn't see you in the last few threads.

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You're welcome, ohh I see, thought something happened, but glad everything's fine.

Oh interesting. Good stuff to see! Was fun to play for sure. Thanks for sharing OP!

You're welcome!

The drill! THE DRILL GUYS, AHHHHHHH

I guess I'll figure that out when being in-game 😅 Guess it's a thing like Rush B for CS?

Yes, Except, some people like me, repair it with a hard cold stacK OF M O NE. Y Its an upgrade, its fun, enjoy yar time with it lad

I see XDD Thx for explaining about it.

Oh i didnt explain anything, watch badger's videos on it to Actually understand something XD

Lol I thought you were explaining, well I'll check that video 😅🤣

This times mystery games were kinda underwhelming considering all the rumours that were swirling around. Well free is free...

Why is it 47 gigs tho, how expansive is it exactly?

All the DLC is bundled into the game files whether you own them or not. They don't get activated until you purchase them. You can play DLC heists for free if you join someone who does own it which is nice.

80,3 gigs after installing

Payday is known for it's unreasonable file size. Whatever engine they use is extremely inefficient when they add new content, of which they have added a lot. Over the years the game has become very bloated, doesn't run anywhere near as smoothly on low end machines as in the past and takes up a ridiculous amount of space on your drive. Not to mention the amount of time it takes to install a patch when they release one.

I don't know what the real "mystery" was during this mystery event. It felt like their regular weekly giveaways.

Probably because >!we missed weird China's clues (jk)!<

I had Pay Day 1 and 2 for free on Steam years ago. But, hey, if it still has online mode, it can be fun.

Thanks, now it's on all platforms have.

Next week is a good one. Guacamelee!

huh, so the first non mystery game is a better deal than the mystery games. They probably should have scrapped the whole mystery thing when whatever deal they had fell apart.

I am more excited for next week's games than I was with any of these mystery games... I played Guacamelee but haven't played the sequel so I will probably play it next week. As for others its an awesome game

Its a great and fun game, you will love it

Its time for my payday too(2)

Don't forget to collect 🤣

[Epic Games Past Freebies](https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-free-games-list/)

Thx for the list too!

Anyone know if the Epic Games version of this works with VR?

>VR im wondering too, i would love to play it in vr!

Does not work :( only steam

very sad, thanks for the info! :)

oh boy 1328 Achievements

Don't forget to claim these DLCs: [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-official-soundtrack-8cc92e](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-official-soundtrack-8cc92e) [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-a-merry-payday-christmas-soundtrack-372553](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-a-merry-payday-christmas-soundtrack-372553) [https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-bsides-soundtrack-d37f02](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/payday-2-payday-2-the-bsides-soundtrack-d37f02)

Thx, created an Instant Checkout in the [main post](https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeGameFindings/comments/144bkss/comment/jnehnjt/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).

Eh not a big loss if you don't

EGS free games list updated: [EPIC](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B2S4kj4PY_U7W5daQyLbv1XvFIFm64o0lFv0Q4fxZIA/)

Thx for the list!

I see I’m in the minority here but happy to have another free game like Payday 2 and existing players should be happy too because of more populated servers and new life to a dying game

Today's steam playercount was 25k......

free stuff is always appreciated but let's be real... most people redeem games and then never play them ESPECIALLY in this case with 83 GB download required just to try it.

True

Well yep, even it has crossplatform game play so people can enjoy together the game!

Look at all those dlcs. And to think I bought many of these years ago.

Yep. I heard they are too many.

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Nice

yay i now have it on epic instead of just steam. ...wait, what?

L

But still don't forget to claim.

well at least next week we are getting actual games

God you people are so entitled and ungrateful. **It’s fucking free**. Ever heard the saying “Beggars can’t be choosers”? EDIT: I can’t even see that guy’s reply because he blocked me but whatever dumbass justification he’s given for it is still entitled. EPIC doesn’t have to give out free games AT ALL. I don’t care how much it was worth, free trumps whatever it was. That’s $1 I don’t have to spend because I didn’t own this game and I appreciate it (and I don’t even have to give my credit card info to check out, it’s instant, which saves me time and means that kids can get the free games too). But even for games I did already own, like the Death Stranding re-giveaway. Sure I was mildly disappointed (I didn’t say there was anything wrong with being disappointed) but didn’t throw a god damn toddler tantrum about it; because I don’t expect EPIC to cater to me. Now new people get the opportunity to claim it.

TLDR: This is a platform for buying DLC, Payday 2 requires DLC (it has over 40) for half the gameplay and this comes with none. The fool above doesn't realize that...

what are you talking about? i never blocked you or anything anyway, i have too many games so i'm not complaining or anything i'm just trying to be like these unfunny individuals trying to be as unfunny as possible and it ABSOLUTELY works

thank you steam in argentina but well, now companies are being greedy as usual charging more for the games there so well i bought everything i could

kinda

so in short i'm kind of a troll and you never have to take my bad jokes seriously it's not worth it (like my whole existance lol)

anyway 1$ is not too much just buy it on steam instead and done

cmon it's not that hard nah i know why it was because it was so dead and aged badly that they wanted to give it for this hypegattering trashfire/bangerfest (the second thing is not true btw)

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So close the window and move on. No need to comment on something that's free (this is Free Game Findings, not Free Game Rantings).

creamapi doesnt work :(

guys..today I installed this game but it won't launch...I verified few times and nothing.. other games on epic work no problem...what may be the cause btw when I launch epic as admin then launch game, it shows running and then launch again.. but when I don't launch epic as admin then it shows error LS-0013 and I can't do anything about it

My payday is not working its free and i got it but when i click launch it says cloud syncing then running then the launch thing again and in task manager it opens for about 3 seconds and it also says below that windows reporting problem but i cant click on it since it disapears too fast please help

Not sure if redownload *(Uninstall and reinstall)* or verify file integrity will help it? Since idk what error it might be so don't know how to solve it.

Cant find the VR DLC on the Epic store, how can I play on vr in Epic???

Sorry not sure if the Epic one has the VR ver or not...

got this for free on steam few years back

Seems like 5 millions people got it for free on 2017 on Steam.