Until October 22 at 11 AM ET: Claim Bad Cheese and Agent A Free on Epic Games Store Before Sker Ritual Arrives
The clock is ticking for PC players looking to expand their libraries at zero cost. This week's two free giveaways on the official Epic Games Store remain available to claim until Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC).
Once redeemed before the Thursday deadline, both Bad Cheese and Agent A: A puzzle in disguise stay permanently in your Epic library, saving you nearly $33 in combined standard retail value.
Bad Cheese Turns 1920s Rubber-Hose Cartoons Into Domestic Terror
Originally released in September 2025, Bad Cheese is a first-person psychological horror game created by solo Polish developer Simon Lukasik and published by Feardemic. The game twists the classic 1920s rubber-hose animation style of early black-and-white cartoons, filtering its hand-drawn visuals through a grainy 16mm film lens.
Beneath the vintage cartoon look lies an unsettling story of domestic dread: with your mother away for the weekend, you play as a young mouse left home alone with an volatile, short-tempered father. To survive the weekend without triggering his wrath, you have to complete household chores (sweeping rooms, frying potatoes, clearing out spiders, and fetching his pills) while keeping a forced smile on your face at all times.
Normally priced at $12.99 on PC, this two-to-three-hour horror experience delivers a grim atmosphere ahead of Halloween. Epic's weekly freebies remain its strongest user-acquisition weapon, especially after the company's AI-redesigned Epic Games Store launcher sparked heated comparisons with Steam last week.
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise Delivers Retro 1960s Escape-Room Espionage
The second free title offers a much lighter tone, developed and published by Australian indie studio Yak & Co. Holding an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on its Steam store page (where it normally sells for $19.99), Agent A: A puzzle in disguise pays tribute to 1960s secret agent cinema.
You step into the shoes of Agent A, tasked with infiltrating the mid-century modern lair of enemy spy Ruby La Rouge after she blows up your agency chief's luxury liner. Across five chapters, you unlock hidden compartments, manipulate retro-futuristic gadgets, and solve interconnected logic puzzles that reward careful observation.
Final Hours for Battlefield 6 on Steam and Next Week's Horror Lineup
Over on Valve's storefront, players should keep in mind that last weekend's promotions were temporary free-play events rather than permanent giveaways. While Stranded Deep ended its Steam Free Weekend on Monday, October 19 (keeping its 60% discount live until October 22 alongside the announcement of Stranded Deep 2), the Battlefield 6 free trial on Steam was extended through Tuesday, October 20, 2026, following opening-day multiplayer access hiccups.
That extension gives PC players one final afternoon to test Season 5 (Siege of Vegas) after DICE and EA walked back the Battlefield 6 Season 5 300 XP per minute cap. Here is the exact schedule of active PC promotions this week:
- Battlefield 6 (Steam): Extended free trial ends Tuesday, October 20, 2026, paired with a 60% discount on the base game.
- Bad Cheese & Agent A (Epic Games Store): Free to keep permanently if claimed before Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC).
- Sker Ritual & Home - A Unique Horror Adventure (Epic Games Store): Next week's free horror duo, unlocking Thursday, October 22 at 11:00 AM EDT through October 29, 2026.
Starting Thursday, October 22, Epic's lineup shifts fully into Halloween territory with Wales Interactive's four-player round-based co-op survival FPS Sker Ritual (a spin-off of Maid of Sker) alongside the pixel-art murder mystery Home - A Unique Horror Adventure.
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