Citizen Sleeper and Robobeat: Shoot to the Rhythm are the Epic Games Store free games of the week

Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free. This week, we get new free games which are offbeat twists on classic formulas and genres.

• Citizen Sleeper
  • Release Date: May 5, 2022
  • Game Type: RPG
  • POV: 3rd person, isometric, menus
  • Party: Single Player
  • DLC: The soundtrack and an art book are available for sale.

Citizen Sleeper is an instant classic, due to its narrative strength and relative uniqueness. It’s inspired by TTRPGs, and set in space. In terms of video games, it has a little something in common with Visual Novels and Choices Matter games, where you are presented with the option of siding with this character or that one, of making a response you hope is a good one — but in Citizen Sleeper, the dice can get in the way.

• Robobeat: Shoot to the Rhythm
  • Release Date: May 14, 2024
  • Game Type: Rhythm game, FPS, Roguelite
  • POV: 1st person
  • Party: Single Player
  • DLC: none

Even though I do frequently adore wanton violence in the form of beating zombies to death in a fountain of gore with a baseball bat to the dome, there’s something that makes me feel a little uncomfortable about the idea of a rhythm game where you’re shooting a gun to the beat. All your opponents and the player character are robots, so it’s truly no different than a game like Rift of the Necrodancer, but it just feels a little strange. The game itself is solid, and you can also load in your own music tracks if you’re not feeling the ones that are pre-loaded, or if you’re a streamer and want to a void getting DMCAed.