The Epic Games Store is giving away Mechabellum and Astrea: Six Sided Oracles for free this week

Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free. This week, they’re giving us a whimsical card game and a military auto battler for free.

• Astrea: Six Sided Oracles
  • Release Date: Sepember 21, 2023
  • Game Type: deckbuilder, dice?, narrative adventure
  • POV: 3rd person
  • Party: Single Player
  • DLC: None.
  • This game was previously offered for free during the 2024 daily December giveaway.

Astrea: Six Sided Oracles is a rare card game that hands you a bit of story along with your deck building madness. Usually there’s some kind of framework there, but it’s like the original Mortal Kombat — you need to fight these people, because reasons. Don’t think about it too much. But Astrea tasks the player with saving the world, with cards. But also, the cards are dice, not cards. It’s a little convoluted, but fun when you dig into it.

• Mechabellum
  • Release Date: September 25, 2024
  • Game Type: auto battle, strategy
  • POV: 3rd person
  • Party: Single Player
  • DLC: There are several skins packs for sale.

Mechabellum was one of the first games published by Dreamhaven Games, which is becoming known for doing classic games with a distinct twist. In Mechabellum you’re given a set of tools which is distinctly StarCraft-ish — Terran tanks and such, specifically — but rather than placing them in the midst of a high-APM RTS, Mechabellum is an autobattler. Place everything, then watch your units do battle. It was very well-received on release, so I’m excited to play this one for free.