Epic Games Store users can pick up two games for free this week: Rogue Waters and Songs of Conquest. Anyone who claims them during the giveaway window keeps them permanently, with the offer running until Thursday, May 11, at 8am PT, 11am ET or 4pm BST.
That deadline is why the giveaway matters now. The store opened the free window on Thursday, May 4, and the clock is already ticking for PC gamers who want both titles in their library without paying for them later.
Rogue Waters comes from Ice Code Games and puts players in a swashbuckling tactical roguelite built around two phases of combat. It also leans on a procedurally generated, Slay The Spire-style encounter board, which gives each run a different shape. Aaron Down said it is content-complete enough and that players are getting a lot of game, so they should not let its technical foibles deter them from what he called an otherwise cracking time.
That line matters because Rogue Waters is being handed out for free even though it still carries a few bugs. On a paid storefront release, that would be a warning label; in a timed giveaway, it reads more like a chance to try a rough-edged game at no cost and decide later whether its flaws outweigh the value of the package.
Songs of Conquest takes a different path. Lavapotion's classic fantasy-style RPG draws its design cues from Heroes of Might and Magic, sends players into the world of Aerbor, and puts powerful magicians known as Wielders in charge of the fight. Each warring faction has its own campaign, and the game's newest playable addition, Yulan, dropped today, which gives the giveaway an extra bit of timing that lines up neatly with fresh interest in the series.
Down said that Songs of Conquest's newest playable addition had just arrived, making now the perfect time to get involved. That is the cleaner side of the week's free offer: one game with polish concerns but real ambition, another that is still expanding, both available at no charge if claimed before the deadline. The only next step that matters is simple — redeem them before Thursday morning, or the window closes and the free permanent access goes with it.
