Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Kingdom New Lands currently free on the Epic Store Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Kingdom New Lands currently free on the Epic Store Layers of Fear 2 and Costume Quest 2 up next. News by Matt Wales Reporter Updated on 16 Oct 2020 3 comments If you're looking for a bit of spookiness as the nights draw in and Halloween approaches, developer The Chinese Room's Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is currently free on the Epic Store; and if you're not looking for a bit of spookiness, well, there's some good news on that front too: Kingdom New Lands is also currently free on the Epic Store. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is, of course, the follow-up to Frictional Games' seminal horror effort, Amnesia: The Dark Descent. However, while it retains its predecessors focus on gloomy chills, its story of a Oswald Mandus - a wealthy industrialist in the last days of the 19th century - and his vast underground factory, swaps clever systems for a more guided narrative experience. Its scares aren't anywhere near as effectively orchestrated as those in The Dark Descent, but it's still a deliciously atmospheric tale of societal horror, with some truly unforgettable imagery. Watch on YouTube "This is a game that understands that real horror comes from disempowerment, and from the unseen, unknown and unexplained," wrote Quintin Smith in his 7/10 review back in 2013, "And on the handful of occasions that A Machine for Pigs does try something a bit different, it's as amazing as anything in the first game." Incidentally, Frictional is set to return to its Amnesia franchise for the first time in a decade next week - with the arrival of Amnesia: Rebirth - and you can read some fascinating insight into the creation of its horror elsewhere on Eurogamer. Watch on YouTube As for the Epic Store's second free game, developer Noio's Kingdom New Lands, it's an expansion of the formula established by its predecessor Kingdom - which offers an unusual, but entirely engrossing blend of side-scrolling strategy and resource management, in which the goal is to parade across a beautifully drawn realm, building a kingdom along the way. Eurogamer was rather taken with the original Kingdom when it released in 2015, and its follow-up is an even more refined, enjoyable experience. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Kingdom New Lands are free to add to you Epic Games Store library right now, and will remain so until next Thursday, 22nd October. There's even more spooky goodness to follow, as Epic's next free titles will be the adorable Costume Quest 2 and Bloober's Team utterly fascinating silver-screen horror, Layers of Fear 2. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store