Nuclear Throne and Ruiner will be going free on Epic Games store

Nuclear Throne and Ruiner will be free to download from the Epic Games store from November 7-14.

They’ll replace Soma (normally £24.99) and Costume Quest (normally £7.99), which are now free to download from the Epic Games store until November 7.

Vlambeer’s Nucelar Throne is a post-apocalyptic “roguelike-like top-down shooter”. It originally released in 2015 and the PC version of the game has a Metascore of 88 on review aggregation site Metacritic.

Ruiner, which is developed by Reikon Games and published by Devolver Digital, is a futuristic action shooter with a Metascore of 75.

Epic originally launched a bi-monthly free game offer alongside its PC storefront in December 2018 but said in mid-May that it was increasing the frequency of the offer to one free game per week until the end of 2019.

Titles offered for free have included Alan Wake, For Honor, Limbo, This War of Mine, Overcooked, World of Goo, Transistor, The Witness, Hyper Light Drifter, Fez, Inside, Celeste, Metro 2033 Redux, Minit, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare and Observer.

The Epic Games store recently launched a Halloween sale featuring discounts on over 30 titles. These include World War Z for £18.23 (normally £31.99), Control for £35.99 (normally £47.99), Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls for £12.79 each (normally £15.99), The Walking Dead : The Telltale Definitive Series for £27.99 (normally £39.99), and Rainbow Six Siege for £6.79 (normally £16.99).