The Epic Games Store’s next free title has been confirmed

Next week’s free Epic Games Store title has been announced.

Double Damage Games’ open world RPG Rebel Galaxy will be free to download from August 12-19.

It will replace A Plague Tale: Innocence and Minit, which normally cost £34.99 and £6.99 respectively, but are currently free to download until August 12.

Speed Brawl was originally meant to be free to download this week rather than Minit, but it was replaced due to a technical issue.

Epic claimed in January that the Epic Games Store had attracted over 160 million PC users since launching in December 2018.

The company has been giving away free titles on a weekly basis since the marketplace launched, including 103 games in 2020, collectively worth $2,407 based on US prices. Epic said users claimed over 749 million free titles last year.

Epic Games spent nearly $12 million securing titles for its regular free game giveaways during a nine-month period, according to a document released as part of the legal battle between Epic and Apple.

It shows that Epic gave away 38 games during the store’s first nine months, each of which involved paying their developers a different ‘buyout price’.

Games like Super Meat Boy, World of Goo and Rime cost Epic $50,000 or less, while three games cost more than $1 million to secure – Subnautica ($1.4 million), Mutant Year Zero ($1 million) and Batman Arkham Collection ($1.5 million).

The Epic Games Store’s Summer Sale concluded today.