During Christmas Day and beyond, the Epic Games Store platform offered a group of free games with good reviews, making expectations rise for the free game that will be revealed on December 27, 2025. To determine what the next gift might be, players began analyzing the previous pattern, and the indicators seem to be moving towards a promising new title.
Before talking about possible nominations, we can review the games presented by the platform in recent years on the same date:
- 2024 – Hot Wheels Unleashed
- 2023 – Cursed to Golf
- 2022 – Severed Steel
- 2021 – Mages of Mystralia
- 2020 – Night in the Woods (currently selling for $13.99 on Humble Bundle)
When looking at the list chronologically, a pattern emerges that is not entirely clear, but it points to well-known, well-reviewed and well-reviewed indie titles. Granted, none of them fall into the category of massive AAA games, but Night in the Woods, for example, ranks as an indie classic with a loyal fan base.
Based on this trend, players expect the next game to be a popular indie game. At the top of the nominations is Thronefall, an award-winning building game that has received strong player acclaim.
Hotline Miami shares are also rising as a potential candidate for the next mystery giveaway. Other names also appear in the realm of possibility, such as Kingdom New Lands, Turbo Overkill, and Grime. The lack of these games being discounted within the Epic Store increases the chance of them appearing as a free gift.
