Pikuniku Free On Epic Games Store

This Monday I didn’t do news, was I ill? Monday, Zoë wrote about The Sims 4 finally get something that should have been in the game from the get-go. Tuesday, I spoke about Yakuza (7): Like A Dragon getting an earlier release since the release of the Xbox Series S; with a PS5 release next year. Wednesday, I spoke about what is available with Prime Gaming for October, and Taylor talked about EA Play coming to Game Pass. Thursday, I went on about the corporate catfight between Apple and Epic not wanting a jury in their court case; and Mike had a look at people who are angry that a man with the superpowers of a spider changed his face like he’s a homeless space wizard.

This week’s free game on the Epic Games Store is Pikuniku, and surprisingly nothing else. You see, America has too much influence on the rest of the world, hence why even in the darkest section of the planet there are three McDonalds, two Starbucks, and a version of The Simpsons. Even the more trivial nonsense America likes has now become important, at least somewhat, to the rest of the world. So much so when it comes to October, I expect there to be a horror theme. We saw it in what is available with Prime Gaming this month, even if Surf World Tour is only horrific for its hit-and-miss attempt at realism. Not this week.

Pikuniku is a small adventure game about a darker truth behind the bright and happy world you happen to live in. You play as… Well, in the short time I’ve had with the game, I’ve not noticed an actual name. Let’s call ’em Jeff, Jeff is a red blob with long legs, stuck in a cave. Jeff is woken up by a ghost. It turns out the town you’ve been sleeping near believes you to be “The monster,” an ugly and unpleasant being that will eat the young and lick their granny’s knees. Really though, that’s just the bloke shouting about Jesus in Time Square. You are just their pack-mule to collect things, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth about the town.

Pikuniku is available on the Epic Games Store all this week, until the early hours of the 8th of October. Next week, I’ll not be playing anything for this article, as one of them I covered last September, and the other is a multiplayer war shooter. I’ll be talking about ABZÛ and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam. The former is a game about the Michael Corleon getting revenge for you cheating on his sister, and the latter is about America dropping chemicals on a country in the name of war and giving some people cancer.