Free on the Epic Games store: 'Ironcast' and 'Bridge Cosntructor : Walking Dead'

Epic Games is handing out free copies of Bridge Constructor: Walking Dead and Ironcast this week.

The games can be claimed on the Epic Games store page anytime before 15th July. As with all Epic Games freebies, claiming a copy does not require any prior transactions. As long as the claimant has an Epic Games account, they are free to keep it forever once claimed.

Epic Games has a knack for putting PC ports of Switch games in their freebies basket. Both the free games this week fall into this category.

What makes Bridge Constructor: Walking Dead a good Epic Games library addition?

Bridge Constructor is a series of physics simulation games published by Headup Games across a number of platforms, including Android and iOS devices. This particular spinoff simply places the Bridge Constructor franchise in The Walking Dead universe.

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— Headup (@HeadupGames) July 8, 2021

Familiar faces from The Walking Dead comics simply add flavour to this simulation puzzle game. Functionally, it plays out a lot like the Happy Wheels maps when controlling the characters. Other times, owners of this Bridge Constructor spinoff on Epic Games will simply do the usual Bridge Constructor stuff - build contraptions and pathways.

Only, this time around, the idea is to deter hordes of zombies. This adds a tower defense element as well - complete with throwable grenades and such.

All in all, it is a well-polished game to try for the weekend. For people who love physics-based simulation like in Happy Wheels, this is a must-claim on the Epic Games store.

Ironcast

Like Bridge Constructor, Ironcast is also a Windows port of a 2015 Switch game, and it is an intricate mix of different genres. Ironcast is a Steampunk roguelite where the player controls the titular ‘ironcast,’ the in-universe term for a mecha. The turn-based mecha combat happens behind a match-3 screen of shiny gems.

A mix of Candy Crush gameplay with mechas sounds like a strange niche, but it works well together.

Getting both for free on Epic Games saves the claimant about ten dollars. Plus, both of these games are very low-maintenance on the PC specs side.