If you're into free shit,Watch When the Camellia Blooms Online super bored in lockdown, and have an Xbox One, you're in the right place.
Microsoft dropped free demos for around 70 games on Tuesday, all of which are available to download as part of its Summer Game Fest Demo Event.
Running from July 21 to 27, the event allows players to try demos of games for free for the week, and a heap of these are independently developed ID@Xbox titles, so you get to try a bunch of fun stuff from teams you may not have played before.
So, how do you get the goods? On your Xbox One dashboard, you can grab them through the Summer Demo Event section. Alternatively, you can head to the Store on your console and within the Browse Games section, you'll find the demos. They're also sitting in the Microsoft Store.
'Ephemeral Tale' is a classic dungeon adventure from Dawdling Dog. Credit: xbox / Dawdling Dog There's a mix of multiplayer party games, RPG shooters, retro action-platformers, turn-based puzzles, and plenty more. A few that stuck out to me were the buzzed-about remake of Destroy All Humans!, cute donut factory puzzle game Freshly Frosted, and the dungeon adventure Ephemeral Tale. Also, SkateBIRD, in which you play exactly that, a bird with a tiny skateboard. If you've run out of games, or need something new to amuse your kids, here are the free demos available from Microsoft so far, with more to be added through the week:
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher
Alchemist Adventure
Aniquilation
Antipole DX
Armed and Gelatinous
Ars Fabulae
Back to Belt
Bite the Bullet
Book of Adventum
Cake Bash
Chickens Madness
Clea
Cris Tales
Curved Space
Cult classic 'Destroy All Humans!' has been remade. Credit: XBOX / THQ Nordic Dandy Ace
Darkestville Castle
Deleveled
Destroy All Humans!
Doodle God: Crime City
Dungeon and Gravestone
Dungeon Scavenger Inferno
Ephemeral Tale
Flowing Lights
Fractal Space
Freshly Frosted
Galacide
Gauntlet Force
Genesis Noir
'Genesis Noir' is a love triangle adventure from Fellow Traveller. Credit: xbox / Fellow Traveller Haven
Helheim Hassle
Hellpoint Demo: The Thespian Feast
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Klang 2
Knight Squad 2
Kova: AlphaLink
KungFu Kickball
Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale
Lost Wing
Mars Power Industries Deluxe
Mayhem Brawler
Momentus
Nine Witches: Family Disruption
'Freshly Frosted' is a puzzle game in a donut factory. Cute. Credit: xbox / The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild OkunoKA Madness
PHOGS!
Pixel Skater
Ponpu
Projection: First Light
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Road to Guangdong
Rover Wars: Battle for Mars
Sail Forth
ScourgeBringer
Seasons of the Samurai
SkateBIRD
Skycadia
Solaroids: Prologue
In 'SkateBIRD' you play exactly that. LOOK AT IT. Credit: xbox / Glass Bottom Games Space Otter Charlie
Swimsanity!
Swim Out
Tesla Force
The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
The Dark Eye: Memoria
The Last Cube
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
Tribble Troubles
Unspottable
WarriOrb: Prologue
Welcome to Elk
YesterMorrow
'Swim Out' is a strategic poolside puzzle game from Lozange Lab and it's PRETTY. Credit: XBOX. / LOZANGE LAB It's a relatively big week for Xbox, with Microsoft hosting an online event to announce games for the Xbox Series X on Thursday from 8 a.m. PT.
SEE ALSO: I'm playing video games like a caveman during the pandemic. It rules.Until then, give these free games a whirl — if you don't like 'em, you didn't buy 'em.
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