Stone of Madness free

Epic Games Store is giving away *The Stone of Madness* for free on PC until April 23 at 11 a.m. Eastern, as part of its weekly free-game promotion. (store.epicgames.com) Epic’s free-games page lists *The Stone of Madness* as “Free Now,” and says the store adds “a new free game every Thursday” on PC and mobile. (store.epicgames.com) The game launched on January 28, 2025 on Windows PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, plus PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, according to publisher Tripwire Presents. (gamespress.com) Epic describes it as a real-time tactical stealth game set in an 18th-century Spanish monastery in the Pyrenees, where five prisoners try to escape a madhouse and inquisitorial prison. (store.epicgames.com) The hook is its five-character structure: Agnes, Leonora, Eduardo, Amelia, and Alfredo each have different skills, and Epic says players can switch between them to cast spells, distract guards, explore, and survive. (store.epicgames.com) The game also ties stealth to mental health. Epic says each character has traumas and phobias, and losing sanity can trigger effects such as paranoia, dementia, or violence that change how that character plays. (store.epicgames.com) The Game Kitchen, the Spanish studio behind *Blasphemous* and *Blasphemous 2*, developed the game, and Epic’s 2024 feature said its hand-painted art draws heavily from Francisco de Goya. (store.epicgames.com) Critical reception landed in the middle. OpenCritic lists 36 reviews with a 72 average and says 67% of critics recommend it, while Metacritic shows a 73 score for the PC version. (opencritic.com, metacritic.com) On Steam, the game has a “Mostly Positive” user rating, with 76% of 177 reviews marked positive in the current store snapshot. (store.steampowered.com) For Epic, the giveaway keeps a long-running traffic habit in place: one free game each week, claimed during a short window and kept permanently after checkout. This week, that game is a 2025 release rather than an older catalog title. (store.epicgames.com, comicbook.com)