Epic Games Store's latest freebies are Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Lost Castle

A fresh set of weekly freebies has now arrived on the Epic Games Store, this time in the form of acclaimed visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and rogue-like brawling RPG Lost Castle – with Dakar Desert Racing to follow next week.

Starting with Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, it’s the enhanced and expanded version of developer Team Salvato renowned 2017 freeware visual novel of the same name (minus the ‘Plus!’ bit, obviously) that starts out innocently enough – with players taking on the role of a new student who can romance the anime-styled members of the titular club – before taking a metatextual turn into considerably darker territory.

If that’s not your thing – and its Epic Games Store listing makes it clear Doki Doki isn’t “suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed” – your other freebie option is Lost Castle. This is a “super cute, super hard action RPG with roguelike elements and randomised dungeons” from Hunter Studio, and it supports four-player co-op and PvP both locally and online.