The Epic Games Store has offered plenty of free games since it started giving away new titles every week. They’ve ranged from popular releases to lesser-known indie games, and this week, one of the flat-out strangest games the storefront has ever offered is up for grabs. Excellent animations and playful puzzles make the kid-friendly freebie one-of-a-kind, and you have until May 1 to claim it.
You’ll probably know within about five seconds if Chuchel is for you. Developed by Amanita Games, creator of Machinarium and Pilgrims (which just announced a board game version coming this year), Chuchel is an absurd puzzle game and an overload of surreal sights and sounds. When it comes to gameplay, Chuchel is lightweight enough to almost be called a puzzle toy rather than a game. In each one-screen puzzle, Chuchel, a little orange ball of fluff wearing an acorn for a hat, wants to get a cherry that’s hidden somewhere nearby. Unfortunately, so does a creepy little pink bug and a gigantic hand that occasionally appears from nowhere to snatch it away.
