Fifth Epic Games Store mystery free game predictions point in conflicting directions

The fourth Epic Games Store mystery free game for the holiday season 2025 is now live, but it will expire soon. Once it does, the storefront will reveal what the fifth game giveaway is, and while there are no apparent clues, some are speculating that it could be an AAA title.

More specifically, some are guessing the fifth freebie of the series will be Detroit: Become Human. While this game is currently on sale on other platforms like Steam and Humble Bundle (curr. $9.99), it's not being discounted on Epic Games Store. Given that it's not part of the holiday sale, there's a chance that it may actually end up being among the 17 free games that the platform has planned for this giveaway event.

However, Detroit: Become Human was part of the list that leaked a few days back, and as it was pretty evident, this so-called leaked list turned out to be fake. This makes many believe that Epic Games Store won't offer any more AAA games until the very end of the event.

That is, some believe Hogwarts Legacy, which was the first mystery free game, is among the very few AAA games that Epic Games Store has planned to give away in this event. In the middle, per speculations, there will be indie and less popular AA titles.

Another theory in the Reddit discussion under the spotlight suggests that the fifth mystery free game will be a repeat. This holds some ground as the fifth freebie from 2020 to 2023 was a repeat. Regardless of what it may be, the good part is that the wait isn't long, as the reveal is set for December 21, 2025, at UTC 16:00, which is just a couple of hours from now.