The deal lasts until August 15
GNOG, a puzzle game about tinkering with monster-headed toys,is free starting today on the Epic Games Store. As usual, the promo runs for one week, so you have until August 04, 2025.
Should you go out of your way to playGNOG? Yes. Absolutely. There’s a lot to love here.
Beyond the sleek visual design, which is just inherently pleasant to look at,GNOGnails a sense of tactile interactionin a way that few other games I’ve come across have managed to accomplish. It’s fresh.
You’ll poke, pull, twist, and toggle various gizmos and doohickeys in order to feel your way through each puzzle box and figure out not only what each element does, but how they work together. Every level has its own goal and theme–from a submarine to a swamp to a candy shop–and the toys themselves feel like they could (almost) physically exist in the real world. The end result is short and sweet and, above all,refined. you may tell a ton of care went into fine-tuning the whole package. It has VR support, too.
Whether you end up getting this now, for free, or mentally file it away for a rainy day, I’m just happy to give this game another shout-out.GNOGis too dang precious to deserve a slow fade into obscurity.
As for what’s next, KO_OP Mode has turned its attention toWinding Worlds, a puzzle-adventure game for iOS that deals with helping “lost souls find acceptance and move on from their lonely planets.” WhileGNOGfound its way onto PC, Mac, PS4, and iOS, this new project is taking a different approach: it’s “coming soon exclusively to Apple Arcade,”an upcoming subscription servicefor the Apple ecosystem.
Next week’s free Epic Games Store titles will beHyper Light DrifterandMutant Year Zero.
