Epic Game: everything we know so far

Hogwarts Legacy is now 100% free to download and keep for all fans of the Harry Potter game, but only for a limited time. Epic Game has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Thailand.

Key facts

• Hogwarts Legacy is now 100% free to download and keep for all fans of the Harry Potter game, but only for a limited time.
• This is not the first time the Harry Potter game has been given away for free by developer Avalanche Software and publisher WB Games, but it is the first time in 2026.
• Between now and May 3, the open-world action RPG from Warner Bros. is 100% free to download and keep, perpetually, on the Epic Games Store.
• Those who do decide to check out Hogwarts Legacy for free via the Epic Games Store should expect a runtime of about 25 to 50 hours, depending on how much core side content is engaged with and how much exploration you do.
• That said, while the free download is available to anyone, you will need a PC capable of running the game to take advantage of the offer.

What we know

Going deeper, this is not the first time the Harry Potter game has been given away for free by developer Avalanche Software and publisher WB Games, but it is the first time in 2026.

On the substance, Between now and May 3, the open-world action RPG from Warner Bros. is 100% free to download and keep, perpetually, on the Epic Games Store.

Beyond the headlines, those who do decide to check out Hogwarts Legacy for free via the Epic Games Store should expect a runtime of about 25 to 50 hours, depending on how much core side content is engaged with and how much exploration you do.

More precisely, that said, while the free download is available to anyone, you will need a PC capable of running the game to take advantage of the offer.

It is worth noting that For those who do not know, an Epic Games Store account costs nothing, so even those without a PC to play the game on should create an account and claim this free download because this could change in the future, and if it does, you will have one of this generation’s most popular games waiting for you.

By the numbers

At this stage, Upon release, it garnered an 84 on Metacritic, and became the best-selling game of the year.

On a related note, In fact, it ranks as the 19th best-selling video game of all time.

Going deeper, Completionists who want to see every pixel of the game and do everything it has to offer will need more like 70 to 75 hours with the Harry Potter game.

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The wider context

On a related note, Hogwarts Legacy is now free for all Harry Potter fans, ahead of its rumored sequel and ahead of the Harry Potter HBO TV show premiering later this year.

Going deeper, Whether the two games will be narratively connected remains to be seen.

On the substance, all of that said, and as always, feel free to leave a comment or two letting us know what you think, or join the video game conversations happening on the ComicBook Forum.

Beyond the headlines, the aforementioned duo released Hogwarts Legacy back in 2023, as a prequel set about 100 years before the events of the books/movies.

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The bottom line

• This is not the first time the Harry Potter game has been given away for free by developer Avalanche Software and publisher WB Games, but it is the first time in 2026.
• Those who do decide to check out Hogwarts Legacy for free via the Epic Games Store should expect a runtime of about 25 to 50 hours, depending on how much core side content is engaged with and how much exploration you do.
• That said, while the free download is available to anyone, you will need a PC capable of running the game to take advantage of the offer.
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