Pick up Botany Manor while you can
If you wished Blue Prince (a Polygon favorite) was less challenging and more cozy, then Epic’s latest free game might be for you. You can snag Botany Manor for free from the Epic Game Store for a limited time.
In Botany Manor, you play as a retired botanist exploring a Victorian English manor and attending to its plants throughout. You’ll have to figure out the right conditions to get some rare plants to grow, and the puzzles’ solutions might be more complex than at first blush, though Botany Manor still makes for a cozy, low-stakes experience. We enjoyed it when it first came out in 2024, writing in our review that “while Botany Manor might hide something more complex under its ‘cozy’ demeanor, it’s still a cozy game. You just walk around a picturesque manor, grow some plants, and chill.”
Also on offer is a pack of DLC weapons for Pixel Gun 3D, a free-to-play multiplayer FPS with visuals reminiscent of Minecraft. You can grab the Poison Retro Set for free, and it includes three neon green guns that deal poison damage: Poisonous Digital Sunrise, Poisonous Laser Cycler, and Poisonous Wave Pulser.
If you want to pick up Botany Manor or the Pixel Gun 3D DLC for free, all you need to do is log in to the Epic Games Store and claim them. They’ll be free until Thursday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. EST.









