November 11th free games roundup

Two new indie PC games are officially out and completely free to add to your library today, covering medieval grid strategy on Steam and first-person labyrinth horror on itch.io. Neither title is a temporary trial, so once you grab them, they're yours to keep.

Steam

1. Crownfront

First listed on Steam back in August, solo developer KolaCape's turn-based medieval strategy game launched on November 10 as a permanently free PC release with no expiration date. You build towns, allocate workers, feed an army, and march across a literal chessboard wrapped in fog of war to capture enemy castles. I'm curious how well the economy management balances against aggressive rushes on a tight board, especially since the pacing rewards careful planning over fast clicking.

itch.io

2. CORRIDOR ZERO

Haunt Studios released version 0.1 of this short-form psychological horror game for Windows on itch.io as a free name-your-own-price download, and there isn't an end date attached to the current offer. Armed with nothing but a flickering flashlight, you have to crouch and sprint through pitch-black corridors with randomized spawn points to reach an escape portal before a stalking entity catches you. There's a built-in time-attack ranking system grading runs from F up to S, which is a smart excuse to replay a short horror maze once the jumpscares stop catching you off guard.

Even though both releases are currently listed as permanently free rather than timed giveaways, indie developers occasionally switch early builds or free launches over to paid tiers as updates roll out, so it's worth claiming and downloading them while they don't cost a dime.