Epic Games Store users now know what is coming after the current weekly freebies expire. According to Game Rant, Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon will be free to claim from July 9 through July 16.
The next rotation keeps Epic's July giveaways focused on smaller PC games, but it covers two very different management fantasies. Nova Lands is a 2D factory-building and exploration game about automating a new home on an alien planet, while Tattoo Tycoon is a shop-management sim about building up a tattoo parlor in Tattuga Bay.
Epic's July 9 free games lean into management sims
Nova Lands normally costs $19.99. Developer BEHEMUTT and publisher HypeTrain Digital describe it as a mix of factory building, exploration and island management, with players gathering resources, expanding across islands, setting up helper bots and dealing with the creatures already living on the planet.
Tattoo Tycoon is the higher-priced half of the pair at $29.99. The game, developed by CrazyBunch and published by HandyGames, has players run the last remaining tattoo shop in Tattuga Bay, hire staff, decorate the studio, learn customer preferences and expand the business over time.
Together, the two July 9 freebies carry a regular combined price of $49.98. They will replace River City Girls 2 and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, which are free on the Epic Games Store from July 2 through July 9.
Once the July 9 rotation goes live, Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon will become the fifth and sixth games Epic has given away in July 2026. The offer applies to the Epic Games Store versions of both games on PC.