The year is at its end. We’re right there on the edge (and depending on what region you’re in, it might already be 2020). And, as usual, there’s plenty of deals and giveaways. The Epic Games Store gave away a free game for 12 straight days, for crying out loud, but they aren’t the only storefront to get in the New Year’s spirit with GOG’s giveaway of the old school throwback Tower of Time.

Tower of Time is an indie RPG that flew under the radar when it released last year. It’s a hack and slash style game in a similar vein to Diablo, and promises over 50 hours of content in a fantasy like setting. The game has seen several free updates since its release, and you can claim it for free now on Good Ol’ Games.

Tower of Time is available now for PC and is free on the GOG storefront and launcher under the beginning of 2020.

Event Horizon’s Tower of Time, which entered Steam Early Access last year, has launched and is now available for PC users. It’s retailing for $25 on Steam. As its visuals imply, Tower of Time is more of an old-school computer RPG and its story stretches over 50 hours.

As a group of adventurers venturing into a stranger tower, players will attempt to traverse 13 levels, battling roughly 150 enemy types along the way. There also 50 bosses to battle and though it’s an RPG, the combat takes several cues from real-time strategy titles. It’s possible to slow time during fights, draw shapes on enemies to use different skills and so on. There are five difficulties to choose from and tons of equipment to collect along the way.

There have been a variety of old-school computer RPGs over the past few years but Event Horizon’s effort has been especially interesting to follow. It’s gotten some decent user reviews on Steam but how it will measure up against the likes of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire remains to be seen.

“I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something’s on board. It’s just great stuff. I would love to make Dead Space [into a film], I’ll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made.”

Which is hilarious, because the first game took many of its story cues and settings from a cult classic sci-fi horror film: Event Horizon. The presence of evil aboard a high-tech ship, the psychological horror and hallucinations, manipulating people via said visions and increasingly violent deaths?

All there. Combined with the Thing and Alien, of course, as Carpenter suggests.

Granted, the franchise has since expanded, but it seems a bit redundant to make a film on the original game.