A tiny retro supermarket sim called Happiness Market is free to keep on the Epic Games Store, and you have a narrow window to claim it. The game normally sells for $0.99, so the savings are small, but it costs you nothing to add it to your library for good.
Quick answer: Sign in to the Epic Games Store and claim Happiness Market before August 14 at 6:00 PM. Once it shows in your library, it stays there permanently even after the promotion ends.
Claim Happiness Market before the deadline
The giveaway runs until August 14 at 6:00 PM. Claiming the game keeps it in your account forever, so there is no need to buy it separately later.
You know it worked when the game appears in your Epic library with an install button instead of a price. As long as you do not remove it manually, it remains yours to download at any time.
What Happiness Market actually is
Happiness Market is a 2D business management sim built around running and growing a supermarket. It first launched in 2023 from developer Luolei and never found a wide audience, which makes the current giveaway a chance for it to reach more players.
The loop is deliberately low pressure. You restock shelves, build new areas, add machines and aisles, and fend off troublesome NPCs. Most tasks are handled with simple clicks, which pushes the game toward a casual, idle-style experience rather than a demanding tycoon sim.
Core features
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buildings | Up to 18 types of supermarket buildings to unlock |
| Security | Hired store security keeps mischievous NPCs away |
| Stock | Shelves must be restocked to keep customers returning |
| Pets | 22 distinct animals to choose from as your own pet |
| Expansion | Vertical growth, with each new expansion added as a floor |
| Art style | Retro-style graphics and nostalgic visuals |
How the store expands
Growth happens upward. Each new expansion stacks on as a fresh floor, so your supermarket climbs rather than sprawls sideways. Along the way you unlock more building types, add pets from the 22 available animals, and keep shelves full so customers keep coming back.
Security matters too. Hiring store guards keeps ill-willed NPCs from disrupting business, which becomes more useful as your floors and inventory grow.
Other free PC games to grab right now
Happiness Market is not the only freebie live on the Epic Games Store. Another giveaway, the first-person horror game Project First Contact, is free to keep until August 17. The store’s official weekly lineup currently offers Beacon Pines and We Were Here Together, which you can claim until August 13 before Caravan SandWitch takes their place.
Beyond Epic, Ubisoft is giving away Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on Ubisoft Connect through August 13. Steam has Breathedge and Moonlighter available, though both promotions wrap up on August 9, and the point-and-click classic Deponia is expected to join Steam’s free-to-keep lineup soon after.
If a low-stakes clicker to unwind with over a weekend sounds appealing, Happiness Market is worth adding while it costs nothing. Claim it before the August 14 cutoff and it is yours to keep for good.
