Beat-’em-up sequel River City Girls 2 is free to claim on the Epic Games Store for a limited time as part of the platform’s weekly free game promotion. No paid Epic account subscription is required to redeem the free copy. River City Girls 2 official Epic Games Store page
The offer applies to the full standard edition of the 2022 WayForward and ARC System Works title. The game carries a $29.99 regular retail price on all major digital storefronts, per the official listing. Players who claim the game before the promotion ends will own it permanently in their Epic Games library, with no further action required to access or install it at any point in the future.
What You Get With the Free River City Girls 2 Claim
The free copy includes the full base game, with no content locked behind paid DLC for the standard edition. The title features six playable characters: Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, Riki, Marian, and Provie. Each character has unique move sets and upgradable combat abilities, including guard-crush attacks, lift-off combos, and elemental status effects. Players can brawl through nonlinear River City maps solo or with up to two players via local or online co-op. The game includes more than 40 in-game shops to purchase items and accessories, plus the ability to recruit defeated foes as temporary hired heavies.
The title also includes an anime-style intro, comic book cutscenes, dual English and Japanese voice acting, and a soundtrack composed by Megan McDuffee, who scored the first River City Girls title. Supported text languages include Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish (both Latin American and European variants), per the official Epic Games Store listing for River City Girls 2.
Critic reception for the title sits at a 79% recommendation rate on OpenCritic’s aggregator for River City Girls 2, with a 78 average top critic score. Epic Games Store players have rated it 4.8 out of 5 stars as of June 2026, per the official Epic Games Store page.
How to Claim River City Girls 2 on Epic Games
Claiming the free copy requires only a free Epic Games account. No paid Epic Games Store subscription or Xbox Game Pass affiliation is needed to redeem the title. To redeem, users can navigate to the River City Girls 2 store page directly, or browse the Epic Games Store’s free games section. Click the “Get” button followed by “Checkout” to add the title to your library permanently.
The game is available exclusively on Windows 10 64-bit and later, with a 6 GB download size. Minimum system requirements include an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 GPU or equivalent, with DirectX 11 support, per the official Epic Games Store system requirements listing.
Once claimed, the game can be installed at any time via the Epic Games Launcher, even after the free promotion ends. The title’s 6 GB install size makes it a low-stakes addition to a library for players with limited storage space. Its support for both local and online co-op also makes it a practical pickup for groups looking for a casual multiplayer title that does not require high-end hardware to run.
River City Girls 2: Free Claim vs. Paid Purchase Verdict
For players who already own the first River City Girls title, this free claim is a high-value pickup. The sequel expands on the original’s combat systems and map design with minimal narrative dependency on its predecessor.
For fans of classic beat-’em-ups or local co-op party games, the $29.99 regular retail price makes this a no-cost opportunity to access a full featured title. The game includes six playable characters, nonlinear city maps, and both local and online co-op modes, per the official Epic Games Store product page.
Fact-checked June 27, 2026: as of that date, no paid discount was active for the title on any major digital storefront, per the official Epic Games Store listing for River City Girls 2. This makes the current free claim the only way to acquire the game at no cost for the foreseeable future. Players who miss the claim window will need to pay full retail price or wait for an unannounced future platform sale to access a discount.
