This week's Epic Games Store free games drops you into a novel, or tasks you and a friend to escape a haunted castle

If a spooky, puzzle-filled co-op game set in a snowy world sounds right up your street, or a single-player narrative featuring anthropomorphic animals better takes your fancy, Epic Games has two free PC games on offer this week. Epic's first free title is Beacon Pines, a gem of a story game that has…