Prime Gaming January 2024: avoid being hunted as a fox in ecological platformer Endling

Those with a Prime Gaming membership can start claiming January 2024's free batch of games from today onwards.

The first batch of free games Amazon Prime members can claim this year have been revealed – and it’s an eclectic mix of classic game collections and indie darlings.

The Prime Gaming January 2024 lineup has been revealed, and it returns the monthly batch of free games available to Amazon Prime members to its more indie-centric sensibilities. We’re just going to come out and say it, in no way does this month’s selection compete with the utterly excellent Prime Gaming December 2023 lineup we saw previously – being able to add former PS5 exclusive Deathloop to your Epic Games Store library was too much of a treat. That said, there are still plenty of smaller titles worth claiming and playing.

The standout title this month is undoubtedly Endling – Extinction is Forever. This indie platformer casts you as a mother fox who must protect her cubs, keeping them fed and well looked after while trying to survive the destruction of the forest world around you. Endling was awarded a BAFTA for its eco-conscious message in the year it was released, which is a theme you don’t often see explored much in a lot of games and alone makes it worth a look.

Elsewhere, Prime Gaming is allowing players to revisit some of Atari Games’ classic games in the form of Atari Mania. This minigame collection only launched last year as a showcase for beloved retro games such as Combat, Asteroids and Outlaw. You play as a pixelated janitor tasked with cleaning up the Atari vault, all in the hopes of avoiding the corruption of these games. It’s certainly one of the most inventive takes as far as game collections like this go.

Rounding out the month too you have Apico, an environmental management game with a laid-back tone where you must tend after bees. And finally, Yars: Recharged, a modern take on the classic Atari bullet-dodging shooter from 1982 where you face back-to-back bosses.

Prime Gaming January 2024 free games

The following titles will be available as a part of the Prime Gaming January 2024 lineup. We've included the storefront you get the game for alongside each release:

• Endling – Extinction is Forever (Amazon Games App) – January 4
• Apico (Amazon Games App) – January 11
• Atari Mania (Epic Games Store) – January 18
• Yars: Recharged (Epic Games Store) – January 25

Alongside the Prime Gaming January 2024 lineup, Amazon Prime subscribers will get access to the following titles on the Amazon Luna streaming service. Some of which crossover from the previous month:

• Control Ultimate Edition
• Kitaria Fables
• Wonderboy: The Dragon Trap
• Young Souls
• Fortnite
• LEGO Fortnite
• Rocket Racing
• Fortnite Festival
• Trackmania

Overall, it's a solid if not particularly impressive month for Prime Gaming. That said if you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber wanting to squeeze even more value out of your membership, claiming these games is a great way to do so. Just bear in mind that when it comes to the Amazon Luna selection, it requires a separate subscription, and the games are only available to stream for a limited time.