We no longer use anthology system where we put all games in 1 game because it's a mess when it comes to updating game. Now each game is its own game with separate story. So Dream City Fugitive has its own story which is different from story in Dream City Profitist.
Dream City Profitist served as introduction to Dream City Construct game series so it makes perfect sense to make it free.
If you haven't noticed, Dream City Construct game series is our new effort to replace the old Dream City Anthology games. So far, Dream City Profitist already replaced DC Anthology Profitist last year and now Dream City Fugitive replaced DC Anthology Underworld. Next year, Dream City Psyche will replace DC Anthology Paranormal game. Once this is complete, there will only be 2 remaining games in Dream City Anthology (DC Anthology Office + DC Anthology Apocalypse).