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[r2d2A2B2]

This is a selected list of freeware video games implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed.


A

• Ace of Spades (video game) is a free voxel based fps base on Ken Silverman's voxlap engine.
  
• Ahriman's Prophecy is a prequel to the Aveyond RPG series.
  
• Alien Swarm is a free top down shooter from Valve used to test the Source 2010 beta.
  
• America's Army is the official United States Army game.
  
• Anchorhead is a horror interactive fiction game.
  
• ADOM is a roguelike game (technically postcardware) by Thomas Biskup.
  
• Armored Brigade is a freeware tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability.
  
• Assault Cube is a Counter Strike-like first person shooter with low system requirements.
  
• Astro battle is a top down Multi-directional shooter in which players design their own spacecraft and battle other players on-line.

B

• Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is a futuristic role-playing video game starring basketballer Charles Barkley.
  
• Baseball Mogul 2006 is a baseball manager game. (Should be moved to List of commercial games released as freeware)
  
• Battlefield Hereos
  
• Battleships Forever is a real time tactics game with a ship designer.
  
• Battlefield Play4free
  
• BMW M3 Challenge is a BMW M3 car racing game.
  
• BVE Trainsim is a railroad simulator created by Mackoy of Japan.

C

• Cave Story is a side-scrolling action-adventure game.
  
• Cellfactor: Revolution is a single-player and multiplayer game that uses the Ageia Physx engine.
  
• Chex Quest is a comedic Doom clone (technically an advergame).
  
• Chicken Invaders is a space shooter by InterAction Studios.
  
• Chzo Mythos is a set of four separate adventure games: 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes and 6 Days a Sacrifice by Ben Croshaw.
  
• Cloud is a third-person computer puzzle game based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.

D

• DinoHunters is an advertisement-supported first person shooter and machinima series created by Kuma Reality Games.
  
• Dogfights: The Game is a combat flight simulator based on the History Channel series of the same name.
  
• Dwarf Fortress is a real-time fantasy roguelike (technically donationware).
  
• DX Ball

E

• Eastside Hockey Manager is a hockey manager game.
  
• Eternal Daughter is a Castlevania-style action-adventure game.
  
• Elona is a Roguelike.

F

• Ferrari Virtual Race is a Ferrari-licensed racing game.
  
• flOw is an ambient Flash game.

G

• Gate88 is an abstract top-down futuristic real-time strategy space combat simulator.
  
• Genetos is a scrolling shooter.
  
• General is a strategy game with text interface.
  
• GeneRally is an arcade-style top-down racing game.
  
• GhostRecon Online
  
• Grid Wars is a Geometry Wars clone.
  
• Gunster is a multiplayer scrolling shooter.

H

• Hero Core shooter game with Metroidvania elements.

I

• Icy Tower is a tower-climbing arcade game.
  
• Ikachan is an action-adventure game by Studio Pixel.
  
• Iji is a platformer by Daniel Remar.
  
• I Wanna Be the Guy is a platformer notable for its difficulty.

J

• Jump 'n Bump is a multiplayer battle game. (Should be moved to List of open source games).
  
• Junkbot is a Lego-themed puzzle game.

K

• Knytt Stories is a 2D exploration platformer with a built in editor by Nicklas Nygren.

L

• La-Mulana is a 2D platform game, reminiscent of the MSX game Maze of Galious.
  
• Legionwood: Tale of the Two Swords is a 2D tile based role playing video game reminiscent of games such as Final Fantasy.
  
• Lexus ISF Track Time is a Lexus ISF car racing game.
  
• Liero is a 2D side-scrolling shooting game for one or two players (malfunctions on Win2000, WinXP and greater - though will play with sound disabled).
  
• Little Fighter is a beat'em up DOS fighting game
  
• Little Fighter 2 is a sequel to Little Fighter that is for newer operating systems

M

• MapleStory a F2P MMO
  
• Minesweeper
  
• Moon Whistle is a classic RPG Maker game made by Kannazuki Sasuke.
  
• Monster Milktruck is a single-player online game using Google Earth technology.
  
• MUGEN is a custom fighting game engine.
  
• The Museum of Broken Memories is an adventure game by Jonas Kyratzes.

N

• N is a classic platform game with advanced physics.
  
• Narbacular Drop is a 3D puzzle game developed by Nuclear Monkey Software. It is the precursor to Valve's Portal.
  
• Need for Speed World
  
• Noctis is a space exploration simulator. (Should be moved to List of open source games).
  
• Notrium is a survival game.

O

• Orbiter is a space flight simulator with an emphasis on realistic orbital mechanics.
  
• osu! is a freeware simulator of the rhythm video games Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents.

P

• Plasma Pong is a Pong game in which the ball is manipulated by a fluid dynamics environment. It is currently in development hell after the website became defunct.
  
• Play65 is an online multi-player backgammon game featuring 3D graphics and community modules.
  
• Plobb! is a fast single player 2D arcade shooter, and as a multidirectional shooter shares the gameplay of Asteroids. It features a distinctive game design.
  
• Pocket Tanks
  
• Progress Quest is a parody of Everquest and the MMORPG genre, focuses on pure character building with no interaction involved.

R

• Ragnarok Battle Offline is a 2D fighting game that is spin off of the MMO Ragnarok Online.
  
• Runescape
  
• Rusty Hearts

Q

• Quake Live is an official online variant of Quake III Arena, developed by id Software.

S

• Scorched 3D is a 3D remake of an artillery game Scorched Earth.
  
• A Second Face is a sci-fi adventure game.
  
• Seiklus is an ambient single-player action-adventure game.
  
• SimSig is a train simulation game based on real UK signalling systems.
  
• Skifree is a Windows 95 game.
  
• Soldat is a 2d, fast paced, action multi-player shooting game with many different game modes and weapon choices.
  
• Space Combat is a 3D space simulator featuring realistic physics.
  
• Space Tanks is a 2D/3D gravity game featuring realistic physics.
  
• Spelunky is a platforming game that utilizes roguelike gameplay. (Should be moved to List of open source games).
  
• Spiral Knights
  
• Steel Panthers: World at War is a remake of an older strategy game from Matrix Games.
  
• Stepmania A rhythm based online capable game.
  
• SubSpace is a 2D top-down space shooter game with massive multiplayer capabilities.
  
• Super Cosplay War Ultra is a 2D fighting game featuring cosplayers.
  
• Synaesthete is a student-created psychedelic rhythm shooter.
  
• Synth uses procedural generation for the graphics and level design.
  
• Syobon action is a Japanese game notorious for its difficulty.

T

• Tag: The Power of Paint is a 3D first-person action & puzzle game that uses paint.
  
• TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins and its sequel are 2D side-scrolling platform games.
  
• Temporal is a platform game involving time travel based puzzles.
  
• Tinker
  
• Trackmania Nations is a 3D racing game specially developed for the Electronic Sports World Cup by Nadeo.
  
• Transcendence is a 2D space adventure game featuring extended moddability.
  
• Tribes: Ascend
  
• TUMIKI Fighters is a 3D scrolling shooter.
  
• Toribash is a 3D ragdoll fighting game in which you control every joint of your fighter.
  
• Team Fortress 2 is a PvP based first person shooter with diverse class option (downloaded from Steam)

U

• Urban Terror is an online first person shooter

V

• Vanguard Princess is a dōjin 2D fighting game
  
• Visual Pinball is a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
  
• Volvo – The Game (2009, SimBin) is a racing game developed by SimBim Studios and licensed by Volvo to promote the Volvo S60 concept car.

W

• Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction is an apocalyptic, first-person shooter.
  
• Warning Forever is a vertical shooter.
  
• Within a Deep Forest is a 2D physics and exploration game.
  
• WolfQuest is a wildlife simulation game.

Y

• Yume Nikki is an "exploration" adventure game themed around dreams and nightmares with basic pixel graphics.

The list is updated every-so-often, if you think something is missing then please tell us and we will add it.
Last time updated: 17. June 2012

[Lambdadelta]

You're missing Minesweeper, the greatest PC game of all time.

[Mr. Whatsittoya]

Do F2P mmo's count too?

[Ichinose Kotomi]

Mr. Whatsittoya, on 20 April 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

Do F2P mmo's count too?

Well, MapleStory IS mentioned there, so I guess they do count.

[Brian6330]

TF2 is here as well...

Runescape, and Spiral Knights are F2P too, so add them to the list!

[Ichinose Kotomi]

r2d2A2B2, on 11 April 2012 - 06:42 PM, said:

• Cave Story is a side-scrolling action-adventure game.

Best game on the list

Rusty Hearts should be added to the list, too.

[Hinkik]

Battlefield Hereos

Need for speed world

[SleepyGuyy]

Some old favorites of my younger days.... Both by the same Site / guy.

Pocket Tanks
and
DX Ball (you can find an amped up version on the Wii Homebrew browser, with more powerups).

Also, if you include Free-To-Play games
Tribes: Ascend
GhostRecon Online...
...Quake Live  I uh nuh?

[r2d2A2B2]

Thanks for input, I updated the list.

[Hinkik]

Battlefield Play4free

[Jedimaster]

Shadow Lugia, on 16 June 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

Battlefield Play4free

Added

[Grover]

Katawa Shoujo?

[Shrek]

Super Crate Box is a free to play game on Steam. While DC Universe Online is F2P on PS3, Steam, and the 360.

[Rosenrot]

Google Megaman 8 Famicom. It's megaman 8 remade in 8-bit. I say try that one out. There is also a megaman 7 one. The games are reven compatable with the Xbox 360 controller, you just have to navigate the japanese settings which ain't too hard.