List of freeware video games

This is a selected list of freeware video games implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed. Freeware games are games that are released as freeware and can be downloaded and played, free of charge, for an unlimited amount of time.

This list does not include:

• Open source games (see List of open source games).
• Games that were previously sold commercially (see List of commercial games released as freeware).
• Shareware or games that require purchase for play time, game items, new content or features.
• Browser-based games.
• Mods: software that cannot be played as stand-alone game.

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.
• 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)
• Battleships Forever is a real time tactics game with a ship designer.
• 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).

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.
• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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

• PARSEC47 is a 3D vertical shooter, featuring fast gameplay and abstract graphics. (Should be moved to List of open source games)
• 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.
• 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.

Q

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

S

• 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.
• 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).
• 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 is a 2D side-scrolling platform game.
• Temporal is a platform game involving time travel based puzzles.
• Tinker
• Torus Trooper is a 3D tube shooter.
• 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.
• 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)
• Soldat is a 2d, fast paced, action multi-player shooting game with many different game modes and weapon choices.

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.

See also

• List of free massively multiplayer online games
• List of commercial video games released as freeware

External links

• Freeware games at the Open Directory Project