List of freeware video games

This is a list of freeware video games implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed. It excludes the multitude of online freeware games created with Adobe Flash and similar products.

Freeware games are games that are released as freeware and can be downloaded and played, free of charge, for an unlimited amount of time and may be redistributed. See List of open source games for such games, which are not included in this list.

For commercial games that were re-released as freeware, see List of commercial games released as freeware.

Games that require a donation or fee, have nag screens, or require purchase for play time, game items, new content or features are shareware, and are not included in this list. Also, modifications of other games (especially commercial ones) and unfinished games may not be added to this list.

A

• ArenaXcape is an multiplayer arena game based on AlienXcape.
• AlienXcape is a first person shooter game.
• Alien Exterminator is a first person shooter game.
• ADOM is a roguelike game (technically postcardware).
• Alien Arena 2008 is an online deathmatch game.
• Allegiance Online, is a space shooter/strategy game.
• AssaultCube is a conversion of the open source game Cube.
• America's Army is the official United States Army game.

B

• Babel Sword is a shoot 'em up/fighting game
• Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is a futuristic RPG starring basketballer Charles Barkley.
• Battleships Forever is a real time tactics game with a ship designer.
• Boat is a Rook or Bridge style card game.
• BVE Trainsim is a railroad simulator created by Mackoy of Japan.

C

• Catch The Bears is a 3D game for small children.
• Cave Story is a side-scrolling adventure game.
• Cellfactor: Revolution is a single-player and multiplayer game that uses the Ageia Physx engine.
• C-evo is a 4X Turn-based strategy based on Sid Meier's Civilization.
• Chex Quest is a comedic Doom clone (technically an advergame).
• Chicks Gone Wild is an arcade style 3D game mainly enjoyed by kids.
• 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.
• Class Action Killers is a third person shooter game.
• Cloud is a third-person computer puzzle game based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
• ComStation Rescue is a 3D space themed shooter game.

D

• Dogfights: The Game a combat flight simulator based on the History Channel series of the same name.
• Dr. Green is a first person shooter game.
• DROD: Architects' Edition is a version of the puzzle-solving game.
• Dwarf Fortress is a real-time fantasy god game (technically donationware).

E

• Eastside Hockey Manager is a hockey manager game.
• Enigma is a puzzle-solving game.
• Entropia Universe is a massively multiplayer online virtual universe.
• Eternal Daughter is a Castlevania-style adventure game.
• Extreme Warfare Revenge is a text-based Professional wrestling game.

F

• flOw is an ambient Flash game.
• The Fool's Errand is a puzzle-solving game.
• Frets on Fire is a Guitar Hero clone.
• Frozen Bubble is a Puzzle Bobble remake.

G

• Gate88 is an abstract top-down futuristic real-time strategy space combat simulator.
• General is a strategy game with text interface.
• GeneRally is a top-down arcade racing game for one to six players/bots on one computer.
• Glest is a cross-platform RTS.
• Grid Wars is a Geometry Wars clone.
• Gunroar is a futuristic vertical shooter.
• Gunster is a multiplayer scrolling shooter.

I

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

K

• Kuma\War is a first- and third-person squad-based war game.

L

• La-Mulana is a 2D platform game, reminiscent of the MSX game Maze of Galious.
• 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).

M

• Moon Whistle is a classic RPG Maker game made by Kannazuki Sasuke.
• MUGEN is a custom fighting game engine.

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.
• Nexuiz is a fast-paced fps built on the quake engine, with single and multiplayer modes.
• Noctis is a space exploration simulator.
• Notrium is a survival game.

O

• Orbiter is a spaceflight simulator with an emphasis on realistic orbital mechanics.
• osu! is a freeware simulator of the rhythm video game "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan".

P

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Screenshot of Plobb! World 4

• PARSEC47 is a 3D vertical shooter, featuring fast gameplay and abstract graphics.
• Pekka Kana 2 is a platform game with a level editor.
• Plasma Pong is a Pong game in which the ball is manipulated by a fluid dynamics environment.
• 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.

S

Screenshot of Simutrans

• Savage: The Battle for Newerth is an RTS/RPG designed primarily for multiplayer.
• Seiklus is an ambient single-player adventure game.
• Simutrans is a transportation network construction simulator, similar to Transport Tycoon.
• Space Combat is a 3D space simulator featuring realistic physics.
• Steel Panthers: World at War is a remake of an older strategy game from Matrix Games.
• Stepmania is A Dancing game in which you download the content you play.
• SubSpace is a 2D top-down space shooter game with massive multiplayer capabilities.
• Synaesthete is a student-created psychedelic rhythm shooter.

T

• TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins is an explosive 2D side-scrolling platform game.
• A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a point and click fantasy adventure.
• TORCS is an open-source, cross-platform racing simulator.
• Torus Trooper is a 3D tube shooter.
• Trackmania Nations is a 3D racing game specially developed for the Electronic Sports World Cup by Nadeo.
• TUMIKI Fighters is a 3D scrolling shooter.
• Toribash is a 3D ragdoll fighting game.

U

• Ultimate Stunts is a remake of the classic Stunts video game.

V

• Volleyball manager is a volleyball management simulation game

W

• Warning Forever is a vertical shooter.

Y

• YS Flight Simulation System 2000 is a flight simulator with basic graphics but advanced control.

Z

• ZZT is an ANSI-based computer game.

See also

• List of commercial games released as freeware
• List of free first-person shooters
• List of free massively multiplayer online games
• List of open source games
• Abandonia Reloaded