The Ultimate Free Games List

Inspired by Gnome's Oh no more hand-picked free games (site no longer exists) I decided to create the mother load of free games. A List that contains every single free game that is worth playing. I'm absolutely sure that my initial list will miss many games but it will grow over time - with your help. I know that you have an ace up your sleeve and will help me create the list.

Tip: Check out Softonic's free games listing for even more cool games that are free to download and play.

For now, enjoy what we have collected so far and add any valuable entry in the comments. I will take a look and add it to the list. I decided to create a few categories which makes it easier to take a look at the list. Please note that I did not include so called Abondonware in the list. You might need Dos Box to run some of the games in windows.

Note: We are updating the list regularly with new games and remove games that are no longer available from it. Only games that meet our quality guidelines are added to the list.  We would like to point out that we are not adding browser games, only desktop games that you can run on Windows PCs.

Tip: you may want to check out the vast Archive.org list of free games for Windows, and the free to play games category on Steam.

Action

• Afterburner 3d - A remake of the classic Sega Arcade shooter.
• Alien Breed Remake - A remake of the classic Amiga shooter.
• America's Army - Created for the US Army, multiplayer shooter.
• Battlecruiser Millenium - A space simulation.
• Beats of Rage - A Streets of Rage remake.
• Cave Story - Classic Japanese sidescroller.
• Counterstrike 2d - A 2D conversion of the popular Counter-Strike game.
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive -- Latest version of Counter-Strike.
• Dota 2 -- Moba
• Double Dragon Forever - Classic Beat'em up.
• Fear Combat - The multiplayer part of the award winning Fear.
• Frets on Fire - A music game in the style of Guitar Hero.
• Full Spectrum Warrior -- Command and coordinate infantry squads in a warzone.
• Grand Theft Auto 1 - A Rockstar game, enough said.
• Grand Theft Auto 2 - Better graphics than 1, similar gameplay.
• Harmotion - Classic shooter.
• Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe - Look still nice and plays great.
• Kumawar - free FPS
• League of Legends -- Moba.
• Mono - one of the greatest addicting games I've ever played.
• New Super Mario Forever - Another Super Mario fan remake.
• One Must Fall - A beat'em up.
• Penumbra - A 3d horror game, like Silent Hill or Resident Evil.
• Retro River Raid - Remake of the Atari 2600 classic.
• Secret Maryo Chronicles - Mario Brothers Game like Super Mario Brothers.
• Silver Wings - a classic shoot'em up.
• Stepmania -  A dance and rhythm game for PC.
• Super Mario Bros X - A fan made Super Mario game.
• SWIV - inofficial follow up of the Amiga game Silkworm.
• Team Fortress 2 - Probably the best shooter that has been released in the last couple of years.
• Tremulous - standalone Quake 3 mod. Marines vs Alien spiders.
• Tribes - Was a great multiplayer shooter.
• Trilby the art of theft - A stealth platform game.
• Ultrastar Deluxe - An Open Source Singstar alternative.
• Warsow - First Person Shooter.
• Wild Metal - a 3d strategic combat game.
• Wing Commander Privateer Remake - A great remake of privateer.
• Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn -- A fan remake that plays in the popular Wing Commander universe.
• Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - A great online shooter, play either the German or allied side and choose a class to play.
• Xenon 2000 - Xenon was a famous shoot'em up on the Amiga created by the famous Bitmap Brothers. They created a update to that classic game.

Adventures

• Beneath a Steel Sky - What a great adventure, link to the free cd version. By Revolution who created the famous Broken Sword Adventures as well.
• Flight of the Amazon Queen - Looks and plays like Lucasarts classic adventures.
• Head over Heels - Classic Adventure Game from 1987.
• King's Quest 1 - King's Quest 1 VGA remake.
• King's Quest 2 - King's Quest 2 in VGA, great remake.
• King's Quest 3 - A remade VGA version of King's Quest 3.
• Lure of the Temptress - old adventure but still great to play.
• Maniac Mansion Deluxe - Well, Maniac Mansion, the first Lucasarts adventure, do I have to say more.
• Quest for Glory II -- Another remake of a classic Sierra OnLine game.
• Space Quest Chapter 0 - Uses the same interface as Space Quest 1 and 2.
• Zak MC Kracken 2 - part 2 of the classic Lucasarts Adventure.

Roleplaying

• Betrayal at Krondor - A rpg taking place in the worlds of Raymond E. Feist.
• Dwarf Fortress - rogue-like RPG with city building feature.
• The Elder Scrolls Arena - I loved that game. It was terribly buggy but I still loved it when it first came out. Oblivion is the latest part in this series from Bethesda.
• The Elder Scrolls Daggerfall - The second part of The Elder Scrolls sage.
• Ultima IV - It's Ultima !
• Zelda Classic - A classic remake of Zelda by Nintendo.

Sports and Cars

• Fantasy Tennis - A sports game like Mario Tennis.
• Future Pinball - Great free pinball game.
• Little Fighters - A free PC fighting game.
• Neverball - A minigolf game.
• Trackmania Nations - A free multiplayer racing game.

Strategy

• 123 Free Solitaire - A solitaire card game pack.
• 1848 - A strategy game about the Austrian-Hungarian War from 1848
• Advanced Strategic Command - Like Battle Isle.
• Battle For Wesnoth - A game like Shining Force and Final Fantasy Tactics. Great !
• Blocksum - A fast paced puzzle game.
• Castle Combat - Build a fortress and destroy the enemies one with your cannons.
• Civ Evolution - A free Civilization clone.
• FreeCiv - Just like Civ Evolution a free Civilization clone.
• FreeRails - Railroad Tycoon Remake.
• L General - A Panzer General Clone.
• Open TTD - A transport tycoon deluxe open source conversion.
• Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War -- A real-time strategy game playing in ancient times with a first-person component.
• Settlers 3d - A 3d adaption of the boardgame Settlers of Catan.
• Steel Panthers Battle Tank - Turn based strategy game like Panzer General.
• Steel Panthers World at War - Another Steel Panthers game.
• Swine - A classic RTS game.

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