List of freeware 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

*"ADOM" is a roguelike game (technically postcardware).
*"" 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

*"" is a futuristic RPG starring basketballer Charles Barkley.
*"Battleships Forever" is a real time tactics game with a ship designer.
*"BVE Trainsim" is a railroad simulator created by Mackoy of Japan.

C

*"Cave Story" is a side-scrolling adventure game.
*"" 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." [cite web |url=http://www.c-evo.org/text.html |title=C-evo Introduction |accessdate=2008-06-24 |work= |date= ]
*"Chex Quest" is a comedic Doom clone (technically an advergame).
*"Chicken Invaders 1.3"
*"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".
*"Cloud" is a third-person computer puzzle game based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.

D

*"" a combat flight simulator based on the History Channel series of the same name.
*"" is a version of the puzzle-solving game.
*"" is a real-time fantasy god game (technically donationware).

E

*"Eastside Hockey Manager" is a hockey manager game.
*"Enigma" is a puzzle-solving game.
*"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.
*"Glest" is a cross-platform RTS.
*"Grid Wars" is a Geometry Wars clone.
*"Gunroar" is a futuristic vertical shooter.
*"" 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

*"KumaWar" 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 games "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" and "Elite Beat Agents".

P

*"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. It is currently in development hell after the website became defunct.
*"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.

*"" 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

*"" 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.
*"Transcendence" is a 2D space adventure game featuring extended moddability.
*"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.

ee also

*List of free massively multiplayer online games
*Abandonia Reloaded

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