Over the past few months there seems to have been an explosion of games released as freeware. This posting will present a sort of meta-index of freeware games-lists that I have found on the net.
At first when this posting was conceived I was going to put together a list of my favorite freeware games; however, I was thinking why create another list when there are so many out there? Here’s a collection of my favorite freeware games lists:
- Freewaregenius’ reviewed freeware games category (scroll down, multiple pages).
- 1UP.com’s 101 Free games 2008
- 1UP.com’s 101 Free games 2007
- 1UP.com’s 101 Free games 2006
- Gamespot: Adrian’s guide to 2007 freeware games
- Wikipedia’s list of freeware games.
- Wikipedia’s list of commercial games released as freeware
- Wikipedia’s list of open source games
- Wikipedia’s list of free first person shooters
- Open source games at the Open Directory Project
- IndieGames.com: best freeware games 2007 and 2006 . Categories include shoot em ups, platformers, arcade games, etc.
- TIGsource: best freeware games of 2007
- Indygamer has their own best of lists 2007; whaddyaknowit.
- GameTap free games: you have to download and install the “GameTap Player”, and you will have to watch an ad before you play, but it’s worth it for some great games. The fantastic Psychonauts is available for free (although it’s a 1.5 gig download).
- Caiman Games: top 60 ranked freeware games
- The Random Gnome’s Lair: Our freshly hand-picked free games selection.
- Another Random Gnome’s: Oh no! More hand-picked free games.
- Also Gnome’s Lair: 100 excellent free games in bloom
- Finally Gnome’s: bouquet of hand picked games with dirty commercial pasts
- Home of the underdogs’: list of freeware [games] recommendations.
- Ghacks also has an ultimate free games list.
- Über 100 kostenlose Games!
- Cnet’s: 10 most addictive flash games ever made.
- Butterblog: neverending list of best free games
- MarcoFolio: best freeware first person shooters
- Last one — I’m going to bed.
I assume there’s a whole bunch of lists that I don’t know about; if there’s a page you know about that absolutely, positively has to be listed please share in the comments.
Wow, this is really a great and useful list! Thanks a lot for the job!
Nice topo, great summary, thanks a lot, Samer
great job, fantastico!
link 2 seems incorrect
uses title instead of adress tag
@crux – fixed the link, thanks for the tip.
the link to Last Scenario on this page does not work
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=887.0
anyone have a direct link to the game Please reply
I looked it up for you and founf a link to the “Last Scenario” game here (works): http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/LastScenario
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/LastScenario
leads to
http://baixaki.ig.com.br/download/Last-Scenario.htm
which says file not found to me
give me the exact link to the rar file if you could
@Arpit: try this http://images.bureau42.com/sa/Last@20Scenario@20v101.rar
Except instead of the @ in the URL enter %
Tanks, great list
@Samer: still no luck it says
Not Found
The requested URL /sa/Last Scenario v101.rar was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
i even tried pasting the link directly into free download manager even that says file not found could anyon eupload it to mediafire or rapidshare or something like that THANKS
Great meta-list. Good job.
I found many interesting games.
You forgot one. http://www.uknutz.com. Its a good site with tons of free flash games. Only down side is you need to login to play but its all for free!
@Arpit: I finally found “The Last Scenario” for you, and uploaded it into my DivShare account.
http://www.divshare.com/download/4264152-22c
It was uncommonly hard to find. Very strange.
@Samer: Thank you very much
http://www.runtime-hq.com delivers only high quality freeware games. Very recommended!
http://gametop.com
no login, no pay, cool games
ok, here are some recommendations from me that are not in the list yet:
1. http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/free/
2. http://www.acid-play.com
3. http://www.its4free.de
All three are quite good.
If you want you can add this one in the list too..
Games for Gamers – over 2000 downloadable games..
http://www.g4g.it
For an awesome Freeware Massively Multiplayer 2D Spaceship Game try Continuum. Easy to learn, difficult to master.
http://www.getcontinuum.com
very good
very good tahnks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgQyOIyWPY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqh4vS6OzDM
More 100 lists, now on youtube.
Nice one…Sometimes it’s nice to have a list handy for freeware games..I like Quick Fire Pool….which I play online..
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4534#post-48396
I help with a project that was started to point people in the direction of a free game 5 days of the week. We’re up to the 46th week now with over 300 games linked to. This is an alphabetical listing of all of the games we have added so far. Each day this list get’s updated, so you can come back anytime.
There are lots of different ways to have fun. A lot of what you choose depends on where you are in life, old or young. Today’s youth enjoy computer-based gaming. There are many choices. Some of the games can be expensive, and gaming firms are getting a large portion of the spending money of the kids purchasing the games. Luckily, there are also a lot of freeware games.
Hello, i am making a city simulation game called Atocity.
http://atomius.110MB.com/atocity.htm
http://atocity.proboards.com/
the links above are to it’s homepage and the project proboard.
Have a nice stay, Internetters
How about http://www.freepcgamers.com, great website, lots of games, plus more links on the bottom to other great websites.
u also find freeware games at http://www.pc-free-games.com/
You can also download latest games from links below :
http://www.fm-games.info
It Works!
wow, nice post, great to find some new pages i haven’t seen already
tnx for the info.
I have read a number of posts of yours, but this is the one that I like the most. So expecting some more ideas from your side. Thanks !
You can find free games at: http://freewareisalive.18.forumer.com
Each game has a screenshot and usually multiple download locations.
Hello Samer. With your approval, here is a list of My Favorites. It’s more of a curated list, as all games have been playtested, and must be high-quality and fun in order to be included.
The companion list is titled: Honorable Mentions
No need to add these to the main page, but for those who read through the comments, some may appreciate a more focused collection.