A big list of free games. No free-to-play games, only purely free programs.
A MegaCollection
I have not necessarily played all of these games. ★ marks things I personally have played and recommend. Please let me know of anything else I could add in the comments at the bottom.
More games can be found under the kits.
Platformers |
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| 2D | |
| Cave Story ★ (Cave Story Engine 2 Archive) (NXEngine-evo) | The iconic one. |
| Ikachan ★ | Underwater squid metroidvania from the creator of Cave Story. |
| La-Mulana (Archive) | MSX-like platformer. |
| I Wanna Be The Guy Remastered ★ (Itch.io) (Original Site of IWBTG) | The original masochist platformer, remade for modern systems. |
| Transformice (Steam) | Semi-cooperative platformer MMO. |
| N | Hyper-minimalist smooth platformer. There's also N++. |
| Open Surge | Open source Sonic clone. |
| 2D with Guns | |
| Pink Heaven (Steam) ★ | Demo of Kero Blaster with a different character. |
| Mibibli's Quest ★ (Steam) (Itch.io) (Game Jolt) | Surreal Mega Man like platformer. |
| Iji | Shooting platformer that changes based on your actions. |
| 3D | |
| Yo! Noid II: Enter the Void ★ (Itch.io) | Pretty good 3D platformer. |
| [fr0g] clan official server 24/7 zk map (for stranger) | Climbing downhill with FPS movement tech. |
Action |
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| Top-down Shooters | |
| Hyper Princess Pitch ★ | Mad top-down shooter in the style of Smash T.V. Describes itself as "...sort of a remake of DOS Operation: Carnage..." |
| Princess Remedy In a World of Hurt ★ (Steam) | Shooter RPG bullet hell thing about healing people. Has a paid sequel. |
| C-Dogs SDL ★ (Itch.io) | SDL port of DOS freeware game C-Dogs. Has community-made levels. |
| Alien Swarm (Steam) | Top-down squad shooter by Valve designers who were mooders. Also a release of SDK for Source. |
| Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop (Steam) | Community-maintained version of the above. |
| The Ur-Quan Masters Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters (Steam) | Port of Star Control 2 (3DO version) to modern systems. |
| BOOM Remake | Remake of MacOS shareware game. Doom meets Bomberman. |
| Adventure | |
| Veloren | Open source voxel RPG inspired by Cube World and Breath of the Wild. |
| Luanti | Open-source Minecraft-like game engine. |
| Other | |
| SuperTux SuperTuxKart | Linux ond open-source mascot games. |
Arcade |
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| Super Crate Box ★ (Steam) | Hectic arcade platformer shooter where switching weapons gain points. |
| Ascii Patrol (Online) | Moon Patrol inspired terminal game. |
| I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 (Steam) ★ | The 2009 Xbox Live Arcade classic returns. Great song. |
Strategy |
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| Turn-based | |
| The Battle for Wesnoth (Steam) | Open source turn-based strategy game. |
| Unciv | Open-source version of Civilization V. |
| Real-time | |
| OpenRA (Itch.io) | Open-source recreations of Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000. |
| Zero-K (Steam) | RTS with 100+ units and terrain manipulation. |
| Warzone 2100 0 A.D. Widelands | Open-source RTSes. |
| Beyond All Reason | Maximalist RTS based on Total Annihilation. |
| openage | Age of Empires styled open source RTS. |
| Other | |
| Mindustry (Steam, paid) (Itch.io) | Sandbox tower-defense game. |
| OpenTTD (Steam) | Open-source transport management simulation game based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. |
| Thrive | Spore-like. |
Also see Westwood's site in Classic. |
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Classics |
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| The Elder Scrolls: Arena The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (All Steam) | Bethesda's old games. Guide for Enemy Territory on modern systems. |
| Westwood RTS Games | Free downloads for some of the Command and Conquer games. |
| The Most Officialest SkiFree Home Page! | Contains a version of SkiFree for modern systems, by the guy who made the original. |
| Marble Blast ★ | Classic Mac game. |
| WinBolo | Port of iconic Mac action strategy Bolo to Windows and Linux. Technically shareware. |
| Ares Central Antares | Site about classic Mac space combat RTS, with a modern port. |
| Escape Velocity | Hosts modern ports for the classic Mac space RPG, for both the original and some of its total conversion mods. |
| Myst Online: Uru Live | Revival of Myst MMO Uru. |
| Boppin' | Bizarre puzzle game. This version replaces all sounds with the original Amiga ones. |
| XBill | Classic Linux game. |
| Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ★ | Adds back the classic versions of Windows games. |
| cyber1 | Preservation of PLATO/CYBIS/NovaNET era games. |
| Petz Installers yabiako Petz Universal Game Site | Petz installers and resources. |
| Moriya Shrine | Fansite with prepatched English versions of all the Touhou games. (Their guide) |
| Classic Gaming Arena | Connect classic DOS games back online through DOSBox. |
| Also see some of the websites in Find More. | |
RPG Maker |
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| Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa ★ | The iconic and infamous basketball RPG Maker RPG. Sequel to both Barkley Shut Up and Jam! and Space Jam. |
| OFF ★ Alternate download (not Fandom, with additional links) ★ | Famous old RPG Maker game. |
| Yume Nikki (Steam) Uboachan Fansite | Infamous old RPG Maker game. Has a paid 3D remake. |
| Grimm's Hollow (Steam) (Itch.io) (Gamejolt) | Short and mildly spooky. Multiple endings. |
| Azusa 999 | Translated PC-98 RPGMaker adventure game. |
| Old/Lost RpgMaker Games - SegNin's Rare/Obscure RM Games Request Topic | Handy place to find obscure games. |
Also see: vgperson's site in Find More |
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MUGEN and IKEMEN |
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| Ikemen GO | "Remake of the IKEMEN (open source fighting games engine that supports M.U.G.E.N resources) in Google's Programming Language “Go”." |
| VSelect (Mirror) | Edit MUGEN select screen with drag-and-drop. |
| Games | |
| Famicom Fighters ★ | 8-bit styled 6-button fighting game. |
| Arm Joe | Les Misérables (musical) fighting game. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Justice League Turbo | Impressive and has art and music by former SNK employees. |
| Pokémon: Type Wild (MyAbandonware) | Made by former animators of the Pokémon Anime. |
Rougelikes and Rougelites |
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| Spelunky Classic ★ | The first iteration of Spelunky. Rougelike platformer. |
| ASCII | |
| Brouge: Community Edition (Site for old version) | A more accessible traditional rougelike. Just download the community edition. |
| NetHack (Online/SSH/Telnet) | Rougelike about discoverability, known for the dev team thinking of everything. |
| Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (SSH/Telnet) | Well-known open-source rougelike. |
| Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress ★ (PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack) ★ (Steam, paid) (Itch.io, paid) | The ultimate complex game. Generate a world, then look at its lore, live in it, or manage a fortress. Paid version has a built in graphical tileset and mouse controls. |
| Ancient Domains Of Mystery (ADOM) (Steam, paid) (GOG, paid) | Started development in 1994 and actively maintained since then. |
| Angband (Other Site) | Classic one based on J. R. R. Toilken's world. Also see Angband Live in Web. |
| ZangbandTK (Zangband Website) | Variant of Angband. |
| Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead | Turn-based post-apocalyptic survival game. |
| Top-down | |
| Desktop Dungeons ★ (Main Site) (Steam, enhanced) ★ | Rougelike that's actually a puzzle game. Also has a paid remaster on Steam. |
| UnReal World (Steam, paid) | Graphical rougelike RPG set in the Far North during the Iron Age. |
| DRL: Doom RougeLike | Self-explanatory. |
| HyperRogue ★ | Non-Euclidean, world is a hyperbolic plane. |
| Tales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy (Steam) | Award winning open Source roguelike RPG |
Rhythm Games |
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| Stepmania NotITG | Dance Dance Revolution clones/engines. |
| osu! | Based on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents. |
| Clone Hero Frets On Fire | Guitar Hero clones. |
| YARG | Yet Another Rhythm Game | Rock Band clone. |
Competitive/Multiplayer Focused |
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| 3D Shooters | |
| Xonotic ★ | Open-source arena shooter. |
| Red Eclipse (Steam) | An arena shooter that works slightly different. |
| NEOTOKYO (Steam) (Mod DB) | Futuristic Counter-Strike styled Half Life 2 mod with a godly soundtrack by the Deus Ex composer. Beginners guide. |
| Fistful of Frags (Steam) | Western-themed Source engine arena FPS. |
| Fortress Forever (Steam) | Spiritual successors to Team Fortress Classic and QuakeWorld Team Fortress. |
| Double Action: Boogaloo ★ (Steam) | Third person Max Payne style shooter, complete with slowing down time, backflips, wallkicks, and so on, all in the Source engine. |
| Avara | Port of the 1996 3D FPS. |
| 2D Shooters | |
| CS2D (Steam) | A top down Counter Strike. |
| Bitfighter | Top down space arena shooter with level editor. |
| Liero | Competitive worms deathmatch with grappling hooks. |
| Soldat | Competitive 2D shooter with jetpacks. |
| Teeworlds (Steam) | Online sidescrolling shooter with grappling hooks. Like if an FPS was a 2D platformer. |
| Fighting | |
| Uchu Mega Fight ★ | PICO-8 fighting game and spiritual successor to Joy Mech Fight (NES). |
| Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2 (Steam) ★ | Ridiculous kusoge fighter. |
| Melty Blood: Actress Again: Current Code | Community version of a fairly beginner-friendly fighting game that can run on low end hardware, with added rollback netcode. It's the one that's played in funny places. |
| Other | |
| Party Project | Fast-paced Mario Party clone with custom character support. |
| SSHTron | Tron Lightcycles in the terminal with ssh. |
| Hedgewars (Steam) | Open-source Worms clone. |
| Mr.Boom | Bomberman clone. Also available as a RetroArch core. |
| Duck Marines (Itch.io) | ChuChu Rocket with minigames. |
| Puyo Puyo VS | Clone focused on online play. |
| Knockout City - Private Server Edition | Officially released version of the shut down dodgeball game by the original devs. |
NarrativeWalking sims and Visual Novels |
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| Off-Peak ★ (Itch.io) (Steam) | Walk around a weird train station and talk to people. |
| Butterfly Soup (Itch.io) Butterfly Soup 2 (Itch.io) | Visual Novels about lesbian asians and sports. |
| Murder Dog IV: Trial Of The Murder Dog (Game Jolt) | Mad crime visual novel. |
| Of The Killer Series (Gamejolt) ★ Anthology Of The Killer (Itch.io, paid collection with extra features) ★ | Odd horror-adjacent comedy games. Walk around and weird stuff happens. |
| Façade | Experimental marridge counselling. Type anything to say it and the AI will react. |
| Crypt Worlds: Your Darkest Desires, Come True! (Game Jolt) | Ultra weird world. |
BrowserFree-to-Play browser games (where you can pay money) are listed under the websites section |
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| gamebutton arcade | One-button games that live within HTML buttons. |
| Forumwarz | Old RPG about trolling forums. |
| Minecraft Classic | The old version still playable. |
| Brickception | Multi-window double Breakout. |
| CANABALT | The original endless runner. |
| Fantasy Critic | "Fantasy Football... for video games!" |
| Kick Ass | Destroy a site with an Asteroids'style ship. Actually a bookmarklet that can turn any site into the game. |
| Adventure/Story | |
| corru.observer ★ | Mysterious adventure game. Crazy impressive technical achievement. Hosted on Neocities. |
| Stone Harbor ★ | Interactive short story. |
| Amnesia : Restored | The 1986 adventure game by Thomas M. Disch and Electronic Arts with restored cut content and modern UI features. |
| Black Room ★ (info, Itch.io) | Feminist dungeon crawler about browsers. |
| Neurocracy | Murder mystery told by falling down the rabbit hole on a future Wikipedia. |
| ARMAGAD (also Tetrageddon Games) (Steam) (Itch.io) (Gamejolt) | "What the internet does to people" |
| Puzzle | |
| The Wiki Game | Jump from one Wikipedia entry to another. |
| 2048 | Tile-sliding. |
| Suika Game/Watermelon Game | 2048-style fruit dropping. |
| Gridland | Match-3 survival. |
| Fast Four Word | Daily timed word game. |
| Lexy's Labyrinth | Unofficial Chip's Challenge emulator. More levels available here. |
| LikeWordle | Database of games like Wordle. |
| Board | |
| Lichess | Libre chess server. Patreon subscription just adds a profile badge. |
| Chess Tempo | Free chess. |
| Kung Fu Chess | Real time chess. |
| Tak | Online implementation of this. |
| bgammon.org | Free backgammon online. |
| Radüm (Github) | Abstract strategy. |
| PlayOK igGameCenter | Various online board games. |
| hexy.games | Hex and Havannah. |
| Calculords (Itch.io) | Math-powered collectible card game. Android apk also avaliable on the itch page. |
| 18xx.games | Async or realtime board games about railroad corporations. |
| BirdGa.me | Simple boardgames with friends. |
| Idle | |
| Cookie Clicker ★ (Steam, paid) | The ur idle game. |
| Candy Box! Candy Box 2 | Some of the grandfathers of unfolding idle games. |
| A Dark Room | Narrative idle game that reveals itself as you play. |
| Melvor Idle (Steam, paid) | Like if Runescape was an idle game. |
| A Dark Room ★ (Github) | Minimalist unfolding text adventure. |
| Toys | |
| Townscaper Demo | No goals. |
| Line Rider | The original artistic time-waster. Also see Line Rider: Advanced in other. |
| Free Rider HD | Like Line Rider but you can control the bike. |
| PlayPen | Freely explorable and editable low-res pixel art world. |
| Screwball Scramble | Recreation of a classic children's toy. |
| Slow Roads | Relaxing procedurally-generated driving. |
| Multiplayer | |
| Tough Love Arena | Simple fighting game. |
| Hypersomnia (Steam) | Fast-paced arena shooter-like |
| VGM Quiz | Live music quiz. |
| Squabble | Competitive Wordle. |
| Acrofever | Acrophobia clone. |
| 20xx.io | Melee meets Quake meets MOBAs. |
| BlogNomic | Online Nomic played on a weblog. |
| TradeWars 2002 Legend of the Red Dragon | Classic BBS door games. |
| Familiars.io | Creature-collecting MMO known for being playable on Twitter once. |
| Gartic Phone | Pictionary online. |
| Fangames/Ports | |
| Ocarina of Time Randomizer Sudoku ★ | Zelda themed sudoku, with mechanics based on the game. |
| Jinteki | Fanmade recreation of Android: Netrunner. |
| FreeCiv | Civilization but open-source and in the browser. |
| lainTSX | Recreation of Serial Experiments Lain for PS1. |
| Advance Wars by Web | Advance Wars in the browser. |
| WAD Commander | Play DOOM WADS in the browser. |
| PrinceJS (Github) | The original Prince of Persia as a browser app. |
| Lode Runner | HTML5 remake. |
| micropolisJS | Port of Micropolis (Open-source SimCity) to Javascript. |
| PCjs | IBM PC emulation. Does applications, too |
| Yolkfolk.com Games | Almost all the Dizzy games. |
| Dinosaur Game | The Chrome no internet game with leaderboards. |
| Defender Of The Favicon | Defender in 16x16. |
| Bemuse | Web-based beatmania clone. |
| Space Awesome | Oreagon Trail like by Font Awesome. |
| Duelyst.gg | Fan reimplementation of the now open-sourced TCG tactics hybrid. |
| Yume Nikki Online YNO Project | Yume Nikki and fangames in the browser with online multiplayer. |
| A Little Game Called Mario (Itch.io) (Github) | Open-source thing where anyone can help develop or contribute. |
| Sarien.net | Officially sanctioned way to play old Sierra games online with others. |
| Angband Live | The classic rougelike and a bunch of variants in the browser. |
| 3D Pinball Space Cadet | The classic Windows XP game decompiled and in the browser. |
| Joe Danger | Both Infinity and Touch remastered and made free in the browser. |
| WebXash | Port of Xash3D FWGS to the web. Basically Half Life 1 and other Source Engine 1 games in the browser. Related: Xash3D |
| Neohabitat | Revival and archival of Lucasfilm's Habitat, one of the first MMOs. |
| robotfindskitten.org The Ultimate robotfindskitten Fan Site | Super simple game with many ports. |
| Finardry | Remake of the original Wizardry int he style of Famicom-era Final Fantasy. (Currently Japanese Only) |
| Free Tetris/Tetris N-Blox Tetris Tetris Gems Tetris Mind Bender | Officially licensed free Tetris and Tetris variants. |
| New Super Mario Bros. - Mario Vs Luigi | Recreation of the multiplayer mode in the DS game with custom levels. |
| wipEout | Port to browser. |
| Star Trek: Borg - Remastered | An FMV game upscaled to HD. |
| Marble Blast Web | Marble Blast Gold and Platinum in browser. |
| OpenGuesser | Free clone of the classic GeoGuesser mode. |
Fangames |
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| Another Metroid 2 Remake ★ Community Launcher v1.1 Zip (Archive.org) | Remake of Metroid 2 GB Nintendo shot down, but you can still play it. Get the launcher, and give it the v1.1 zip. The launcher can also make an Android APK. Also has mods. |
| Street Fighter X Mega Man ★ | Officially licensed fangame for both of their the 25th anniversaries. |
| Super Mario Bros X2 (X1) | Extensive Mario fangame with level editor. |
| Psycho Waluigi | Platformer about grabbing anything. |
| Command & Conquer: Twisted Insurrection | Standalone mod based on the Tiberian Sun engine. |
| Merry Gear Solid: Secret Santa Merry Gear Solid 2: Ghost of Christmas Past | Simpler, Christmas-themed MGS games. |
| Make a Good Mega Man Level | Official site for the contest and games. Also includes guide for the Megamix Engine. |
| Blade Runner 9732 | A virtual recreation of Deckard's apartment, with VR support. |
| Mari0 | Mario with a Portal gun. Also includes custom levels and a level editor. |
| Apotris | Really good Tetris, originally for GBA but since ported to PC and Switch. |
| Multiplayer | |
| Power Bomberman ★ | The ultimate Bomberman game, complete with online. |
| Mega Man Arena ★ | Platform fighter that plays like Mega Man. Also comes with co-op boss fights. |
| Super Mario War ★ (SMWStuff Reloaded α) (2.0 Fork) | Famous open-source Mario multiplayer battle fangame with tons of custom stuff. I recommend getting the 2.0 fork. SMWStuff hosts more custom stuff. |
| Super Smash Flash 2 ★ | Well-known fangame. |
| Super Smash Bros. Crusade (Gamebanana) | Another good Smash fangame. Has a modpack, Crusade Modding Community Plus. |
| Super Smash Land ★ | Smash Game Boy demake from the guy behind Rivals of Aether. |
| Pokémon Showdown | Battle simulator. |
| PokeMMO | Fan-run MMO built from the original games. Requires Black/White 1 ROMs to play, along with other ROMs for extra content. |
| Sven Co-op (Steam) | Half-Life co-op. |
| Gang Garrison 2 | 2D open-source demake of Team Fortress 2. |
| Cave Story Multiplayer | Comes with mod support and custom characters. |
| Celeste Fan Project | Continuation of Age of Empires Online |
| Remakes | |
| Rayman Redemption ★ | Complete remake that makes the game so much better. Also has a level editor. And a place for those levels. |
| Ultimate Stunts | Remake of the DOS game Stunts. |
| Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon Remastered (Archive.org) | Native PC remakes of the Zelda CD-i games. |
| Final Fantasy Renaissance | Remake of the original game in Unity. Includes mode that adds new stuff. |
| Manic Miners (Itch.io) | Unreal Engine remake of LEGO Rock Raiders. |
| Nazi Zombies: Portable (In-browser version) | Demake of Call of Duty: Zombies on some modified forks of the Quake engine, also on PSP, PSVita, 3DS, and Switch. |
| Make and Play | |
| Mega Man Maker ★ | Super Mario Maker for Mega Man. Comes with account system and in-game level browsing. |
| Zelda Classic | Replica of The Legend of Zelda (NES). Extendable and moddable with new quests, music, etc. TV Tropes page lists some notable ones. Also available in the browser. |
| Shang Mu Architect | Freedom Planet level creator. |
Also see: Advance Wars By Web in Browser, the Sonic fangames, Sonic Robo Blast 2, the Homebrew games and Romhacks section |
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Mods and Fan PortsAlso includes custom servers. |
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| Standalones | |
| The Dark Mod (Mod DB) | Total conversion of Doom 3 into a Thief game. |
| Earth's Special Forces | Dragon Ball Z fighter as a Half-Life 1 mod. |
| GoldenEye: Source | Fan remake of GoldenEye 007 64 multiplayer in the Source Engine. |
| OpenLara | Open-source Tomb Raider. |
| ET: Legacy | Open source client and server for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. |
| FreeSO | Reimplementation of The Sims Online. |
| Zelda Again: Link is Adventuresome | Zelda 2 ported to Gamemaker with new features and locations. |
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos: Definitive Edition | The PC version fixed and tuned for modern platforms with a bunch of extra features. |
| Cortex Command Community Project | Fan-run extension of the old strategic action game, with an upgraded engine. |
| Mods | |
| THUG Pro ★ | Total conversion mod with extensive custom content. Requires an install of Tony Hawk's Underground 2. |
| reTHAWed | An equivalent mod for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Requires an install of the game. |
| thpsGoat | More Tony Hawk's Pro Skater mods. |
| OpenXcom | Open-source clone of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-Com: UFO Defense. Requires the original UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM: UFO Defense (any version, latest patch). |
| Lemmini | Java game engine for Lemmings. Requires Lemmings for Windows 95. |
| TS2 Redux (Github) | Turns Homefront: The Revolution into a TimeSplitters 2 PC port by unlocking and enhancing that one easter egg. Requires Homefront: The Revolution. |
| Team Fortress 2 Classic ★ | Reimagining the 2008-2009 era of TF2. Includes GRN and YLW teams and a new Civilian class for some modes. |
| Pre-Fortress 2 | Like if TF2 had gameplay closer to the original Team Fortress, including grenades and armour. |
| Open Fortress ★ | TF2 mod that turns it into an arena shooter. |
| Recommended Mods for Team Fortress 2 ★ | Handy list. |
| Resident Evil 4 HD Project | Texture pack made from the original sources. For the Steam port. |
| Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition | Modernization and enhancement for the PC version of Silent Hill 2. Requires the original game installed. |
| 07th-Mod | Adds console voice acting and graphics to the PC version of Umineko and Higurashi. Requires the original games installed. |
| Skylords Reborn | Fan revival of BattleForge, EA's cancelled RTS/card game. |
| Elemental Fracture | Easy setup of the shut down battle royale Spellbreak based on the officially released community version. |
| Donut Team | Mods and mod launcher for The Simpsons: Hit & Run. |
| Moguri Mod | Major enhancement for Final Fantasy IX. Requires the Steam version. |
| Overload Maps | Maps for Overload. |
| Custom Servers | |
| OpenSpy 333networks | Open source GameSpy revivals for many games. |
| ElDewrito | Revival of Halo Online. |
| Halo Custom Edition | Adds Firefight mode and modding to Halo 1 for Windows. Requires base game. |
| Project Cartographer | Restoration of online for Halo 2 for Windows Vista, with some improvements. Requires base game. |
| Custom Team Fortress 2 servers | Uncletopia, Potato's Custom MvM Servers, teamwork.tf (Community), TF2Center (Competitive) |
| Northstar ★ | Custom servers and modding for Titanfall 2. |
| UT2004 Master Server | Unreal Tournament 2004 back online with OpenSpy (and also 333networks). |
| Plutonium | Old COD and Battlefield games with custom servers, added mod support, and enhancements. |
| Hawakening | Revival project for mech FPS Hawken. |
| Backyard Sports Online | Backyard Football and Backyard Baseball 2001's online play brought back, powered by ScummVM. Requires original copies of Backyard Football (1999), Backyard Football 2002 or Backyard Baseball 2001. |
| Ports and Reverse Engineering | |
| Super Mario PC Port Central ★ | Guides and tools to build the various versions of the Super Mario 64 PC port. Hosts sm64pcBuilder2, an easy way to build the game. I recommend SM64 Plus. Requires the original ROM. |
| Coop Deluxe | Fork of the SM64 PC port to allow miltiplayer with a lot of mods. |
| Ship of Harkinian ★ 2 Ship 2 Harkinian ★ | Feature-packed Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask PC port. For OOT, requires the version of the ROM released on the Gamecube. Any ROM will work for MM. |
| Zelda 3 Launcher ★ | Easy setup for the A Link to the Past reverse engineering project. |
| OpenGOAL ★ Jak Mods | Ports for Jak and Daxter and Jak 2 and mods. |
| WipeOut Phantom Edition | PC source port of WipeOut. Requires original PS1 USA disk image in bin/cue format. |
| Severed Chains (Github) | Legend of Dragoon ported to PC with Java. Requires original ROMs of all discs. |
| Streets of Rage 2 New Era | Native port of Streets of Rage 2 to PC and Android. Requires the ROM from the Steam release. |
| The Apprentice Project | Native PC remake of one of the best CD-i games. Requires an image/ISO file of the original game. |
| KeeperFX | Open-source remake and fan expansion of Dungeon Keeper. Requires an install of the original game. |
| Arx Libertatis | Open-source engine port for Arx Fatalis. Requires original game files. |
| OpenMW | Modern and open source game engine for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Requires the original game files unless you want to play the original games made in the engine. |
| Daggerfall Unity (Github) | Open source recreation of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall in Unity. Requires original game files. |
| Exult | Modern recreation of the engine for Ultima VII. Needs original game files. |
| OpenJazz | Jazz Jackrabbit source ports. Requires original data files. |
| Jazz2Online | Jazz Jackrabbit fansite which hosts levels and other stuff. |
| JJ2+ | Fan patch for Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Guide to getting JJ2+ with GOG |
| Commander Genius | Commander Keen and Cosmos the Cosmic Adventure interpreter. |
| Rigel Engine | Reimplementation of Duke Nukem 2. Requires data files, can use shareware version (how to get). |
| OpenJKDF2 | Cross-platform port of Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. Playable in the browser! Requires game assets. |
| Umineko Project | Port of the PS3 version of Umineko to PC and other places. Requires original files of both PC and PS3 versions. |
| Anodyne Fan Remake (Itch.io) ★ | Fan rewrite of Anodyne based on the source code. |
| Open Fodder | Open Source port of Cannon Fodder. Full version requires retail release files. |
| GemRB | Open-source port of the Infinity Engine (Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment). |
| N64: Recompiled | N64 games statically recompiled for quick PC ports. Currently only works with Majora's Mask. Requires original ROMs. |
| Super Metroid (Alt) Paper Mario 64 Banjo Kazooie Mario Kart 64 Various Zelda games and Animal Forest/Animal Crossing 64 Goldeneye Perfect Dark (PC Port) Duke Nukem Zero Hour N64 Other N64 decompilations | Miscellaneous decompilations. All decomps are not necessarily finished and require original ROMs. |
Also see: The RSDK decompilations for the classic Sonic mobile ports. |
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Make and Play |
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| MegaZeux | Like a modernized ZZT. |
| Knytt Stories + (Levels) (Recommended Levels) | Platformer with level creator. |
| I Wanna Maker (Steam) | Mario Maker for I Wanna Be The Guy. |
| Solarus | Game engine for ARPGs (Zelda-likes). Launcher can download games. |
| BYOND | Old platform for online multiplayer games. Famous for Space Station 13, Mitadake High, and Nestalgia. |
| VVVVVV: Make and Play edition (Page on official site) | The official free level editor.Featured levels here. |
| Tomb Raider Level Editor | The one from Tomb Raider V: Chronicles. Levels avaliable on TRCustoms and trle.net. Lot of them standalone, too. |
Also see: Mega Man Maker (and more) in Fangames |
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Other |
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| The Unofficial Homestuck Collection ★ (Experimental web version) | Special offline browser for reading Homestuck and related media as originally intended, complete with new reader mode that hides spoilers. Moddable, too. |
| Skeal (Itch.io) ★ (Web version) | 5 minute Christmas-adjacent game. |
| Fontemon | A whole videogame in a font. |
| Moonring (Steam) | Neon Ultima 4 like from the co-creator of Fable. |
| Krystal Drop | Magical Drop clone. |
| Deltarune (Chapters 1 and 2) ★ | Might not be free once the rest of the game is out. |
| Endless Sky | Space trading and combat. |
| Space Station 13 ★ | Role-playing game about a space station falling into chaos. Most popular game hosted on the BYOND platform. |
| Space Station 14 (Steam) | Remake of Space Station 13 in development. |
| Pirate Kart | Hundreds of games by the people of Glorious Trainwrecks (below). |
| Point-and-clicks and Puzzles | |
| Samorost 1 (Steam) (Itch.io) | Surreal point and click game. |
| If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers ★ (Steam) (Itch.io) | Point and click anthology. |
| Sprout (Steam) ★ | Puzzle game about a seed on a journey. |
| The Looker (Steam) ★ | Good parody of The Witness. |
| Helltaker ★ | Puzzle/VN game. |
| Physics Toys | |
| The Powder Toy (Steam) | Physics sandbox toy. |
| Algodoo | Physics toybox and simulator often used to create marble wars. |
| Line Rider: Advanced | Open Source version of the classic Flash art tool game. For more Line Rider, see browser games. |
| YSFlight FlightGear | Free flight simulators. |
Find More |
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| Collections and Lists (and Hosts) | |
| Open Source Game Clones | Open-source remakes of old games. |
| Awesome Game Remakes | Open-source remakes of games. |
| Games on GitHub | Open source games and game-related projects. |
| Emulation General Wiki's Game engine recreations and source ports | List of other source ports. |
| TV Tropes List of Freeware Games | Organized, also has links to other sites. |
| /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki | Sorted by genre. This is not an endorsement of 4chan, and is only here for completness. |
| The Retro Verse | Demo NESmaker created games in the browser. |
| rpgmaker.net | Host of a whole bunch of RPGMaker games. |
| Free Games vgperson Translated | Some translated RPGMaker games. |
| DOS Haven | New homebrew DOS games. |
| Delicious Fruit | IWBTG-style fangames. |
| Mario Fan Games Galaxy | The largest repository of Mario fan games. |
| Glorious Trainwrecks | Celebrating games with low polish. |
| Cool Math Games Newgrounds | Famous web game portals. |
| David J Prokopetz's Free Steam Games | List by prokopetz@tumblr.com |
| games from the Indie Interregnum | Games made before Steam but too new for archive.org. By zaratustra. |
| Shareware Game Developer Websites | Various websites that are still active. |
| Freeware Remakes of Adventure Games | Features remakes of classic games. |
| Let's Get Creative | Creative toys. |
| The Passion Project (Cohost) | Launchbox-powered collection of fan games, WADs, source ports, and decompilation. Includes many of the entries on these pages. |
| DOS_deck | DOS games in the browser, preconfigured for controller support. |
| Neonaut's Freeware Games Page of Excellence | Inspired what this page used to be called. |
| Bytemoth's Ways to Play ★ | Another Neocities site with a list of games. |
| Archives | |
| Flashpoint ★ 9o3o (Web version) | Huge archive of Flash games and animations, and other internet plugins too. |
| FlashMuseum | Flash games in browser through Ruffle. |
| My Abandonware ★ | Abandonware site, 1978-2010. |
| The Collection Chamber | Abandonware games and movies. Games pre-packaged to work on modern hardware. |
| Zomb's Lair | Abandonware pre-packed to work on modern systems. |
| Macintosh Garden | Abandonware site, focus on Macintosh. |
| Mac Source Ports | Old games on new Macs. |
| Macintosh Repository | Archive of old Mac games and software. |
| Kliktopia | Games made in Klik & Play, The Games Factory, Click & Create, Multimedia Fusion and Clickteam Fusion. |
| DOSGames.com | Old freeware DOS games. |
| dos.zczc.cz/games | Taiwanese DOS games archive, playable in the browser. |
| Developer Sites | |
| Nitrome ★ | Prolific flash game devs, emulated with Poki. |
| SCUM Games | Games for the TempleOS. Hosted on Neocities. See also: TempleOS in Websites. |
| Locomalito | Many retro-style games. |
| Arcane Kids ★ | Fantastic Dreamcast-like games. For the games unavailable on their site: Perfect Stride ★ Crap! No One Loves Me |
| Everett Kaser Software | Logic and puzzle board games. |
Suggest more in the comments!