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This is a selected '''list of [[freeware]] [[video game]]s''' implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed.  Freeware games are games that are released as [[freeware]] and can be downloaded and played, free of charge, for an unlimited amount of time.

This list does not include:
*Open source games (see [[List of open-source video games]]).
*Games that were previously sold commercially (see [[List of commercial video games released as freeware]]).
*[[Shareware]] or [[Free-to-play]] games that require purchase for play time, game items, new content or features.
*[[Browser game|Browser games alias browser-based games]].
*[[Mod (video gaming)|Mods]]: software that cannot be played as stand-alone game.

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==A==
*''[[Aleph One (computer game)|Aleph One]]'', a modified version of the ''Marathon 2'' engine
*''[[Ahriman's Prophecy]]'', a prequel to the ''[[Aveyond]]'' RPG series.
*''[[Alien Swarm]]'', a free top down shooter from [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] used to test the [[Source Engine|Source]] 2010 beta.
*''[[America's Army]]'' is the official [[United States Army]] game.
*''[[Anchorhead]]'', a [[Survival horror|horror]] [[interactive fiction]] game.
*''[[Ancient Domains of Mystery|ADOM]]'', a [[roguelike]] game (technically [[postcardware]]) by [[Thomas Biskup]].
*''[[Assault Cube]]'', a ''[[Counter-Strike]]''-like first person shooter with low system requirements.
*''[[Astro Battle]]'', a top down [[multi-directional shooter]] in which players design their own spacecraft and battle other players on-line.

==B==
* ''[[Babbdi]]'', an [[adventure game]] in which players attempt to leave a dystopian city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/explore-a-brutalist-city-with-climbing-axes-and-a-trumpet-in-this-great-free-indie-game|title=Explore a Brutalist city with climbing axes and a trumpet in this great free indie game|last=O'Connor|first=Alice|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|date=2023-01-13|accessdate=2023-07-10}}</ref>
* ''[[Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning]]'', a [[puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[horror game]] parodying 1990s [[educational game]]s.
*''[[Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden]]'', a futuristic [[role-playing video game]] starring [[basketball]]er [[Charles Barkley]].
*''[[Battleships Forever]]'', a [[real time tactics]] game with a ship designer.
*''[[Beneath a Steel Sky]]'', a point-and-click adventure game.
*''[[BMW M3 Challenge]]'', a [[BMW M3]] car racing game.
*''[[Black Mesa (video game)|Black Mesa]]'' (originally ''Black Mesa: Source''; stylized as ''BLλCK MESA''), a third-party remake of ''Half-Life''.
*''[[BVE Trainsim]]'', a [[railroad simulator]] created by [[Mackoy]] of Japan.
*''[[Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars]]'', a [[fan-made]] ''[[Broken Sword]]'' game.

==C==
*''[[Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead]]'', a [[roguelike]] [[survival game]].
*''[[Cave Story]]'', a [[side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] [[action-adventure game]].
*''[[Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain]]'', 3D platformer released as a companion to ''[[Celeste (video game)|Celeste]]''.
*''[[Cellfactor: Revolution]]'', a [[single-player]] and [[multiplayer]] game that uses the Ageia Physx engine.
*''[[Championship Manager: Season 01/02]]'', a [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|management]] [[video game]] in [[Sports Interactive]]'s [[Championship Manager series|''Championship Manager'' series]].
*''[[Chex Quest]]'', a comedic [[Doom clone|''Doom'' clone]] (technically an [[advergame]]).
*''[[Chicken Invaders]]'', a space shooter by [[InterAction Studios]].
*''[[Cho Ren Sha 68K]]'', a vertically scrolling shooter game.
*''[[Chzo Mythos]]'', a set of four separate [[adventure game]]s: ''5 Days a Stranger'', ''7 Days a Skeptic'', ''Trilby's Notes'' and ''6 Days a Sacrifice'' by [[Ben Croshaw]].
*''[[Cloud (computer game)|Cloud]]'', a third-person computer [[puzzle game]] based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
*''[[SubSpace (video game)|Continuum]]'', a [[Top-down perspective|top-down]] [[multiplayer video game]].

==D==
*''[[The Dark Mod]]'', inspired by the original [[Thief (series)|''Thief'' series]].
*''[[A Date with Death]]'', a [[visual novel]] and [[dating sim]].
*''[[Deadly Rooms of Death]]'', a turn-based puzzle game available in two free versions: ''Architect's Edition'' and browser-based Flash version.
*''Deepest Sword'', a puzzle-based platform game.
*''[[Digital - A Love Story]]'', a computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.
*''[[DinoHunters]]'', an advertisement-supported first person shooter and [[machinima]] series created by Kuma Reality Games.
*''[[Dogfights The Game|Dogfights: The Game]]'', a combat flight simulator based on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] series of the same name.
*''[[Don't Shit Your Pants]]'', a text-based browser game.
*''[[Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'', a [[real-time strategy|real-time]] fantasy [[roguelike]] (technically [[donationware]]).
*''[[Doki Doki Literature Club!]]'', a popular [[visual novel]] game developed by Team Salvato.
*''[[Dr. Blob's Organism]]'', a shoot 'em up, released originally in 2003 and as freeware in 2008.

==E==
*''[[Eastside Hockey Manager]]'', a hockey manager game.
*''[[Eternal Daughter]]'', a ''[[Castlevania]]''-style [[action-adventure game]].
*''[[Elona (video game)|Elona]]'', an [[open world]] [[roguelike]] game.
*''[[Elsword]]'', a free-to-play [[MMORPG]].
* ''[[Eversion (video game)|Eversion]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/02/28/free-game-of-the-day-eversion|title=Free Game of the Day: ''Eversion''|last=Davis|first=Justin|work=[[IGN]]|date=2012-02-28|accessdate=2022-09-05}}</ref>

==F==
*''[[Food Force]]'', a game where the player must deliver food to places in which people are starving.
*''[[Future Pinball]]'', a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
*''[[FNaF World]]'', a spin-off of ''[[FNaF]]''.
*''[[Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator]]'' PC version only.

==G==
*''Gate88'', an abstract [[top-down perspective|top-down]] futuristic [[real-time strategy]] [[space combat simulator]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=PC Gamer UK|issue=144|date=January 2005|page=113|title=All your gates belong to us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=5136|title=Gate 88|work=Home of the Underdogs|accessdate=2009-10-24}}</ref>
*''[[Genetos]]'', a [[scrolling shooter]].
*''[[General (Freeware game)|General]]'', a [[strategy game]] with text interface.
*''[[Grid Wars]]'', a clone of ''[[Geometry Wars]]''.
*''[[GROW (series)|GROW]]'', a series of puzzle games.
*''[[Gunster: Rain of Bullets|Gunster]]'', a discontinued [[multiplayer]] [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|scrolling shooter]].
*''[[Guns and Robots]]'', a [[multiplayer]] [[third-person shooter]].

==H==
*''[[Hero Core]]'', a shooter game with [[Metroidvania]] elements, made by [[Daniel Remar]].
*''[[Super Hydorah|Hydorah]]'', a 2D [[Shoot 'em up]] similar to games such as ''[[Gradius (video game)|Gradius]]''. Was later released as a non-freeware title under the name ''Super Hydorah''.

==I==
*''[[I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator]]'', a satirical side-scrolling shooter by [[Derek Yu]].
*''[[Ib (video game)|Ib]]'', a horror/puzzle [[RPG Maker]] game.
*''[[Icy Tower]]'', a tower-climbing platform game.
*''[[Ikachan]]'', an action-adventure game by Studio Pixel.
*''[[Iji (video game)|Iji]]'', a platform-shooter by [[Daniel Remar]].
*''[[IMVU]]'', an online social entertainment game.
*''[[Inner Worlds (video game)|Inner Worlds]]'', a DOS platformer where you play as a woman that turns into a wolf. (Sleepless Software, 1996)<ref>{{cite web|title=Inner Worlds homepage|url=http://sleepless.com/iw/?a=iw|accessdate=12 January 2013}}</ref> 
*''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'', a 2D platformer.

==J==
*''[[Jump 'n Bump]]'', a multiplayer battle game.
*''{{Interlanguage link|Junkbot|pt}}'', a [[Lego]]-themed [[puzzle video game|puzzle game]].

==K==
*''[[Knytt Stories]]'', a 2D exploration platformer with a built in editor by [[Nicklas Nygren]].

==L==
*''[[La-Mulana]]'' (2006, first edition), a 2D [[platform game]].
*''[[Lexus ISF Track Time]]'', a [[Lexus ISF]] car racing game.
*''[[Liero]]'', a 2D side-scrolling shooting game for one or two players.
*''[[Liyla and the Shadows of War]]'', a 2D side-scrolling [[platform game]] about the [[2014 Gaza War]].
*''[[Little Fighter]]'', a [[beat'em up]] DOS fighting game.
*''[[Little Fighter 2]]'', a sequel to ''Little Fighter'' released for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].
* ''[[The Looker]]'', a parody of the puzzle game ''[[The Witness (2016 video game)|The Witness]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-looker-is-a-free-puzzle-parody-of-other-very-serious-puzzlers/|title=The Looker is a free puzzle parody of other, much more serious, puzzlers|last=Bolding|first=Jonathan|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=2022-06-19|accessdate=2023-07-31}}</ref>
*''[[Loved (video game)|Loved]]'', a [[Browser game|browser-based game]] released online to various game hosting websites.

==M==
*''[[Maldita Castilla]]'', a [[platform game]] released in 2012, developed by Locomalito.
*''Magestorm Revival'', a team based [[First-person shooter|FPS]] game recreated by KOD.
*''[[Mad Father]]'', an ''[[RPG Maker]]'' game created by Miscreant's Room
*''[[Moon Whistle]]'', a classic ''RPG Maker'' game made by Kannazuki Sasuke.
*''[[Monster Milktruck]]'', a single-player online game using [[Google Earth]] technology.
*''[[The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', an official ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[visual novel]] released to celebrate [[April Fools' Day]].
*''[[MUGEN]]'', a custom [[fighting game]] engine.
*''[[The Museum of Broken Memories]]'', an adventure game by [[Jonas Kyratzes]].

==N==
*''[[N (game)|N]]'', a [[platform game]].
*''[[Narbacular Drop]]'', a 3D [[puzzle video game]] developed by Nuclear Monkey Software. It is the precursor to [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s ''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''.
*''[[Noctis (video game)|Noctis]]'', a [[space exploration]] simulator.
*''[[Notrium]]'', a survival game.
*''{{ill|Nitronic Rush|fr}}'', a racing game.

==O==
*''[[Off (video game)]]'', a French (later translated into English) RPG game about an entity known as "The Batter" and his quest to purify the world of OFF.
* ''[[Off-Peak]]'', an adventure game set in a train station<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/freeware-garden-off-peak|title=Freeware Garden: ''Off-Peak''|last=Dimopoulos|first=Konstantinos|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|date=2015-02-24|accessdate=2023-04-22}}</ref>
*''[[One Night Trilogy]]'', a series of three survival horror games.
*''{{ill|Open Rails|hu}}'', a train simulator.
*[[OpenTTD]], a transport [[business simulation game]] with planes, trains, and boats.
*''[[osu!]]'', a simulator of the rhythm video games ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''.

==P==
*''[[Painter (video game)|Painter]]'', an ''Amidar'' clone.
*''[[Perspective (video game)|Perspective]]'', a single player [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] game that includes aspects of a [[2D computer graphics|2-D]] [[Platform game|platformer]] where the player switches between a 2D and a 3D game environment.
*''[[Plasma Pong]]'', an unfinished ''[[Pong]]'' game in which the ball is manipulated by a fluid dynamics environment.
*''[[Play65]]'', an online multi-player [[backgammon]] game featuring 3D graphics and community modules.
*''[[Plobb!]]'', an ''[[Asteroids (arcade game)|Asteroids]]''-like multidirectional shooter.
*''[[Progress Quest]]'', a parody of ''[[EverQuest]]'' and the [[MMORPG]] genre, focuses on pure character building with no interaction involved.
*''[[Project Reality]]'', a standalone modification of tactical first-person shooter ''[[Battlefield 2]]''.

==R==
*''[[Ragnarok Battle Offline]]'', a 2D fighting game that is spin off of the MMO ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''.
*''[[The Realms of Loria]]'', a free browser-based multi-player online roleplaying game, set in Loria, a medieval fantasy world.

==S==
*''[[Samorost]]'', a point-and-click adventure game.
*''[[Scorched 3D]]'', a 3D remake of an artillery game ''[[Scorched Earth (video game)|Scorched Earth]]''.
*''[[A Second Face]]'', a sci-fi adventure game.
*''[[Second Life]]'', a virtual online world, created by its users. Developed by [[Linden Lab]].
*''[[Seiklus]]'', an ambient [[single-player]] [[action-adventure game]].
*''[[Shobon no Action]]'', a Japanese game notorious for its difficulty.
*''[[SimSig]]'', a train simulation game based on real UK signalling systems.
*''[[Skifree]]'', a game for early versions of Microsoft Windows.
*''[[Soldat (video game)|Soldat]]'', a 2D, fast-paced, action multi-player shooting game with many different game modes and weapon choices.
*''[[Space Combat]]'', a 3D [[space simulator]].
*''[[Space Funeral]]'', a horror and RPG parody game.
*''[[Space Tanks]]'', a 2D/3D [[gravity game]].
*''[[StepMania]]'', a rhythm based game with online capability.
*''[[SubSpace (computer game)|SubSpace]]'', a 2D top-down space shooter game with massive multiplayer capabilities.
*''[[Super cosplay war ultra|Super Cosplay War Ultra]]'', a 2D fighting game featuring cosplayers.
*''[[Synaesthete (game)|Synaesthete]]'', a psychedelic rhythm shooter.
*''[[Synth video game|Synth]]'', an abstract procedurally rendered 3D game.
*''[[Microsoft Solitaire]]''

==T==
*''[[Tag: The Power of Paint]]'', a 3D [[first-person action game|first-person action]] & [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] game that uses [[paint]] to manipulate physics.
*''{{ill|TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins|fi}}'', a 2D side-scrolling [[platform game]].
*''[[TagPro]]'', a browser-based [[multiplayer]] [[capture the flag]] game.
*''[[Temporal (video game)|Temporal]]'', a [[platform game]] involving time travel based puzzles.
*[[The Powder Toy]], a [[falling-sand game]] that simulates physical and chemical reactions.
*''[[Microsoft Tinker|Tinker]]'', also known as ''Microsoft Tinker'', a 3D puzzle game for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].
*''[[TrackMania#TrackMania Nations (Electronic Sports World Cup)|Trackmania Nations]]'', a 3D [[racing game]] specially developed for the [[Electronic Sports World Cup]] by [[Nadeo]].
*''[[Transcendence (video game)|Transcendence]]'', a 2D space adventure game featuring extended moddability.
*''[[TUMIKI Fighters]]'', a 3D [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|scrolling shooter]].
*''[[Toribash]]'', a 3D ragdoll fighting game in which you control every joint of your fighter.
*''Tough Guy: Fighting Titans'', fighting game available from [[Super Fighter Team]].

==U==
*''[[Star Control II|Star Control II: Ur-Quan Masters]]''
*''[[UnReal World]]'', a survival roguelike set in a world inspired by the late Iron Age of Finland
*''[[Urban Terror]]'', a free multiplayer shooter that can run on any quake 3 arena compatible engine (made by frozen sand)

==V==
*''[[Vanguard Princess]]'', a [[Dojin soft|dōjin]] [[2D computer graphics|2D]] [[fighting game]]
*''[[Visual Pinball]]'', a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
*''[[Vestaria Saga]]'', a [[tactical role-playing game]] from [[Shouzou Kaga]], the creator of the ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series.

==W==
*''[[Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction]]'', an [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]], first-person shooter.
*''[[Warning Forever]]'', a [[Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters|vertical shooter]].
*''[[The WereCleaner]]'', a 2024 stealth-comedy game.
*''[[Within a Deep Forest]]'', a 2D physics and exploration game.
*''[[WolfQuest]]'', a wildlife [[simulation game]].

==Y==
*''[[Yume Nikki]]'', a relatively well known "exploration" ([[Walking simulator]]) game themed around dreams and nightmares with pixel graphics, which gained a [[cult following]].

==Z==
*''[[Zineth]]'', an indie third person skating game where you must traverse an environment with speed and agility.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[Open-source video game|Open source video game]]
*[[List of open-source video games]]
*[[List of free massively multiplayer online games]]
*[[List of free multiplayer online games]]
*[[List of free PC games]]
*[[List of commercial video games released as freeware]]
*[[List of commercial video games with later released source code]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikibooks|Freeware:Games}}

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