List of freeware video games

• Open source games.
• Games that were previously sold commercially.
• Shareware or Free-to-play games that require purchase for play time, game items, new content or features.
• Browser games alias browser-based games.
• Mods: software that cannot be played as stand-alone game.

  A

• Aleph One is a modified version of the Marathon 2 engine
• Ahriman's Prophecy is a prequel to the Aveyond RPG series.
• Alien Swarm is a free top down shooter from Valve used to test the Source 2010 beta.
• America's Army is the official United States Army game.
• Anchorhead is a horror interactive fiction game.
• ADOM is a roguelike game by Thomas Biskup.
• Armored Brigade is a freeware tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability.
• Assault Cube is a Counter Strike-like first person shooter with low system requirements.
• Astro battle is a top down multi-directional shooter in which players design their own spacecraft and battle other players on-line.

  B

• ' is a futuristic role-playing video game starring basketballer Charles Barkley.
• Battleships Forever is a real time tactics game with a ship designer.
• BMW M3 Challenge is a BMW M3 car racing game.
• Black Mesa is a third-party total remake of Half-Life.
• BVE Trainsim is a railroad simulator created by Mackoy of Japan.
• ' is a fan-made Broken Sword game.

  C

• ' is a rogue-like survival game.
• Cave Story is a side-scrolling action-adventure game.
• ' is a single-player and multiplayer game that uses the Ageia Physx engine.
• is a football management video game in Sports Interactive's Championship Manager series.
• Chex Quest is a comedic Doom clone.
• Chicken Invaders is a space shooter by InterAction Studios.
• 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 by Ben Croshaw.
• Cloud is a third-person computer puzzle game based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
• Continuum is a top-down multiplayer video game.

  D

• Deadly Rooms of Death is a turn-based puzzle game available in two free versions : Architect's Edition and browser-based Flash version.
• Digital - A Love Story is a computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.
• DinoHunters is an advertisement-supported first person shooter and machinima series created by Kuma Reality Games.
• Dogfights: The Game is a combat flight simulator based on the History Channel series of the same name.
• Don't Shit Your Pants is a text-based browser game.
• is a real-time fantasy roguelike.
• Doki Doki Literature Club! is a visual novel-based game developed by Team Salvato.

  E

• Eastside Hockey Manager is a hockey manager game.
• Eternal Daughter is a Castlevania-style action-adventure game.
• Elona is an Open world Roguelike game.
• Elsword is a free-to-play MMORPG.

  F

• Food Force is a game where the player must deliver food to places in which people are starving.
• Future Pinball is a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
• FNaF World
• Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
• FreeDoom is a FPS game that uses DOOM's open source code to create an entirely new game for free distribution

  G

• Gate88 is an abstract top-down futuristic real-time strategy space combat simulator.
• Genetos is a scrolling shooter.
• General is a strategy game with text interface.
• GeneRally is an arcade-style top-down racing game.
• Grid Wars is a Geometry Wars clone.
• GROW is a series of puzzle games.
• is a discontinued multiplayer scrolling shooter.
• Guns and Robots is a multiplayer Third-person shooter.

  H

• Hero Core shooter game with Metroidvania elements.

  I

• I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator is a satirical side-scrolling shooter by Derek Yu.
• Ib is a horror/puzzle RPG creation game.
• Icy Tower is a tower-climbing arcade game.
• Ikachan is an action-adventure game by Studio Pixel.
• Iji is a platformer by Daniel Remar.
• IMVU is an online social entertainment game.
• Inner Worlds is a DOS platformer where you play a woman that turns into a wolf.
• I Wanna Be the Guy is a platformer notable for its difficulty.

  J

• Jump 'n Bump is a multiplayer battle game..
• is a Lego-themed puzzle game.

  K

• Knytt Stories is a 2D exploration platformer with a built in editor by Nicklas Nygren.

  L

• La-Mulana is a 2D platform game.
• Lexus ISF Track Time is a Lexus ISF car racing game.
• Liero is a 2D side-scrolling shooting game for one or two players.
• Little Fighter is a beat'em up DOS fighting game.
• Little Fighter 2 is a sequel to Little Fighter released for Windows.
• Loved is a browser-based game released online to various game hosting websites.

  M

• Maldita Castilla is a platformer arcade action game released in 2012, developed by Locomalito.
• is a team based FPS game recreated by KOD.
• Mad Father is a RPG Maker game created by Miscreant's Room
• Moon Whistle is a classic RPG Maker game made by Kannazuki Sasuke.
• Monster Milktruck is a single-player online game using Google Earth technology.
• MUGEN is a custom fighting game engine.
• The Museum of Broken Memories is an adventure game by Jonas Kyratzes.

  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.
• Noctis is a space exploration simulator..
• Notrium is a survival game.
• is a hybrid retro racing game.

  O

• One Night Trilogy is a series of three freeware survival horror games.
• free train simulator.
• osu! is a freeware simulator of the rhythm video games Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents.

  P

• Perspective is a single player puzzle game that includes aspects of a 2-D platformer where the player switches between a 2D and a 3D game environment.
• 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.
• Play65 is an online multi-player backgammon game featuring 3D graphics and community modules.
• 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.
• Project Reality is a standalone modification of tactical first-person shooter Battlefield 2.

  R

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

  S

• Scorched 3D is a 3D remake of an artillery game Scorched Earth.
• A Second Face is a sci-fi adventure game.
• Second Life is a virtual online world, created by its users. Developed by Linden Labs.
• Seiklus is an ambient single-player action-adventure game.
• SimSig is a train simulation game based on real UK signalling systems.
• Skifree is a Windows 95 game.
• Soldat is a 2d, fast-paced, action multi-player shooting game with many different game modes and weapon choices.
• Space Combat is a 3D space simulator featuring realistic physics.
• Space Tanks is a 2D/3D gravity game featuring realistic physics.
• Stepmania A rhythm based online capable game.
• SubSpace is a 2D top-down space shooter game with massive multiplayer capabilities.
• Super Cosplay War Ultra is a 2D fighting game featuring cosplayers.
• Synaesthete is a student-created psychedelic rhythm shooter.
• Synth uses procedural generation for the graphics and level design.
• Syobon Action is a Japanese game notorious for its difficulty.
• Solitaire is a card game.

  T

• T2002X is a 2D action shooter game. Free remake of Turrican.
• ' is a 3D first-person action & puzzle game that uses paint to manipulate physics.
• ' and its sequel are 2D side-scrolling platform games.
• TagPro is a browser-based multiplayer capture the flag game.
• Temporal is a platform game involving time travel based puzzles.
• The Dark Mod, inspired by the original Thief.
• Tinker, also known as Microsoft Tinker, is a 3D puzzle game for Windows.
• 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 in which you control every joint of your fighter.

  U

• Star Control II Ur-Quan Masters, puts you in the position of a space captain
• UnReal World

  V

• Vanguard Princess is a dōjin 2D fighting game
• Visual Pinball is a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
• Vestaria Saga is a tactical role-playing game from the creator of the Fire Emblem series, Shouzou Kaga.

  W

• is an apocalyptic, first-person shooter.
• Warning Forever is a vertical shooter.
• Within a Deep Forest is a 2D physics and exploration game.
• WolfQuest is a wildlife simulation game.

  Y

• Yume Nikki is an "exploration" adventure game themed around dreams and nightmares with basic pixel graphics.

  Z

• Zineth is an indie, 3d person, skating game where you must traverse an environment with speed and agility.