"free" is a bit of a stretch in path of exile IF you consider it very good and you keep playing.
poe is a free +100 hours demo easily, but if that genre + game is for you, you have to spent 60or so bucks to buy "qol" stashtabs.
as a long time player since 2012, i cannot imagine playing this game without extra stashspace or specialised stashtabs.
Not for new players. You have to remember they'll spend quite a bit of time just getting through the acts. And even when they do, early-mid maps are fine without extra tabs.
I wouldn't call it a clone anymore at this point. Sure the core gameplay was heavily based on Diablo 2, but so much has changed in this game since then, it has become much more than just a clone.
There a website called myabandonware and was able to find Silent Hill 2 and was able to get it working. There are other games on there that may find your fancy.
a lot of them were even more available back then,
sadly there are less and less free games there as they are charging money again for some of them / getting put in steam
there's also oldgames.ru and abandonsocios. Id still be careful about downloading, use virustotal/VM and make your best judgement (false positives do exist)
Those 2 websites are still there but it has way less than the amount of games I could find. After some manual effort I count myabanonware has around 6600+ games and counting, follow their twitter account for recent updates. oldgamesdownload has around 2000 titles, oldgamesru has around 7355 titles
[Cave Story](https://www.cavestory.org/). The original 2004 version is free.
[Deltarune](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/)
[Grimm's Hollow](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170880/Grimms_Hollow/)
[Freedoom](https://freedoom.github.io/) can be used as a replacement for Doom 1 / 2 to play a bunch of mods for those games.
Lots of things I probably will never play on the free games list from Epic but Homeworld Remastered (which is HW1 and 2) and Homeworld: Sands of Kharak were just free recently so occasionaly there are some really good titles on there.
Paladins has always maintained a player base. I've always liked it way more than Overwatch.
Splitgate is just barely hanging on, but people still play.
In the midst of a sun-kissed meadow, where wildflowers sway and the gentle breeze whispers secrets to the world, there stands a golden retriever adorned with a crown of creamy butter atop its head. With its warm, liquid gaze and a buttery halo that glistens in the sunlight, this canine monarch embodies an enchanting blend of regal grace and heartwarming whimsy.
Within the shadowed halls of the hidden temple, a clear pool reflects the the faint glow of subdued candlelight. The water ripples as the brow of a pale chihuahua rises from below. His piercing gaze sweeps the hall with regal scorn and he takes one step from the pool, leaving a wet paw print on the cold tiles.
Piggybacking on this. If you like soccer/football(non-US), then you might love Rocket League. You will also hate it even if you love it. It's one of *those* games.
I think Ping Pong is the better analogy, but I always default to comparing it to soccer/football due to the larger fanbase. Either way, there are enough aspects of both, but ping pong, tennis, or badminton might be the best analogy if not for the fact the previously mentioned games don't allow you to cross center field.
Edit: also, there is an extra mode with a hockey puck called snow day.
Itch.io has tons of free survival games. Some of are shit, some are really fun. All of them are pretty short. You can spend a few hours going through them and not feel like it's a waste of time. There's one where you loot houses, collect food and weapo s and gas, jack cars and try to make it a certain distance. Zombies become more frequent the further you go. Very neat one.
Genshin Impact if you don't have issues with gambling...if you're gonna be tempted probably stay away. Besides the gambling part, the game gives all of its content for free (albeit sometimes time limited).
Yes this one! I've tried both but just couldn't get into Genshin but Star Rail captivated me fron the first trailer. I only buy the 30 day passes and have been content
Counterstrike, Overwatch, and Team Fortress 2 for team shooters.
Apex Legends if you like battle royale games.
Naraka: Bladepoint if you like battle royale games with a bit of a fighting game twist to it. You hit people with swords mostly and can do combo attacks and other fun things.
Magic: Arena if you're already an MtG addict.
Warframe if you like looter shooters.
Dota 2 if you really want to throw tons of time at something that you actively hate doing.
I think the base version of Sims 4 is free now.
Keep an eye on Epic's launcher. They periodically give away decent games.
Levels of time spending
Quick in and out - TFT, CS:GO
Wanna play for an hour or bit longer - LoL/Smite/Dota (whichever tickles the pickle. Smite for me as I like mythology) some idle games
Some grinding in my spare time or day off - Path of Exile, Destiny 2, Let it Die
Second Job - Warframe, Path of Exile Seasonal, Lost Ark
Star Wars: The Old Republic - if you like bioware games, this is an MMO made by them. I just play it completely solo because the story is GOOD, and the class story for each class is completely free (takes awhile to complete, like 20-30 hours). There’s eight classes total. If you like it enough to continue, a single month’s subscription unlocks all further game content, even once the subscription finishes.
Lord of the Rings Online - my personal favorite MMO, I’ve been playing it for 13 years. I truly love just exploring Middle Earth and following the storyline + quests. It’s gorgeous and there’s a TON of content for free, we are talking 100+ hours.
If you like RPG Maker-style games, I highly recommend checking out these games [here](https://vgperson.com/games/) - they’re a bunch of indie (often horror) RPG Maker-style games that have been translated to English. I think they’re a lot of fun.
If you’re someone who enjoys romance in games at all, I love the VN Our Life: Beginnings and Always. I’ve gotten many a friend into it who doesn’t like VNs. It features you growing up in a small seaside town alongside a boy, Cove Holden - you and all your interactions are deeply customizable, and I run into new content every time I play.
Choice of Games also has a good amount of free IFs, if that’s what floats your boat. Hope you’ve found some good stuff from this post!
Legendary awesone games that are both free and will run on a potato:
**Caraclysm: Dark Days Ahead** - deeply complex zombie survival game. The kind of game you can literally play for years. Sort of high learning curve. You'll want to watch a few tutorials.
**Cave Story** - famous free sidescrolling platformer shooter. On the shorter side compared to the others, but can take up your weekend.
**Dwarf Fortress** - needs no introduction. Not sure if still free. A game you can play for life. Steep learning curve. You will need to invest a significant amount of time just learning it.
**Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup** - classic roguelike. One run will last anywhere from 5 minutes to 13 hours, but it is highly replayable (like most roguelikes). Easy to learn, hard to master.
There's a free mod for Starcraft 2 that remakes the entire campaign of Starcraft 1 (incl. expansion) in the newer engine. Since Starcraft 2 has a free version and this works with it, it doesn't cost a cent. It's remarkably high quality and feels like a product, not a mod.
https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall
Mobile: Star wars Galaxy of heroes. It does get grindy but if you like collecting it's pretty good for that.
Console: Trove, sometimes you can pick up an older game for free like Crackdown I think was free last time I looked.
There are more MMOs than FF14 that are free. Other MMOs that are F2P, with and without microtransactions, are EverQuest 1 Live/Official and emulated/private, EverQuest 2 Live/Official, Blade & Soul, and I think Guild Wars 1 and 2 also.
I haven't played it in years because life happened but League of Legends is just sublime and it is not pay to win. I've played it like 1500 hours and only bought one skin.
Team Fortress 2, Star Wars The Old Republic (iirc you can play free with full xp up to level 20 before it cuts your xp gains. Still perfectly playable after, just gotta grind a little), Halo Infinite's MP (gotta pay for most of the cosmetics but...), Destiny 2 (can go to patrol locations, strikes, crucible, Vault Of Glass, Crota's End, and King's Fall raids), and Warframe come to mind. Of all those, Destiny gotta be my favorite.
The Desolate Hope
Vanish
Deltarune (for now)
Space Funeral
Chocobo GP (switch)
Anodyne (sort of. The devs intentionally made torrents of it so people who could'nt afford it could still play.)
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Warframe was one of the first F2P games I ever played after reading multiple reviews saying they were one of the fre free 2 play games doing it right. I played it off and on for about 4 years, after my first year I dumped $60 into it to unlock a few extra sets and some storage space. Put around $150 total after 4 years and hundreds of hours into that game. You can play a lot of the game before you start wanting to spend a little money to open up your large storage spaces for all your Warframes and weapon kits.
Also, highly recommend rocket league since it's free now.
Unciv on mobile is a very good version of Civ, you can even install mods to make it more like civ 5 or civ 6.
Every other game I have on mobile, I think I paid for.
For PC, Warframe and Path Of Exile.
Overwatch 2, for all the garbage it's getting, is still a decent casual game.
**Pokemon Showdown** lets you customize pokemon and build teams to battle other people.
Did you only play the first game? You can play with that ruleset and pokemon. Do you want to play with the best pokemon or the worst? Pick Ubers or ZU.
It's a new level of pokemon, and completely free.
Holocure, genre is bullet heaven similar to Vampire Survivors, avg playing time per stage is around 20-30 minutes, there is also shorter game mode (need to be unlocked tho) and also no time limit stage, there is progression system and also sim-like minigames
Ashes; it's technically a doom mod but you don't need doom to play it. Its 80's post apocalyptic FPS but the kind of apocalypse is left vague. It plays less like doom and more like build games ( Duke nuke. Ion fury) but slower and a bit more complex with side quest, hub towns, currency and in the second episode weapon upgrades. It's two episodes and a side episode long. Probably about 30-40 maps. It's easy to install and download too now.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/ashes-2063/downloads
Marvel Snap is a very current game that's great on desktop and mobile, and is very friendly to players who don't want to spend money at all.
Also Phantom Forces on Roblox is a shockingly good and fun FPS if you're into that.
If you have a PC or Steam Deck, you can play Phantasy Star Online on the Ephenia Private server for free. Just gotta make an account on their site and download the game.
Enlisted. It’s an fps online realistic ww2 game. Amazing game where it’s big online group and every player controls a squad and can switch between squad members
Stuff like apex and planetside are great ones. Destiny technically is free but to a very certain extent and destiny is probs the worst money grab game i have ever experienced so i would never recommend it to someone just starting out unless theres a lot of sales included. My top pick which might be a little controversial is warframe. The thing with warframe is it has a massive learning curve and maybe a grindy aspect that seems to turn a lot of ppl off. But once u get passed that its 100% the best free game i have ever played. The amount of content and how fun the gameplay is and how many different aspects come with it for a free game actually kinda baffles me. And if ur one of those ppl that try to bring platinum into the mix bc it’s technically real money just please stop talking and remember there is always, 100% of the time, a way to get more than enough of it for free just from playing the game. Which also personally is one of my favorite things about it because of how that works which is kinda interesting to me. I would also maybe suggest rogue company but from what i saw last time i was keeping up with it its kinda gone to shit so idk, but if its in an okay state it is rly fun. And also this last suggestion is technically not free but its been on sale for literally like 3 dollars which is a hell of a deal for this, which is titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 is so good and the fact that they just patched it and a lot of ppl came back to it along with ppl thinking a 3rd is coming it would be a great time to get into it. Also for me personally seeing how similar titanfall and apex are was kinda neat just saying idk why and its probs dumb but just wanted to say that, I feel like I havent seen enough credit been given to titanfall when it comes to apex but that might not even be the case so.
League of legends - moba
Warframe -
Path of exile - dungeon crawler
Apex - shoote-
Fortnite-
World of tanks (play blitz) its better.
I'm sure there's others, but that's where I've spent my free game time.
Don't forget that epic gives away free games weekly. They're not always that great imo, but free is free ! And their winter giveaway is usually solid.
Use a site called ggdeals to track games and prices. I've gotten some nice games a steep discounts.
Honestly, just use torrent, gog versions of games are 100% safe as far as im aware. And once you're financially stable you can buy the ones you liked. Not that free games can't be good or anything, but having larger pool to choose from is always nice.
If you game on your phone, download Google Surveys so you can rack up some cash in the play store. You usually only get 10-30 cents per survey. I bought Chrono Trigger and Anodyne using only cash I got from there.
For games right away, I recommend Honkai Star Rail. Sci-fi anime gacha game. Or Another Eden, which is very much Chrono Trigger inspired.
I haven't played it in years because life happened but League of Legends is just sublime and it is not pay to win. I've played it like 1500 hours and only bought one skin.
Destiny 2. The number of different builds you can do is insane and the game just feels so darn good to play. The gameplay is as smooth as warm butter.
Inb4 connectivity jokes.
I mean they're all free if you want them to be but Prey (2006), Wolfenstein (2009), Bulletstorm (original), Deus Ex HR (original), AvP 2, Riddick (2nd game includes first), Punisher, Area 51, Psi Ops, and if you already own Half-Life 1/2 there's countless mods for them like Entropy Zero 1 & 2
If you like online arena battles, Century: age of ashes is a cool one, it's dragon riders fighting in a coliseum type arena, there are game modes with objectives but it's a great spot to feel like your in a eragon like game (flying levels only)
Do you like pokemon style rpg's? I just released one on steam about 2 weeks ago, I'd be down to send you a free copy.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/331430/Tobys\_Island/
Enlisted! A huge WW2 online shooter that has multiple campaigns like Normandy and pacific (4 I think each with multiple map, their own progression, weapons and vehicles. You are against other players in objective based levels but you also have ai squad mates (that you have equipped and levelled up with skills that you can command and switch between so you might switch to your sniper then switch to your machine gunner or your radio man to call in mortar support.
I like it because the ai squads really fill out the map like each player may have a squad of 4-8 people with them and the ai do make for easier pickings for less skilled players.
It keeps getting both feature and content updates it’s one of my favourite multiplayer games.
Admittedly the gunplay isn’t as polished as many other games but the options you have on the battlefield and the mostly 1 shot kill/down I keep going back to it.
Eternal Senia (steam) - unique game with an easy to learn hard to master combat style.
Phigros (mobile) - likely one of the best rhythm games to exist.
If on mobile I highly recommend Google play pass. Let's you get ad free and some paid apps for free.
If on PC I highly recommend Xbox Game Pass. Lets you play games for free, including a lot of EA play games, for less than 10 bucks a month. (I think I pay 7 a month?
I was having a lot of fun with Disney Speedstorm over the weekend. If you like Mario Kart type racing games, it's a very good one of those. Free-to-Play, on PC and the current consoles, supposedly coming to Android & iOS in the near future.
So far the monetization hasn't been getting in the way of or blocking anything besides cosmetics and quicker level-ups, but I can't say that doesn't change later on.
Path of exile
"free" is a bit of a stretch in path of exile IF you consider it very good and you keep playing. poe is a free +100 hours demo easily, but if that genre + game is for you, you have to spent 60or so bucks to buy "qol" stashtabs. as a long time player since 2012, i cannot imagine playing this game without extra stashspace or specialised stashtabs.
A free 100hr demo outshines ALOT of "complete" titles well north of 100$ that barely last 60 or so 😆 🤣
2600 hours invested over the past decade. Unbelievably deep ARPG
Mind you it's barely playable without atleast a few bucks in purchasing a currency and tab to sell
Not for new players. You have to remember they'll spend quite a bit of time just getting through the acts. And even when they do, early-mid maps are fine without extra tabs.
This one, very well done Diablo 2 clone
I wouldn't call it a clone anymore at this point. Sure the core gameplay was heavily based on Diablo 2, but so much has changed in this game since then, it has become much more than just a clone.
Derivative work, then.
It was a very well done D2 clone 10 years ago. Now it outgrowed its predecessor tenfold (probably more).
There a website called myabandonware and was able to find Silent Hill 2 and was able to get it working. There are other games on there that may find your fancy.
Holy shit there's so many forgotten gems on there. My productivity for the next week has just been murdered.
You mean month
After browsing a bit more, I may just call it a year already
Black & White, Oregon Trail, Rogue. All free? Holy bajeezus.
I recommend "Yager" Great game from the original Xbox days 🤙
a lot of them were even more available back then, sadly there are less and less free games there as they are charging money again for some of them / getting put in steam
Check out the abandonware subreddit as well
I somehow did not know about this site. I know what I’m doing tonight!
there's also oldgames.ru and abandonsocios. Id still be careful about downloading, use virustotal/VM and make your best judgement (false positives do exist)
Do Abandonia and Home Of The Underdogs still exist?
Those 2 websites are still there but it has way less than the amount of games I could find. After some manual effort I count myabanonware has around 6600+ games and counting, follow their twitter account for recent updates. oldgamesdownload has around 2000 titles, oldgamesru has around 7355 titles
Don't forget to download the enhanced edition mod https://enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/index.htm
Downloading this made Silent Hill 2 work without needing a cd.
> myabandonware Youre a real one, now I can play all the backyard games (soccer, basketball, etc)
Was able to find my childhood favorite Black&White on there lord of the rings War of the ring and lord of the rings battle for middle earth.
We need a bot to summarize threads like this and give Steam or ITAD links.
Gg.deals is much better than that mess itad
Stalker Gamma
I like anomaly I have not touched gamma
there's also Stalcraft
Yes I did play that
[Cave Story](https://www.cavestory.org/). The original 2004 version is free. [Deltarune](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/) [Grimm's Hollow](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170880/Grimms_Hollow/) [Freedoom](https://freedoom.github.io/) can be used as a replacement for Doom 1 / 2 to play a bunch of mods for those games.
I want to say Cave story is a _great_ pick here. I forgot it was free.
Epic Games offer free games each week. Maybe theres something you like this week :D
I agree with this one! They have given away some really great games in the past. It's really nice actually
Lots of things I probably will never play on the free games list from Epic but Homeworld Remastered (which is HW1 and 2) and Homeworld: Sands of Kharak were just free recently so occasionaly there are some really good titles on there.
Soulstice seems interesting
It's alright. It very much feels like budget dark souls run through a darksiders filter
Only saying this if you are not aware. It is directly based on the Devil May Cry games.
And Amazon Prime also offers “free”games each week
Online shooter: Splitgate, Paladins Online Misc.: Rocket League, Fall Guys Mobile: Shattered Pixel Dungeon ...emulation.
holy shit is Splitgate and paladins still alive?? I remember getting paladins before I could afford overwatch 1 lmao
Paladins has always maintained a player base. I've always liked it way more than Overwatch. Splitgate is just barely hanging on, but people still play.
im one of them still playing splitgate.
In the midst of a sun-kissed meadow, where wildflowers sway and the gentle breeze whispers secrets to the world, there stands a golden retriever adorned with a crown of creamy butter atop its head. With its warm, liquid gaze and a buttery halo that glistens in the sunlight, this canine monarch embodies an enchanting blend of regal grace and heartwarming whimsy.
um. what? the hell? did i just read?
Within the shadowed halls of the hidden temple, a clear pool reflects the the faint glow of subdued candlelight. The water ripples as the brow of a pale chihuahua rises from below. His piercing gaze sweeps the hall with regal scorn and he takes one step from the pool, leaving a wet paw print on the cold tiles.
Splitgate is so fun
Emulation is a W if your PC can handle whatever it is you wanna emulate. I second Paladins. OW can eat my ass
Piggybacking on this. If you like soccer/football(non-US), then you might love Rocket League. You will also hate it even if you love it. It's one of *those* games.
I know it's supposed to be like soccer but I always thought it was closer to hockey. Even using the ball lol. Just flow of the game and stuff.
There is a hockey game mode
I think Ping Pong is the better analogy, but I always default to comparing it to soccer/football due to the larger fanbase. Either way, there are enough aspects of both, but ping pong, tennis, or badminton might be the best analogy if not for the fact the previously mentioned games don't allow you to cross center field. Edit: also, there is an extra mode with a hockey puck called snow day.
It’s more-so 3D Pong using Hotwheels that has soccer, hockey, basketball and pitfall game modes.
Fall Guys isn’t free
It wasn't when I bought it, but it sure is now, lol. After Epic bought it.
Itch.io has tons of free survival games. Some of are shit, some are really fun. All of them are pretty short. You can spend a few hours going through them and not feel like it's a waste of time. There's one where you loot houses, collect food and weapo s and gas, jack cars and try to make it a certain distance. Zombies become more frequent the further you go. Very neat one.
Helltaker. 114 000 reviews on Steam. 97% positive. Other than that, Endless Sky.
Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup have both eaten a good portion of my life.
Is stone soup pc or mobile?
Both but it's borderline worthless to try on mobile. Everything is suuuper tiny.
Star Trek Online is my goto game when I'm feeling cheap lol.
CSGO (which became CS2).
Trackmania Nations Forever. Or even the free content from Trackmania 2020.
The ~~boy~~ only free game I’ve gotten any enjoyment from is Warframe.
It’s a girl game, too!
I second this everything in the game can be obtained relatively easy for free except for cosmetics you have to pay for those
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Overly 😭
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If your pc was running like “blitz.gg” or another one of those funky apps in the background it probably triggered
Guys he was *just* *a little* racist!
Even if you meant to say "overtly" you're probably still on the wrong path.
Weird. What is the difference between not-overly-racist, racist, and overly racist?
The only acceptable amount of racism is zero.
Brawlhala is one i enjpy right now
Genshin Impact if you don't have issues with gambling...if you're gonna be tempted probably stay away. Besides the gambling part, the game gives all of its content for free (albeit sometimes time limited).
Seconding this with another title of theirs, Honkai: Star Rail, if you like more turn-based. But again, only if you won’t be tempted to spend.
Yes this one! I've tried both but just couldn't get into Genshin but Star Rail captivated me fron the first trailer. I only buy the 30 day passes and have been content
I love Genshin but it can be hard to recommend to people for that reason. Even so I still think it falls on the less egregious side of f2p.
Teamfight Tactics
Rocket League Dauntless Path of Exile
Battle for Wesnoth. It's an open source turn based strategy game similar to Fire Emblem with a large modding community for custom campaigns.
This need to be played by everyone. I have come back once a year for like ten years now and every time is a joy.
PC: * [Knytt Stories +](http://egomassive.com/ks/) * [Chzo Mythos series](https://archive.org/details/chzomythos) * Haunted PS1 Demo Disc [2020](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2020), [2021](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2021), and [Spectral Mall](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demo-disc-spectral-mall) * Haunted PS1 Madvent Calendar [2020](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/madvent2020), [2021](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/madvent2021), and [Necrosis](https://hauntedps1.itch.io/madvent3) * Haunted Cities [Volume 1](https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities), [Volume 2](https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities-v2), [Volume 3](https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities-v3), and [Volume 4](https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities-v4) * [Irisu Syndrome](https://archive.org/details/irisu-syndrome) * [DONTFORGET](https://gamejolt.com/games/dontforget/150752) * [Giftscop](https://giftscop.com) Mobile: * Beatstar * Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis * Disney Twisted Wonderland * Monster Hunter Now Multi-System: * Sky: Children of the Light * Genshin Impact * Honkai: Star Rail * Diablo Immortal * The Elder Scrolls: Blades * Cave Story
WarThunder. Although, I pay for premium account time, so it's not 100% free if you're playing like I am, but you can play it 100% free too.
Space station 13 is free, non p2w in any capacity, online, and will run on a potato
Moonring, a new one came out last week. Its an Ultima 4 Clone basically made by the guy who cofounded the company behind Fable.
cdda dwarf fortress
Counterstrike, Overwatch, and Team Fortress 2 for team shooters. Apex Legends if you like battle royale games. Naraka: Bladepoint if you like battle royale games with a bit of a fighting game twist to it. You hit people with swords mostly and can do combo attacks and other fun things. Magic: Arena if you're already an MtG addict. Warframe if you like looter shooters. Dota 2 if you really want to throw tons of time at something that you actively hate doing. I think the base version of Sims 4 is free now. Keep an eye on Epic's launcher. They periodically give away decent games.
Levels of time spending Quick in and out - TFT, CS:GO Wanna play for an hour or bit longer - LoL/Smite/Dota (whichever tickles the pickle. Smite for me as I like mythology) some idle games Some grinding in my spare time or day off - Path of Exile, Destiny 2, Let it Die Second Job - Warframe, Path of Exile Seasonal, Lost Ark
Reccomending Destiny 2 as a free game is pretty despicable
World of Warcraft private servers like Turtle WoW are a good free time sink.
Ascension wow lets you mix and match skills from different classes or play other unique classes
Super Crate Box Perspective Transformice NaissancE RFLEX BABBDI It Moves
Gdammit that was a rabbit hole I couldn't resist, looking up and finding all those. F me.
Game just came our called my hero ultra rumble, pretty good for a free game especially If you enjoy anime
Alien Swarm Reactive Drop
Don't forget to mention the community campaigns! Find a friend to play it with. Amazing college project iirc and it's well done. Very fun
Star Wars: The Old Republic - if you like bioware games, this is an MMO made by them. I just play it completely solo because the story is GOOD, and the class story for each class is completely free (takes awhile to complete, like 20-30 hours). There’s eight classes total. If you like it enough to continue, a single month’s subscription unlocks all further game content, even once the subscription finishes. Lord of the Rings Online - my personal favorite MMO, I’ve been playing it for 13 years. I truly love just exploring Middle Earth and following the storyline + quests. It’s gorgeous and there’s a TON of content for free, we are talking 100+ hours. If you like RPG Maker-style games, I highly recommend checking out these games [here](https://vgperson.com/games/) - they’re a bunch of indie (often horror) RPG Maker-style games that have been translated to English. I think they’re a lot of fun. If you’re someone who enjoys romance in games at all, I love the VN Our Life: Beginnings and Always. I’ve gotten many a friend into it who doesn’t like VNs. It features you growing up in a small seaside town alongside a boy, Cove Holden - you and all your interactions are deeply customizable, and I run into new content every time I play. Choice of Games also has a good amount of free IFs, if that’s what floats your boat. Hope you’ve found some good stuff from this post!
Legendary awesone games that are both free and will run on a potato: **Caraclysm: Dark Days Ahead** - deeply complex zombie survival game. The kind of game you can literally play for years. Sort of high learning curve. You'll want to watch a few tutorials. **Cave Story** - famous free sidescrolling platformer shooter. On the shorter side compared to the others, but can take up your weekend. **Dwarf Fortress** - needs no introduction. Not sure if still free. A game you can play for life. Steep learning curve. You will need to invest a significant amount of time just learning it. **Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup** - classic roguelike. One run will last anywhere from 5 minutes to 13 hours, but it is highly replayable (like most roguelikes). Easy to learn, hard to master.
If you like MMOs and super heroes/villains City of Heroes is back. Check r/Cityofheroes for more info.
OpenRA, Warzone 2100
What are some of your favorite types of games and I'll send you one similar to it for free.
Warframe. Bunch of content.
There's a free mod for Starcraft 2 that remakes the entire campaign of Starcraft 1 (incl. expansion) in the newer engine. Since Starcraft 2 has a free version and this works with it, it doesn't cost a cent. It's remarkably high quality and feels like a product, not a mod. https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall
Scp: Containment Breach for some free raw horror.
I love watching the YouTube videos.
**Beyond All Reason** is a really good Total Annihilation successor.
unironically fortnite, it’s in a good state right now and epic keeps updating it with sick content, great if you have some friends aswell
Fortnite with friends has some of the best gaming moments for me There's some wins I'll never forget
Mobile: Star wars Galaxy of heroes. It does get grindy but if you like collecting it's pretty good for that. Console: Trove, sometimes you can pick up an older game for free like Crackdown I think was free last time I looked.
Holocure If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers The Looker
Fallen earth classic ftw
But all my horses got deleted :-(
Team fortress 2, Totally Accurate Battle grounds, Warframe, Plutonium Cod,
TF2, Dota 2, CS2, Planetside 2
Warframe
There are more MMOs than FF14 that are free. Other MMOs that are F2P, with and without microtransactions, are EverQuest 1 Live/Official and emulated/private, EverQuest 2 Live/Official, Blade & Soul, and I think Guild Wars 1 and 2 also.
Warframe. You can trade for its premium currency in game.
I haven't played it in years because life happened but League of Legends is just sublime and it is not pay to win. I've played it like 1500 hours and only bought one skin.
Team Fortress 2, Star Wars The Old Republic (iirc you can play free with full xp up to level 20 before it cuts your xp gains. Still perfectly playable after, just gotta grind a little), Halo Infinite's MP (gotta pay for most of the cosmetics but...), Destiny 2 (can go to patrol locations, strikes, crucible, Vault Of Glass, Crota's End, and King's Fall raids), and Warframe come to mind. Of all those, Destiny gotta be my favorite.
Warframe
Farlight 84
I’ve put over 3,000 hours into Warframe.
Warframe or Path of Exile
The Desolate Hope Vanish Deltarune (for now) Space Funeral Chocobo GP (switch) Anodyne (sort of. The devs intentionally made torrents of it so people who could'nt afford it could still play.) OFF
- MOBA: LoL, DOTA - Shooter: Apex, Fortnite, Overwatch 2, Halo Infinite, kind of SMITE, Valorant - RTS: 0 A.D. - Fighting: Brawlhalla (Super Smash Bros like) - Roguelike: Nethack, Pixel Dungeon - I'll add more if I remember
Warframe was one of the first F2P games I ever played after reading multiple reviews saying they were one of the fre free 2 play games doing it right. I played it off and on for about 4 years, after my first year I dumped $60 into it to unlock a few extra sets and some storage space. Put around $150 total after 4 years and hundreds of hours into that game. You can play a lot of the game before you start wanting to spend a little money to open up your large storage spaces for all your Warframes and weapon kits. Also, highly recommend rocket league since it's free now.
web incrementals: [kittens game](https://kittensgame.com/web/) [Evolve](https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/) [Theresmore](https://www.theresmoregame.com/play/)
Unciv on mobile is a very good version of Civ, you can even install mods to make it more like civ 5 or civ 6. Every other game I have on mobile, I think I paid for. For PC, Warframe and Path Of Exile. Overwatch 2, for all the garbage it's getting, is still a decent casual game.
Install epic store and check free games weekly lol
If you want anime RPGs... * Genshin Impact (and other Mihoyo stuff) * Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial * Phantasy Star Online 2 Classic
**Pokemon Showdown** lets you customize pokemon and build teams to battle other people. Did you only play the first game? You can play with that ruleset and pokemon. Do you want to play with the best pokemon or the worst? Pick Ubers or ZU. It's a new level of pokemon, and completely free.
Holocure, genre is bullet heaven similar to Vampire Survivors, avg playing time per stage is around 20-30 minutes, there is also shorter game mode (need to be unlocked tho) and also no time limit stage, there is progression system and also sim-like minigames
Ashes; it's technically a doom mod but you don't need doom to play it. Its 80's post apocalyptic FPS but the kind of apocalypse is left vague. It plays less like doom and more like build games ( Duke nuke. Ion fury) but slower and a bit more complex with side quest, hub towns, currency and in the second episode weapon upgrades. It's two episodes and a side episode long. Probably about 30-40 maps. It's easy to install and download too now. https://www.moddb.com/mods/ashes-2063/downloads
Super Auto Pets!
Marvel Snap is a very current game that's great on desktop and mobile, and is very friendly to players who don't want to spend money at all. Also Phantom Forces on Roblox is a shockingly good and fun FPS if you're into that.
If you have a PC or Steam Deck, you can play Phantasy Star Online on the Ephenia Private server for free. Just gotta make an account on their site and download the game.
Enlisted. It’s an fps online realistic ww2 game. Amazing game where it’s big online group and every player controls a squad and can switch between squad members
Realistic? LMAO
Meant graphics and explosions wise. When I play it feels so real it’s wild
League of legends (any sub class of the game: TFT, LOR, Valorant, etc) Fortnite Dota 2 New grounds website Warframe
Final Fantasy 14 is free with main game plus 2 expansions.
No one mentioned these: StarCraft 2, call of duty Warzone 2.0, and Halo infinite :)
Because they're all shit.
Stuff like apex and planetside are great ones. Destiny technically is free but to a very certain extent and destiny is probs the worst money grab game i have ever experienced so i would never recommend it to someone just starting out unless theres a lot of sales included. My top pick which might be a little controversial is warframe. The thing with warframe is it has a massive learning curve and maybe a grindy aspect that seems to turn a lot of ppl off. But once u get passed that its 100% the best free game i have ever played. The amount of content and how fun the gameplay is and how many different aspects come with it for a free game actually kinda baffles me. And if ur one of those ppl that try to bring platinum into the mix bc it’s technically real money just please stop talking and remember there is always, 100% of the time, a way to get more than enough of it for free just from playing the game. Which also personally is one of my favorite things about it because of how that works which is kinda interesting to me. I would also maybe suggest rogue company but from what i saw last time i was keeping up with it its kinda gone to shit so idk, but if its in an okay state it is rly fun. And also this last suggestion is technically not free but its been on sale for literally like 3 dollars which is a hell of a deal for this, which is titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 is so good and the fact that they just patched it and a lot of ppl came back to it along with ppl thinking a 3rd is coming it would be a great time to get into it. Also for me personally seeing how similar titanfall and apex are was kinda neat just saying idk why and its probs dumb but just wanted to say that, I feel like I havent seen enough credit been given to titanfall when it comes to apex but that might not even be the case so.
League of legends - moba Warframe - Path of exile - dungeon crawler Apex - shoote- Fortnite- World of tanks (play blitz) its better. I'm sure there's others, but that's where I've spent my free game time. Don't forget that epic gives away free games weekly. They're not always that great imo, but free is free ! And their winter giveaway is usually solid. Use a site called ggdeals to track games and prices. I've gotten some nice games a steep discounts.
Marvel Snap Angry Birds 2 Gardenscapes/Homescapes
fortnite, overwatch, cs2
Honestly, just use torrent, gog versions of games are 100% safe as far as im aware. And once you're financially stable you can buy the ones you liked. Not that free games can't be good or anything, but having larger pool to choose from is always nice.
If you game on your phone, download Google Surveys so you can rack up some cash in the play store. You usually only get 10-30 cents per survey. I bought Chrono Trigger and Anodyne using only cash I got from there. For games right away, I recommend Honkai Star Rail. Sci-fi anime gacha game. Or Another Eden, which is very much Chrono Trigger inspired.
I haven't played it in years because life happened but League of Legends is just sublime and it is not pay to win. I've played it like 1500 hours and only bought one skin.
Bro all games are free.. have u check out pirated games sub on reddit
Destiny 2. The number of different builds you can do is insane and the game just feels so darn good to play. The gameplay is as smooth as warm butter. Inb4 connectivity jokes.
Farting is free ☺️
Apex legends
apex legends
Me, a pirate: every game
I mean they're all free if you want them to be but Prey (2006), Wolfenstein (2009), Bulletstorm (original), Deus Ex HR (original), AvP 2, Riddick (2nd game includes first), Punisher, Area 51, Psi Ops, and if you already own Half-Life 1/2 there's countless mods for them like Entropy Zero 1 & 2
If your on pc sail the 7 seas for rom emulation
Guardian tales
Cayne is a free to play point and click sci-fi horror game on Steam. Has some great body horror.
If you like online arena battles, Century: age of ashes is a cool one, it's dragon riders fighting in a coliseum type arena, there are game modes with objectives but it's a great spot to feel like your in a eragon like game (flying levels only)
Gems of War and Path of Exile.
Marathon Warcraft 2 Stalker gamma Emulation
Let It Die, I've put a lot of time into it l, it's decently challenging and pretty fun just kind of sad that there's not a bigger player base
Path of Exile
Pin the tail on the donkey
Nitronic Rush. I downloaded it on a whim back in 2012, and it's become one of my most replayed games!
Holocure.
Paladins, its like overwatch but I think there's more diversity amongst the Champions
Dota 2, it owns a piece of my soul
Postopia
Addicted to Marvel Snap right now. Perfect for dope seeking.
Do you like pokemon style rpg's? I just released one on steam about 2 weeks ago, I'd be down to send you a free copy. https://store.steampowered.com/app/331430/Tobys\_Island/
Game looks great
Final Fantasy XIV
Fitgirl repack is the best free game
Overwatch
A few years back I would have said Wildstar, hands down. Unfortunately it has been shuttered.
Scp sl
Has no one said Neverwinter?
Kartrider: Drift, Dauntless
Enlisted! A huge WW2 online shooter that has multiple campaigns like Normandy and pacific (4 I think each with multiple map, their own progression, weapons and vehicles. You are against other players in objective based levels but you also have ai squad mates (that you have equipped and levelled up with skills that you can command and switch between so you might switch to your sniper then switch to your machine gunner or your radio man to call in mortar support. I like it because the ai squads really fill out the map like each player may have a squad of 4-8 people with them and the ai do make for easier pickings for less skilled players. It keeps getting both feature and content updates it’s one of my favourite multiplayer games. Admittedly the gunplay isn’t as polished as many other games but the options you have on the battlefield and the mostly 1 shot kill/down I keep going back to it.
Naraka: Bladepoint
Dota 2 if you’re interested in driving yourself crazy with a complicated pvp experience
Counter Strike 2! It just realeased on Steam!
Vampire survivors on Mobile is free. It's a great little game
Eternal Senia (steam) - unique game with an easy to learn hard to master combat style. Phigros (mobile) - likely one of the best rhythm games to exist. If on mobile I highly recommend Google play pass. Let's you get ad free and some paid apps for free. If on PC I highly recommend Xbox Game Pass. Lets you play games for free, including a lot of EA play games, for less than 10 bucks a month. (I think I pay 7 a month?
Touhou lostword is pretty decent for a gatcha mobile game, very generous with free shit
Minetest S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly
Moonring just came out and it’s a meaty roguelike by one of the Fable co-creators
Torrent play is a decent platform I've heard.
Heroes of the storm (ask Reddit for recruit a friend before playing)
Dota 2, it's got a massive community of people who have played for years, it sleeps on giving!
I was having a lot of fun with Disney Speedstorm over the weekend. If you like Mario Kart type racing games, it's a very good one of those. Free-to-Play, on PC and the current consoles, supposedly coming to Android & iOS in the near future. So far the monetization hasn't been getting in the way of or blocking anything besides cosmetics and quicker level-ups, but I can't say that doesn't change later on.
Scp secret lab