free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 04:22
by duvessa
so i'm compiling a big list of free (as in beer) games
post free games you like
to be included in the list the games MUST meet these criteria:
1. officially released for free (not just abandonware)
2. involve absolutely no purchases of any kind, including DLC and expansions
3. not bundled with garbage or advertisements
4. be good, and of interest to more than a hyper-specialized audience, or at least historically relevant
games already on it: an untitled story, la-mulana (original), iji, cave story (original), within a deep forest, logi-gun (with a hyphen!), knytt stories, maldita castilla (original), spelunky (original), bio menace, jetpack, jumper two, jumper three, nelly cootalot, the apprentice (tentatively), the terrific menace of the invaders from audiogalaxy, beneath a steel sky, king's quest 2: romancing the stones, a tale of two kingdoms, zork, a bunch of neutral's room escape games, hyper princess pitch, hero core, warning forever, clean asia, chalk, echoes, sport utility assault vehicle extreme, command & conquer (& red alert), spring rts, battle for wesnoth, hedgewars, gemcraft: labyrinth, sumotori dreams, rogue, nethack, dcss, powder
if you post something that violates 2. or 3. i will spawn with a rapier of distortion in your next game
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 06:00
by milski
DotA 2 almost counts! There's no gameplay gated behind money, at least.
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 06:37
by duvessa
get ready for a one-way flight to the abyss
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 06:44
by VeryAngryFelid
Should the game be officially released (1.xx)? I hope not, you have dcss in the list. Then
http://demon.ferretdev.org/, completely playable.
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 06:48
by duvessa
the game can be unfinished if it's still fun enough to play (I have Spring RTSes and Hedgewars on there after all). not going to include demos or anything like that, though
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 08:34
by scorpionwarrior
some good old flash games, I'll post more if I can remember them
merlins revengeAmorphous+ on kongregate
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 13:49
by n1000
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (!!!), DoomRL I mean DRL, stepmania, alien swarm, flight of the amazon queen (since you mentioned Beneath a Steel Sky)
Re: free games 2
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Friday, 24th February 2017, 15:18
by mikee
Capoeira Fighter 3, Alphaman, Paganitzu: Romancing the Rose, Bejeweled, Boggle, Alley Cat, Mario Forever
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 18:29
by Jeremiah
Moria
Angband (+ about 50 different variants in various states of playability/abandonment.)
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 18:32
by ZipZipskins
oh yeah if you like minesweeper, mamono sweeper is pretty fun
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 24th February 2017, 20:57
by shping
Most of these are free. They can be looked up with a pinch more effort than I was willing to put in.
Re: free games 2
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Friday, 24th February 2017, 22:40
by archaeo
The
Marathon Trilogy is all free / theoretically still has a multiplayer scene
Re: free games 2
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Friday, 24th February 2017, 23:44
by pubby
Re: free games 2
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Saturday, 25th February 2017, 02:35
by tasonir
Unexpected The Deer Hunter reference on the very bottom of that page.
Re: free games 2
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Saturday, 25th February 2017, 03:58
by dracos369
Oh, I remembered one more!
Today I die. Not as bleak as it sounds, promise.
Also, I failed to notice no-one mentioned PrincessRL yet, which I'm sure inspired the latest addition to Crawl pantheon. Of roguelikes, I also want to mention IVAN.
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Monday, 27th February 2017, 03:18
by neverEnough
Sauerbraten.
Globulation2 was awesome and original gameplay but may be broken, unmantained since many years (afaik)
Tremulous
UfoAI
FreeCiv (never tried)
edit: just noticed there was a rewrite of the good old "Z" of the '90,
http://zod.sourceforge.net The site is crappy, no infos, looks like opensource abadonware. Sigh
Re: free games 2
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Monday, 27th February 2017, 04:10
by moocowmoocow
Legend of the Green Dragon
Elona Shooter
Re: free games 2
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Monday, 27th February 2017, 16:47
by Shtopit
Stronghold (2001) and Tribes 2 are both available for free, I think. Same for TES Arena and Daggerfall.
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 3rd March 2017, 03:41
by Shard1697
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 3rd March 2017, 06:04
by prozacelf
Caves of Qud. A post-apocalyptic style roguelike. You do have to pay to get it in tiles format, but that shouldn't be an overwhelming problem around here.
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 3rd March 2017, 06:13
by duvessa
prozacelf wrote:You do have to pay to get it in tiles format
then don't post it in this thread!
Re: free games 2
Posted:
Friday, 3rd March 2017, 06:32
by VeryAngryFelid
neverEnough wrote:FreeCiv (never tried)
Try c-evo, a much better game IMHO.
http://www.c-evo.org/Completely free, non-random battles (no longer you will see peasants killing tanks, also AI tactics is quite smart due to that), unlimited custom units which cost research to prototype, multiple AI types etc.