Free PC Games short-list

[PurpleGaga27 39]

Here's a short-list of 92 games that are fully free-to-play (you may not find all of them there but at at least some may be the ones you might be looking for)

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/djames216/blog/free-pc-games-temporary-alternative/99821/

 

There's one entry that is incorrect, Starcraft II, a starter version is essentially a demo/shareware version.

Edited October 18, 2013 by zocom7

[Nyerguds 100]

Ooh. Interesting list. I didn't know GTA2 was free now.

[Plok 323]

Nor did I know System Shock 1 was free and that Puzzle Pirates is still alive.

[MrFlibble 31]

Hmm, this list from the same website is much more detailed. The short one seems to be mostly aimed at advertising online-only games.

 

As for System Shock being legally free, it doesn't seem to be actually the case. The "official disclaimer" Giant Bomb has linked to isn't in any way "official", it's been posted by a forum administrator of some System Shock fan forum:

Most of the downloads on systemshock.org are game modifications created by fans, distributed with permission of the respective authors.

 

The Looking Glass Classics (LGC) are games created by the companies Looking Glass Studios and the closely related Origin Systems from 1991-1997. Looking Glass Studios (previously "Looking Glass Technologies") folded in 2000 and their publisher Origin was disbanded in 2004. We distribute these games here free of charge, but we do not claim to hold any rights to them. To the best of our knowledge they have been long discontinued by their publishers and are not being sold anymore. If you know otherwise or if you own relevant copyrights, please contact the forum's Administrator and the respective downloads will be removed.

 

Thank you for your attention.

Basically this just says what a typical "abandonware" website would say: "those games are no longer sold and there's no monetary harm if we distribute them without official permission". So much for an "official disclaimer". Edited October 21, 2013 by MrFlibble

[PurpleGaga27 39]

Here are some other lists (if you never went there -- those lists are still incomplete though):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freeware_video_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_multiplayer_online_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_massively_multiplayer_online_games

So far the most recent commercial PC freeware this year according to Wikipedia is Battle of the Eras and the latest free-to-play games (excluding End of Nations) are Age of Wulin and Guns and Robots.

[MrFlibble 31]

I've mentioned this elsewhere but still:

http://juegosliberados.blogspot.com/

 

This is a frequently updated blog on free and liberated games for various platforms.

[MrFlibble 31]

BTW guys, Blackthorne is now available for free from Blizzard:

https://us.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic

Edited November 2, 2013 by MrFlibble

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Your link doesn't work but you just need a battle.net account to get the game client.

[MrFlibble 31]

I fixed the link and the truth is that you don't actually need an account to download Blackthorne.

[MrFlibble 31]

Here's some potentially interesting free FPS titles:

Beyond Life

Digmaan

Digmaan: The Aftermath

UTU Arena

[MrFlibble 31]

The full version of Sango Fighter 2 is available for free here.

[MrFlibble 31]

CodeRED: Battle for Earth and its sequel, CodeRED: The Martian Chronicles, are single-player precursors to Alien Arena.

• CodeRED: Battle for Earth: CodeREDBFE.exe
• CodeRED: The Martian Chronicles: CodeREDMC.exe

As far as I can tell, these are the final versions of both games (v4.0).

[Nyerguds 100]

Indie game developer Daniel Remar has a bunch of beautiful games, and they're all free:

 

http://www.remar.se/daniel/games.php

 

I especially love the magnificent platform shooter/adventure game Iji