List of freeware video games

This is a selected list of freeware video games 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 games alias browser-based games.
• Mods: software that cannot be played as stand-alone game.

A

• 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 used to test the Source 2010 beta.
• America's Army is the official United States Army game.
• Anchorhead, a horror interactive fiction game.
• 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
• Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning, a puzzle horror game parodying 1990s educational games.
• ', a futuristic role-playing video game starring basketballer 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 (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.
• ', a fan-made Broken Sword game.

C

• ', a roguelike survival game.
• Cave Story, a side-scrolling action-adventure game.
• ', 3D platformer released as a companion to Celeste.
• ', a single-player and multiplayer game that uses the Ageia Physx engine.
• ', a football management video game in Sports Interactive's Championship Manager series.
• Chex Quest, a comedic 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 games: 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes and 6 Days a Sacrifice by Ben Croshaw.
• Cloud, a third-person computer puzzle game based on weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
• Continuum, a top-down multiplayer video game.

D

• The Dark Mod, inspired by the original 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, a combat flight simulator based on the History Channel series of the same name.
• Don't Shit Your Pants, a text-based browser game.
• ', a 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.

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

H

• Hero Core, a shooter game with Metroidvania elements, made by Daniel Remar.
• Hydorah, a 2D Shoot 'em up similar to games such as 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, a horror/puzzle RPG Maker game.
• Icy Tower, a tower-climbing platform game.
• Ikachan, an action-adventure game by Studio Pixel.
• Iji, a platform-shooter by Daniel Remar.
• IMVU, an online social entertainment game.
• Inner Worlds, a DOS platformer where you play as a woman that turns into a wolf. (Sleepless Software, 1996)
• I Wanna Be the Guy, a 2D platformer.

J

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

• N, a platform game.
• Narbacular Drop, a 3D puzzle video game developed by Nuclear Monkey Software. It is the precursor to Valve's Portal.
• Noctis, a space exploration simulator.
• Notrium, a survival game.
• ', 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
• One Night Trilogy, a series of three survival horror games.
• ', 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.

• ', a 3D first-person action & puzzle game that uses paint to manipulate physics.
• ', a 2D side-scrolling platform game.
• TagPro, a browser-based multiplayer capture the flag game.
• Temporal, a platform game involving time travel based puzzles.
• The Powder Toy, a falling-sand game that simulates physical and chemical reactions.
• Tinker, also known as Microsoft Tinker, a 3D puzzle game for Windows.
• Trackmania Nations, a 3D racing game specially developed for the Electronic Sports World Cup by Nadeo.
• Transcendence, a 2D space adventure game featuring extended moddability.
• TUMIKI Fighters, a 3D 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.

• Vanguard Princess, a dōjin 2D fighting game
• Vestaria Saga, a tactical role-playing game from Shouzou Kaga, the creator of the Fire Emblem series.
• Visual Pinball, a pinball simulation editor and game with many tables available.
• ', a 2025 indie horror game released as freeware after being banned from Steam.

W

• ', an apocalyptic, first-person shooter.
• Warning Forever, a vertical shooter.
• The WereCleaner, a 2024 stealth-comedy game.
• Within a Deep Forest, a 2D physics and exploration game.
• WolfQuest, a wildlife simulation game.