List of free PC games

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The following is a list of PC games that have been deemed monetarily free by their creator or by the closure of the IP holder and subsequent 'abandonment' (see abandonware). This includes free-to-play games, even if they include monetized micro transactions. note this list does not include video games acquired via piracy.

List[]

The following list has 27 segments in total, ranging from A to Z, followed by a numerical section.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - Numerical

A[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Ahriman's Prophecy Aveyond Studios Aveyond Studios Role playing video game Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux 2004 2004 Freeware
Aion: The Tower of Eternity NCsoft NCsoft MMORPG Microsoft Windows
  • KOR: 25 November 2008
  • EU: 29 February 2012
  • US: 11 April 2012
 Free to Play[1]
Akuji The Demon E. "Buster" Hashimoto E. "Buster" Hashimoto Metroidvania Microsoft Windows Freeware[2]
Allegiance Microsoft Research Microsoft Space simulation, Real-time strategy, Action Microsoft Windows March 16, 2000 2004 Freeware[3]
Angband Angband Development Team Angband Development Team Roguelike Microsoft Windows, macOS 1990 1990 Free and open-source
Ao Oni noprops Survival horror Microsoft Windows November 2008 November 2008 Freeware
Apex Legends Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts Battle royale Microsoft Windows February 4, 2019 February 4, 2019 Free to Play 88
APB Reloaded Reloaded Productions Gamersfirst Action, MMO Microsoft Windows December 6, 2011 Free to Play
ArcheAge XL Games Tencent Games (China)
Trion Worlds (NA, Europe, Australia, NZ)
Mail.ru (Russia) 		MMORPG Microsoft Windows
  • KOR: 15 January 2013
  • JP: 23 July 2013
  • RUS: Open beta[4]
  • EU: 16 September 2014
  • US: 16 September 2014
 Free to Play[5]
Armagetron Advanced Armagetron Advanced Team Armagetron Advanced Team Snake game Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, AmigaOS 4, OpenBSD 2001 2001 Free and open-source software
The Elder Scrolls: Arena Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Softworks RPG DOS 1994 2004[6] Freeware[7] 80[8]
Fistful of Frags Fistful of Frags Team Fistful of Frags Team FPS, Indie Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux 9 May 2014 9 May 2014 Free to play[9] 79[10]
A Nation of Wind NationOfWindDev NationOfWindDev Real Time Shooter Microsoft Windows Free to Play[11]

B[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden Tales of Game's Studios Tales of Game's Studios RPG Microsoft Windows, macOS January 22, 2008 Freeware[12] 93[13]
The Battle for Wesnoth David White and others David White and others Turn-based strategy Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux October 2005 October 2005 Freeware[14] 91[15]
Beneath a Steel Sky Revolution Software Virgin Interactive Entertainment Adventure game MS-DOS, Amiga, Amiga CD32 March 1994 August 2003 Freeware[16] 82
Blacklight: Retribution Zombie, Inc. Perfect World Entertainment Action Microsoft Windows July 22, 2012 Free to Play 75
Black Mesa Crowbar Collective Crowbar Collective First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, Linux September 14, 2012 September 14, 2012 86[17]
Brawlhalla Blue Mammoth Games Ubisoft Fighting Microsoft Windows, macOS October 17, 2017 Free to Play

C[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Call of Duty: Warzone Infinity Ward, Raven Software Activision Battle royale Microsoft Windows March 10, 2020 March 10, 2020 Free to Play 79
Card Hunter Blue Manchu Blue Manchu Card Game, Turn-based strategy Web browser, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Cart Life
Castle of the Winds
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Cave Story Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya Metroidvania Microsoft Windows
MikeJS, Art Of Respect team Art Of Respect team First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, Linux Nov 8, 2018 Nov 8, 2018 Freeware
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Westwood Studios Electronic Arts Real-time strategy Microsoft Windows August 27, 1999 February 12, 2010 Freeware
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Valve, Hidden Path Entertainment Valve First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS 21 August 2012 December 6, 2018 Free to Play 83

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D[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
DC Universe Online Daybreak Game Company WB Games MMORPG Microsoft Windows January 11, 2011 November 1, 2011 Free to Play 72
Deity
Death Rally Remedy Apogee Software, Ltd. Vehicular combat, Racing MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 7 September 1996 20 October 2009 Freeware 88[19]
Destiny 2 Bungie Bungie First-person shooter Microsoft Windows October 24, 2017 October 1, 2019 Free to Play 83
Digital Combat Simulator Eagle Dynamics The Fighter Collection Combat flight simulation game Microsoft Windows 17 October 2008 17 October 2008
Digital: A Love Story 36[20]
Dink Smallwood Robinson Technologies Iridon Interactive Role-playing Microsoft Windows 1998 October 17, 1999 Freeware[21]
Doki Doki Literature Club! Team Salvato Team Salvato Visual novel Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux September 22, 2017 September 22, 2017 Freeware[22] 78[23]
Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story
Dota 2 Valve Valve MOBA Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux July 2013 July 2013 Free-to-play[24] 90[25]
Dragonsphere
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Dwarf Fortress Tarn Adams Bay 12 Games City-building game, Roguelike Windows, OS X, Linux August 2006 August 2006 Freeware[26] 78[27]

E[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Egoboo
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Softworks RPG DOS September 20, 1996 August 31, 1996 Freeware
Elona
Elsword KOG KOG MMORPG Microsoft Windows December 27, 2007 December 27, 2007 Free To Play
Eve Online CCP Games Simon & Schuster MMORPG Microsoft Windows May 6, 2003 November 11, 2016 Limited Free To Play
Everquest II Sony Online Entertainment, LLC Sony Online Entertainment, LLC MMORPG Microsoft Windows December 7, 2011 December 7, 2011 Free to Play 83

F[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Fallen London
Façade
Fortnite: Battle Royale Epic Games Epic Games Battle royale game Microsoft Windows, macOS March, 2017 March, 2017 Free to Play 81[28]
FreeCiv
FreeCol
FreeOrion
FreeSpace 2 Volition Interplay Entertainment Space combat simulator Microsoft Windows, Linux September, 1999 April, 2002 Source code only 91[29]
Frets on Fire None[30]
Frog Fractions None[30]

G[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Gotham City Impostors Monolith Productions, Inc. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Action, first-person shooter Microsoft Windows August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 Free to Play 65
Gravity Bone
Guild Wars 2 ArenaNet NCSOFT MMORPG Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X August 28, 2012 August 29, 2015 Free to Play 90

H[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Happy Wars
Hearthstone Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment Digital collectible card game Microsoft Windows, OS X 11 March 2014 Mar 11, 2014 Free to Play[31] 88
Heroes and Generals Reto-Moto Reto-Moto MMOFPS Microsoft Windows July 11, 2014 July 11, 2014 Free to Play
Heroes of Newerth S2 Games Frostburn Studios MOBA Microsoft Windows May 12, 2010 July 29, 2011 Free to Play 76
Heroes of the Storm Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment MOBA Microsoft Windows June 2, 2015 June 2, 2015 Free to Play 86
Heroine's Quest
Hidden and Dangerous

I[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Ib
Iji
I Wanna Be the Guy

J[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore

K[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Katawa Shoujo
King's Quest 1
King's Quest 2
King's Quest 3

L[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
League of Legends Riot Games Riot Games MOBA Microsoft Windows, OS X October 27, 2009 October 27, 2009 Free to Play 78
Legends of Runeterra Riot Games Riot Games Digital collectible card game Microsoft Windows April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 Free to Play
Little Fighter 2
Loadout Edge of Reality Edge of Reality Action Microsoft Windows January 31, 2014 January 31, 2014 Free to Play 72
The Lord of the Rings Online Standing Stone Games Daybreak Game Company MMORPG Microsoft Windows April 24, 2007 2010 Free to Play 86

M[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Maldita Castilla
The Marathon Trilogy
Mari0
Marvel Heroes 2015 Gazzillion Entertainment Gazzillion Entertainment Action, MMO Microsoft Windows, OS X June 4, 2013 June 4, 2013 Free to Play 81
Metin 2 Webzen Ymir Entertainment Microsoft Windows March 2005 March 2005 MMORPG
Moonbase Alpha Virtual Heroes, Army Game Studio NASA Strategy, Simulation Microsoft Windows July 6. 2010 July 6, 2010 Free to Play
M.U.G.E.N. Elecbyte Elecbyte Fighting Linux, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X July 7. 1999 July 7, 1999 Freeware
NQ Games Rock Hippo Productions,

GungHo Online Entertainment, 

National Telecom Plc. (TOT),
Tahadi Games
ToyShooter Plattform: Microsoft Windows Release 9. März 2011 Service Shutdown 09.09.2017 FreeToPlay 6.8 on metacritic

N[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
N Metanet Software Platformer
Neverball None[32]
Neverwinter Cryptic Studios Perfect World Entertainment Action, Adventure, MMORPG Microsoft Windows December 5, 2013 December 5, 2013 Free to Play 74[33]
Nexuiz Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
No More Room In Hell No More Room in Hell Team Lever Games First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS 31 October 2011 31 October 2011 Free to Play 63[34]

O[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating System(s) Date Released Date Free Free Type MetaScore
Octodad
OFF
OpenArena First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X Freeware[35]
Open Rails (based on Microsoft Train Simulator) Train simulator Microsoft Windows[36] 2009 2009
OpenTTD OpenTTD Team OpenTTD Team Business simulation game BSD, Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X April 2014 April 2014 81
osu! Dean "peppy" Herbert Dean "peppy" Herbert Rhythm game OS X, Microsoft Windows September 16, 2007 September 16, 2007

P[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Paladins Evil Mojo Games Hi-Rez Studios First-person shooter Microsoft Windows May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 Free to Play 83
Passage None[37]
Path of Exile Grinding Gear Games Grinding Gear Games Action, Adventure, RPG Microsoft Windows October 23, 2013 October 23, 2013 Free to Play 86[38]
Peggle Extreme Popcap Games, Inc. Popcap Games, Inc. Casual Microsoft Windows September 11, 2007 None[39]
Perspective
Planeshift None[40]
PlanetSide 2 Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment MMOFPS Microsoft Windows 2012 2012[6] Free to Play[41] 84[42]
The Powder Toy
Prismata Lunarch Studios Turn-based Strategy Browser-based Free to play None[40]

Q[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Quest for Glory II AGD Interactive 91[43]

R[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Realm of the Mad God Wild Shadow Studios Kabam Action, MMORPG Microsoft Windows, OS X February 20, 2012 February 20, 2012 Free to Play 82
Renegade X (C&C Renegade Fan-Remake) Totem Arts Totem Arts First-person shooter, Third-person shooter Microsoft Windows February 25, 2014(beta) February 25, 2014(beta) Free
Reprisal 84[44]
RIFT
Robocraft Freejam Freejam Vehicular combat game Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux July 8, 2014 July 8, 2014 Free to Play
RuneScape Jagex Game Studio Jagex Game Studio Massively Multiplayer, Fantasy Java, HTML5 (beta) 2001 2001 Free to Play

S[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Scorched 3D
SCP
Silkroad Online Joymax Joymax, Yahoo! Korea MMORPG Microsoft Windows 2004 2004 Free to Play[45]
The Silver Lining
Slender: The Eight Pages Parsec Productions Parsec Productions Survival horror Microsoft Windows, OS X June 26, 2012 June 26, 2012 Free to Play[46]
Smite Titan Forge Game Hi-Rez Studios MOBA Microsoft Windows March 25, 2014 March 25, 2014 Free to Play 83
Sniper 3D Assassin Wildlife Action Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X 19 Sep, 2018 19 Sep, 2018 Free to Play N/A
Space Engine
Space Station 13
Spelunky
Spiral Knights
Starcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment Real-time strategy Microsoft Windows March 31, 1998 April, 2017 Freeware 88
Starmade
Star Trek Online
Street Fighter X Mega Man
Stronghold Kingdoms
Super Crate Box Vlambeer Vlambeer Action Microsoft Windows August 29, 2012 August 29, 2012 Free to Play
Super Mario Bros. Crossover Free to Play
Super Smash Land
System Shock

T[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Tactical Intervention
TagPro Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer) Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer) MOBA Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux June 2013[47] June 2013 Free-to-play
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Team Fortress 2 Valve Valve First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux 10 October 2007 23 June 2011[48] Free-to-play[49] 92
Tecmo Bowl
theHunter
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
Torcs
Toribash Nabi Studios Nicalis, Inc Action, Strategy Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux March 1, 2006 March 1, 2006 Free to Play
TrackMania Nations Forever Nadeo Focus Interactive Racing video game Microsoft Windows April 16, 2008 April 16, 2008 Free-to-Play 86
Transcendence
Transformice Atelier 801 Atelier 801 MMO, Platform Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux May 1, 2010 May 1, 2010 Free-to-play
Tribes: Ascend
Tyrian 2000

U[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Ultima 4 Origin Systems Electronic Arts RPG DOS, Microsoft Windows 1985[50] Freeware[50]
Unknown Horizons
Unreal Tournament Epic Games FPS Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux TBA
UnReal World
Unturned Nelson Sexton Smartly Dressed Games Action, Adventure, Casual Microsoft Windows, OS X July 7, 2017 July 7, 2017 Free to Play
Urban Terror FrozenSand FrozenSand FPS Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux August 5, 2000 (Beta 1.0), Jan 25 2014 (4.2.018) August 5, 2000

V[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Valorant Riot Games Riot Games First-person shooter Microsoft Windows June 2, 2020 June 2, 2020 Free to Play 81
VDrift
Vindictus Nexon Nexon America Inc. Action Microsoft Windows June 22, 2012 Free to Play. 76

W[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Warface Crytek Crytek Action Microsoft Windows July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 Free to Play 62
War Machines Wildlife Action Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X 28 Nov, 2018 28 Nov, 2018 Free to Play N/A
War Thunder Gaijin Entertainment Gaijin Entertainment Simulation Microsoft Windows, OS X November 1, 2012 (Open Beta) Free to Play 82
Warframe Digital Extremes Digital Extremes Action Microsoft Windows March 15, 2013 Free to Play 69
Warzone 2100 Warzone 2100 Project Real-time strategy Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD 1999 (Original retail release) June 11, 2005 (Open-source release) Free and open-source[51]
Within a Deep Forest
World Golf Tour
World of Tanks Wargaming Wargaming Simulation Microsoft Windows March 2011 Free to Play 80
World of Warplanes Wargaming Wargaming Simulation Microsoft Windows November 2013 Free to Play 69
World of Warships Wargaming Wargaming Simulation Microsoft Windows September 17, 2015 Free to Play 81
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire Origin Systems Origin Systems, Pony Canyon RPG DOS, Microsoft Windows, NES 1990 June 18, 2012 Freeware

X[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
X-Moto
Xonotic First-person shooter Windows, Mac, Linux FOSS 89[52]

Y[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Yume Nikki

Z[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
Zero-K

Numerical[]

Name Developer Publisher Genre(s) Operating system(s) Date released Date free Free type MetaScore
0 A.D.

See also[]

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