Free Video Games

Free Video Games

Organizing free game resources was a slightly difficult task since there are so many different types of games in a variety of formats. The games found on this page are generally "bigger" than the ones found on the Free Online Games page. These games are for more serious gamers. The Free Online Games page has small, simple, flash-based, JavaScript-based, shockwave, etc., games, many of which can be embedded in a website. Other games which are classically played on paper, like Sudoku and crossword puzzles, and board games, like chess, are found on the Hobbies Freebies page.

As one of the Internet Freebies, this page only lists games that are available for free in digital formats. If you are looking for hard copy, in-print, video games for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and other consoles, try the following pages: The Classified Ads, Rewards Programs, More Free Tips.

Free Video Game Downloads

Note: Wikipedia makes a distinction between freeware and free software. Freeware is free to use, but the author still has the rights to the game. Free software is in the Public Domain. Open-source software isn't necessarily in the public domain, but the source code is available for other developers to improve the code, similar to a Creative Commons license. This section is for Freeware only.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Freeware_games

everyvideogame.com

dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Downloads/Free/
gametap.com/video-games/free-pack-games.html (download only valid for a limited time)
nescafeweb.com
pcworld.com/downloads/1458/topic.html?&page=1&order=4
downloadfullversionpcgames.com/blog/2007/06/17/100-of-the-best-legal-full-version-games-you-can-download-online
dosmuseum.com
abandonia.com
fileplanet.com/free-games/world-golf-tour
videogames.yahoo.com/events/sponsored-trials/sponsored-trials/1354605/0

wildgames.com/console - suggested by businessweek.com, the console lets you download, organize and play games for free. Mostly free trial and samples, ad-supported. This has not been tested by actuallyfree.info.

Submit free, legal video game download sites

Pubic Domain and Open Source Video Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_video_games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_video_games

dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Software/Games/

Free to Play Online

See also the Free Online Games page, for smaller, simple games

dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Browser_Based/ (some free, some not free)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_browser_games (list of single-player, browser-based games, some free, some not free)

everyvideogame.com

nescafeweb.com

tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/arcade.htm (Classic 80s arcade games, Nintendo, etc.)