The following is a list of PC games that have been deemed monetarily free by their creator or copyright holder. This includes free-to-play games, even if they include monetized micro transactions.
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
Name
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Developer
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Publisher
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Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Ahriman's Prophecy
|
Aveyond Studios
|
Aveyond Studios
|
Role playing video game
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
|
2004
|
2004
|
Freeware
|
|
Aion: The Tower of Eternity
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NCsoft
|
NCsoft
|
MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
|
- EU: 29 February 2012
- US: 11 April 2012
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Free to Play[1]
|
|
Allegiance
|
Microsoft Research
|
Microsoft
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Space simulation, Real-time strategy, Action
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 16, 2000
|
2004
|
Freeware[2]
|
|
Angband
|
Angband Development Team
|
Angband Development Team
|
Roguelike
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS
|
1990
|
1990
|
Free and open-source
|
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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
|
|
APB Reloaded
|
Reloaded Productions
|
Gamersfirst
|
Action, MMO
|
Microsoft Windows
|
December 6, 2011
|
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Free to Play
|
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ArcheAge
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XL Games
|
Tencent Games (China) Trion Worlds (NA, Europe, Australia, NZ) Mail.ru (Russia)
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MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
- KOR: 15 January 2013
- JP: 23 July 2013
- RUS: Open beta[3]
- EU: 16 September 2014
- US: 16 September 2014
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Free to Play[4]
|
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Armagetron Advanced
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Armagetron Advanced Team
|
Armagetron Advanced Team
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Snake game
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, AmigaOS 4, OpenBSD
|
2001
|
2001
|
Free and open-source software
|
|
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
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Bethesda Softworks
|
Bethesda Softworks
|
RPG
|
DOS
|
1994
|
2004[5]
|
Freeware[6]
|
80[7]
|
Fistful of Frags
|
Fistful of Frags Team
|
Fistful of Frags Team
|
FPS, Indie
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Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
|
9 May 2014
|
9 May 2014
|
Free to play
|
79[8]
|
Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
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Tales of Game's Studios
|
Tales of Game's Studios
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RPG
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS
|
January 22, 2008
|
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Freeware[9]
|
93[10]
|
The Battle for Wesnoth
|
David White and others
|
David White and others
|
Turn-based strategy
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
|
October 2005
|
October 2005
|
Freeware[11]
|
91[12]
|
Beneath a Steel Sky
|
Revolution Software
|
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
|
Adventure game
|
MS-DOS, Amiga, Amiga CD32
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March 1994
|
August 2003
|
Freeware[13]
|
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Blacklight: Retribution
|
Zombie, Inc.
|
Perfect World Entertainment
|
Action
|
Playstation 4
|
July 22, 2012
|
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Free to Play
|
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Black Mesa
|
Crowbar Collective
|
Crowbar Collective
|
First-person shooter
|
Microsoft Windows, Linux
|
September 14, 2012
|
September 14, 2012
|
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86[14]
|
Brawlhalla
|
Blue Mammoth Games
|
Ubisoft
|
Fighting
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS
|
October 17, 2017
|
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Free to Play
|
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Name
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Developer
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Publisher
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Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Call of Duty: Warzone
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Infinity Ward, Raven Software
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Activision
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Battle royale
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 10, 2020
|
March 10, 2020
|
Free to Play
|
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Card Hunter
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Blue Manchu
|
Blue Manchu
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Card Game, Turn-based strategy
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Web browser, Microsoft Windows, macOS
|
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Cart Life
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Castle of the Winds
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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
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Cave Story
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Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya
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Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya
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Metroidvania
|
Microsoft Windows
|
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[15]
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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
|
Westwood Studios
|
Electronic Arts
|
Real-time strategy
|
Microsoft Windows
|
August 27, 1999
|
February 12, 2010
|
Freeware
|
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Counter-Strike 2
|
Valve
|
Valve
|
First-person shooter
|
Microsoft Windows, Linux
|
September 27, 2023
|
September 27, 2023
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Free to Play
|
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Crusader Kings II
|
Paradox Development Studio
|
Paradox Interactive
|
Grand strategy, role-playing
|
Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS
|
February 14, 2012
|
October 18, 2019
|
Free to play
|
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Name
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Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
DC Universe Online
|
Daybreak Game Company
|
WB Games
|
MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
January 11, 2011
|
November 1, 2011
|
Free to Play
|
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A Date with Death
|
Two and a Half Studios
|
Two and a Half Studios
|
Visual novel
|
Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
|
December 7, 2023
|
December 7, 2023
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Freeware
|
Death Rally
|
Remedy
|
Apogee Software, Ltd.
|
Vehicular combat, Racing
|
MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
|
7 September 1996
|
20 October 2009
|
Freeware
|
[16]
|
Destiny 2
|
Bungie
|
Bungie
|
First-person shooter
|
Microsoft Windows
|
October 24, 2017
|
October 1, 2019
|
Free to Play
|
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Digital Combat Simulator
|
Eagle Dynamics
|
The Fighter Collection
|
Combat flight simulation game
|
Microsoft Windows
|
17 October 2008
|
17 October 2008
|
|
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Digital: A Love Story
|
Love Conquers All Games
|
Love Conquers All Games
|
Visual novel
|
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
|
February 2010
|
February 2010
|
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[17]
|
Dink Smallwood
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Robinson Technologies
|
Iridon Interactive
|
Role-playing
|
Microsoft Windows
|
1998
|
October 17, 1999
|
Freeware[18]
|
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
|
Team Salvato
|
Team Salvato
|
Visual novel
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
September 22, 2017
|
September 22, 2017
|
Freeware
|
78 [19]
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Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story
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|
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Dota 2
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Valve
|
Valve
|
MOBA
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
July 2013
|
July 2013
|
Free-to-play
|
90 [20]
|
Dragonsphere
|
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
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Dwarf Fortress
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Tarn Adams
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Bay 12 Games
|
City-building game, Roguelike
|
Windows, OS X, Linux
|
August 2006
|
August 2006
|
Freeware[21]
|
[22]
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Name
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Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Egoboo
|
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The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
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Bethesda Softworks
|
Bethesda Softworks
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RPG
|
DOS
|
September 20, 1996
|
August 31, 1996
|
Freeware
|
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Elona
|
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Elsword
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KOG
|
KOG
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MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
December 27, 2007
|
December 27, 2007
|
Free To Play
|
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Eve Online
|
CCP Games
|
Simon & Schuster
|
MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
May 6, 2003
|
November 11, 2016
|
Limited Free To Play
|
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EverQuest II
|
Sony Online Entertainment, LLC
|
Sony Online Entertainment, LLC
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MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
December 7, 2011
|
December 7, 2011
|
Free to Play
|
|
Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Ib
|
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Iji
|
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I Wanna Be the Guy
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Name
|
Developer
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Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Maldita Castilla
|
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The Marathon Trilogy
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Mari0
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Marvel Heroes 2015
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Gazzillion Entertainment
|
Gazzillion Entertainment
|
Action, MMO
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X
|
June 4, 2013
|
June 4, 2013
|
Free to Play
|
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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
|
|
Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
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
|
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84[40]
|
RIFT
|
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Robocraft
|
Freejam
|
Freejam
|
Vehicular combat game
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
July 8, 2014
|
July 8, 2014
|
Free to Play
|
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RuneScape
|
Jagex Game Studio
|
Jagex Game Studio
|
Massively Multiplayer, Fantasy
|
Java, HTML5 (beta)
|
2001
|
2001
|
Free to Play
|
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Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Scorched 3D
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SCP
|
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
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Northwood Studios
|
Northwood Studios
|
Survival horror
|
Microsoft Windows
|
2017
|
2017
|
Free to Play
|
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Silkroad Online
|
Joymax
|
Joymax, Yahoo! Korea
|
MMORPG
|
Microsoft Windows
|
2004
|
2004
|
Free to Play[41]
|
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The Silver Lining
|
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Slender: The Eight Pages
|
Parsec Productions
|
Parsec Productions
|
Survival horror
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X
|
June 26, 2012
|
June 26, 2012
|
Free to Play[42]
|
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Smite
|
Titan Forge Game
|
Hi-Rez Studios
|
MOBA
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 25, 2014
|
March 25, 2014
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Free to Play
|
83
|
Space Engine
|
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Space Station 13
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Spelunky
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Spiral Knights
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Starcraft
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Real-time strategy
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 31, 1998
|
April, 2017
|
Freeware
|
88
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Starmade
|
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Star Trek Online
|
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Street Fighter X Mega Man
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Stronghold Kingdoms
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Super Crate Box
|
Vlambeer
|
Vlambeer
|
Action
|
Microsoft Windows
|
August 29, 2012
|
August 29, 2012
|
Free to Play
|
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Super Mario Bros. Crossover
|
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Free to Play
|
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Super Smash Land
|
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System Shock
|
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Name
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Developer
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Publisher
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Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Tactical Intervention
|
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TagPro
|
Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer)
|
Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer)
|
MOBA
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
June 2013[43]
|
June 2013
|
Free-to-play
|
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Tales of Maj'Eyal
|
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Team Fortress 2
|
Valve
|
Valve
|
First-person shooter
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
10 October 2007
|
23 June 2011[44]
|
Free-to-play
|
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Tecmo Bowl
|
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theHunter
|
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
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Torcs
|
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Toribash
|
Nabi Studios
|
Nicalis, Inc
|
Action, Strategy
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
March 1, 2006
|
March 1, 2006
|
Free to Play
|
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TrackMania Nations Forever
|
Nadeo
|
Focus Interactive
|
Racing video game
|
Microsoft Windows
|
April 16, 2008
|
April 16, 2008
|
Free-to-Play
|
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Transcendence
|
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Transformice
|
Atelier 801
|
Atelier 801
|
MMO, Platform
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
|
May 1, 2010
|
May 1, 2010
|
Free-to-play
|
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Tribes: Ascend
|
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Tyrian 2000
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Name
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Developer
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Publisher
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Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Ultima 4
|
Origin Systems
|
Electronic Arts
|
RPG
|
DOS, Microsoft Windows
|
1985[45]
|
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Freeware[45]
|
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Unknown Horizons
|
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Unreal Tournament
|
Epic Games
|
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FPS
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
|
TBA
|
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UnReal World
|
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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
|
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Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Warface
|
Crytek
|
Crytek
|
Action
|
Microsoft Windows
|
July 1, 2014
|
July 1, 2014
|
Free to Play
|
|
War Thunder
|
Gaijin Entertainment
|
Gaijin Entertainment
|
Simulation
|
Microsoft Windows, OS X
|
November 1, 2012 (Open Beta)
|
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Free to Play
|
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Warframe
|
Digital Extremes
|
Digital Extremes
|
Action
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 15, 2013
|
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Free to Play
|
|
Warzone 2100
|
Warzone 2100 Project
|
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[46]
|
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Within a Deep Forest
|
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World Golf Tour
|
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World of Tanks
|
Wargaming
|
Wargaming
|
Simulation
|
Microsoft Windows
|
March 2011
|
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Free to Play
|
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World of Warplanes
|
Wargaming
|
Wargaming
|
Simulation
|
Microsoft Windows
|
November 2013
|
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Free to Play
|
|
World of Warships
|
Wargaming
|
Wargaming
|
Simulation
|
Microsoft Windows
|
September 17, 2015
|
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Free to Play
|
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Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
|
Origin Systems
|
Origin Systems, Pony Canyon
|
RPG
|
DOS, Microsoft Windows, NES
|
1990
|
June 18, 2012
|
Freeware
|
|
Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Yume Nikki
|
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Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
Zero-K
|
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Name
|
Developer
|
Publisher
|
Genre(s)
|
Operating system(s)
|
Date released
|
Date free
|
Free type
|
Metacritic
|
0 A.D.
|
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