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NOTE: This list has not been updated in quite a while. For newer lists, please check:

List of free open source games | List of free closed source games

If anyone knows of any free or opensource games they like and would like added to the list please reply. Please provide a website link (preferably NOT a direct download link). Also with a short description of what the game is (which can usually be found on the website). Also state whether open source or free.

Below is a list of games that are both free and open source. To learn more about free and open source software, check this Wikipedia article. Note that the license for each game on the list may vary concerning which parts of a game's resources besides the code is free, however all games below can be downloaded and played for free, and have freely available source code.

Action Games

Adventure Games

Arcade Games

Artillery Games

Beat 'Em Ups

Board Games

Card Games

Chess

First-Person Shooters

Multiplayer/Arena FPS

Misc Games

Platform Games

Puzzle Games

Racing Games

Real-Time Strategy Games

Role-Playing Games

Roguelikes

RPG Maker Software

MMORPG

Sandbox Games

Shoot'Em Up

Flight Simulators

Managerial Simulation Games

Space Flight Simulators

Various Vehicle Simulation

Sports

Third-Person Shooters

Turn-Based Strategy Games

4X Strategy Games

Turn-Based Tactics

Open Source Games With Non-Free Content

Free Games With Closed Source

Dune Games

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Andrew

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links please :P

I don't want to do all the work of finding the games you list. :(

EDIT: Found gta1+2

@$picy My ISP is going to dislike you :P Looks like a good game. Not sure why I havn't played it before.

spicy

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freespace 2 and wing comander are the best 2 space sim games ever made they even made

a game that mixed both games lol  Wing Commander Saga :

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,46.0.html'>http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,46.0.html

more mods

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php

dont forget to log on the server

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,135.0.html

those guys realy kept their games going..not like us ..

here is another 1 i remeber

http://www.megagames.com/news/html/pc/freehiddenanddangerousdeluxe.shtml

Beonid

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I've found a couple of good sites for freeware games, Abandonia, and Abandonia Reloaded

Here are my picks from what I've found (in no particular order):

Dune 2 - needs no introduction.

Dune - the original game, again from Abandonia, works fine, but on a 19 inch monitor, it looks pixelated. Maybe it's just my screen.

FreeCiv - Civilisation clone

Ground Control!!! - The original Ground Control - a RTT (Real Time Tactical) game with great graphics.

Commander Keen 1 - 2D platformer

Meh, I'll probably find more, but this is it for now. Oh, and one last thing - Abandonia and Abandonia Reloaded are great search engines for games such as GTA1 and 2.

Vanguard3000

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Whoa, whoa.  Maybe we should limit this to actual freeware/shareware, rather than including abandonware (older games that were once for sale, and in some cases, still technically are).  After all, abandonware technically isn't entirely legal.

I'll add Beyond the Red Line, a free Battlestar Galactica space sim based on the Freespace 2 Engine.

Beonid

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Oh, ok. That's fine with me, but it appeared to me that it was legal, since Abandonia has removed games from its site at the request of the Entertainment Software Association. I suppose that it would be illegal to download Dune, but it's readily available on the net. Abandonia Reloaded doesn't just have abandonware.

Attached is screenshot of the Command & Conquer download page, with a nice big arrow pointing at what I'm talking about.

Revised list:

FreeCiv - I think this is free, but I'm not sure. Hmmm, maybe it's because it's got free in it.

Ground Control - I happen to know that this is available on fileplanet, since that's where I got my copy, and I don't think that a big site like fileplanet would want to go flouting the rules.

Andrew

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Yeah, I'd rather not simply list a couple websites (or hundreds of games) that have all the old games (such as HoTU). That makes the list kinda pointless.

Yep freeciv is ok, and so is fround control

Yes. Gunner :)

I added wiki article fr doom open source stuff since I wasn't sure on correct website.

Hmm, I'm guessing the BSG mod is better than the official BSG game they released? :P

The point of this list is to collect free/open source games so that people will not have to pirate games. Just like the software thread that contains many free alternatives to replace pirated software.

spicy

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they all suck .. but a good pc and get a new decent game like crysis or unreal3

and download new single player games and if u cant do that then u dont need to

ask haw good free games are because they are the only choice you have

and before i go we forgot a very good free game here  :

http://www.joinfear.com/main

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this game is better :

http://www.americasarmy.com/

i wounder why no one has mention it ...  i mean wtf  you can have a virtual career with

  the real united stats army lol sponsored by the American gov it self ..

they are using latest graphics and a ranking system and if you are not going to get bf2 then this game is simply the place to be it has 9 million registered users !!   

this should be added to the list  along side with fear combat

    http://www.joinfear.com/main

.. they are

top 2 free fps out there

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