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.
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
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
EU : 29 February 2012US : 11 April 2012
Free to Play [ 1]
Allegiance
Microsoft Research
Microsoft
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
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
Free to Play
ArcheAge
XL Games
Tencent Games (China)Trion Worlds (NA, Europe, Australia, NZ)Mail.ru (Russia)
MMORPG
Microsoft Windows
KOR : 15 January 2013JP : 23 July 2013RUS : Open beta[ 3] EU : 16 September 2014US : 16 September 2014
Free to Play[ 4]
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 [ 5]
Freeware[ 6]
80[ 7]
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
79[ 8]
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
Tales of Game's Studios
Tales of Game's Studios
RPG
Microsoft Windows , macOS
January 22, 2008
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
March 1994
August 2003
Freeware[ 13]
Blacklight: Retribution
Zombie, Inc.
Perfect World Entertainment
Action
Playstation 4
July 22, 2012
Free to Play
Black Mesa
Crowbar Collective
Crowbar Collective
First-person shooter
Microsoft Windows, Linux
September 14, 2012
September 14, 2012
86[ 14]
Brawlhalla
Blue Mammoth Games
Ubisoft
Fighting
Microsoft Windows, macOS
October 17, 2017
Free to Play
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Call of Duty: Warzone
Infinity Ward , Raven Software
Activision
Battle royale
Microsoft Windows
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
Free to Play
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
[ 15]
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Westwood Studios
Electronic Arts
Real-time strategy
Microsoft Windows
August 27, 1999
February 12, 2010
Freeware
Counter-Strike 2
Valve
Valve
First-person shooter
Microsoft Windows, Linux
September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023
Free to Play
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
DC Universe Online
Daybreak Game Company
WB Games
MMORPG
Microsoft Windows
January 11, 2011
November 1, 2011
Free to Play
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
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
Digital Combat Simulator
Eagle Dynamics
The Fighter Collection
Combat flight simulation game
Microsoft Windows
17 October 2008
17 October 2008
Digital: A Love Story
Love Conquers All Games
Love Conquers All Games
Visual novel
Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Linux
February 2010
February 2010
[ 17]
Dink Smallwood
Robinson Technologies
Iridon Interactive
Role-playing
Microsoft Windows
1998
October 17, 1999
Freeware[ 18]
Doki Doki Literature Club !
Team Salvato
Team Salvato
Visual novel
Microsoft Windows, OS X , Linux
September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017
Freeware
78 [ 19]
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
90 [ 20]
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[ 21]
[ 22]
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
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
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
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[ 40]
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Scorched 3D
SCP
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Northwood Studios
Northwood Studios
Survival horror
Microsoft Windows
2017
2017
Free to Play
Silkroad Online
Joymax
Joymax, Yahoo! Korea
MMORPG
Microsoft Windows
2004
2004
Free to Play [ 41]
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[ 42]
Smite
Titan Forge Game
Hi-Rez Studios
MOBA
Microsoft Windows
March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014
Free to Play
83
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Tactical Intervention
TagPro
Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer)
Nick Riggs (LuckySpammer)
MOBA
Microsoft Windows , OS X , Linux
June 2013[ 43]
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[ 44]
Free-to-play
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
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Ultima 4
Origin Systems
Electronic Arts
RPG
DOS , Microsoft Windows
1985[ 45]
Freeware [ 45]
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
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
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)
Free to Play
Warframe
Digital Extremes
Digital Extremes
Action
Microsoft Windows
March 15, 2013
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]
Within a Deep Forest
World Golf Tour
World of Tanks
Wargaming
Wargaming
Simulation
Microsoft Windows
March 2011
Free to Play
World of Warplanes
Wargaming
Wargaming
Simulation
Microsoft Windows
November 2013
Free to Play
World of Warships
Wargaming
Wargaming
Simulation
Microsoft Windows
September 17, 2015
Free to Play
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
Yume Nikki
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
Zero-K
Name
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Operating system(s)
Date released
Date free
Free type
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