By "online" I don't necessarily mean games that you play online with other people (although, I'm not ruling that out).
The best two free games available on these intarnets that I've found are:
Grid Wars 2 and Grow RPG. The former has staying power, while the latter just provides a really fun 30 minutes, or however long it takes you to beat it.
― Zachary S (Zach S), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/gw18.jpg
Interested people, please see http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/wars.htm
― caek (caek), Monday, 22 January 2007 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― Zachary S (Zach S), Monday, 22 January 2007 05:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Great link to a g'drillion online games (ok, only 20). http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/jeuxchiants/doublejeu.htm and http://www.vivalagames.com/play/cursorthief/ two of my faves, both v simple and quick and "just one more go" type addictive.
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 22 January 2007 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link
You need never work again...
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 22 January 2007 10:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, cheers. Under hybrid setup your keyboard controls movement and the mouse controls shooting direction, a la Quake, etc.
Grid wars = too hectic for me.
I never survive longer than about ten minutes, which I see as an advantage. It's a proper game, but you only need ten minutes for it.
― caek (caek), Monday, 22 January 2007 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 22 January 2007 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
― Zachary S (Zach S), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 09:21 (fifteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 25 January 2007 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― Zachary S (Zach S), Friday, 26 January 2007 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://addictinggames.com/extremeheliboarding.html
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 26 January 2007 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 26 January 2007 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It would be nice to get past a log for once grrrr
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
101 free games (with hardly any comments on any of them. there's moaning on a.n.other forum that the list is an amalgam of other lists which were better but...)
― Koogy Bloogies (koogs), Friday, 26 January 2007 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
― Z S, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
― Z S, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
― Will M., Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
― Will M., Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
gimme new ones
― chaki, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
About a month ago, I used the Stumble Upon "online games" channel so often that I actually got a message telling me that I had viewed every single recommended Stumble link on the topic, and to chill out for a while. I haven't played a free online game since. Thanks for fucking up my self-esteem, Stumble Upon.
― Z S, Thursday, 30 August 2007 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
www.minijuegos.com
Can't pimp it enough people.
― kv_nol, Thursday, 30 August 2007 08:31 (fourteen years ago) link
BUT WHAT GAME ON MINIJUAGOS
― chaki, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
^srsly
― Z S, Thursday, 30 August 2007 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://zetaflow.skylogic.ca/
― El Tomboto, Monday, 10 September 2007 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Lazy bastards! (xxpost)
― kv_nol, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Tombot, that is a fantastic game.
― kv_nol, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
puzzler: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz
― caek, Thursday, 20 September 2007 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hte best free online game: http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/ssb/
― sleepingbag, Friday, 28 September 2007 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
bloxorz roxorz! Something surprisingly counter-intuitive about it. (Or, I'm dense.)
― ledge, Friday, 28 September 2007 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
No one seems to have mentioned these old school platform games yet:
Cave Story Info Download with English Patch for Windows And then the Mac English patch is here http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/ilikehame/_111_cave_story_ss_01.gif
Knytt Stories Can be downloaded here Extra levels http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/ilikehame/knytt6.jpg
La Mulana English version is available at home of the underdogs http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/ilikehame/lamu_01.jpg
― Penguin USA Paper, Friday, 28 September 2007 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
This might be a better place to get La Mulana
No pop ups.
― Penguin USA Paper, Friday, 28 September 2007 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
desktop tower defense!
― pj, Sunday, 30 September 2007 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, I forgot all about Cave Story! I can really, really recommend that one. That one was obviously a labor of love for whoever developed it. It also has replay value because depending on the way you proceed, you can get different weapons and endings. A+ would play again etc.
Knytt Stories looks intriguing, I may check that out later today.
― Z S, Sunday, 30 September 2007 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It took forever and never seemed to go anywhere. I stopped playing.
― kv_nol, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
The original Knytt is even more low-key than most of the Knytt Stories levels. I'd agree that they don't really 'go anywhere' -- the appeal is mostly in exploring the weird mysterious world and seeing the tiny little sprite animals hop around, which is compelling enough for me but I can see how it could seem boring.
― Penguin USA Paper, Monday, 1 October 2007 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/launch/11956
Just going to give it a try.
http://jayisgames.com/images/kaipuu.gif
― kv_nol, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Kaipuu has a memory leak. (and Seiklus is better)
― abanana, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I couldn't get Kaipuu to work.
― kv_nol, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
God help me, I just discovered Peggle. Crack.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 4 October 2007 05:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I really like Peggle and I've considered thought about buying the full version, but I bet it isn't much better than the free one.
― abanana, Thursday, 4 October 2007 05:56 (fourteen years ago) link
thought about
But more levels! MORE LEVELS
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
o hi dere, its a download, but how does online kart racing grab you http://kart.nexon.net/Download/Client.aspx
― stevie, Friday, 5 October 2007 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I played KongKongSEA for a long time. It is a jump racing game with attack items and tiles on the ground that give you boost and direction changes.
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 8 October 2007 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
as for rpgs I found: The Spirit Engine Triglaw -only works in certain browsers flash rpgs: Sinjid Shadow of the Warrior, Swords and Sandals 2 (need full version to save), Bleach Training 2
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 8 October 2007 05:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Everyone should play the Knytt Stories level "Don't Eat the Mushroom" http://www.box.net/shared/5ju8b2232v
― abanana, Sunday, 14 October 2007 06:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1171/pathpixss7.png PathPix and more. The demos will take you several hours to complete each. http://krispixton.com/PathPix/ http://www.kaser.com/
― abanana, Saturday, 27 October 2007 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Question:
Is the music for this game the worst music of all time?
HINT: Wait until the programmer's 15 year old girlfriend starts singing before you make your final decision.
― Z S, Friday, 2 November 2007 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I like it
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 12:41 (ten months ago) link
That Dots and Boxes, I won playing a 2x2 square arena lol
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 12:56 (ten months ago) link
I enjoyed hole.io a lot. Probably too much. I was meant to do some work today.
*shakes fist at ledge* (but thank you)
― scampus unrest (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:44 (ten months ago) link
Wait, it isn't hole.io, it is hole-io dot com. Looking forward to the .io being some dodgy porn site that I've now said I enjoy a lot on the internet.
Luckily I am way too bad at the bouncy ball golf game to get addicted to that but it's a pleasingly simple concept.
― scampus unrest (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:46 (ten months ago) link
oh man a friend and i went head to head on hole.io big time when it came out on mobile, whenever that was. good times
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:32 (ten months ago) link
check out the non-free game donut county too.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:09 (ten months ago) link
wow, hole-io is very very compelling
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:05 (ten months ago) link
goddammit. now i'm a double silver star. if anyone sees a giant karl malone on there, that's me. i'm getting pretty good at "Classic" mode - I almost always get 10 or 20 stars
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:54 (ten months ago) link
:(
I just realized I've been playing most bots, probably. every time i start near other "players", i notice almost all of them make a straight bee-line toward something, instead of exploring the surrounding area for the smallest objects (a strategy that leads to victory almost every time). speaking of "victory almost every time", i'm starting to become suspicious that....sigh
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:14 (ten months ago) link
however i will continue destroying these bots until i am triple silver star.
for tonight.
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:15 (ten months ago) link
there's a solo mode which is just you against the scenery.
i find some scenes have nothing small and you really struggle to get started. and when you are large it gets laggy. maybe I'm just terrible.
― koogs, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:48 (ten months ago) link
no, those are problems for me too. the bot theory is helpful actually, i'd wondered about those mysterious high-speed bee-lines towards stuff. but hey, computer opponents have been a mainstay of video games since the golden age. just think of them like the ghosts in pac-man and enjoy the loop of chomping stuff and getting bigger.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 July 2021 13:02 (ten months ago) link
It is pretty easy to win unless you get born somewhere with no small stuff but yeah still satisfying. Solo mode is harder, best I've managed is about 75% but I've only tried two or three times.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Sunday, 4 July 2021 13:28 (ten months ago) link
i got to the 80% threshold, but it's VERY map-dependent. like what you want is to be in one of the maps with a ton of marsh grass and bamboo to just chow down on at the beginning.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 July 2021 15:18 (ten months ago) link
yeah, there's one map where the little marsh grass is actually worth +2 at the beginning, while the bigger trees and things like that you can barely swallow are only +1
and there's another map where I can't seem to get past 30% no matter what.
one suggestion for this game is that they could put the title of the map somewhere when you play it! if you're playing on rando, sometimes it's tough to know where you actually are.
i did submit a tip to the developer and asked them about the possibility of creating private rooms, or somewhere where you could count on more humans
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 July 2021 15:20 (ten months ago) link
the maps have titles on the maps page. pretty generic though. sci-fi. vikings. japan...
the sci fi one looks like it has lots of large buildings but they are actually prefabs, made up of smaller blocks, which slip down nicely.
― koogs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 15:27 (ten months ago) link
i appreciate the No Sound aesthetic, too
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 July 2021 15:30 (ten months ago) link
it's a lesson that should apply to book covers, too - if you don't have any good ideas for what it should be, it's almost better to just go with nothing at all
Japan seemed easier, always something small nearby. got 80 something percent on solo a couple of times.
― koogs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 21:43 (ten months ago) link
the other thing this BADLY needs is a mini-map. doesn't need to be, and probably shouldn't be, "live" ... but being able to know at a glance whether you're heading towards viable terrain or the bottom right corner of the map would be really nice.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 5 July 2021 02:14 (ten months ago) link
https://lonebot.itch.io/possessed
fun gamejam winner. someone should make more based on this mechanic.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 9 August 2021 22:40 (nine months ago) link
good stuff!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 01:41 (nine months ago) link
more from same peoplehttps://lonebot.itch.io/what-goes-up
your player sniffs when idle
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 16 August 2021 19:30 (nine months ago) link
possessed is nice
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 16 August 2021 20:02 (nine months ago) link
Made it through What Goes Up. Nice brain tickler.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 00:54 (nine months ago) link
The games that are free on GOG: https://www.gog.com/partner/stay_at_home
I can recommend Flight of the Amazon Queen, Beneath a Steel Sky (last two both SCUMM games), Samorost, Treasure Adventure Game
― adam t. (abanana), Friday, 20 August 2021 06:24 (eight months ago) link
Syndicate Plus and Syndicate Wars also currently 100% off (which I guess is different to free which is why they're not showing on that list?).
― JimD, Friday, 20 August 2021 10:11 (eight months ago) link
https://pedropsi.github.io/tag.html?search=puzzlemostly pen & paper style puzzles
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 29 August 2021 13:22 (eight months ago) link
Always impressed with how much people can squeeze out of the Pico-8 system, this one is playable in the browser and if you like trains;
Cab Ride
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:36 (six months ago) link
Actually realised that's the previous version, if you hunt down the cart on the Pico-9 website you'll get the most recent one which features more stuff.
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:55 (six months ago) link
erm, Pico-8
pico 8 highlights video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrb23YNeAK4
(i need to finish the one i'm in the middle of, but i'm slightly bored of it and i don't see why anyone would play it when they could be playing anything else. also need to finish the one before that...)
― koogs, Thursday, 28 October 2021 17:36 (six months ago) link
SteamWorld Dig 2 free on Steam for the next few hours
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 11 November 2021 15:34 (six months ago) link
thanks!
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 11 November 2021 15:39 (six months ago) link
been meaning to up load a fun level I designed for this, because of the film Dune right now. This is a well done reworking of the classic real time strategy game (original?!?) Dune 2 for the PC, this fan made re-design operates very differently to the original but it keeps the same everything else, style of graphics, sounds, etc. I enjoyed it as a fan of the original but don't know if it is appealing to new players? One for the retro gamers and dune fans, at least.http://dunelegacy.sourceforge.net/website/
― Swanswans, Friday, 12 November 2021 13:44 (six months ago) link
Oh nice, SteamWorld Dig 2 is so good! Hope some of you got that. I have it on Switch.
― Evan, Friday, 12 November 2021 14:42 (six months ago) link
i enjoyed this
https://kultisti.itch.io/sulka?ac=qfCyYFQF-tw
little platform puzzle thing
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:00 (four months ago) link
thanks
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:35 (four months ago) link
nice play mechanic, good way to kill a half hour!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:38 (four months ago) link
indeed
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:59 (four months ago) link
fun and cute!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 13 January 2022 16:38 (four months ago) link
yeah, written in 60hrs for some jam or other, i think
would be great with a level editor and shareable levels, could easily fit them in a url, or a tweet.
― koogs, Thursday, 13 January 2022 17:53 (four months ago) link
Are we just not mentioning the obvious free online in-browser game for some reason
― lukas, Friday, 14 January 2022 05:06 (four months ago) link
there's w0rd1e talk in the spelling Bee thread
― koogs, Friday, 14 January 2022 06:07 (four months ago) link
which is naturally searchable by the word "tomtit"
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 January 2022 07:05 (four months ago) link
Also searchable by "spelling bee."
― Wordle Stephen Curry II (Leee), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:31 (four months ago) link
What fun is that
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 January 2022 19:07 (four months ago) link
https://jesper-hustad.github.io/NoPixel-minigame/index
idk who follows nopixel but this has been my recent brain recalibration.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 04:07 (three months ago) link
ouch that hurts my brain.
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 11:19 (three months ago) link
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260520/Patricks_Parabox/
free demo that's worth playing
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 31 March 2022 10:15 (one month ago) link