Our best free PC games list has gotten a big overhaul for 2020, out with some of the old and in with a few new free games we're playing on our computers these days. How about a hellish four-faced Tetris board you can play in your browser? Or our selection of the best free-to-play PC games right now? Or some eternal greats like Command & Conquer and Dwarf Fortress? There are a lot of free PC games to choose from here.To make it easier, we've divided the list up into genres.

Some are free online games, while others are free downloads from sites like Itch.io. To start, here are some of our absolute favorites, followed by our go-to free-to-play games to lose hundreds of hours into. Best free PC games to play right now.

So I'm not sure if this is a bug caused by a mod but some of my soldiers appear to be bald when they're just chilling around in the avenger. This happens to soldiers who I've customized to wear a helmet or hood, the hair I picked is still there but greyed out once they're wearing a head item, but this also makes them bald in the avenger menu, is any fix for this?

An awesome collection of low-poly horror game demos that evoke early Resident Evil and Silent Hill. Weird, creative, spooky.

There are 17! What a bounty. It's Bomberman, but in big 25-player matches. Super fast action. A parody of Death Stranding that has you strap a giant stack of stuff on your back and go for a hike. It's pretty broken, but still good for a laugh.

A terrific story generator about managing dwarf society in a world that can kill them horribly, and hilariously, in moments. One of our favourite sims ever. A vast and deep grand strategy game that lets you simulate a dynasty in ancient Europe. There's so much to master here, and the potential for great stories. If you like the base game, there's nearly a decade's worth of expansions to buy. Initially a game about a frog catching flies to save apples, Frog Fractions morphs into increasingly surreal and subversive forms and becomes so much more.

Just play it. Yes, it's ASCII, but stick with it.

This is the roguelike to end them all, a dungeon crawling adventure that lets you do so much more than you'll ever anticipate. Let it get its hooks in you and you'll be immersed, even without graphics.The best free-to-play games(Image credit: Epic Games).

(Image credit: CD Projekt RED)While most of the games on this list are completely free, these free-to-play games are supported by in-game microtransactions or paid-for updates. They want your money, but they're also massive games you can sink months or years into and some of the most popular games in the world. These are the ones we think are actually worth your time.This phenomenally successful third-person shooter throws 100 players into a map and shrinks the borders of the playable area until only one individual, or team, is victorious. Once you've parachuted in you need to raid buildings and loot chests for weapons. You can also build structures anywhere you like. The best players are able to build and battle at the same time in remarkable shows of dexterity.An outstanding, dangerously moreish digital card game. Regular events and card drops keeps the meta bubbling.

The density of the card collection available is daunting but you can keep up with our round-up of the.You play a sci-fi ninja in this third-person co-op action game. Warframe has been quietly growing in popularity as new updates and challenges have been added. The game has even gained massive open world zones in addition to the many, many missions that make up its planet-hopping campaign.Two teams of five battle across three lanes in this colourful MOBA.

Summoner's Rift provides lengthy, intense competition, but you can also jump into the Howling Abyss for some All Random All Mid action.This is a crunchy and detailed Diablo-like with remarkably deep character development and progression systems. It's not the most beautiful action RPG in the world, but it is engaging and rewarding in the long run.

The microtransactions aren't too intrusive either, which makes this a must-try for fans of Diablo 2 and its ilk. Best free games: Classics- This recommendation exists outside a genre, because it's a collection of thousands of classic PC games playable in your browser.

The MS-DOS collection on Archive.org contains more than 4000 games, all emulated and easy to play in just a few seconds. Wolfenstein 3D, Prince of Persia, Jazz Jackrabbit, Carmen Sandiego. You could spend a lifetime of lunch breaks playing these games alone.- Westwood’s alternate history spin-off is still a great RTS. Visit CNCNet and you’ll find downloads of Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun, all updated to work nicely on modern systems and integrated with the CnCNet multiplayer platform for easy online play.- Two decades after it was first released, Blizzard now offers its strategy space opera free of charge. The bundle also brings you the Brood War expansion’s fresh crop of campaigns, tilesets, units and upgrade advancement.

Get that APM up.- Boasting a 63,000 square mile map, Daggerfall is an enormous RPG set in the Breton homeland of High Rock. It features many elements that remain in the Elder Scrolls series today, including guilds, enchanting and a reputation system. It’s not as accessible as Skyrim, but a great RPG in its day.- Developed by Revolution, best known for Broken Sword, this dystopian point-and-click adventure was co-created with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons. It’s an enjoyable adventure, with clever puzzles that make use of the hero’s body-switching robotic sidekick.- First released on PC over 20 years ago, this open source turn-based strategy game is heavily inspired by Civilization. Available in 33 languages, running on pretty much every OS under the sun, for no cost at all, it’s no surprise the game has been wildly successful.- Not a mod, but rather a fully featured standalone ode to Thief with a bounty of user-made levels. If you love Thief, this is all the Thief you'll ever need.

Best free games: Action(Image credit: Bungie)- A classic '90s shooter from Bungie, who went on to make Halo and Destiny. The full trilogy can be played for free.- Spelunky meets Contra in this murderous platform game where you explore one randomly generated level after another. The guns push you back with their hefty recoil, shake the screen, and turn enemies into pixel confetti.- A retro areana FPS that'll remind you of Quake 3 Arena, maintained and updated by an active community.- Is it enough to just kill your foe?

Far better to blast them during a slow-mo dive off a balcony. That’s the joy of Double Action: Boogaloo, an action shooter with acrobatics and bullet time that somehow works as an online deathmatch.- The game that invented the endless runner, and also the game that proved that it is impossible to jump through a window if you are actually trying to do it. I love Canabalt for its atmospheric, low-key sci-fi visuals and amazing soundtrack.- Rhythm espionage survival. I'd have called it Dance Dance Execution, but the principle remains the same. You play as two spies, dancing through a variety of deadly locations.

They'll pirouette past traps, dodge under attacks, and take down enemies with an elegant twirl. Best free games: Strategy(Image credit: Doublespeak games)- A perfect browser game. It's a match-three, but it's really a game of building and survival: by day you match bricks, wood, etc. To gather materials needed to construct a little village. When night comes, rats, zombies and skeletons emerge as you connect their relevant icons on the game board. At this point it's a fight for survival.

Gridland can easily eat a weekend if you're not careful.- A standalone Command & Conquer Tiberian sun mod that surpasses the original game with new units and massive campaigns. A must-try for RTS fans. Best free games: Exploration(Image credit: Shelly Alon)- An enigmatic adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world, with a cracking central mechanic. Rather than combining objects with other objects, you're affecting the world with a lute, by plucking at its colour-coded strings. It's a bit like Ocarina of Time, and a lot like LOOM; to open a door, for example, you'll pluck a certain combination using the game's moderately fiddly interface.

Olav & Lute is a short, stark, striking adventure.- Bad Dream is all about clicking. Being a point and click adventure series, that might seem obvious, but rarely is clicking on things as satisfying as it is in these macabre games. You’ll use the mouse to make bugs slither out of plant pots and other gruesome actions.- flOw's minimalist appeal and dynamically adjusting difficulty curve has hooked hundreds of thousands. Use the mouse to guide a creature through an evolutionary mire, gobbling up smaller animals to grow, and hitting red blobs to swim deeper. When you eat, you evolve, but you can see large predators moving through the gloom on the levels below, waiting to swallow you whole. Serene yet addictive.- Basically room escapes, but with a macabre sense of humour, a touch of Lynchian weirdness, and cryptic stories that have inspired much fan debate. It’s an inspired concoction, with challenging puzzles and an absorbing atmosphere.- Off-Peak is like visiting a scrapbook made from a jazz fusion dream.

It’s a strange but brilliant space, furnished with all manner of oddities. There’s the former viola player who now treats his ramen counter as a string section, and the whale which hangs in the main space, dwarfing everything else as you steal pizza slices far below.- While the concept is mildly terrifying, in practice this is one of the more approachable roguelikes, as it streamlines the genre to focus on movement and combat. You’re hopping around a mathematically tricksy sphere here, far bigger than its surface area and encompassing wildly differing geographical regions.- ASCII roguelikes have a reputation for being impenetrable. Brogue, despite staying true to the genre, works hard to feel approachable. The controls make navigating its dungeons a breeze, and the elegant shading makes its symbols atmospheric and readable. Best free games: Story & Comedy(Image credit: Toby Fox)- Who knows where Undertale follow-up Deltarune is heading for its second chapter, but this multi-hour RPG already feels like a complete game, taking the player from their school, to a troubled fantasy land and back again.

It manages to be both hilarious and moving, just like Undertale.- One of our favorite visual novels. Jody described it as 'a coming-of-age story but also a coming-out-to-yourself story' that's great because of its genuine characters and smart writing throughout.- Party like it’s the early-’00s in this narrative game set in a chat client. You’ll get to know fellow high school student Emily through snippets of online conversations about life, love and indie rock music. If you enjoy this, paid-for sequel Emily is Away Too is worth checking out.- What if Hitler had actually been two kids in a giant coat the whole time? Double Hitler recreates key moments in Adolf's adult life, putting you in the role of said kids in said giant overcoat. As you can imagine, even the act of walking is difficult when you're really two children in a big jacket, and about 90% of the game is spent trying to stay upright without toppling over and revealing your secret. Double Hitler is pretty much QWOP: wonderfully silly, and told with a masterfully straight face.- A musical adventure game bursting with jokes.

This Yorkshire-set point-and-click game is fully voiced so you can enjoy that regional accent to the fullest. You play a curmudgeon called Steggy who is on a mission to ruin Mandatory Singing Day with a song that will destroy the competition. It's only a few screens large, but it's full of quirky characters and a few lovely tunes.- Set after the condiment prohibition of a now-overthrown tyrant, and with the world now largely jacked into the cyberbahn, Dog of Dracula 2 takes you into the seamy, neon world of Nuevo Tokyo. Follow the tale of a friendship gone awry—of your link to a little pup in a Dracula cape who’s sporting a green mohican and a range of cyber implants. Dog of Dracula 2 dives headfirst into ’90s pop culture references and daft cyberpunk tropes with total commitment.- Neo New York is reeling from the devastation of a Chaos Dunk.

Falsely accused of the crime, former NBA player Charles Barkley is on the run from Michael Jordan. This is the basis for an absurd JRPG that delights in sending up the genre’s tropes.- As creator Robert Yang says, 'Stick Shift is an autoerotic night-driving game about pleasuring a gay car.' It’s part of an anthology with Hurt Me Plenty and Succulent, covering eroticism, politics and more. Stick Shift is funny while also offering food for thought. Best free games: Puzzle(Image credit: Stephen Lavells)- In this browser game, you play four boards of Tetris simultaneously. It's exactly as infuriating as it sounds.

When you press the drop button, the Tetris piece currently at the center of the screen gets added to all four boards with its relative rotation, meaning it's guaranteed to be an awful placement on at least one of them. The only good news is that in 'if Tetris was a demon with four faces' (in English) there's no time ticking away or pieces dropping without your command.- I generally keep my beard just under, and on, my chin, which makes it easy to find when a puzzle game asks me to locate it. In Where is My Beard? You have to make a bunch of unbearded shapes more hirsute, by engineering it so that they touch bearded ones—face fungus being contagious, as you know.- Naya's Quest was made by VVVVVV and Super Hexagon creator Terry Cavanagh. In case you were wondering: yes, it is bastard hard, just less stressful on your reflexes.

It's an isometric puzzle-platformer about a girl and her pilgrimage to the edge of the world.- You're the editor of a newspaper in a totalitarian state in this game from the creator of Return of the Obra Dinn. Each day you must choose which stories to run and how much space to give them, impacting your paper's popularity and the government's approval with the general populace. Smart and cynical. Best free games: Horror- A Half-Life total conversion from 2013, Cry of Fear is impressive for the sheer number of things it tries to do with the aging GoldSrc engine. It’s a game about running from spasmodically jerking not-humans as you explore and solve puzzles and generally feel bad about your situation. It’s scary, primarily due to jump scares but also because of its relentless tension. Despite some rough edges, this is an ambitious eight or so hours of quality horror.- This story of a person playing a text adventure takes a sinister turn.

Originally standalone, it became the first episode of eerie, atmospheric adventure Stories Untold. You can still play it for free by downloading the demo from Steam.- Chyrza’s brand of horror is that unsettling strangeness you get with ruined alien desertscapes and mentions of a strange and terrible pyramid. But it’s not just Chyrza. Kitty Horrorshow’s back catalogue thrums with eerie and creepy experiences. Best free games: Strange and Surprising(Image credit: Arcane Kids)-A weird punk edutainment game, in which the titular cat-thing takes a trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Using a deliberately awkward control scheme, you jump and glide your way across floating platforms, moving towards the museum and receiving hints from the talking frogs.- Allow a convincing facsimile of much loved cult film and TV director David Lynch to teach you typing in this amusing typing game that is in no way officially associated with the man himself.- Unleash a gaggle of adorable, squiggly mini-pets on your desktop. Cyberpet Graveyard has a lot of components. There's a text adventure, there are text files containing scraps of lore, and windows where your pets live. Considered together, these elements combine to tell a story about the little creatures bouncing around your computer. Sweet, dark, and funny.- A Museum of Dubious Splendors is both a storybook and exhibition space. It elevates objects by supersizing them, by connecting them to the game’s collection of tales, by putting them in a museum space, by making them beautiful and weird, dangling in space.- Prepare yourself for an unsettling journey into a world of gym people trapped in some sort of gym purgatory. Superpower 2 cheats.

In this RPG you and your competing muscle men have to dangle-walk from vast ceilings, traversing between points of respite where you can recharge your stamina. Other gymgoers will put you down and try to kick you to your death in the infinite darkness below. Can you survive their taunts and master muscle world?- Recommending Skeal is a tough job because the absolute best experience is to go in with zero idea of what to expect.

To that end, it’s a downhill skiing experience which becomes transcendental the longer you ski and the more reveals you trigger as the jape unfurls.- When you start, you have zero paperclips. Creating new ones is laborious, but well, I won’t ruin the surprise. Like Cookie Clicker, it starts as a game about making a number bigger, but turns into something far more sinister.- Tangentially related to Night in the Woods, Lost Constellation is an adventure about an astronomer who journeys through a forest to see ghost of her dead lover.

The tone will be familiar to fans of Night in the Woods, as will its mix of warmth and melancholy.- Dziff’s interactive sketchbook leaves you to explore a watercolour world just beyond a little train station. Wander amongst the flamingos or lily pads, or head on over to the big greenhouse and take a peep inside. When the sun sets you’ll be scooted back to the station and sent on your way.

Are you bored of Evony? Looking for more games like Evony? There are plenty of games like Evony available with each offering their own unique features and setting.Evony is a popular 2D strategy MMO that takes place in a fantasy world, it is often considered to be one of the standouts in its genre and has attracted a large audience with its impressive graphics and gameplay.This page aims to collect a large variety of MMO games like Evony, be sure to stop by the comment section to share your favourite or let us know about a game like Evony that we missed.For a full list of MMO Strategy Games I highly recommend. A Persistant Browser Based Game Like EvonyStormfall is another browser based game like Evony with a military focus that draws inspiration from the Middle Ages. The game has a strong player base (with several thousand active at anyone time) and is built on top of the formula of other Plarium games, who produce a number of the great MMORTS games to grace the genre.Stormfall has you build up your own empire from humble beginnings, grow an army and meet other players on your journey.

The game is constantly being updated and tweaked and what it might lack graphically on your first glance it more than makes up for with gameplay depth.If you want a break from the stock standard MMORTS game Stormfall delivers an interesting experience. A Historical Strategy Game Like EvonySparta follows a similar gameplay style to the other MMO strategy games on this page.

It focuses on gathering resources and growing an army to ultimately expand your settlement as far as possible.Sparta is one of the easier Strategy MMO games to get into and features a sleek design interface that helps you analyse information easily.The game starts you off in a simple area of farmland and gives you the challenge of growing a thriving empire. This is accomplished by building a variety of structures that each offer its own benefits and technological upgrades. While Sparta doesn't re-invent the online MMO strategy genre it pulls it off wonderfully and is definitely one of the great games like Evony.

Another Medieval Game Like EvonyShadow Kings takes place in medieval times and has players take control of their own kingdom to battle for dominance. The game is playable completely within your browser (no need to download anything). With a good amount of depth to the game you can choose to focus on trade or battle, the choice is yours.Shadow Kings is unique though in that it's also available on iOS and Android which means you can stay connected to your kingdom at all times.In Shadow Kings you will farm raw materials and use them to fuel your army.

Train a variety of different soldiers and gear them to claim new kingdoms in your name. Experience the great adventure that is Shadow Kings and make new friends along the way. Take Control Of A Kingdom In This Game Like EvonyGoodgame Empire is another medieval themed game like Evony and is one of the few multi platform games out there. This means that players can enjoy the game from their mobile device (iOS and Android) or play it in your browser. Because all of these servers are connected together you can swap between devices as you wish to make sure you're always in contact with your empire.One of the more unique elements of Goodgame Empire is the ability to direct your troops in battle.

Unlike other games where you are limited to selecting your troops and sending them out Empire lets you control their combat tactics by choosing the areas of your enemies castle you'll commit your troops towards.This also works in the reverse by allowing players to build up their castle that is used to defend against attacks as they see fit. By adding this extra element it's easy to get a lot more enjoyment from the game as you go from small settlement to rankings leader.

A Game Like Evony Set In Ancient TimesKhan Wars is another free browser game like Evony that is set in ancient times as you lead your own settlement in war,trade and diplomacy.In Khan Wars you'll form alliances with other players and even use the powers of your army to ensure victory against the Persian army that wants to take your freedom.Battles take place across land or sea and even incorporate a number of mythical units into the mix. Like most browser based games Khan Wars has you start out with a small civilisation which you can build and shape as you see fit through a number of buildings and technological upgrades.If you're a fan of the likes of other strategy games this is definitely the best free to play MMO strategy game for you. A Popular Game Like EvonyTribal Wars 2 (or TW2) is a browser based MMO real time strategy game like Evony. The game takes place in the Middle Ages and has players take control of a small village and eventually take over other villagers.Tribal Wars is one if the more popular browser games available with millions of registered users. The majority of the game is accessed through the main screen (which is a text and graphic interface), from here players can construct buildings, recruit soldiers and control your troops.By checking out other user's profiles you can see a variety of stats including village information, opponents defeated, current location, rank and the tribe (guild) they belong too.

These guilds known as tribes are of great importance within the game and are used for protection and to co-ordinate attacks, tribes can also form alliances with other tribes.Combat is statistic based focusing on numbers and troop types to determine successful attacks or defenses. Tribal Wars also features an achievement system that allows players to show off their achievements to each other. A High Quality Game Like EvonyThe West throws you right into action against rival settlements and other growing threats in the Wild West. As you fight over what is available in the harsh environment you'll have plenty of fun choosing your next strategic step for your empire.Set in the middle of the wild west landscape players will command their own settlement of cowboys, Indians or Mexicans that each have their own strengths while raiding other players and completing a PvE storyline and quests. It's a game that leans more on it's storytelling elements and even includes lots of voice overs that help bring the game to life and don't force you to read walls of text to get the gist of the situation at hand.The end game focus in The West is also pretty strong ensuring that it is a game that you can continue to play for months to come. This end game is mostly centred around clan rankings which encourages you to be tactical with your clan mates.

Each weapon brings its unique play style with it — from aggressive, head-on punches, to more defensive, long-range telekinesis. You can use invisibility and hiding spots for a stealthy approach, or you can wreak havoc.There are seven Atomic Ninjas to unlock and pick from. Each has his own personality, taunts, and starting weapons. Atomic ninjas ps3.

Leaderboards for offence, defence, raids and invasions are also always highly contested and within the reach of even non-paying players which is a nice change. A Game Like Evony With Unique FeaturesOGame is another popular free strategy game for your mobile device. Players start off with a space themed small settlement and must quickly gather resources, recruit more units and build a number of buildings.Set in a futuristic space environment with some unique features behind it you'll get plenty of hours from the game as you try to thrive in this scientific setting. With over a dozen different military units that create a deep strategy experience and also a protection system that you can use to protect yourself from other players (great for casual gamers).Take a break from all the other games and try out the military space style that OGame has to offer. Experience A Fractured Game World In This Game Like EvonyForge of Empires is a great strategy game option that takes place in a dystopia world which has been ravaged by war.It's not each faction for itself in this militaristic focused strategy game. Leading your faction to victory won't be easy and will require plenty of raiding to secure the limited resources that remain for yourself.The game follows the standard strategy game formula, giving you control over a small settlement and allowing you to eventually turn it into a strong and established base. Forge of Empires draws heavily from the medieval era so is very similar to Evony in that regard (making it a great game like Grepolis as well).With several different resources to fuel your settlement and recruit military focused units there is plenty of strategy hidden in the game.

A Popular Game Like Evony Based On RailwaysRail Nation is another one of the big browser based strategy MMOs and takes place in real world environment. If you are sick of the medieval themed strategies then test out something more business and real world orientated in Rail Nation a game that challenges you to be strategic in creation of your rail empire.Players start off as a small rail company and slowly build up from there through the gathering of resources, conquering other players or engaging in diplomatic relations over right to cart certain products. With so many different elements and strategies to employ there is plenty of active gameplay in Rail Nation, more so than you might get from other games in the genre.If you're need for a game like Evony extends to something with a tycoon element then Rail Nation is definitely something different and a high quality browser based strategy game. For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: Show Details NecessaryHubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam.

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