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There are countless freeware, free to play, and open source games out there. This goes to prove you don't have to break the bank to have fun. If you've ever been looking for a comprehensive list of the best free games -- you've found it. Below you will find the games categorized into two lists: freeware games and open source games. The list is far from done and as long as game developers keep giving away games for free it will keep growing into the best free games list.

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Open source games allow you to download and modify the games source code. These games can be freely downloaded and modified.

Battle for Wesnoth: The Battle for Wesnoth is a Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures.
Cube 2: Sauerbraten: The aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine. Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS.
FreeCiv: Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age...
OpenTTD: OpenTTD is an open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

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Below is a comprehensive list of the best free games you can find. Shooter games, roleplaying games, strategy games, and more. These games might be closed source but they are 100% free to download.

America's Army: Start playing America's Army 3 today. America's Army fans and new players alike can now experience America's Army 3, the official U.S. Army game, which has more authentic military elements including training, technology, weapons, and audio than any other military game.
Dwarf Fortress: Dwarf Fortress is set in a high fantasy universe that combines aspects of roguelike and city-building games and is primarily known for its unique level of complexity and incredible difficulty. The title of the game is inspired by its primary focus on the construction, management, and exploration of dwarven fortresses within the game world. Look for a graphical tile set if the ASCII graphics scare you.
Hedgewars: Hedgewars is a clone of the popular turn based strategy game, Worms. Your soldiers instead of being invertebrates with guns, you are a hedgehog. The graphics are very similar to Worms Armageddon and has the same cute warfare everyone knows and loves.
I Wanna Be The Guy: I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game is a sardonic loveletter to the halcyon days of early American videogaming, packaged as a nail-rippingly difficult platform adventure. Players fill the role of The Kid, a youthful, vaguely Megaman-esque protagonist on a quest to become The Guy. This inscrutable plot, however, is just a vehicle for a wide variety of inventive, well-designed and frustrating jump-and-shoot challenges that pay homage to many of the games you loved as a child. The ever-fragile Kid explodes in a shower of red pixels at the slightest brush from the game's many obstacles, from traditional spikes and bottomless pits to more unconventional killers, such as plantlife and puzzle pieces.
Savage: The Battle for Newerth: Choose to be a commander and you will play an in-depth RTS managing the stronghold, or choose to be a warrior and you will play an intense game of first person combat. With the creation of a new game play genre, RTSS (Real Time Strategy Shooter), Savage expertly redefines the first-person shooter and real-time strategy genres by combining elements of both into one cohesive experience.
Tremulous: Tremulous is a first-person shooter with elements of real time strategy.Each team must construct and defend a base, consisting of structures which aid the players in some way. The most important structure is the spawn, which provides each team with reinforcements to replace players who have been killed.
World of Padman: World of Padman is a colorful first person shooter that began as a modification for Quake III Arena. In addition to familiar gametypes such as: tournament, free for all, and team deatchmatch the game offers some untraditional game modes such as Spray Your Color, Big Balloon, and Last Pad Standing.

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