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{{IndexTrope|wppage=List of freeware video games}}
[[Video Games]] that can be downloaded and distributed for free legally (not that illegality [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|stops some people]]
One genre that tend to have a lot of freeware games is the [[Interactive Fiction]] genre as since the 1990s, the genre hasn't been as commercially viable. An [http://www.ifcomp.org annual contest] for shorter works generally turns up at least two or three genuinely excellent examples of freeware IF games.
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* [http://liberatedgames.com/ liberatedgames.com] is a site for formerly commercial games that are now available for free (Technically, not all of them are distributable; some may be downloaded for free, but only from the original company.)
* The [http://www.indiegames.com/blog/ Indiegames.com weblog] is a regularly updated blog that informs about indie video games. While not all indie games are free, many of them are.
* [http://playthisthing.com/ Play This Thing!] also has quite a few listed, with the option of filtering the list for free games only.
* [http://freegamer.blogspot.com FreeGamer], is devoted exclusively to Free and Open Source Software.
* [http://rpgmaker.net RMN] focuses primarily on freeware RPGs oftentimes made using the RPG Maker series.
* [http://www.freem.ne.jp Freem] focuses primarily on freeware doujin games.
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For those of you who have no idea what games to choose, [http://i.imgur.com/zDhSW.jpg this guide] presents some of the best voted on by [[Image Boards|/v/.]] Fair warning: not all of these games run on all operating systems.
If the game advertises itself as free but is only partly free, the game is an [[Allegedly Free Game]]. If the game's developers have forgotten about it or vanished entirely, but its exact legal standing is still questionable, it may be [[
Also see [[Web Games]].
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