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So, I love looking through your game recs, and all of them look so interesting!
The only problem is that I have zero money at the moment, or at least zero that can be spent of games.
I don’t suppose you know any good/enjoyable games that are free or have a demo?
(There is only so much time you can spend doing housework or looking for work and I’ve replayed and replayed the games I’ve already got so many times)
It’s funny you should ask. Folks often ask me how the hell I have thousands of games in my Steam library, and the answer is, well, a substantial chunk of them are free to play. Many of them are very, very bad, but there are exceptions – I’ve placed links to the 120 or so that I’d actually recommend to other people under the cut.
A lot of these games are quite short (i.e., average playing time in the five to fifteen minute range), but they're free, so really that's good value for your money! Note: owing to the length of this list, I will not be including descriptions or content warnings – be sure to check the writeups and reviews.
I’ve marked my personal top dozen with asterisks (*). These aren’t necessarily the most approachable or well-constructed titles on this list, mind – just the ones I had the most fun with.
A few more that I've picked up in the months since I made the initial post, plus a number I overlooked the first time around. Again, I make no promises that any of these games are good – only that a. they're genuinely free to play at the time of posting, with no pay-to-win or DLC bullshit, and b. I enjoyed playing them.
I've mostly been playing commercial titles these past few months, but I managed to squeak in about a dozen free-to-play ones as well. As always, see below!
A small batch to kick off the year. I've included several pay-what-you-want titles published via itch.io in this set, which technically isn't free-as-in-free, but eh... close enough! Some of these are also game jam entries coded in just a few days, so set your expectations accordingly.
A few more that I've enjoyed over the past couple of months for Easter weekend. It's a slow time of year for major releases, so this batch is mostly demos, game jam entries, and student projects, with a couple of significant exceptions. You'll know 'em when you see 'em!
Rogue Glitch is a unique take on Isaac style roguelikes, and the full game is free.
You only need to pay if you want the multiplayer, and that's only like 7ish bucks.
What's your opinion on big chungus?
we salute big chungus, our fully inflated dark lord
no I'm fairly sure big chungus could be inflated further...




