Greetings, GB.

Me, being the poor bastard that I am, I've sort of run dry on PC Games. I have TF2, L4D, and almost all of Valve and Blizzard's games. Those can only entertain you for so long.

So, in this thread, I would like some good ideas on cheap and free PC games! Indie games, like Gravity Bone, and other quirky random stuff is very welcome.

Thanks!

You should check out Battleforge. It is an RTS mixed with MMO elements such as trading cards with other players or doing co op missions. It is a full game that was originally fully priced but recently made free, and funds itself on micro transactions which involves buying more cards, which the game already supplies you with enough to keep interested, as well as the fact that you can trade gold you earn in game for points to buy new cards.

And grab a bargain whenever Steam gives you the chance. They always have great weekend deals. Recently Empire: Total War was 50% off!

Battlefield Heroes is a pretty good one. If your not too fussed about looking unique its perfectly free

Savage 2 I heard is pretty decent.

BF Heroes is pretty boring quick. I enjoyed it maybe for a week.

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I recommend Warsow.  It's a cel-shaded UT style shooter, and it's really high quality.

There is PoxNora, although I haven't played it in forever so I'm not exactly sure how pricey it is. It runs on micro transactions btw. Pretty awesome fantasy strategy game.

Counter Strike is the king of cheap PC games.

Wolfenstein Enemy Territory was a lot of fun, not sure how the community is nowadays.

Battlefield heroes
Runescape is a good mmo but its more for the younger set and it takes a ton of grinding and alot of stuff is locked unless you pay, but even then its only 5 bucks a month or so
Battleforge is now free
America's Army 3.0, had launch issues but is pretty good now

also check out any of Steam's sales, and sometimes it offers a free weekend for a certain game.

Battlefield Heroes... I love it, I've been playing it all day today.

If you're into MMO's, Ragnarok online has a free server. And RO is the best MMO I've ever played.

If you are looking for a free MMORPG with tons of grinding, Maple Story might be your cup of tea.

Just get Call of Duty 4, or UT3 or something. Whats the point paying less if you're also getting less? Just go for the best, its not that much money.

Trackmania.

It's the free version but it's fun.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/11020/

Dungeon & Dragons: Online is coming out soon for free. Check out the trial if you're interested in an MMO, it's actually very action-based, I was suprised.

Some free FPS games are:

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
America's Army 3
CombatArms
WarRock

Obligatory Cave Story mention. It's like Megaman with some Metroid thrown in there. Free and awesome.

Try Spelunky, it's a free platformer game that's quite popular recently. And you will die alot. That's a good thing no?

Americas Army is fairly good.

Oh yeah, and Legend of Princess. Twenty minute game, it's basically an arcade version of Zelda.

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I buy all my pc games on steam now, it's the cheapest way, for example grid is $15, you can get a decent game that way for half price all the time on steam.

I would try guild wars if I were you.  An MMO without fees and doesnt feel like a cheap experience like Runescape.

The Suffering is free, and is pretty bad, but fun for a while. Sam & Max Episode 4(?) Abe Lincoln Must Die! is also free.

Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die is also free on Steam.  It's a funny little game.  I loled quite a bit.

S4 League is quie good.  A little laggy sure, but still loads of fun.

Vanguard Princess is a free fighting game, only problem is it's Japanese and all the fighters are women/girls
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ScummVM is also your friend.

i used to play a bunch of eudemons

Time to hand out some Roguelike loving.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is pretty alright.

I'm dumb and suck at it but I appreciate what Dwarf Fortress does nonetheless, certainly worth looking at.

Hasn't been officially updated in ages but Iter Vehemens ad Necem (or IVAN) is pretty fun.

Haven't much played it myself but I know a bunch of folk that like Elona.

I'm no purist - I prefer my Roguelikes to have some form of graphics, even the crummiest of tile sets would suit me fine and I haven't found any for Ancient Domains of Mystery - but what I played of it was decent.

Nethack of course is a classic and still one of the better ones for certain.

Straying from Roguelikes now, if you like Wrestling and you like management sims then Grey Dog Software recently released Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 for free, mostly to pimp their most recent Total Extreme Wrestling game but whatever. Free's free and if you dig management sims then TEW05 is as good as any - especially considering the price or lackthereof I guess.

If you don't already own it on your Xbox or some other platform then the PC version of N is free and also a lot of fun.

Of course Grand Theft Auto 1, 2 and Wild Metal Country are freeware. The only one of those I've played is GTA2 so I can say that ones pretty awesome. Can't speak for the other two but hey - free!

Not free, but cheap enough is Mount & Blade - certainly worth what they're asking. With an expansion on the way and an active modding community it's very easy to recommend.

I guess that'll do. If I think of anything else I'll pop back in but that's plenty of fun and free stuff. I've probably got more out of just Dungeon Crawl alone then I have many commerical games and I didn't have to pay a cent.

I really like Dungeon Runners. It's a free-to-play MMO that is basically a pretty good rip-off of Diablo II. I don't know if you've played D2 before, but if you have then DR is really, really good. Someone mentioned Trackmania and if you don't have that, you should. It's really crazy, although I don't know exactly how the online stuff works.

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall is available for free download on the Bethesda site.  I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard good things.  http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.php

mass effect is $20 on steam
oblivion is a little more at $30, but if you enjoy it like i do you'll LOTS of mileage out of it.

EDIT: also like everyone else said, steam weekend sales are pretty good.

Quake Live, Battlefield Heroes, Battleforge....uuummm any free MMORPG's (www.onrpg,com), google search "home of the underdaogs" they post free games all the time. Dungeons and Dragons Online is free to play real soon. I'm quick to learn about free games so hit me up whenever you want.

While they're not the most amazing games ever made, I'm playing Soldat and Battle for Wesnoth. Soldat is a 2D shooter games with jet packs, tons of guns, and just plain craziness. Battle for Wesnoth is very similar to Fire Emblem and Advance Wars for the GBA, not sure if you've played those. Both aren't too bad, and they both run on my netbook while I'm waiting for my main PC to come in.

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Look out for Deals on Steam, best advice that i could give you. I got a lot of good deals from them, especially when thy do 50% - 75% good games.

Mount & Blade - Not free, but its very cheap. I've played since the pre-release versions (pre-ordered) and I still hop back in for the great modding community

" If you are looking for a free MMORPG with tons of grinding, Maple Story might be your cup of tea. "

" @JJOR64 said:

" If you are looking for a free MMORPG with tons of grinding, Maple Story might be your cup of tea. "

Maplestory is a great game, although i havent played in a year or two but i think they added new classes "

" @JoeKerr said:

" @JJOR64 said:

" If you are looking for a free MMORPG with tons of grinding, Maple Story might be your cup of tea. "

Maplestory is a great game, although i havent played in a year or two but i think they added new classes "

Yeah, they added a new Pirate class.  The game is great but, there is way to much grinding and doing quests doesn't feel rewarding. "

" @JJOR64 said:

" @JoeKerr said:

" @JJOR64 said:

" If you are looking for a free MMORPG with tons of grinding, Maple Story might be your cup of tea. "

Maplestory is a great game, although i havent played in a year or two but i think they added new classes "

Yeah, they added a new Pirate class.  The game is great but, there is way to much grinding and doing quests doesn't feel rewarding. "

yeah i could only get to level 30 or 35 before it got to hard to keep leveling so i quit hahaha "

Try CrossFire, I just downloaded it today and it's really good.

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