A Small List of Free Games

While there are a countless number of games on the Internet for both computers and portable devices (i.e. iPhone), some are download, and some are Flash and Java games. I have already mentioned one (La-Mulana) in a much earlier posting, there are far more to go on about, so I'm limiting myself for a short description for each one:

Undercroft (iPhone)

Undercroft is made in the style of old 8-bit RPGs like Shadowgate or Wizardry, where you select four characters with five classes to choose from (Warrior, Assassin, Priest, Mage, Summoner; though there are several possible builds you can develop for each one, so one Warrior, for example, can be developed with a completely different role from another). The story is largely cobbled together (you make a bet to rob a haunted royal tomb while drunk), but the gameplay is solid.

Blocksum (Download)

This puzzle game tests your math skills in a nice, fast-paced way. Outpace the rising blocks with numbers on them by holding the main button (Z on the keyboard) and dragging them to fuse blocks together to make groups that all have the same sum (hence the name of the game). You also need to make the same number of groups to start clearing them as the number on the blocks (i.e. three groups of 3s, eight groups of 8s, etc.). How high can you get? Get it here.

Spelunky (Download)

A game that is essentially a roguelike combined with a platforming game. Join your Indiana Jones-like protagonist on his trip down the cave for fame and/or fortune. However, like other roguelikes, don't expect to even finish on your tenth or even your one hundredth try. Expect to die in as many unique ways you can think of. You can die from arrow traps (you can also fire the arrows from the traps back!), giant spiders, getting crushed by a giant boulder, giant ghost, yeti, shopkeeper with a shotgun, mummy, suicide by your own bombs, etc. And odds are highly likely, that all of these deaths were your own fault. And it's fun regardless.

Cave Story (Download)

One of those platforming, shooting Freeware games that cannot be fully described in words. Also available on WiiWare and DSiWare. (but not for free, but those versions have extras)



As for others, I suggest looking up Kongregate and Facebook for free browser games (though the latter is more along the lines of freemium)