LogFAQs > #940919656

well, first you want to narrow it down. what kind of games do you like and what can your computer run?

the most low effort way to find something is to just go on steam and check the free-to-play games category. sort by user reviews. narrow it down to specific genre or tags if you'd like. it's pretty easy to find the things that are universally agreed upon to be worth at least trying.

after that you get into more niche 'free gaming' areas like checking game development forums and community forums for specific development software. it's harder to measure what is actually good out of places like this, but trying a bunch of games just to give them a chance can be a fun waste of time. sure, there's a lot of garbage to sift through -- it's the same on steam, it's just that steam is better at sorting it for you.

also there are some gems that you won't find on steam or anywhere else. stuff like yume nikki, the witch's house, and ib are just examples of games that were made in RPG Maker and gained cult following through this method. although yume nikki is on steam now, I wouldn't really trust the company that put the game there (there's been rumors for years of the original creator of the game committing suicide after they disappeared from the internet, and if this is true than anyone who is claiming rights to the game and putting it on steam is INCREDIBLY scummy in my opinion)

at the end of the day, although this is more of a gray area, there's also just the reality that you can play almost every NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, PS1, PSP and many other console games for free on your computer. I won't go into anymore detail there, since I assume we all know what I'm talking about and at the very least you should try to play some actually good, actually free games before you resort to illegal activities.


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all the rest weren't so unfortunate
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