Yo get a Steam account and just get a wishlist going! My bank is not broke and library be full of great games brought on sales … like I only buy when games are 75-90% off …. And this happens more than you think!
Man I wish they would mention OpenTDD in this list, if you like money making tycoon games it is definitely for you. (Don't even bother with the trains I've played for years and can't figure them out, they're super complicated.)
Personally it's too complicated for me. I'm the kind of guy who likes to read all the skills before taking one. You can imagine my face (😧) when I saw that skill tree I had to read. I've played a couple hours, nice game, but I prefer Diablo 2 (and they remaked it !)
CoD Warzone & Warframe should be on the list - you can totally have a lot of fun without having to pay - pretty amazing graphics for free! They have a lot of indies on the list and the categories should have broken it down to have 10 free best indies, 10 free best AAA and 10 free best demos/betas!
My recommendation is Deepest Sword. It's a short "Getting over it" style game with 16 bit pixel graphics. It's like 1 hour of gameplay, but it's super fun.
I don’t see how some generic creepypasta crap would negatively affect your mental health. EDIT:I know this person was exaggerating for humor, but the horror of the game still falls flat.
@@josephkeen7224 It falls flat for you. For a child, someone who doesn't know what's coming, or someone unfamiliar with computer, it can be a frightening experience.
I don't remember how I ended up with it, but I somehow found myself in possession of a copy of No One Lives Forever back in its day and it was one of those games where I overlooked it based little information. Installed it one day out of boredom, next thing I knew my mother was banging on my bedroom door telling me to go to sleep. The storyline alone is so entertaining and hilarious that I would recommend it to anyone looking for a shooter that doesn't take itself seriously. Especially now that I know it's playable on modern systems.
Not quite. A lot of convenience upgrades make the game more enjoyable. Although by the time you need them, you are serious about the game. And it would take less than $60 to get most of what you need. Oh and some spell mtx are more visible than default. And there are predatory loot boxes. Still a great game with lots of content
@@kingofholland4662 played it for a few hours, never touched again. Just didn't hook me. POE spoiled me in terms of high speed combat, everything else feel slow.
@@MyNameIsGhost You have to either get lucky with drops and trade yourself up or invest a bit of money when you get a good % sale. I got a 75% sale on the ingame currency back in the day and went 50/50 with my brother who traded up insanely fast cause he abused the market. Its not really p2w but you wont get into the good mods, prime chars besites trading up or paying
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was expecting to see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Anomaly. It could easily be number 1 on this list with everything it gives you. It's essentially an entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game with tons of improvements.
@@tsb247 I've played most the major (and some of the smaller) S.T.A.L.K.E.R mods, DEMOSFEN is probably my favorite and personally I'd say it's the best mod, not tried Anomaly for a while tho.
Definitely one of the best games I have ever played and it's completely free. The amount of content is insane and the game depth and replayability alone is worth a $60 price-tag. I just reached 3,000 hours and I'm not even tired of the game yet because it's constantly updating and adding new content.
It’s a good game but it’s also season based grinding. If you’re into super grind and character building games it’s super good but if you get bored with grind then you’ll get bored easy.
Recently got into warframe after a pause of 5 years. It's amazing how much there is to do plus you can trade items for their premium currency pretty easily, so you never actually have to put real cash into this
I'm really surprised Genshin Impact was mentioned here but not Warframe, the only free game I spent money just to support the developers & to let them know they deserve the support, even with the bugs & miss ups & whatnot, they did AN AMAZING job & they're still doing so!
@@MEYH3M i beg to differ. i am a playing on PS4, never in my 1500 hours have I invested single penny in warframe. You just have to understand basic economics.
Second that! The detail, depth, and "fun" possible in dwarf fortress is staggering! Hope the steam release with more accessible UI is still forthcoming so a more broad audience can experience it.
Some other ones I know people like but I'm not big into: -Counter Strike Global Offensive -Dota 2 -Apex Legend There are some other battleroyals and mobas.
OMG, do i love that game!!!! It was actually much more challenging too than the mainline series, which has gotten extremely easy (even if i still find them fun)...the new nuclear type is awesome, and it was overall just a really great game.
Also CoD Warzone & Warframe should be on the list - you can totally have a lot of fun without having to pay - pretty amazing graphics for free! They have a lot of indies on the list and the categories should have broken it down to have 10 free best indies, 10 best free standalone mods, 10 free best AAA and 10 free best demos/betas!
Unturned should have a spot here. Its a free to play zombie survival game, basically a dumbed down blocky version of DayZ. You can play online, but also has a single player mode. Has base building, typical survival system (Food, Water, etc), and a tiny bit of rpg elements (You can gain experience that allows you to upgrade various perks. You can configure the single player experience to make it more challenging and hard. It's also got a huge modding community that make anything from new guns and vehicles to whole new maps. Despite it's blocky textures, its a really fun game. The only microtransactions are cosmetic stuff. Also, the game was made by only one person.
Honestly undefeated is like invincible in a way, would be great if they ended up turning it into a mashup. That small team of developers with the minds behind invincible, top tier shit right there
If there is a part 2 for this topic, take a look into Open RCT 2 (open roller coaster tycoon 2). It's basically one of the most nostalgic tycoon management games that many of us do remember playing the original RCT 1 and 2 but Open RCT2 is open source (basically free to get) so it can have custom scenarios and maps which helps with replayability let alone with the amount of scenarios you get when playing vanilla
What I really liked is Everlasting Summer on steam! Its a visual novel with some mature content, but the story is amazing. You feel like you're in a summer camp! Multiple endings. It was a good experience.
you absolutely must be in multiplayer later on unless you're some sort of god, it's much better in multiplayer though. Genshin for the most part unless you want someone to carry you or give you tips, can be played single player just fine.
@@DaLooseGoose11 I haven't played it in about a year now, but by the end of my run on the game I soloed every single mission in the game with ease. I can't remember the void defence survival mission name anymore, but I used to solo that for an hour with ease. You can absolutely solo this whole game. That being said, being part of a decent clan makes things more interesting. Personally I recommend "the lost paragons".
I'm sad I never see Iji in videos like this. I very highly recommend that game. It's free and it's a sidescroller with quite a bit of depth. It has a good story and fun combat. I'm not even a fan of sidescrollers, but I've sunk so much time and so many playthroughs into this game. At first glance, you might be put off by the art style, but it grows on you and kind of becomes endearing in a way. And the music is fantastic. I can't recommend enough! Thanks for your video
I signed back in just to comment on a 2-year-old video, to point out how they missed Iji. I'm genuinely surprised it hasn't gotten ported to a handheld like the Vita or Switch.
@@ChristopherMathieu I know, right? It'd be perfect for that format. The Switch has a pretty good sized indie market already, so I'm certain it would do well. Maybe I'm biased, though. I just want to see Iji get the love it deserves :D
I'll be honest, I'm a bit shocked Warframe isn't on here. Yeah, it can get pretty grindy at some times, especially for certain frames, but the story they've built so far, the movement and the graphics are pretty incredible
Endereal: Forgotten Stories (on Steam). However you need Skyrim to be able to run it. Many folk say it was better than Skyrim. Am surprised Team Fortress 2 was not on this list. However I am glad it was not. I am way more interested in free single player stuff, rather than free arena PvP games.
i love that genshin is on here. I recently started playing genshin just outta curiosity and i really thought id hit a wall at one point where id have to spend money but nope, havent needed to spend a single dime in all my time of playing and the gameplay doesnt even encourage you to do so either! all the content in the gam can seemingly be cleared with 4 stars that you get and you dont even need any of the 5 stars for anything. really good experience so far
@@mikespike2099 I mean, not really, the game is very easy and can be beaten completely with the starting 4 characters. Unless you want to push Abyss or get the lowest domain times possible you don't need to pay at all. (Someone who is F2P AR56)
Pokemon Uranium! A fan game in the style of the OG Pokemon games, with a new mechanic of radioactivity and Pokemon that use it. It was taken down right away, but it is very easy to find online.
Genshin Impact has given me a huge mix of emotions in the last year. I love it but I hate it because it’s consumed my life. I’m more consistently doing my dailies than I am at washing the dishes. Haven’t spent a dime on it and I’ve had a blast.
I love it too! It's so fun and awesome, and while it's not the best game out there it's super enjoyable and the characters and gameplay are very well designed. I also think that it's great how you can do mostly anything without spending money. In fact I'd say the experience if better without spending, unless it's for a skin or something which you can't get otherwise, because buying primos removes the excitement of each wish.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly is probably one of the best totally free single player games. There're actually several different stalker standalone mods worth checking out but for someone new to the series, Anomaly would be the best start.
Tons of thanks for putting this together. Don't really care about platformers or arcady-y games, but Dark Mod and Cry of Fear really pulled the Half-Life and Thief off the nostalgia bag 🙂
Thank You for this! When I first played POE I was shocked after only a couple hours in that it was completely free. After several hours in I purchased a couple of colored weapon effects just to support in some small way towards a game that the team had put SO much love into.
WARZONE 2100: One of the first RTS games to use 3D graphics, it's still being maintained and updated. It's a post apocalyptic setting where you play as a military organization trying to rebuild some form of civilization. The tech tree is huge and intimidating, and unlike other RTS games, you don't research units. Instead, you research propulsion systems, hulls and weapon systems, then design your own tanks from the stuff you researched. A really fun and unique system I haven't seen in other RTS games.
The community of Zero-K is still active to this day.Usually on weeekends but there are at least 30 players every evening in Europe.Also updates are still rolling.
@@henrlima87 then he should have said that. Himno, isn't a difficult game, but some parts will be frustrating bc all the levels look the same, and there are check points to reach. Falling into water restarts the player at the bottom again, which is not the "stress free" game the devs, and lazy game journos, say it is. Flower, in my most humble, is a much better choice for relaxing gaming.
Considering how much fun I've had with Genshin Impact, I have to leave a note mentioning that there's only one microtransaction in the game (technically theres also battle pass-like thing, but that works pretty much like any other battle pass). It gets you a special currency that's called Genesis Crystals that are either used to buy cosmetics, booster bundles, or can be converted into the "Gacha Currency" called Primo Gems. BUT, you don't NEED to spend any actual money to get Primo Gems; you get them through doing the story, events, exploring, and even dailies. Heck, even achievements will give you some. I whole-heartedly agree with gameranx that Genshin Impact is a great game, but don't be put off when they said that it has "Free-to-Play" elements. You don't have to spend a dime to enjoy it, it just may take a bit longer depending on your "luck" with RNG.
No need to explain. I think most people know that while it allows and even encourages people to sink cash, it is very easy to enjoy for free. For the amount of content, most games would charge full price, and I am guessing (might be wrong) that if you were to allocate the price of a game (30-60 bucks), you could probably have plenty of these gems to use as you please. Free to play games can have ways to spend money, as long as they are fun to play for free as well. Imo league of legends did this well. It allows you to buy champs with money, but you don't really need to and the game is super fun just for free. As long as you enjoy hyper competitive online games with all the toxicity that entails.
An MMO game called Warframe can be play as single player/solo mode which allows u to pause the game. Platinum(micro transaction) can be obtain easily in the game. Most frames(character) can be obtain without spending a dime. Platinum is mostly use as a way to fast forward the crafting process or cosmetics(doesn't boost any stat, it's just for the looks). A game where majority are F2P player. Also with a friendly community (most veteran will help you).
My biggest appreciation is how long they actually had the video go for. They actually went past the Golden Star method for the algorithm just to give us some extra content. Thanks guys! And this time, the pizza is on me.
You can technically count Tales of Maj’Eyal as a free game, since the developers offer a free version on their website that is basically 99.9% of the game. (The main reason you’d buy the Steam version is to support the devs, and be able to purchase & play the expansions. It’s in on-going development, as well.) It’s a huge and ridiculously deep true roguelike, with one of the highest amounts of races & classes that I’ve seen for an RPG. I’ve only put about 11 hour into it myself, and its complexity can be quite unfriendly to new players, but it’s also considered to be one of the best games in the genre by a lot of people.
Path of Exile way too low on the list, you literally get 100+ hours of content in an amazing aarpg for free. AND all the microtransactions are completely cosmetic!
the quality of life upgrades aren't 'purely cosmetic', given how much extra crap you get from the various 'expansion gimmicks' you will need to buy extra storage slots to manage them.
Great video highlighting some good looking games. Will you make and release more videos like this around the holidays? After buying presents for family and friends, new games are difficult to fit into the budget and these free games appear entertaining and fun.
Pokemon uranium was another fan game that turned out as an excellent throwback to classic pokemon games. it did get pulled, but i'm sure it can still be found.
If you actually lived through the ZX Spectrum, C64, Master System, PC Engine and Megadrive era the games on this list just do not appeal to you aside from Path of Exiles and Genshin Impact. I may be on my own with this view but with the amount of excellent looking next gen free to play games that I have on my PS5 hard drive, I’m stunned that so many have been omitted from the your list in place of what can only be described as early 90’s throwbacks. I believe in moving forwards not back
A few I’d recommend Popgoes:a fnaf fan game that is surprisingly well done, and while I wouldn’t consider it scary it’s surprisingly addictive The Elder Scrools 2 daggerfall:Bethesda released it for free for an elder scrolls anniversary (can’t remember which one), and some fans are working on a Unity engine port called Daggerfall Unity (which is basically GZDoom for Daggerfall) Lycanthorn 1&2:Castlevania inspired standalone Doom wads made by the same guy that made Shrine 1&2
highly recommend Path of Exile. I tried it because it reminded me of the first Diablo. I ended up sinking like 800 hours into it. It was all I played for months. good times
wow, I didn't know the No One Lives Forever games are free. I am tempted to download those and replay them since it has been many years after last playing. NOLF is one of my alltime favorite FPS games.
I was really disappointed With that game.. I got it for Christmas on Xbox when it first came out…i guess I just expected more..the gameplay felt very stiff..and it just had so much wasted potential
I think because technically it's a multiplayer game that can be played solo, and something like PoE is a single player experience that can also have multiplayer elements.
you can lower your world rank to make things easier can only lower it by one level but still, it helps a lot. Unless you mean getting higher ranks is hard, then yeah it takes a long time
@@arts3802 been playing for a while and I haven't seen any reason to go past 45, I've been there for a long time and I haven't felt the urge to advance any further all the story elements and gameplay is set to 30 or below so to get through the game think the max anyone should shoot for is 35 unless they really want the challenge. if I advanced right now I could probably go up to 60 if possible with all the exp I have in my Adventure rank. then of course there is the final upgrade to your characters that does need adventure rank of 50 so there is that.
@@Nobody_Fn_Important EDIT: Mega whales are just reaching AR60* Even like the mega whales haven’t hit 60 yet, it’s so far off, just for example you need 360k experience to go from 50-56, I’ve wanted to do it in one shot so I’ve been saving. I’m at about 400k saved adventure exp atm. If you don’t want any challenge, for sure stay low level, but I love to max out my characters, so I needed 50 at least. Even now that I’ve been at 50 for awhile, I’m feeling the lure of the higher rarity material drops from the higher world levels, so I’ll probably go up to 56 in the next couple weeks.
Shouldn't Warframe be in this list? I haven't played that game for a while, but I remember it being very good, considering f2p. Also, path of exile is better than most that you ranked above it, imho.
Battle for Wesnoth. A strategy/RPG that is similar to games like Warsong/Langrisser. 100% free, class upgrades, a long story, difficult, just a great game.
Kudos for the NOLF mention; that game is in IP hell with no company willing to negotiate or do any of the work needed to untangle who "owns" what. (It's sort of a copyright deadlock, but for IP.)
This is an awesome video for me and my broke homies
broke homies d best
My people
Yo get a Steam account and just get a wishlist going! My bank is not broke and library be full of great games brought on sales … like I only buy when games are 75-90% off …. And this happens more than you think!
Word up
I resent this comment, but I am sadly a broke homie, so I'll allow it
Hey, guy behind Shrine II here! Thank you so much for putting the game in here!
Man I wish they would mention OpenTDD in this list, if you like money making tycoon games it is definitely for you. (Don't even bother with the trains I've played for years and can't figure them out, they're super complicated.)
Hey Mengo, thanks for your work bro.
Thankyou a lot for your game bro very excited to play it
Nice! I'm about to try the game out for the first time! Love to see the exposure
1:39 " with a seriously in depth skill tree". Shows most ridiculous skill tree I've ever seen lmao
😂
That ain't a skill tree. That's a skill forest.
@@sherb1750 hell its a skill spreadsheet at this point ;)
factor in unique items and all the other ways to modify your gear and skills, this tree is just the tip of the ice berg
Personally it's too complicated for me. I'm the kind of guy who likes to read all the skills before taking one. You can imagine my face (😧) when I saw that skill tree I had to read. I've played a couple hours, nice game, but I prefer Diablo 2 (and they remaked it !)
"Warcraft 2 with the serial numbers filed off" is one of the best descriptions of a game ever.
Stalker Anomaly should be on this list. It's basically Stalker 2 before Stalker 2.
CoD Warzone & Warframe should be on the list - you can totally have a lot of fun without having to pay - pretty amazing graphics for free! They have a lot of indies on the list and the categories should have broken it down to have 10 free best indies, 10 free best AAA and 10 free best demos/betas!
@@mikespike2099 what part of single player do you not get?
@@Xzrohrh fk left my fking fact boy brainz at home!
@@mikespike2099 warzone is against other players.
It’s not a single player game
Can't wait to play anomaly I'm on Clear Sky now never played the series before ShoC was amazing with few choice mods
My recommendation is Deepest Sword. It's a short "Getting over it" style game with 16 bit pixel graphics. It's like 1 hour of gameplay, but it's super fun.
it took me 26 mins its a real pain
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I wish someday, a dev team will make an open world rpg for Ninja Turtles
Ninja Turtles mmo would be good
@@d1scoduck125 no
Why not?
@@d1scoduck125 they probably don’t like mmos
Stop wishing and start making. Even if it never goes anywhere you'll learn a lot of stuff along the way.
Remember Doki Doki Literature club might be free but you pay with your mental health.
You're free to lose your mind~
I don’t see how some generic creepypasta crap would negatively affect your mental health.
EDIT:I know this person was exaggerating for humor, but the horror of the game still falls flat.
@@josephkeen7224 It falls flat for you. For a child, someone who doesn't know what's coming, or someone unfamiliar with computer, it can be a frightening experience.
@@minasthirith6314 DDLC was a horror? I thought it was a comedy
@@minasthirith6314 smol girl go snap
I don't remember how I ended up with it, but I somehow found myself in possession of a copy of No One Lives Forever back in its day and it was one of those games where I overlooked it based little information. Installed it one day out of boredom, next thing I knew my mother was banging on my bedroom door telling me to go to sleep. The storyline alone is so entertaining and hilarious that I would recommend it to anyone looking for a shooter that doesn't take itself seriously. Especially now that I know it's playable on modern systems.
fair warning, some of the dialogue hasn't aged well. I'd forgotten about that part of the game.😓
Path of exiles micro transactions are not only ignorable. They are completely visual only. And the gameplay experience is great.
Not quite. A lot of convenience upgrades make the game more enjoyable. Although by the time you need them, you are serious about the game. And it would take less than $60 to get most of what you need. Oh and some spell mtx are more visible than default. And there are predatory loot boxes. Still a great game with lots of content
Grim Dawn blows poe out of the water. Give it a try if you havent. Thank me later
@@kingofholland4662 Sure but it's $25 on steam. For something that's f2p and new content every 3 months, Poe is incredible
Feels like what D3 should've felt like imo
@@kingofholland4662 played it for a few hours, never touched again. Just didn't hook me. POE spoiled me in terms of high speed combat, everything else feel slow.
Stalker Anomaly, Warframe, and the underrated IJI (from Remar games).
apparently warframe is p2w now or atleast once u get to a certain point
@@MyNameIsGhost Never heard that. And that's not true at all. Warframe and Path of Exile are an example of FTP made right.
@@MyNameIsGhost You have to either get lucky with drops and trade yourself up or invest a bit of money when you get a good % sale. I got a 75% sale on the ingame currency back in the day and went 50/50 with my brother who traded up insanely fast cause he abused the market. Its not really p2w but you wont get into the good mods, prime chars besites trading up or paying
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was expecting to see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Anomaly. It could easily be number 1 on this list with everything it gives you. It's essentially an entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game with tons of improvements.
@@tsb247 I've played most the major (and some of the smaller) S.T.A.L.K.E.R mods, DEMOSFEN is probably my favorite and personally I'd say it's the best mod, not tried Anomaly for a while tho.
Path of Exile's skills are the most satisfying out of any ARPG I've played.
never played path of exile myself but from the looks it seems like it should have been ranked a little bit higher up
I think it's random order.
Definitely one of the best games I have ever played and it's completely free. The amount of content is insane and the game depth and replayability alone is worth a $60 price-tag. I just reached 3,000 hours and I'm not even tired of the game yet because it's constantly updating and adding new content.
oh ya. it's so good.
i found the game incredibly boring after a few hours of gameplay even while playing with a friend
It’s a good game but it’s also season based grinding. If you’re into super grind and character building games it’s super good but if you get bored with grind then you’ll get bored easy.
Recently got into warframe after a pause of 5 years. It's amazing how much there is to do plus you can trade items for their premium currency pretty easily, so you never actually have to put real cash into this
Warframe is a 60$ game with 5 sequels disguised as a single free to play game.
I'm really surprised Genshin Impact was mentioned here but not Warframe, the only free game I spent money just to support the developers & to let them know they deserve the support, even with the bugs & miss ups & whatnot, they did AN AMAZING job & they're still doing so!
@@khaledbebo9 Most people seem to forget that Warframe is Free, because the game is on AAA level and even is better then most full priced games.
grindframe
@@MEYH3M i beg to differ. i am a playing on PS4, never in my 1500 hours have I invested single penny in warframe. You just have to understand basic economics.
I'm surprised you didn't include dwarf fortress especially given how it inspired Minecraft and the entire colony sim genre.
Second that! The detail, depth, and "fun" possible in dwarf fortress is staggering! Hope the steam release with more accessible UI is still forthcoming so a more broad audience can experience it.
-Star Wars the old Republic
-Warframe
-Trepang 2
-TeamFortress 2
How these where not mentioned blows my mind.
Some other ones I know people like but I'm not big into:
-Counter Strike Global Offensive
-Dota 2
-Apex Legend
There are some other battleroyals and mobas.
If you end up making a Part 2, I would highly recommend checking out Pokemon Uranium
OMG, do i love that game!!!! It was actually much more challenging too than the mainline series, which has gotten extremely easy (even if i still find them fun)...the new nuclear type is awesome, and it was overall just a really great game.
Also CoD Warzone & Warframe should be on the list - you can totally have a lot of fun without having to pay - pretty amazing graphics for free! They have a lot of indies on the list and the categories should have broken it down to have 10 free best indies, 10 best free standalone mods, 10 free best AAA and 10 free best demos/betas!
Pokemon insurgence is good too
@@mikespike2099 single player
Unturned should have a spot here. Its a free to play zombie survival game, basically a dumbed down blocky version of DayZ. You can play online, but also has a single player mode. Has base building, typical survival system (Food, Water, etc), and a tiny bit of rpg elements (You can gain experience that allows you to upgrade various perks. You can configure the single player experience to make it more challenging and hard. It's also got a huge modding community that make anything from new guns and vehicles to whole new maps. Despite it's blocky textures, its a really fun game. The only microtransactions are cosmetic stuff. Also, the game was made by only one person.
Honestly undefeated is like invincible in a way, would be great if they ended up turning it into a mashup. That small team of developers with the minds behind invincible, top tier shit right there
Sonic!!!! Thanks for the nice list!! Try the load runner very nice too
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If there is a part 2 for this topic, take a look into Open RCT 2 (open roller coaster tycoon 2). It's basically one of the most nostalgic tycoon management games that many of us do remember playing the original RCT 1 and 2 but Open RCT2 is open source (basically free to get) so it can have custom scenarios and maps which helps with replayability let alone with the amount of scenarios you get when playing vanilla
What I really liked is Everlasting Summer on steam!
Its a visual novel with some mature content, but the story is amazing. You feel like you're in a summer camp! Multiple endings. It was a good experience.
ill check it out
Not a bad list, I actually ended up checking two of them out.
2
On god
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Besides POE rest we're meh personally
2/25. Not a bad list indeed.
confused why Warframe wasn't included on this list but Genshin Impact was
It's a great game (I have 300 hours on it lol) but it's technically multiplayer
you absolutely must be in multiplayer later on unless you're some sort of god, it's much better in multiplayer though. Genshin for the most part unless you want someone to carry you or give you tips, can be played single player just fine.
@@DaLooseGoose11 no you don't, I've been soloing that game ever since it came out
@@DaLooseGoose11 I haven't played it in about a year now, but by the end of my run on the game I soloed every single mission in the game with ease. I can't remember the void defence survival mission name anymore, but I used to solo that for an hour with ease. You can absolutely solo this whole game.
That being said, being part of a decent clan makes things more interesting. Personally I recommend "the lost paragons".
@@DaLooseGoose11 also, Path of Exile is included in this list, which is also technically a multiplayer.
Can't believe Cry of Fear was mentioned on a Gameranx video. One of my favorite horror games, personally. Right up there with Silent Hill 3.
lol the fact that this guy said "Matilda" instead of "maldita"
I'm sad I never see Iji in videos like this. I very highly recommend that game. It's free and it's a sidescroller with quite a bit of depth. It has a good story and fun combat. I'm not even a fan of sidescrollers, but I've sunk so much time and so many playthroughs into this game.
At first glance, you might be put off by the art style, but it grows on you and kind of becomes endearing in a way.
And the music is fantastic.
I can't recommend enough!
Thanks for your video
I signed back in just to comment on a 2-year-old video, to point out how they missed Iji. I'm genuinely surprised it hasn't gotten ported to a handheld like the Vita or Switch.
@@ChristopherMathieu I know, right? It'd be perfect for that format. The Switch has a pretty good sized indie market already, so I'm certain it would do well. Maybe I'm biased, though. I just want to see Iji get the love it deserves :D
I'll be honest, I'm a bit shocked Warframe isn't on here. Yeah, it can get pretty grindy at some times, especially for certain frames, but the story they've built so far, the movement and the graphics are pretty incredible
Isn't it an MMO?
Its more of a multiplayer or online game the title says single player
Definitely wouldn't consider Warframe a single player game imo
Doki doki literature club, the kind of experience that will mess your brain for a long time.
Na it's just shock value content
don't mind if i doooo
I think it's highly overrated.
@@TheTattorack Yet people love it.
@@TheREALHugo4
A certain but sizable demographic of people are easily amused by cheap drama and basic shock visuals.
Endereal: Forgotten Stories (on Steam). However you need Skyrim to be able to run it. Many folk say it was better than Skyrim.
Am surprised Team Fortress 2 was not on this list. However I am glad it was not. I am way more interested in free single player stuff, rather than free arena PvP games.
Definitely expected to see "Off" on this list. It deserves the love!
If that game is “Warcraft with the serial number filed off”, then Warcraft is Dune II or Command & Conquer with the serial number filed off.
i love that genshin is on here. I recently started playing genshin just outta curiosity and i really thought id hit a wall at one point where id have to spend money but nope, havent needed to spend a single dime in all my time of playing and the gameplay doesnt even encourage you to do so either! all the content in the gam can seemingly be cleared with 4 stars that you get and you dont even need any of the 5 stars for anything. really good experience so far
I’ve been playing for almost a year and have almost spent $800
Hey, great video! But the correct name for game #13 is MALDITA CASTILLA (or Cursed Castilla) not Matilda lol
Genshin impact be like - Yeah sure I am free
it is free, people should just be patient or multi account.
At least genshin is still playable with the free content and the story and plot is more thorough and enjoyable
@@raulrojas9253 They nerfed the multi account thing hard, it's almost not worth it at this point.
Get you into it - paywalls will come!
@@mikespike2099 I mean, not really, the game is very easy and can be beaten completely with the starting 4 characters. Unless you want to push Abyss or get the lowest domain times possible you don't need to pay at all.
(Someone who is F2P AR56)
Pokemon Uranium! A fan game in the style of the OG Pokemon games, with a new mechanic of radioactivity and Pokemon that use it. It was taken down right away, but it is very easy to find online.
Genshin Impact has given me a huge mix of emotions in the last year. I love it but I hate it because it’s consumed my life. I’m more consistently doing my dailies than I am at washing the dishes. Haven’t spent a dime on it and I’ve had a blast.
I love it too! It's so fun and awesome, and while it's not the best game out there it's super enjoyable and the characters and gameplay are very well designed. I also think that it's great how you can do mostly anything without spending money. In fact I'd say the experience if better without spending, unless it's for a skin or something which you can't get otherwise, because buying primos removes the excitement of each wish.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly is probably one of the best totally free single player games. There're actually several different stalker standalone mods worth checking out but for someone new to the series, Anomaly would be the best start.
It's not free you liar
Tons of thanks for putting this together. Don't really care about platformers or arcady-y games, but Dark Mod and Cry of Fear really pulled the Half-Life and Thief off the nostalgia bag 🙂
The guy who programs undefeated is on Twitter and shows all the technical detail and insides on how it runs. Great guy!
Thank You for this! When I first played POE I was shocked after only a couple hours in that it was completely free. After several hours in I purchased a couple of colored weapon effects just to support in some small way towards a game that the team had put SO much love into.
WARZONE 2100:
One of the first RTS games to use 3D graphics, it's still being maintained and updated.
It's a post apocalyptic setting where you play as a military organization trying to rebuild some form of civilization.
The tech tree is huge and intimidating, and unlike other RTS games, you don't research units. Instead, you research propulsion systems, hulls and weapon systems, then design your own tanks from the stuff you researched. A really fun and unique system I haven't seen in other RTS games.
Thank you Jake for providing additional games to our Steam library.
The community of Zero-K is still active to this day.Usually on weeekends but there are at least 30 players every evening in Europe.Also updates are still rolling.
I play it almost daily
"You can't die in Himno"
[Ends segment with character falling into water, to be restarted at the beginning of the map]
he just pleasantly drowned
I think he meant there is no "game over".
@@henrlima87 then he should have said that.
Himno, isn't a difficult game, but some parts will be frustrating bc all the levels look the same, and there are check points to reach. Falling into water restarts the player at the bottom again, which is not the "stress free" game the devs, and lazy game journos, say it is.
Flower, in my most humble, is a much better choice for relaxing gaming.
@@sirsplintfastthepungent1373 i never played this or flower. Played journey from the same devs as flower and its excellent.
You forgot 'ECHO ARENA'! The NPC's in there are hilarious: "i'm a real person in Toledo you idiot!" LOL. So clever...
Love this video thanks for taking the time to make it!
Glad you liked it
I challange you guys to count how many times did gameranx said ,,content'' in this video.
Considering how much fun I've had with Genshin Impact, I have to leave a note mentioning that there's only one microtransaction in the game (technically theres also battle pass-like thing, but that works pretty much like any other battle pass). It gets you a special currency that's called Genesis Crystals that are either used to buy cosmetics, booster bundles, or can be converted into the "Gacha Currency" called Primo Gems.
BUT, you don't NEED to spend any actual money to get Primo Gems; you get them through doing the story, events, exploring, and even dailies. Heck, even achievements will give you some.
I whole-heartedly agree with gameranx that Genshin Impact is a great game, but don't be put off when they said that it has "Free-to-Play" elements. You don't have to spend a dime to enjoy it, it just may take a bit longer depending on your "luck" with RNG.
No need to explain. I think most people know that while it allows and even encourages people to sink cash, it is very easy to enjoy for free. For the amount of content, most games would charge full price, and I am guessing (might be wrong) that if you were to allocate the price of a game (30-60 bucks), you could probably have plenty of these gems to use as you please.
Free to play games can have ways to spend money, as long as they are fun to play for free as well. Imo league of legends did this well. It allows you to buy champs with money, but you don't really need to and the game is super fun just for free. As long as you enjoy hyper competitive online games with all the toxicity that entails.
An MMO game called Warframe can be play as single player/solo mode which allows u to pause the game. Platinum(micro transaction) can be obtain easily in the game. Most frames(character) can be obtain without spending a dime. Platinum is mostly use as a way to fast forward the crafting process or cosmetics(doesn't boost any stat, it's just for the looks).
A game where majority are F2P player. Also with a friendly community (most veteran will help you).
At the high seas, every game is free still good to know
Take what you can give nothing back
@@xilertioxilertio7129 : No one's ever accused a copying machine of being creative.
Great list thanls for the recommendations!! Funny Jake kept saying "Matilda Castilla" when it should be "Maldita Castilla" (Cursed Castilla)
Any game on thr TI-83 calculator. Thank you for getting me through high school before any of us had cell phones!
Like that snake game! Also, multiplayer Tetris was awesome.
@@ScreaminSeahawk I had some kind of bully game where you could buy spit balls and rubber bands and make money somehow
Thanks for mentioning No One Lives Forever series. NOLF2 is older than F.E.A.R. but looks so much better.
I feel like warframe should atleast be on this list.. Maybe you guys will make another video on this topic and talk about it..
Agreed, everything in the game can be obtained for free.
Tho yes in a way it's pay to win.
Agreed but I think since it’s more multiplayer PvE centric it didn’t get in
@@michaelsmeltzer7007 yeah true but it can be played single player all solo.. I mean you have interesting quests and SOLO FARMING
My biggest appreciation is how long they actually had the video go for. They actually went past the Golden Star method for the algorithm just to give us some extra content. Thanks guys! And this time, the pizza is on me.
That sonic game actually looks good
You can technically count Tales of Maj’Eyal as a free game, since the developers offer a free version on their website that is basically 99.9% of the game. (The main reason you’d buy the Steam version is to support the devs, and be able to purchase & play the expansions. It’s in on-going development, as well.) It’s a huge and ridiculously deep true roguelike, with one of the highest amounts of races & classes that I’ve seen for an RPG. I’ve only put about 11 hour into it myself, and its complexity can be quite unfriendly to new players, but it’s also considered to be one of the best games in the genre by a lot of people.
Path of Exile way too low on the list, you literally get 100+ hours of content in an amazing aarpg for free. AND all the microtransactions are completely cosmetic!
It's a random list, not from worse (25) to best (1). Path of Exile definitely a good game ! 😉
the quality of life upgrades aren't 'purely cosmetic', given how much extra crap you get from the various 'expansion gimmicks' you will need to buy extra storage slots to manage them.
Those rings in Undefeated gave me Superman 64 Vietnam flashbacks
I was literally looking for free games and this video drops... noice
Woo
@@gameranxTV you shadow banned me?
@@TraditionalArtist1 what lol how u get shadowbanned on yt
Cuz nobody wants that bullshit in their comments
@@depressedpersiantowtruckman yet here you are replying to my comment when you could easily ignore and block my account weirdo
No One Lives Forever that game deserves more attention and praise
one of my top FPS of all time , loved Kate Archer
Let It Die
Destiny 2
Shark Simulator
Warframe
These are just some games i know are Free To Play. Not all the best but enjoyable at least
Plus Star Wars The Old Republic
Should’ve played the Helltaker soundtrack, it even got nominated as best soundtrack 2020 :D
Great video highlighting some good looking games. Will you make and release more videos like this around the holidays? After buying presents for family and friends, new games are difficult to fit into the budget and these free games appear entertaining and fun.
Pokemon uranium was another fan game that turned out as an excellent throwback to classic pokemon games. it did get pulled, but i'm sure it can still be found.
Genshin impact may be free but you pay with your time and self respect.
Time? Yes, self respect? No
yeah lol what self respect?
self respect won’t pay dev’s bills nor their kid’s college either.
@rebel its a great game. Its just addictive af.
You should try Total Chaos which is a Doom II mod and its an amazing Survival Horror game!
If you actually lived through the ZX Spectrum, C64, Master System, PC Engine and Megadrive era the games on this list just do not appeal to you aside from Path of Exiles and Genshin Impact. I may be on my own with this view but with the amount of excellent looking next gen free to play games that I have on my PS5 hard drive, I’m stunned that so many have been omitted from the your list in place of what can only be described as early 90’s throwbacks. I believe in moving forwards not back
Pirates be like : Hold my torrent
They made a bootleg Superman game but still felt the need for a flying-through-rings mission lol
Sometimes I wish you guys would mention what platforms they're on but great video :)
I've been able to enjoy Genshin Impact without spending a single cent, solely using the main character Lumine.
Cloud Climber is also a solid pick.
Genshi has a great story mode and art. You don't need to spend anything to enjoy those.
Endless Sky is a great free game, I highly recommend it.
A few I’d recommend
Popgoes:a fnaf fan game that is surprisingly well done, and while I wouldn’t consider it scary it’s surprisingly addictive
The Elder Scrools 2 daggerfall:Bethesda released it for free for an elder scrolls anniversary (can’t remember which one), and some fans are working on a Unity engine port called Daggerfall Unity (which is basically GZDoom for Daggerfall)
Lycanthorn 1&2:Castlevania inspired standalone Doom wads made by the same guy that made Shrine 1&2
highly recommend Path of Exile. I tried it because it reminded me of the first Diablo. I ended up sinking like 800 hours into it. It was all I played for months. good times
I dont know if its worth it
Does the progression feel like a chore or does it happen naturally through objectives
just gone and grabbed NOLF 1+2 Loved them games , they should bring back Kate Archer . They was one off my Fav FPS back in the day
I'd rather they keep sleeping giants sleep, just look how they massacred the XIII "remake". but yes. NOLF1+2 forever !
Nightdive Studios tried to acquire the rights to make a remake, the problem is - nobody knows who owns the rights to the series currently.
@@proOutlander and the nightmare he'll of ownership is why it hasn't been taken down.
Oh wow, I'm so glad the NOLF games get some recognition! Loved them so much, especially 2.
if you are reading this....go play doki doki
Stalker anamoly literally deserved to be in this list. Best free immersive survival game mod out there.
Genshin Impact was fun a little bit, but it pushes the micro-transactions hard. Path of Exile and Warframe are great games.
How, only if you need overpowered weapons and characters which are not required to play the story.
wow, I didn't know the No One Lives Forever games are free. I am tempted to download those and replay them since it has been many years after last playing. NOLF is one of my alltime favorite FPS games.
Vampyr was a really good single player game but was only free with ps plus sadly but I really enjoyed it
I was really disappointed With that game.. I got it for Christmas on Xbox when it first came out…i guess I just expected more..the gameplay felt very stiff..and it just had so much wasted potential
@Dante Toshiro64 sub
21's art style looks like legend of zelda and I like that :)
I'm so confused on how Warframe didn't make the list
I think because technically it's a multiplayer game that can be played solo, and something like PoE is a single player experience that can also have multiplayer elements.
Oh man I completely forgot about maldita castilla. It brings so much nostalgia. Thanks dude!
I like genshin impact but the adventure rank system made it really hard for me to get through the story
you can lower your world rank to make things easier can only lower it by one level but still, it helps a lot. Unless you mean getting higher ranks is hard, then yeah it takes a long time
@@Nobody_Fn_Important Like, you can get to AR50 in like three months, or even less, but you can get to 45 in a month or less.
@@arts3802 been playing for a while and I haven't seen any reason to go past 45, I've been there for a long time and I haven't felt the urge to advance any further all the story elements and gameplay is set to 30 or below so to get through the game think the max anyone should shoot for is 35 unless they really want the challenge. if I advanced right now I could probably go up to 60 if possible with all the exp I have in my Adventure rank. then of course there is the final upgrade to your characters that does need adventure rank of 50 so there is that.
@@Nobody_Fn_Important
EDIT: Mega whales are just reaching AR60*
Even like the mega whales haven’t hit 60 yet, it’s so far off, just for example you need 360k experience to go from 50-56, I’ve wanted to do it in one shot so I’ve been saving. I’m at about 400k saved adventure exp atm.
If you don’t want any challenge, for sure stay low level, but I love to max out my characters, so I needed 50 at least. Even now that I’ve been at 50 for awhile, I’m feeling the lure of the higher rarity material drops from the higher world levels, so I’ll probably go up to 56 in the next couple weeks.
I'm almost at AR58 and I clap everything at World Level 8, then again that's pretty easy when you have a cracked out Ganyu lmao
Enderal is free, as long as you own Skyrim on pc. And it's a full-fledged open world Fantasy RPG with up to 100 hrs of playtime/playthrough
Shouldn't Warframe be in this list? I haven't played that game for a while, but I remember it being very good, considering f2p. Also, path of exile is better than most that you ranked above it, imho.
All am saying don't play it right now unless you like ea
every time i read Warframe i see Warface.. eesh that also *used to be* a good fun game
@@thegamingarmdilo4788 urgh, I don't, lol
I know I really don't know why I thought that name was good but a dumbass is a dumbass
I like a free game called Splitgate it's an FPS that has modes like COD and you can place portals on blue walls that work like the game Portal.
"Singleplayer"
@@insaneasylum4845 I didn't notice that
Can you do a list for CO op story games free - under 25-30€
Wait, how did he not mention Muck? It’s solo player and is rated Overwhelmingly Positive on steam.
We must start a REVOLUTION!!!
Forgot warframe
Used to Play Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden on my Pentium 4 PC back when i was Junior High School.
THANK YOU FOR TIMESTAMPS! PLEASE do this for all videos moving forward
Didn't know that about NOLF 1&2, never played the first one, thanks!
Props to gameranx for highlighting grey area non-licensed games
Seriously increased my respect for them
Battle for Wesnoth. A strategy/RPG that is similar to games like Warsong/Langrisser. 100% free, class upgrades, a long story, difficult, just a great game.
Kudos for the NOLF mention; that game is in IP hell with no company willing to negotiate or do any of the work needed to untangle who "owns" what. (It's sort of a copyright deadlock, but for IP.)
I was absolutely devastated to not see Dan The Man on this list. That game is literally amazing.