What are the best "free to play" games?

Question

there seem to be so many ftp games out there now. which is the best? any category.

Answer 1

America's army

Alien Swarm

Answer 2

League of Legends FTW

Answer 3

Pretty much the majority of the "Free to Play" games online are MMO's.  Though this doesn't always mean you have to play with others. One of my personal favorites that i could recommend is:

The Hunter:
http://www.thehunter.com/pub/
A very atmospheric and somewhat realistic hunting sim along the lines of Deer Hunter 2005.  If you enjoy Hunting sims i recommend it.  Though when i say it's realistic i mean, there is always a chance you may not find a dang thing to shoot at for a long time.  But for me there's a  very rewarding sense of acomplishment when you bag a kill you've been tracking a while.

Answer 4

Codename : Gordon

Battlefield Heroes

Battlefield Play 4 Free

Ace of spades

Answer 5

Minecraft Classic

Alien Swarm

Ace of Spades

Answer 6

mostly mmos

like Runes of Magic, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons

Answer 7

Americas Army.

League of Legends 

Battlefield Heroes

Company of Heroes Online

Answer 8

Dynasty Warriors Online

Classic Minecraft

but if your willing to pay a little money-

Minecraft beta- is a huge time killer and lots of fun

warcraft 3- best money/time spent playing ratio ever!!!

Answer 9

It just so happens that I just came across a review of some of the better ones.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2340696,00.asp

If you ask me, minecraft is kind of a waste of time, but a lot of people seem to enjoy it so you could give that a shot.

Answer 10

Battlefield Heroes and Battlefield play 4 free are the most popular games in the genre right now. Other recommendations,

 

Spiral Knights, Wakfu beta etc.

Answer 11

No one suggested Bloodline Champions and World of Tanks yet? They are funfunfun pvp based games.

Answer 12

League of Legends is a great F2P PvP game probably my favorite. There aren't a lot of ffree to play games out there. We have become lacking in that region. My experience that is pretty much the only worth it one especially if you have a pc.

Answer 13

It kind of depends on what you like to play. 

 

It's really a challenge to learn how to play but I personally really love Dwarf Fortress. http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ You can get a graphical pack so it's not so scary to start playing it. 

It's a lot like minecraft, you can do anything! You build a fortress and manage dwarves. You can build farms, giant dining rooms, balistas, you can fight goblins, and make an entire industry to trade to other civilizations. 

 

Here's the "lazy newb pack" for if you want to get started. It has tutorials and the graphical improvements that make the game playable (in my opinion) 

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59026.msg1319616#msg1319616

 

I also really like bloodline champions. It is kind of in the same genre as League of Legends (DoTA) but it feels more like world of warcraft arena.

http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/

Answer 14

battlefield play4free, alien swarm, league of legends

Answer 15

Here is a link to a great article about free games for the PC, many of them have been mentioned here already by other members. There’s enough games listed here for you to try one each day if you want, my two favorites are - Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and America's Army.

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/365-days-of-free-games/a-2008071714293190000

Answer 16

There are a lot of free FPS which you can download and play. Here's just some:
Quake Live
Warsow
Nexuiz
Cube 2
These are multiplayer games. Just search for "Free FPS" and the first link is a wikipedia page with a list of free FPS games :)

Answer 17

Alien Swarm  on steam a short free game by Valve

Answer 18

Although it's not out yet, Firefall(http://www.firefallthegame.com/) looks absolutely amazing for a free to play game.

Answer 19

Minecraft Classic is fun if you like building stuff. Make sure you find a good multiplayer server with good antigrief tools and build commands.

Answer 20

Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of The Rings Online are both excellent quality free to play games