The Big ol' List of Good Freeware Games for Weak Systems!

Figured I'd share this small list of Freeware (not abandonware) games for those frugal people out there to enjoy. :)

#2D Games

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πŸ‘€︎ u/RatherNott
πŸ“…︎ Feb 12 2018
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Hey! Look what I found: A list of 450+ freeware to fix stuff! (x-post from r/reddit.com 6 years ago) reddit.com/r/reddit.com/c…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Waliami
πŸ“…︎ Jan 19 2013
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Can anyone recommend some freeware programs for a student to create to-do lists and manage assignment due dates?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/rufus25
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further continuing the image series this is the cabin of the A32NX Freeware Project
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πŸ‘€︎ u/jonathan_orr
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If you ever need to "pause" the harmony in a recording to analyze it...you can use Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch. It can "freeze" the momentary spectrum of a sound. (It's Freeware)

You can literally stretch an audio sample to be longer than the age of the universe.

It is NOT a great tool for slowing things down a little bit... It is a great tool for slowing sound down to an extreme.

http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

A decent example of how it sounds can be heard on this Beethoven's 9th Stretch Project. It was a project that stretched Beethoven's 9th into 24 hours and streamed it 24/7...

Here is the stretched audio of the opening....... Jump around to try and recognize parts...It does after all.. move verrrry slowly...

Here's the opening of the last mvt

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πŸ‘€︎ u/mavaction
πŸ“…︎ Oct 11 2019
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Winners of the Best Freeware and Retail Fall 2019 Lowend Games

TOP 10 FREEWARE/OPEN SOURCE

Name Genre Win Mac Linux Notes
League of Legends MOBA * * Proprietary DRM; Reported working well on Linux w/ WINE
Team Fortress 2 Arena FPS * * *
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FPS * * *
DOTA 2 MOBA * * *
Warframe aRPG 3rd person shooter * Works on Linux with WINE, Lutris, and Proton.
Dwarf Fortress Management/ Rogue-like * * * Can be hard on lowend PCs in the late game due to # of objects
Path of Exile Action RPG, Hack & Slash * Can also download here without STEAM; may work w/ WINE on Linux - read this.
Paladins Arena FPS *
War Thunder Vehicle Combat MMO * * *
GWENT Collectible Card * Works on Linux with Wine or Lutris

TOP 10 RETAIL

All prices are retail value listed, many are often on sale!

Name Genre Win Mac Linux Price Notes
Stardew Valley Farm Sim/RPG * * * $15
Terraria 2D Survival * * * $10
Cuphead Platform, Run and Gun * * $20 Works on Linux via Lutris and Proton
Factorio Factory Building/ Management * * * $30 Can be hard on lowend PCs in the late game due to # of objects
Minecraft Open World Voxel * * * $25-30 Java and Win 10 edition are different price, and different capabilities.
Half-Life 2 FPS * * * $10
Age of Empires (& [AoE II](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22
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πŸ‘€︎ u/iamneck
πŸ“…︎ Nov 30 2019
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Can someone link me a mod of this exact plane? I've been looking for ages and it's always in the new livery,I need to bring back the nostalgia of this livery in-game. Freeware thanks!
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πŸ‘€︎ u/SuccYaNan69
πŸ“…︎ Feb 16 2020
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Anyone know of any freeware alternatives to the Scarlett 2i2?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/robots914
πŸ“…︎ Oct 26 2019
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Rounding out my StarCraft collection with a physical copy of the freeware Precursor campaign
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Subsourian
πŸ“…︎ Jul 06 2019
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Freeware version of the game?

I downloaded a free version that was given to me. Do know if that version has all the expansions and multiplayer etc that the GOG Gold Edition has?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/nutbutterguy
πŸ“…︎ Nov 08 2019
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Can OpenRA copy the full game content from the freeware versions of Red Alert and Tiberian Dawn?

Hey guys! So I played a bit of OpenRA at a lan party at my university last night and I was blown away by it. So now I want to download it, but I have a concern. It says that one of the things you can let OpenRA do is copy the full content from both TibDawn and RA1 cd installs. I have the freeware versions of those physical discs. Will they work with OpenRA?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/purplemonster9
πŸ“…︎ Nov 15 2019
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Best/Recommended freeware to monitor temps of XPS 13 9380?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/josephandrews222
πŸ“…︎ Mar 18 2020
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Review and Tutorial of PhotoRec: A Fast Freeware to Recover Lost Data on Disks and Cards fstoppers.com/originals/r…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/nibaneze
πŸ“…︎ Aug 30 2018
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Anyone have any recommendations of games that were built to advertise a product that ran on MS-DOS and were distributed for free (either as freeware or shareware)?

Stuff like Ford Simulator 1 - 6 (there is a Ford Simulator 7, but it requires Windows) and Chex Quest (it had a Windows installer, but ran in DOS [it is at least free now]).

Note: Even though Chex Quest technically was not distributed for free (it was a prize you got in a cereal box), I'm counting it because of how it was initially distributed and the fact it is now freeware.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 18 2019
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All freeware, FSX. Not a great day for VFR but thats the fun of a simulator!
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Give me honest opinion , which should i use crack version of premium software or freewares ?

as i started out animation , the only thing i thought was true was u need great softwares to make great animation so i downloaded n-no.s of pirated software and i am still using them but i know now that its not true + now there are so many great awsesome freewares out there that makes me thing i should just drop the cracks and download then as even that supports to improve

plus if i want to go all out as an animator in the future and open my own studio i was thinking i would be pretty broke at that time and will start out with freewares only

what do you guys think i should do ??

ps- i am 19

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πŸ‘€︎ u/tiltskits
πŸ“…︎ Jun 09 2019
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FEM software/freeware for analysis of Shells

Good day everyone,

Does anyone have suggestions on any FEM software or freeware that I maybe able to use to analysis a shell structure. I have a project for campus involving the design of a silo and part of the task is use any software to complete an FEM and compare the results to results of analysis with first principals.

We use a software call prokon here in SA and will try and get a student version but wanted to try something used internationally as well to get familiar with the software. Since I can't really afford any software, I was looking for anything that may offer a trail or freeware that is widely used around the world.

Thanks in advance.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Runawayted
πŸ“…︎ Jul 15 2019
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Not wargame, but this should be of interest here! WiC is now freeware reddit.com/r/worldinconfl…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/JacopoX1993
πŸ“…︎ Jul 02 2019
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Anybody know of an alternative to MakeMKV? Preferably freeware. Need to rip several Blu Rays and DVDs
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πŸ‘€︎ u/javiwankenobi
πŸ“…︎ Mar 14 2019
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Freeware JP language version of Pharaoh Rebirth: gamemaga.denfaminicogamer…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Tommytriangle
πŸ“…︎ Feb 28 2019
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PC games in German, with a lot of text interaction (quests, RPG), preferably freeware

Could you suggest PC games in German, like quests or RPG with a lot of text to read ? If possible, with scripts in separate files to be able to translate them as text, to not to type text in translator from screen during gameplay.

I played Vollgaz/Full Throttle, but couldn't extract text from scripts files.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Es_ist_kalt_hier
πŸ“…︎ Mar 16 2017
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Maybe I am out of the loop here, but did something happen to T_Fleck, famous freeware dev in XP11 for his KMSP and Delta Up liveries? His files are no longer on the org.

A cursory review of his profile on the org now shows his name is now "Delete Me" rather than "T_Fleck. Moreover, his uploads like KMSP, his Delta Up liveries for the FF A320, FF757, JAR A320, etc., are also not up on the org. Why were these taken down? Did he get into some copyright trouble or violation for having them up? Does anyone know what is going on?

Edit: He still posts sometimes and logs in. It's not like he has gone off the radar. The mystery is that the files are no longer on the org and messenger on his profile is disabled.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Vlad_Yemerashev
πŸ“…︎ Jan 28 2018
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Help me find a copy of Teddy Chestnut. My sisters and I had it as a kid and the only evidence of it existing any of us have been able to find on the internet is this deviantart fan-made image. We were in contact with the artist and they mentioned having the freeware but then they disappeared.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/bruh_momento_2
πŸ“…︎ Aug 23 2019
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Let's start a image series before the alpha release, we'll go from the externals to the internals to the cockpit, then we'll release the alpha. This is the A32NX Freeware project
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πŸ‘€︎ u/jonathan_orr
πŸ“…︎ Apr 14 2020
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Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD, a revival of the classic freeware adventure game is coming to Linux gamingonlinux.com/article…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Swiftpaw22
πŸ“…︎ Mar 02 2019
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Hi /r/Mac, can anyone here help me burn a Blu-Ray tonight? I just need somebody to walk me through it, and Google is only turning up ads for freeware that aren't any help at all. I have a Pioneer BDR-05 and a 3-pack each of Sony and Verbatim 25GB discs. Help! [Mac]

edit: I was trying to burn an original project that was edited in FCPX. FCPX can burn directly to Blu. I was deliberately avoiding this option and exporting a BR .img file instead, for burning multiple disks to avoid render time.

Turns out X is pretty quick burning discs, and my problem's solved.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/doggexbay
πŸ“…︎ Jun 12 2017
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This is freeware?!
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πŸ‘€︎ u/horseballs1899
πŸ“…︎ Oct 06 2019
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Flight sim Gods of Reddit, can you help me find a freeware plane I had a few years ago?

A few years ago (I've been without a PC that can handle FSX for a while) I had a freeware P51 Mustang that had a plaque in the cockpit that read somewhere along the lines of "Warning! Flight simming can be addictive" I remember the plane was really high quality for a freeware model and I would love to find it again. thank you in advance for any help.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/gtfelix
πŸ“…︎ Jul 20 2018
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all you can see is freeware, only in x-plane
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πŸ‘€︎ u/nightcrawler75b
πŸ“…︎ Apr 06 2019
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Sandboxie is now freeware

Pretty useful tool which can be downloaded directly from their website below.

Sandboxie website

Sophos also announced that they are looking to make it open source.

Edit: As pointed out by u/james28909 you will actually be directed to Sophos' website when downloading, which will ask for details such as a name, email address, job title and company name before downloading.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheGnocchiMonster
πŸ“…︎ Sep 13 2019
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[PC] [Between 1996-2003] A PC freeware game about a bouncing yellow ball.

Platform : [PC] used to play it on Windows XP.

Estimated year of release : Between 1996 and 2003

Graphics/art style : Although the main character (the yellow ball) looks cartoony, the game itself is dark and every stage looks like a dungeon. The graphics were choppy if I remember correctly, 16-bits mostly.

Notable characters : You play as the yellow ball, but there's one specific enemy that scared the hell out of me as a kid: a giant creature which looks similar to "Mama Tattletail" from "Tattletail". In one certain stage, it just stands in the middle as an obstacle (Yes, it's 10 times taller than the yellow ball) and in order to get past it, you have to blow its head off (I'm not kidding). It appears again in the next stage, but this time, it's so giant that it actually covers one third of the screen. And if that wasn't scary enough, it also makes screeching sounds while it throws its minions all over the screen.

Notable gameplay mechanics : It's 2D a puzzle-platformer game, and every stage is only one screen. The goal is to get to the exit by bouncing on platforms and activating switches while avoiding spikes and pitfalls. (I don't remember anything else)

Other details : The game has creepy soundtrack and sound effects, especially the one when you lose a life.

Last note : I think the first letter of the game's name was T (maybe).

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πŸ‘€︎ u/spiralhead64
πŸ“…︎ Dec 15 2019
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Flying the AMAZING F-16 freeware mod in a not so dcs sim (I tried DCS but it didn't run well)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/MilitaryManUSA
πŸ“…︎ Apr 06 2020
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Anybody know of an alternative to MakeMKV? Preferably freeware. Need to rip several Blu Rays and DVDs
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πŸ‘€︎ u/javiwankenobi
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