Freeware Games/FPS

Screenshot	Title 	Platform 	Description 	Download
 	.kkrieger 	Windows 	Would you believe it if I said it's possible to cram a whole 3D shooter (okay, just one stage) with modern graphics into 96 kilobytes?! 	Link
 	8-Bit Killer 	Windows 	Short, but nifty little FPS game that plays like olden FPS games, but with an NES tossed in as well. You only have mouse turning, L&R mouse clicks, space bar, and WASD (plus Q and E for slower turns), so pause (space) doubles as gun-selection (instead of 1-6 like other PC games). Actually controls pretty well with pretty precise gunfire and player movement. Stages follow a pattern of gauntlet (simple level with lots of enemies), labyrinth (multiple corridors and rooms, some locked by keys), and boss (small arena with a boss, who deals and takes more damage than normal foes). Some out-of-the-way rooms hold new weapons and power-ups, so explore often. Enemy AI is mostly simple, but effective. There's even a story, and a shotgun that doesn't just shoot 2 feet in front of you (!) as well.	Link
 	Ace of Spades 	Windowsonline 	SINCE THIS GAME HAS BEEN FUCKED OVER BY JAGEX YOU CAN PLAY THE ORIGINAL AT buildandshoot.com 
Minecraft with guns. Build bases and tunnels while shooting enemies: it's fucking awesome. The last few updates have messed up the gameply a bit, but it's still worth a try. Used to be /v/'s flavor of the month. /v/ has a Steam group which hosts games weekly: Steam community 	Link
 	Area 51 	Windows 	Weird shit happens in the infamous Area 51. You are a special operative sent to help clean up a mutagenic virus leak, and of course cleaning up means gunning down hordes of mutants from space. This 2005 arcade-ish game from Midway was eventually re-released as ad-supported, but the company is gone and the final patch removes that requirement. There's also a fan-hacked version, Project Dreamland, that improves it further. 	Link
 	Black Mesa 	Windows 	A fan remake of the original Half-Life using Source, developed as soon as the engine is available to the public and released as a freeware. The dev team made a decision to reduce jump height so if you're not satisfied with that, just tweak the skill.cfg file.
Note, there are two versions of Black Mesa: the free mod is Windows-only and ends just before Xen. The paid version is set to include Xen, other additional content and refinements, and has a Linux port.
Also, keep an eye out for Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty . 	Link (Not Free)Moddb
 	Black Shades 	Windows 	You are a psychic bodyguard, and your duty is to protect the VIP in white. You must protect him from increasing hordes of snipers, gunmen, muggers, and even the hordes of the undead using a variety of weapons, ranging from a simple knife to grenades. If you or he dies, you restart the level. Have fun on the grenade levels. 	Link
 	Blind Monk's Society 	HL2 mod 	After getting your eyes pecked out by ravenous ravens, you are to be inducted into the Blind Monk's Society, and to prove you've got what it takes, you're given simple tasks to navigate through your blindness. A HL2 mod, so you'll need the Source SDK to run it. It's not too long at all, but it's interesting and quite immersive. Protips: Wear headphones and bind Q and E to turn so that you can turn in small measured amounts. 	Link
 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 19 years ago. CS: GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.). In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items. A battle-royale game-mode, "Danger Zone", was introduced in 2018. 	Link
 	Doom 64 EX 	Windows 	A perfect port of the Nintendo 64 Doom game, and arguably a better alternative than Doom 64 TC. Doesn't add levels and things that weren't there, plays like a charm. The only thing you'll need is a Doom 64 ROM from which to extract the data. There are even some PWADs/mods for this release. The site also has modding tools, so all you old-school Doomers can go nuts.wad. 	Link
 	Doom 64 TC 	Windows 	A nearly perfect port of the N64 game. Based on a modified Doomsday engine. Has new levels and a few new enemies recolors. You can also make your own levels with Doombuilder 1. Requires a copy of doom2.wad in order to play. If you don't have that wad then an N64 emulator and a ROM will do fine. 	Link
 	Doom Remake 4 	Windows 	Fan remake / update of good old Doom, with modernized visuals (3D models, high-res textures, advanced lighting effects) and a lot of extra gore. Warning: it will humble even machines that can run Crysis! 	Link
 	Forsaken 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	In a distant future, you're a scavenger trying to make a living in the lifeless ruins of planet earth. A nice 6DoF shooter, like Descent with 90s 'tude and more arcadey gameplay. Also on PS1 (same game with worse graphics) and N64 (with different maps and music). There's also a paid remastered version with (slightly) improved visuals, music playback fixed (broken in the free version due to an obsolete API), and the N64 content added on. 	Link
 	Freedoom 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	The Freedoom project aims to create a complete free content game based on the Doom engine. Combined with the engine, Freedoom is also compatible with game modifications (“mods”) made for the original Doom games, made by Doom fans and artists over the decades. 	Link
 	Mac-enstein 3D 	Windows 	When Wolfenstein 3D was first ported to the Mac, it ended up quite different from the original: some levels were changed, the graphics were redrawn in higher resolution, the music was completely new, and the voices samples were much clearer. Now this is a faithful fan-made port of that version back to the PC. 	Link
 	Marathon (series) 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	The year is 2794 and you are a security officer aboard the UESC Marathon, a multi-generational spacecraft converted from one of Mars's moons. As the ship and the Tau Ceti colony are attacked by hostile extraterrestrials, you find that something is amiss with the ship's artificial intelligences - one of which having gone quite insane after figuring out a secret greater than universe itself.
This is the predecessor of Halo (and other than graphics, it is better in about every way). If you have a Mac, see below for its own predecessor, Pathways Into Darkness. 	Link
 	Megaman: 8-bit Deathmatch 	WindowsmacOS 	Megaman-themed mod for Doom 2, powered by Skulltag. Includes a tournament-style single player mode and 70+ multiplayer maps, each based on a stage from the NES Megaman games, and features player skins for nearly every character from the NES and Game-Boy Megaman games, including the Robot Masters. Technically it's just a *.wad file for Doom2, but Doom2 without the *.wad files is free! Also has a fairly active /v/ community. 	Link
 	No One Lives Forever (series) 	Windows 	60s Superspy themed FPS. Play as Cate Archer, a petty thief turned secret agent, and fight an evil organization attempting to take over the world. Game is known for its humor, very wide array of gadgets, and setting. 	Link
 	Openarena 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	OpenArena is a free and open-source video game. It is a first-person shooter, and a video game clone of Quake III Arena. 	Link
 	Pathways Into Darkness 	macOS 	An extraterrestrial transmission warns us of impending doom: millions of years ago, a reality-manipulating creature fell on Earth, killing all dinosaurs. Now, it will awaken in a few days, and when it does, it will destroy the world entirely. The only solution is to get it back to bed, by means of a nuclear bomb planted on the lowest levels of a mysterious pyramid of non-human origin.
The predecessor to the Marathon series, very unique, and one of the hardest games ever. 	Link
 	Renegade X 	Windows 	Fan remake of Command & Conquer: Renegade, using the Unreal Engine 3 for excellent modernized visuals.
Note: the single and multiplayer modes were split in two games, if you want single player get the "Black Dawn" installer. 	Link
 	Robox Invasion 	Windows 	Alien Invaders called Robox have defeated most of Earth's forces. As one of the last remaining human soldiers, your task is to survive as long as you can in this Survival Type single player FPS game for the PC. Standard WASD control, the game runs on most PC's on Windows OS ranging from Netbooks to the top gaming PC's (on which the quality is higher). The game is still under the development and the developer is ready to consider player suggestions for improvements. 	Link
 	Smokin' Guns 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	Quake III with cowboys, pretty much. Started as a mod but now is a standalone game. 	Link
 	Transmissions: Element 120 	WindowsLinux 	A short but sweet standalone Half-Life 2 mod with a cool horror ambiance and some physics puzzles. 	Link
 	Tribes (series) 	Windows 	A multiplayer spin-off of the Earthsiege mech simulation games, but other than the setting, it's completely different; Tribes is built around team battles with high speed, high altitude movement in huge open environments. 	Link
 	Urban Terror 	Windows 	Quake 3 hack that makes good use of the engine. Kinda like CS, but different in more ways than one. Shit like throwing knives and wall jumping ahoy in this game. Pretty good local and net multiplayer all around, too. 	Link
 	Warsow 	WindowsLinuxmacOSonline 	A fast paced FPS in the vein of Quake, but with celshaded Team Fortess 2 style graphics. It has the typical bunny hopping/strafe jumping found in mods like CPMA and a unique dash/special key that allows for things like wall jumps/kicks and plenty of map tricks.
Development ended in 2016, and the game was removed from GOG, so servers are likely dead or highly inactive (wouldn't hurt to check though). 	Link Warfork
 	Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	Possibly one of the greatest team fortress-esque game ever concieved. This was suppose to be the added multiplayer for the PC version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but id Software decided to release it as a freeware game. If the class system doesn't get you interested, the intuitive gameplay will. Almost every map has some different objective to be completed, making for a very different experience every time you play this game. 	Link
 	Wolfram 	Windows 	A fan remake of Wolfenstein 3D (or the shareware levels at least) with modernized graphics and almost everything else unchanged. 	Link
 	Xonotic 	WindowsLinuxmacOS 	An open-source Quake-like FPS with lots of editing tools and a pretty great community. Very fast paced. Try not to blink.
Note: Originally, it was Nexuiz, but in 2010 IllFonic purchased the rights to the name Nexuiz, and a proprietary license to the source-code, and had THQ handle the game and you can tell what happens next; The game got remade in 2012 using CryEngine 3 (as a commercial product), core distributors got pissed and forked the game as Xonotic, and THQ went under the next year, resulting in Nesuiz's servers being shut down. 	Link
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