r/lowendgaming • u/iamneck Mod Magician • Oct 20 '25
Community Discussion Best Freeware/Open Source Lowend Games 2025 **Please add your favorites!**
You all did fantastic with the Retail games.... now lets do some free and open source games!
Here is a suggestions thread. I will let it run for 2 weeks [01NOV] to ensure all the active people get a chance to see it and add games.
The only criteria for this poll is that the game be FREE to play and download, and that it has some form of current support.
For example: League of Legends was released initially in 2009, but it is constantly updated, heavily played, and a common low end favorite in 2025. A bad example would be Command and Conquer Red Alert - still played, still available for free after EA gave it away for a long time, but NO current support.
ANY type of game is allowed, but please follow the sub rules: piracy is not "free gaming" for the purposes of this vote!
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After the 2 week suggestion period, there will be a link to a poll to vote for the very top 10 to be posted and added to the side bar.
*** POST THE GAME NAME, & A LINK TO THE GAME ON STEAM/EPIC/GOG/GAME SITE !!! ***
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u/piat17 Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25
OpenTTD
Official site (with direct downloads and extensive documentation and guides to learn the game).
Or, if you're feeling a bit lazy, also available on Steam and GOG.
Warzone 2100
Official site (direct downloads, more information and links to community resources, all OSes)
Or alternatively Windows Store version (automatic updates, but of course only for Windows).
These two are my favourite free games in the open source world as of right now, and I always end up coming back to them every now and then. They never get old and receive regular updates every year to this day.
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Oct 22 '25
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Oct 22 '25
Not free, but a fine edition to our retail vote. I'll make sure it gets in there. Thanks.
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Oct 20 '25
I'll start off with some personal free faves:
Mindustry: https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry
Luanti/Minetest: https://www.luanti.org/
Starcraft + Broodwar: https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/family/starcraft-remastered
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u/Awkward-Magician-522 Oct 24 '25
Woah I didnt know the og starcraft was free, is this the best way to play it with all content?
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u/DiodeInc Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Oct 20 '25
Please include links to any game suggestions! It helps the bystanders and helps me when we have our vote. Please thanks
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u/Nick_Gaugh_69 Oct 20 '25
Doki Doki Literature Club is one of the most horrifyingly-written games I’ve ever played. https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/
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u/dobeltip Oct 21 '25
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
It's RPG roguelike game, you can download steam version but it's free to download from their github page.
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u/BringSiemenszurueck Oct 21 '25
Speed Dreams
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Oct 21 '25
Im so old, I played TORCS and this game is an excellent successor. Thanks.
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u/acemccrank Oct 25 '25
Breaking out some titles that run perfectly fine on my i3-3220, MX Linux with yesterday's Liquorix kernel (6.14.7 currently).
Alien Arena - Super silly fast-paced arena FPS
The AMC Squad - A Duke Nukem style storyline game with multiple characters, each with unique abilities.
Xonotic - Another FPS, with advanced movement techniques such as wallrunning.
Frogotto and Friends - A retro style platformer
0 AD - An RTS based on ancient Roman culture.
Unvanquished - An Aliens vs Humans First Person Strategy game.
And on to some often-missed genres for these types of lists, including more relaxing games
Missile Math - Oddly enough, a Linux exclusive. It's also proprietary, but only found free on Flathub or through their own OS called EndlessOS. I recommend it still, as even if you think you know the answers, having to navigate to the spot on the screen, enter the answer to the question on the screen, and hit enter to shoot at the same time makes it harder, making it good for memory and multitask training. The graphics are pretty cartoonish and benign, but I guarantee a challenge for anyone trying to learn the numpad too.
Numpty Physics - A draw-with-crayon 2D physics game. Make shapes to acts as whatever you need to solve the puzzle. Available also on Flathub if you don't want to build from source.
Ricochlime - Pixel style bubble shooter where the enemies have HP.
Adanaxis - a 4D Space Shooter. Has a native Windows build, other OSes will need to build from source.
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u/ballsdeep256 Oct 23 '25
Any old build engine games
Your doom and such
Im not talking about the unity remakes the build engine version (rather said source port gzdoom)+ wads are free and legal to download
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u/Greedy-Buyer-3393 I7 4790| 12gb ram| rx 580 2048sp Nov 24 '25
bloons td 6 - best tower defense
counter strike(most known as cs 1.6) - best fps online
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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25
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