Freeware Games Page of Excellence

A curated directory of Freeware Excellence as well as Developer Excellence, with a linkdump at the bottom.

Game Recommendations

Game	Screenshot	Genre	Status	Summary
CHO REN SHA 68K by Koichi Yoshida		Shmup	Complete	A classic and one of my favorite doujin shmups.
x.x. Game Room		Shmup	Complete	A collection of doujin shmups in the vein of CAVE and Touhou. Blue Wish Ressurection Plus may be the best known.
Genetos by Tatsuya Koyama		Shmup	Complete	An evolutionary shooter that follows the history of the genre's development.
Kaikan by Zakichi English mirror		Shmup	Complete	A really fun doijn hyper-shmup.
Patty and Mr. Miles by BrownSugar English Translation by cargodin		Wolf RPG Editor	Unfinished / Reborn	A cute fantasy adventure game that transforms into a dark, meta masterpiece in the After Game. This game is amazing. English mirror
Yume Nikki by KIKIYAMA		RPG Maker	????	Surrealist adventure dream game, has led to a legion of fangames. My favorite is Yume 2kki
Doki Doki Literature Club by Team Salvato		Visual Novel	Complete	A seemingly typical, slice-of-life high school VN goes full dark and meta. Not for everyone, but I loved it.
Cinderella Phenomenon by Dicesuki		Visual Novel	Complete	A well-made fantasy romance visual novel with 5 routes. Great intro to the genre (otome), and one of the better English otomes I've played.
Iji by Daniel Remar		Adventure	Complete	You know modern games always claim that "choices matter?"" Well in Iji they do actually matter. A sci-fi adventure game well before it's time.
Hierofanía and Hierofanía 2 by ludeshka		Visual Novel	Finished	Fantasy English-language visual novels with solid writing and evocative art style
Mad Father by Sen English translation by vgperson		Wolf RPG Editor	Complete	Good old-fashioned Wolf RPG horror the way God intended. Dark and creepy, with a deluxe paid version on Steam and Playism.
Dreaming Mary by accha and trass		RPG Maker	Complete	More than just pink.
Wayward Free by Unlok (Drathy)		Roguelike	Ongoing	Survival roguelike, paid version on Steam.
Brogue by Brian Walker		Roguelike	Status	A classic roguelike with beautiful ASCII effects, one of my favorites.
OFF by Mortis Ghost English translation by Reconstructed Dragon		RPG Maker	Complete	A classic French indie RPG that is mechanically pure, which I don't like since I'm not a fan of JRPG mechanics, but it has a compelling story with an excellent soundtrack and a cool style, which I love.

Developers

Game Listings

The Interactive Fiction Database
itch.io
RogueBasin
RPGMaker Games List

Freeware Game Linkdump

I have a tendency to research a genre, collect links, then lose the links and have to start over, so I’m dumping them all here. At the moment I am primarily interested in ASCII roguelikes, Mother-style RPGs, and surreal games.

Horror

• FAITH
  
  

Roguelikes

• Dungeons of Everchange
  
• Elona
  
• Fara
  
• The Ground Gives Way
  
• Infra Arcana
  
• Liberal Crime Squad
  
• Sil
  
• UnReal World
  
• Zorbus
  
  

RPGs

• Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
  
• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
  
• Dwarf Fortress
  
• End Roll
  
• Ghosts of Aliens
  
• Ghost Hospital
  
• Home, an OFF fangame
  
• Middens
  
• Mother: Cognitive Dissonance
  
• Numina
  
• Rxcovery
  
• Toilet in Wonderland (I do what I want, ok)
  
• Wither
  
  

Story-Based

• Dr. Langeskov, the Tiger, and the Terribly-Cursed Emerald
  
• emily is away
  
  

Visual novels

• April Was a Fool
  
• Butterfly Soup
  
• Cupid
  
• Double Exposure
  
• XOXO Droplets
  
• You Left Me
  
• Yûrei Station
  
  

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