All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/free/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/free/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Puzzle Pirates Puzzle Pirates is an online game. Unlike other online environments, the game does not include simulated violence or gore. There are no guns in Puzzle Pirates. Instead, competitive interactions between players are resolved using one of fifteen different interactive puzzles. A player's skill at each puzzle determines how well he or she is likely to do in the game.

Online games can create an enormously fun environment. People are, after all, far more fun to interact with than computers! The challenge comes with making these kinds of interactions a positive experience. Our approach has been to design Puzzle Pirates so that it encourages our community of players to work together. Success in the game comes from learning to work cooperatively: Players are rewarded for forming crews, organizing expeditions, and interacting socially with those around them and not for being abusive or otherwise acting out.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 08:11:19 Icy Tower Harold the Homeboy and his friends have decided to climb a huge tower they found the other day. It's up to you to help them get as high as possible without falling down, and collect extra points by doing cool moves on the way.

Icy Tower is a fun and short, yet addictive game where your only goal is to gain as much score as possible. The game brings you custom characters, unlockable floors types, replays to share with your friends, lots of combo rewards and more!
]]> 01 Jan 2007 04:52:03 Pong PONGââ€
]]> 13 Jan 2007 02:32:44 Toboggan Jump Jump through the hoop with your toboggan by choosing how much power to push it with. You get three attempts to make it successfully through.
]]> 18 Dec 2006 03:05:54 Kingdom of Loathing The Kingdom of Loathing (or KoL, as it has come to be known by its player base) is a free, comical RPG, brought to you by the folks at Asymmetric Publications.

KoL is currently in open beta -- it's open to the public to play, but it's not quite finished. More features and things to do are being added on a nearly daily basis. Despite its unfinished state, it has already attracted a thriving community of interesting, intelligent, and helpful players.

KoL is, and always will be, free to play, but donations are appreciated and rewarded.

KoL is played from the comfort of your browser, and is adorned with a staggering array of stunning hand-drawn images. It is turn-based, which means you get a certain number of turns (Adventures) each day.
]]> 24 Dec 2006 01:26:21 Dink Smallwood Dink Smallwood is a humorous zelda-like isometric adventure/RPG produced and published by Robinson Technologies in 1997.

One of the unique features of Dink is its abilities to run Dink Modules (DMOD's) for unlimited adventure. Dink Edit is included with the game so you can make your own.
]]> 28 Nov 2006 03:38:57 Frogger The game starts with three frogs. The player guides a frog which starts at the bottom of the screen. The lower half of the screen contains a road with motor vehicles, which in various versions include cars, trucks, buses, taxis, and/or motorcycles speeding along. The upper half of the screen consists of a river with logs, alligators, and turtles. The very top of the screen contains five "frog homes"â€â€
]]> 13 Jan 2007 02:39:31 Frets on Fire Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 04:17:44 Attack of the Killer Swarm! A relatively simple game where you control the killer swarm to throw people up into the air... inevitabley falling to their horrible deaths. The goal is simply to make sure that their deaths are as horrible as possible.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 06:05:06 Street Rod Street Rod is one of the finest dos racing games of the late 80s. It allows you to tune up and trick out your 50s or 60s era ride and then drag or street race them for money or pink slips. Beef up your cars to eventually challenge the King and his black Corvette.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 01:51:54 Hexxagon You are the red diamonds, and you have to take over as much of the board as you can.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:26:40 Cave Story - Doukutsu Monogatari Cave Story is a freeware sidescrolling action/adventure/platformer title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the giant cave inside the floating island which makes up the game's setting.

This is a free game made by one man:

Pixel said,
It's been five years since I first thought to myself, "Hey, why not try making a game?" I developed Cave Story at my own pace, taking my time, and while doing so I released a few other smaller games as well.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 01:38:13 GLtron From the SourceForge Page:

gltron was inspired by the film tron - actually, more by all the games that where inspired by the film tron :-) It's a game for one to four players, the objective is not to drive into a wall.
]]> 12 Dec 2006 07:55:58 SkyRoads "You could play this game just for the amazing sound tracks, but the gameplay is also very catchy. Simply, you need to steer your space vehicle along the course, jumping and dodging blocks that will wipe you out when you're flying along at light-speed. Balancing acceleration and fuel usage becomes tricky when you've got a time limit to beat with hardly any fuel in the tank. Your reflexes and timing will be the difference between getting home safely and floating aimlessly through space."
-dosgamesarchive.com

This is truly an original. Very simple, very addictive.
]]> 19 Mar 2007 09:09:34 Knytt The Knytt was abducted by an alien! Traveling through space, the UFO flies into a meteor and crashes on a nearby planet. Luckily, the Knytt and the alien survive, but the UFO is a wreck. How can the Knytt possibly find it's way back home again?
]]> 06 Dec 2006 12:42:22 Second Life Second Life is a 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents.

Since opening to the public in 2003, it has gotten a total of almost four million members.
]]> 04 Dec 2006 06:29:57 Tyrian Need we describe the best of all shmups?
]]> 09 Dec 2006 09:25:39 Gridlock Move the gray blocks left, right, up or down in order to free the blue block through the opening on the right.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:38:44 Seiklus This is an strange endearing relaxing game. All about exploring the world.

It has many nice touches that come out if you take the time to play. Shows how much simple things and bare bones gameplay can still add up to an enjoyable experience.

The environments are strange and unexpected.. Might be a bit challenging for some and frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it overall.

This was made by a single guy using GameMaker, and given away for free! See developer's links below for more info

clysm said,
Well, when I make any game, I make
a game that Id like to see made by someone
else; like partly as just an effort to inspire other people to make little games. I know a lot of people who are really talented, or who have some ambition, but they dont do anything, because they just think they cant....
]]> 26 Nov 2006 11:33:25 Bacteria 2 Bacteria 2 is a hard logic puzzle game.It has kept the game play from Bacteria 1 but has several new features such as multiple difficulty modes, arcade mode and multiplayer mode, both on and offline.
Bacteria 2 has won several awards and has received quite a bit of media attention.
]]> 20 Dec 2006 02:58:20 Jetpack Jetpack is a DOS game that was an immediate hit when it was released in 1993, and a cult following grew internationally. The author received a ton of mail and submissions by people creating their own Jetpack levels. The built in level editor is one of the most popular features - over 1000 levels have been created. Some teachers bought Jetpack because they considered the editor to be educational, encouraging their students' creativity.

Jetpack was the top selling game for both publishers that carried it (Software Creations and Impulse Games). Jetpack runs fine on an 8086, and surprisingly well on today's computers!

Jetpack has been made freeware by its author so it is now free to download.
]]> 02 Mar 2007 05:07:48 Boomshine Boomshine is a simple game in which you set off a chain reaction to try and "pop" a set amount of colored balls on each level. The higher the level the more balls you are expected to catch in your chain reaction. The final level is insanely hard, but getting there isn't that easy either.
]]> 17 May 2007 12:38:24 Hover Tank 3D HT3D is a tank arena combat game, with missions, versus CPU play, online multiplayer, and much more. It features many different types of gameplay, and is customizable to look and play how you want it to. The game is made in Game Maker's D3D, and is a fully 3D game.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 05:52:39 Gold Miner You are a miner and you need to collect as much gold as possible. You can buy items between levels that increase certain attributes for the next level.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 05:15:23 The Fancy Pants Adventure Fancy Pants Adventure is a smooth, flowing side scroller. You can do back flips, roll down hills, and run up walls all while wearing your fancy pants. There are three levels that end with a final boss fight.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 04:45:57 SuperTux SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game featuring Tux the penguin. It currently features 9 enemies, 26 playable levels, software and OpenGL rendering modes, configurable joystick and keyboard input, music and graphics. It runs on numerous different platforms, including Linux, Windows, MacOSX, PSP and more.
]]> 02 Mar 2007 07:52:53 Plasma Pong Plasma Pong is a variation of Pong that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 01:39:25 Avoider Avoid him for as long as you can.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:44:17 Winterbells You control a rabbit with the mouse, and you have to guide him to the bells. He goes up and up, as he hits each bell, but if you fall down, youre back to square one. Try hitting the birds for double score.

Game made by Ferry Halim. More of his games can be found at www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal
]]> 20 Dec 2006 05:57:57 Bridge Builder Bridge Builder is a game where you build bridges. In each level you have a limited budget to buy materials with, materials with which you have to build a bridge which will hold a train passing over it.
]]> 25 Dec 2006 01:58:32 Within a Deep Forest Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows, featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor, infinite cuteness, and a deep forest.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 02:38:21 Alley Cat Alley Cat is a game created in 1984 for the PC and Atari 800. In the game the player controls a cat trying to get the best things in life, such as mice and fish, while avoiding bad things like dogs and brooms.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 03:24:45 Bontago Bontago is a single or multiplayer 3d real-time strategy/puzzle game. By stacking blocks each player increses their area of influence, and can build closer and closer to the goal in the middle of each level.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 10:02:40 Hapland Hapland is a point and click puzzle game. You must find a way to light the two torches and activate the big portal.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:49:37 Ball 4 Revamped Guide your ball through 100 small levels, attempting to make it through in the best time.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:51:59 RaidenX RaidenX follows the same formula of virtually every other shmup: Powerful weapons, lots of enemies, plenty of powerups. Collecting powerups of the same colour in a row will make your weapons more powerful!
]]> 02 Feb 2007 04:00:19 Gamma Bros The Gamma Brothers spend their days working in a huge space station near Jupiter. No one works harder than Buzz and Zap. What could they possibly be working on? Something very important, no doubt.

The Gamma Brothers also understand the importance of not working. Every day at quitting time they hop into their commuter vehices for the long, difficult journey back to earth. Every day on their way home, they are attacked by ships and creatures of unknown origin. Every day, to and from work, they must survive many vicious and clever alien attacks!

It is up to YOU to guide the Gamma Brothers home. Prepare yourself for the ultimate space commute battle! After all, it is dinner time on earth, and the Gamma Brothers' families will not be pleased if you don't get Buzz and Zap home safely.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 12:41:00 Flash Element TD This addictive little flash game uses the Warcraft defensive towers to protect your little strip of land from wave after wave of "creeps".

Place your towers around the track to prevent the creeps from reaching the end. You earn interest based on the amount of gold you have left at the end of each turn, so place your towers sparingly.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 12:07:07 Twin Distress A game in which you remove the blocks from the screen before the time runs out.
]]> 28 Nov 2006 09:14:45 Geordies Ale Adventure Author: Smila

The Game: Guide Geordie on his quest to get inebriated

Features: 200 rooms of arcade adventure action, retro styled sprites, alcohol, the colour "orange".

Does not feature: Giraffes, crown green bowling, crayons, guns.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 06:38:37 Fly the Copter Realistic flight model! Watch out James Bond, I can Fly the Copter!
]]> 06 Nov 2006 08:24:11 Sumotori Dreams Sumotori Dreams is a Sumor wrestling game with ultra-real phsyics. Start the match and rush your oppenent trying to shove them to the ground or out of the ring. Then watch as they stand up to bow.
]]> 30 Apr 2007 04:48:49 Knytt Stories
]]> 28 Aug 2007 08:35:48 flOw Please note that you can find comments and reviews of this game over at fl0w as well.


flOw is a game about piloting an aquatic organism through a surreal biosphere where players consume other organisms, evolve, and advance their organisms to the abyss.

As part of Jenova Chen's thesis research, flOw inherits an embedded design of active DDA (dynamic difficulty adjustment), players with differing skill levels can intuitively customize their experiences in the zone and enjoy the game at their own pace.

Since its creation flOw has been picked up as a console title for the PlayStation3, for more about that game, please see flOw.

Jenova Chen has also worked on Cloud and Dyadin.
]]> 05 Dec 2006 04:34:27 The Specialists Specialists mod for half-life.
]]> 29 Apr 2007 03:49:35 Duo No nonsense old-school 2D blasting action with original gameplay twists and surprises and enough challenges for even the most battle hardened of players.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 04:57:04 Adventure Quest AdventureQuest is a fully Flash-animated RPG that you can play when you are on your lunchbreak, when the big game servers go down, or even for hours every day! You fight against hordes of monsters and enemies so that you can grow stronger and obtain ancient weapons of unimaginable power. You need nothing more than your web browser and the latest Macromedia Flash plugin to play.

Create a NEW Free Account today and enter the world of AdventureQuest! Explore an entire world, filled with over 700 monsters, hundreds of items, magical powers to gain, and many classes to master! Become a Fighter, Wizard, Ninja, Vampire Slayer, Rogue, Knight, Mage, Paladin, Dragonslayer, and more.

Always changing!
This game is in an ongoing development phase. We are always creating and adding new content to the game and updating the main game engine to improve the experience for everyone. New quests, areas, items or events show up every week in AdventureQuest!

There are currently over 600 unique enemies to encounter, 400 unique weapons, over 150 unique armors and shields to use, and hundreds of spells and pets to aid you in battle, all found in dozens of quests, towns and areas through the world.
]]> 29 Nov 2006 10:43:52 Hapland 2
Robin Allen said,
Restore power to the portal in order to...save a princess or something. Just light the damn torches
]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:03:15 Super Fishing Catch fish while avoiding trash and being struck by lightning. The more fish you catch, the longer you can go for a high score.
]]> 20 Dec 2006 03:08:54 The Missile Game 3D You are piloting a missile through a tunnel and you need to make sure it doesn't hit any walls. Where your mouse is on the screen is where the missile is. As the levels progress, your missile starts to go faster and faster. Can you beat all 9 levels?
]]> 27 Dec 2006 03:30:59