This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, social' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/free/social/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, social' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, social' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/free/social/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Age of Time "Barbie horse adventure" is a fair description. Except you can kill the horses. And other people. And arrest people and beat them while they are in jail. And blow them up with dynamite.

It's a persistent online fantasy action game.
]]> 10 Oct 2006 02:52:07 Return To Blockland Return To Blockland is a free expansion mod for Blockland, which is a popular TGE-based online Lego-style building game.

RTB adds more bricks, accessories, game modes, admin/player options, and a lot more. RTB's mission is to keep Blockland fresh and captivating. RTB is just an extension of the fun premise of the "vanilla" Blockland. There also lots of plans for RTB when Blockland goes "retail". Until then, RTB will still be supported and developed for the public beta version 2, which has been enjoyed by the masses for nearly two years (and was featured on TechTV's "The Screen Savers").

RTB was first released in June, 2005. The current version is 1.045. The next version will be version 1.05. When the final version of Blockland is available for purchase we will move development to RTB version 2.0.
]]> 18 Oct 2006 01:49:08 Runescape RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG operated by Jagex Ltd. With over nine million active free accounts and more than one million paid member accounts, RuneScape is rated among the most popular online games in the world.More than five million unique players access their accounts to play RuneScape at least once per month. RuneScape offers both free and subscription content and is designed to be accessible from any location with an Internet connection and to run in an ordinary web browser without straining system resources.

RuneScape takes place in the fantasy-themed realm of Gielinor, which is divided into several different kingdoms, regions, and areas. Players can travel throughout the gaming world on foot, by using magical teleportation spells or devices, or mechanical means of transportation. Each region offers different types of monsters, materials, and quests to challenge players.

Players are shown on the screen as customisable avatars. They set their own goals and objectives, deciding which of the available activities to pursue. There is no linear path that must be followed. Players can engage in combat with other players or with monsters, complete quests, or increase their experience in any of the available skills. Players interact with each other through trading, chatting, or playing combative or cooperative mini-games.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 04:54:57 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 Agent of Chaos Agent of Chaos is a cyberpunk rpg, based in a future where life is cheap. Corporations have such power that small governments hide in their shadows. Become the most powerful agent with cybernetics and bioware, even start your own corporation.

Agent of chaos is still in development, but will be entering the beta testing state by Christmas. So feel free to stop by and share your thoughts. Please forgive the programmers art :]
]]> 29 Nov 2006 11:40:58 The Endless Forest The Endless Forest is a social screensaver, a virtual place where you can play with your friends. When your computer goes to sleep you appear as a deer in this magical place. There are no goals to achieve or rules to follow. You just steer your deer through the forest and see what happens.
]]> 01 Dec 2006 02:05:34 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 Crowns of Power A totally free and new MMORPG from Rampid Interactive. Small servers with intense PvP and PvE action. Still in beta testing phase.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 07:17:42 The Singular The Singular is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game that you play casually, through your web browser. It doesn't require any plugins and can be played from any standard browser.
]]> 11 Dec 2006 11:56:17 iPuissance 4D iPuissance 4D is a free (online) Connect 4 style video game: It can be played through the Internet against other real players, or locally against an artificial intelligence. The Connect Four grid is rendered in 3D. It is also possible to see the scores, time left, change the game rules, and even chat with others in the game or in chat room. You can play on-line and chat on the Beroux.com server for free and increase your rank in the high score.
]]> 19 Dec 2006 06:21:15 Survival Project Survival Project is?
  • *The Survival project (Surp) is an online action network game that you can do a real-time match against other users connecting online.
  • *<Survival Project> offers 8 modes that provide different missions by each, and it offers 8 maps provide distinct environmental condition.
  • *There are 8 cute characters with individualities that have their own main weapon and strong points. You can choose characters and confront divided into 2 teams to 4 teams. You can command various strategies and tactics by using provided environmental conditions and various items.
  • *<Survival Project> adopts a real time action formula and it helps you to enjoy thrilling matches. It brought in various systems such as the Guild and the Benefactor system to activate communities of users.
    • ]]>     21 Dec 2006 08:19:46     artifact Build an empire from a single city. Form alliances with other players. Search the world for the Ancient Artifacts and claim them for your own. Use their powers to help you and your allies conquer the world!



    Compete against Live Opponents - Real, Live Players from all over the United States and the World come together to battle for control of the Artifacts. Not only do you compete with other players, but you can also create alliances with them to "guard your back" while you're offline. More than just a game, Artifact has been a thriving online community since 1999!


    The Thrill of Real-time Combat - All building, movement and combat are resolved in "real time." Build your empire, scout your neighbors, and wage war on your enemies, all in real time.


    The Challenge of a Persistent World - Artifact is always running. When you log out, your empire is still there--your population is still growing, your workers are still working, your military is still there defending your holdings. Your enemies will still be there too, so make sure you have allies you can trust!


    Free to Play! - Artifact is FREE to play for as long as you like. Learn to play without paying a cent, or go for Full Access right from the start. It's your choice!
    ]]>     21 Dec 2006 08:48:15     The Music Lounge The Lounge is a virtual nightclub where music fans can hang out, listen to music, make friends, dance, and chat.
    ]]>     22 Dec 2006 04:33:03     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     Bang! Howdy Bang! Howdy is an online strategy game revolving around the "Wild West". It is made by Three Rings Design, the makers of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. There is no cost to download the game (or to play it in-browser) and start playing.

    The setting mixes elements from a variety of related genres, such as steampunk or Native American myth. Several of the players' available units are entirely mechanical, including artillery and a "steam gunman", a robot boasting large wagon wheels for movement while wearing a cowboy hat. Other, more conventional units include cavalry and gunslingers. At the 2006 Game Developer's Conference, Three Rings described the formula as "Chess + Mario Kart + Real Time/ Turn-Based + Steampunk Westerns + Secret Sauce".
    ]]>     24 Dec 2006 06:04:02     Linked Linked is a drawing tool that lets you work on solo projects and collaborations alike! The game combines a simple and intuitive drawing system with the power of the Reflect Account System to allow players from anywhere in the world to connect to each other and work on the same drawing, chat, and play games.

    Using this program, it is possible to play all sorts of games! Hangman, tic-tac-toe, and pictionary are only a few possibilities! The chat system allows players to view the image that is being drawn while chatting, and vice versa; the player who is drawing can see the chat unfold as he or she works. Linked also provides the hosting player with the ability to limit the amount of new players who can enter, as well as who can draw and who cannot.

    Linked began as an investigation into the power of Game Maker's surface capabilities, and wound up being much more. I truly hope some of you out there enjoy this game, and create some wonderful things with it, by yourself or with a group of friends.
    ]]>     27 Dec 2006 07:22:18     Vendetta Online Vendetta Online is a terrific game made for the computer. You are a ship among other mulitplayer ships in a huge galaxy and more galaxies. Create guilds, duel, and all the while chat. Though it's ever building, it's a game already with helpful players, and a strong community. Join one of three teams, and attack! Combat is common in this online game. Along with combat, trading and missions are also popular. Even mining is possible! After all, anything's possible in Vendetta Online.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 08:50:42     Over Over is an MMORTS set in a sci-fi environment where, as the commander of your space fleet, you will lead it during missions against the antagonist factions dwelling the galaxy. As the game progresses, you will increase your commander skills and expand your fleet by trading the earned points with new units.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 04:02:06     Aces High Over Verlor Island The airspace over Verlor Island is a hot spot for fantastic dogfights, and you're one of the pilots! Battle the computer or up to 7 other people online! Will you emerge from the fury of bullets and explosions as the best pilot in the sky?

    Featuring detailed 3D environments, fast and easy online play, and an assortment of special moves and different ways to score, Aces High Over Verlor Island has something for everyone.

    The final build features a tutorial mode, 3 single player modes, and online multiplayer for up to 8 players, so dust off your flight gloves and start practicing your maneuvers!
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 04:47:06     Kisses Kisskimo, the village cupid, has appointed you, an ordinary everyday villager, to spread joy throughout your village. It is your mission to maintain as many friendships as possible with your fellow village members, and luckily you have been promised rewards for showing progress in this task. At first, it seems that it should be easy enough to be friendly with your neighbors, but soon you learn that they are not fond of sharing your friendship with others. Their jealousy runs deep into the village's social network and you are only able to achieve your goal by spreading lies and manipulating your friends.


    Kisses is a social strategy game in which the user must persevere physically and flourish socially in a Village.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 05:01:29     Facade You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip, an attractive and materially successful couple in their early thirties. During an evening get-together at their apartment that quickly turns ugly, you become entangled in the high-conflict dissolution of Grace and Trip's marriage. No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made. By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trip's lives - motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time.
    ]]>     02 Jan 2007 03:43:06     Magma Duel Magma Duel is a 2-player game whereas your objective is to destroy the opposing player, whether by knocking him into the boiling magma below, or by making use of the 9 nifty powerups available randomly floating around the level. Each round the level is generated by the computer based on modifiable (see Options) values. A new feel each time!

    Magma Duel was inspired by a wonderful game released for DOS in 1996, Marshmallow Duel (http://www.marshmallowduel.com). Hours of fun spent with friends on this game lead to the creation you see here today, with all sorts of changes and improvements (largely graphical!).
    ]]>     08 Jan 2007 02:00:42     MultiMayhem The goal of this arcade game is to score the most points by jumping on, or hovering over the other player's head, dealing damage to him and scoring points. The game includes levels like the Arcade, Fish tank and Forest Valley. You can play against the computer, friends or on a network.
    ]]>     10 Jan 2007 05:23:32     The World The World MORPG is a Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game inspired by the popular .hack series.

    It shifts between a classic top-down view for exploration and a 2D-sidescrolling action mode similar to that of the "Tales of" series when in combat.

    It is currently under development.
    ]]>     16 Jan 2007 12:31:25     Tugapod Tugapod is a MMORPG created by a portuguese team. Unlike other games from the same style, Tugapod is free, so you don't need to pay a monthly fee to play. You only need an account, which will have capacity to store one game character.
    ]]>     23 Jan 2007 05:20:41     Snow WAR Snow WAR is a fast and furious all-out snow battle with a strategic twist! Either set up and try different methods to wage a war of frosty combat or just go at it and pelt a friend for fun! The first one to get the other team eating snow first, wins!

    Each team start with a human player and 12 computer controlled kids. Players can give commands to kids on their team to form basic strategies, as well as take part in the action themselves.

    Each character on the screen can take 5 hits with a snowball before they are "out". Computer controlled kids can only be brought back into the action with a "Cocoa Run". Each time a player hits a member of the other team with a snowball, the Cocoa Meter fills up a little. Once it is full a kid will run onto the screen and revive a kid with yummy hot cocoa! Player are automatically revived in 10 seconds as long as there are members of his team left.

    The last team left standing is the winning team!
    ]]>     24 Jan 2007 03:52:39     Sofia's Debt Do you dare to feel the horror? Sofia's Debt is a mini adventure game that tells a stoy with strong emotions and terror. This game is like an episode of a horror tv series (like "Twilight Zone" or "Tales from the crypt") that has a claustrophobic feeling in a very short time.
    ]]>     24 Jan 2007 08:11:37     True-Vol True-Vol is an online multiplayer first person shooter and a role playing game. The objective of the game is to "ice" your competition as many times as possible by shooting them (click left mouse button) and using your own special techniques while avoiding being "iced" yourself. Fly around the level and collect Vol power-ups (look for -=V=- on screen), which increase your abilities to shoot, fly, zoom in, and move. After collecting enough Vol power-ups you will reach an ascended state called "True-Vol". With this new acquired label comes the ability to annihilate your opponents with an incredible rate of fire, great vision, and speed. Every time you "ice" an opponent you get one point. However, if you are "iced" by an opponent you lose one point, but don't worry, you can't get negative points!
    You begin the game with 200 experience points. After a few games you will have gained more experience points, which you can use to create your own techniques. During gameplay you can use your techniques by first placing your target box on an opponent at least for a moment. Once you have seen their name pop up that means they are the target which your techniques will home in on unless someone has the homing virus (or you clear your technique's target by pressing zoom-in and zoom-out simultaneously). Enter the Button Sequence of the Technique you want to use and it will fire toward the last targeted opponent. You can also target opponent's special techniques and destroy them before they hit you. Simply target one (it will say "(Playername's) Special Technique") then fire off your own technique. You can even change the course of your techniques movement by choosing another target after you have fired off a special technique.
    ]]>     25 Jan 2007 04:42:43     The Metamorphosis This game is based on F.Kafka's <The Metamorphosis(Die Verwandlung)>. Player become a human after metamorphosis to insect. But this game change background into today of Korea(Republic of), where nobody can smile by chase economic growth and unvisible happiness.
    ]]>     26 Jan 2007 12:32:34     BowWow Black holes suck.
    White holes blow.
    Arrows are sharp
    and stick in your toe.
    ]]>     26 Jan 2007 04:51:10     Galaxy Lander Galaxy Lander is a mix of the game Thrust from c64 and moon/Jupiter lander from the arcade machinest.
    The game features 10 levels of action. Fly through different caves and bomb enemy Bearmer, deliver cargo to a collector and much more
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 12:25:20     Rotation! There's a fair few "reaction tests" across the internet, and most of them follow one cliche idea or another - click at the right time, click the right amount of times and so on. This one is slightly different, and requires a bit more thinking than the standard methods.

    There are two things to focus on, each of them a ring with 15 circles. You can rotate the outer ring with your mouse. When the colors of each of the circles match up, click the left mouse. If you've aligned them properly, you'll get points and extra time. Otherwise, you'll just lose some points. Then, the colors reset and you try again. Try to get the most rings possible in a minute and earn yourself a highscore!

    There are 3 gamemodes, and 8 "skins".

    Also, the song featured is named Obscurity, written by Dark Nebula.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 04:01:31     De-Animator De-Animator is a simple flash game, "based on stories by HP Lovecraft". The goal of the game is simply to fend off the zombies as long as possible, with help of your Revolver and Shotgun. The gameplay may be simple, but it might provide a good distraction for a few minutes.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 04:38:43     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     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     natural selection Natural Selection blends first-person combat with real-time strategy. It features intense "marines vs. aliens" teamplay, where one marine can become Commander. The Commander plays from a top-down perspective and leads live players. Aliens, on the other hand, can mutate into more powerful or useful forms.

    NS has atmospheric indoor sci-fi environments full of steam and smoke, and features custom orchestral music from the award-winning Jeremy Soule.

    It is a freely-available Half-life modification, and since its release in October of 2002, has had over 2 million downloads, and has 10,000 unique players every day.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 06:33:14     Trouble In CloudLand Trouble In CloudLand is a 2D game that features star-shooting mayhem and powerup collecting goodness. Conquer three unique worlds populated by troops of loveable but devious foes. Simple controls put you right in the action, while allowing for multiple play styles. Evolving gameplay will challenge even the most experienced of players. Trouble In CloudLand was developed over four months by Joshua and Jony. It was programmed using Python and Pygame in Eclipse.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 02:15:01     Dixerius Dixerius allows users to use their own media - MP3 audio, DivX movies, and a variety of other formats - and blast through enemies in space to the beat, and/or the visuals. This innovative concept allows for virtually unlimited gameplay. Dixerius features the proprietary R-Cube Engine, which features advanced lighting and rendering techniques, a robust client-server architecture for multiplayer, and easily extendable content.

    Dixerius also features a short story mode, with a first-person intro sequence. Both musical and story modes can be played multiplayer over the Internet or LAN via TCP/IP with up to 16 players. For musical mode, the media (including video) is also synchronized between all clients.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 10:10:08     Sopwith Sopwith is a sidescrolling shoot 'em up created by David L. Clark of BMB Compuscience. It runs on the IBM PC under DOS but there is also a port to the Atari 520ST. The game involves piloting a Sopwith biplane, attempting to bomb enemy buildings while avoiding fire from enemy planes and various other obstacles.
    ]]>     29 Jan 2007 10:18:00     Push-Push Penguin Guide Pen-Pen or his sweetheart Deda-Deda (or both in a multiplayer frenzy) around the mazes and try to crush all monsters on screen with the Ice Blocks scattered around. Use the Action button to push the ice block or crush it if it cannot be pushed.
    If you face the outer wall and press the Action button then you will start breathing the icy breath onto them which will make them freeze. If there are any monsters walking by the frozen wall they will get instantly stunned and you can use this ability to crush them with an ice block. Try to spell BONUS for surprise, and rack up combo scores by killing Snow Trolls in various imaginative ways.
    ]]>     30 Jan 2007 12:39:52     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     Simple Tank Two tanks square off in a contest to see which can destroy the missle truck, pick up it's cargo, and take out the opposition's towers first.
    ]]>     30 Jan 2007 08:06:40     Easter Avenger The temible easter rabbit has chocolated your father, and you will have to help Pascual, an easter egg, to avenge his horrible fault. Easter Avenger is a platform game, when you will have to defeat the Easter Rabbit camarades through 3 diferent worlds composed by 12 stages. Awesome boss battles, power ups, many different weapons. A great challenge for the gamers. The game is completly freeware and it wons a lot of awards including the sony playstation artfutura "best finnished".
    ]]>     31 Jan 2007 11:10:26     Tilt! A simple puzzle game that lets you tilt the board to the left or the right in order to group the critters in the play area.
    ]]>     31 Jan 2007 02:57:15     Bubble Fun In Bubble Fun you have to try to sweep the board by converting all of the bubbles to your color. To do this you click on one bubble on your turn. Bubbles will flash when they are close to popping, and when a bubble pops it infects the bubbles that surround it, changing them to its color.
    ]]>     31 Jan 2007 03:26:25     Magisteral: The Creation Magisteral is a traditional-style RPG that puts a big twist on the classic "save the crystals!" storyline. It follows six special Magisterals, or magic-users, who possess a power called the Illuminance. They'll face the perils of their world and a revived evil as they attempt to save their world from dying. The gameplay is similar to that of NES and SNES era Final Fantasy games, with similar difficulty, and will be enjoyed the most by people familiar with those games.
    ]]>     31 Jan 2007 07:28:22     Xeno Fighter MMO turn based fighting game.
    ]]>     01 Feb 2007 02:10:33     LinCity

    Overview


    LinCity is an open-source free city construction game. Unlike SimCity, players build specific industries, rather then zones. The game focuses heavily on managing an economy and research development, the first leading to the latter. The game also differentiates itself through finite natural resources, such as ore, that players must extract.

    Gameplay


    Players begin the game with only a few buildings unlocked, residential sections, farms, and communes (charcoal burners). By managing this limited economy, the player must earn money to run an education system. Once this is developed, more complex structures become unlocked such as blacksmiths, manufacturing plants (light industry and mills), steel mills (heavy industry), hospitals, cricket fields, and universities. The end-game goal of LinCity is to construct space shuttle launchpads and evacuate the planet, before resources run out. However, an alternate "victory" can be won through the construction of renewable energy power plants and recycling centers, if a sustainable economy independent of coal and ore is acheived.
    ]]>     01 Feb 2007 05:15:55     Tactical Force - In Development Stage -
    Tactical Force is a futuristic multiplayer game that offers a fast paced game play that focuses on teamwork and the playerâ€ââ€
    ]]>     01 Feb 2007 11:51:55     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