The Best Free Online (in-browser or downloadable) Games

Not a game, per se:

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/pulsate

still playing this for a couple of minutes most days http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/taberinos.html

haven't got past level 14 yet. that game's pretty addictive tho

got to level 18 and now I quit forever

level 19 today

http://www.ninjakiwi.com/Games/Action/Play/Vertical_Drop_Heroes.html

so good. adult swim knocks it out again

http://games.adultswim.com/victorian-bmx-twitchy-online-game.html

http://swarmation.com/

Cave Story (mentioned upthread) is great.

http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/cascode/
the game is to figure out how to play the game

When it says "the end" does that mean you won or lost?

don't know why they couldn't have just put a single sentence - pick a group of four adjacent blocks where there's another group of those same four colors somewhere else on the board (can intersect with your choice), repeat until the bar fills up

swarmation seems like it could be really fun with enough people

whoa that adult swim victorian bmx game is AWESOME

> don't know why they couldn't have just put a single sentence

i think this:

> the game is to figure out how to play the game

is part of the appeal. that said, i don't think it's as simple as you expressed it, it's slightly tighter than that.

Not a game or in fact appropriate for this thread, but deserves some posterity somewhere on ILX: http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html

www.wgt.com

http://armorgames.com/play/6561/achievement-unlocked-2

http://armorgames.com/play/7348/corporation-inc

sim tower, but it bugged out and wouldn't let me place any new people in it.

super mario crossover is amazing but only for about 5 minutes

http://armorgames.com/play/7348/corporation-inc

― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, November 22, 2010 8:00 PM Bookmark

This is weirdly satisfying in a "watch the numbers go up as things click away onscreen" way, but by Day 3 or so it really ceased to be anything resembling a "game" since the money just keeps piling up infinitely, and every decision I make can only cause that infinite growth to happen slightly faster. By Day 6 I turned off the sound and let it run as a screen saver. Granted, I was on the "easy" mode but does anything challenging ever happen in this? Like, does anyone try to steal your employees or blow up the building or whatever?

has anyone played achievement unlocked? really enjoyed the ~1h it took to finish it. lolled out loud at the final screen.

Granted, I was on the "easy" mode

That's your first problem.

Some of the challenges get more difficult. Keeping all the employees happy is fucking hard.

fwiw I'm not saying it's a masterpiece or anything. Fun little timewaster.

i loved both achievement unlocked games

http://www.qcfdesign.com/?cat=20

why no, i wasn't planning to get any work done today

re: corporation inc., by the way, as far as i can tell the only difference in modes is that you have less money. it's also pretty trivial to work out an ideal play strategy after, like, one attempt. also happiness doesn't actually do anything, as far as i can tell. i was really hoping someone would reach 0% happy and drive out of a window.

Played Desktop Dungeons a few months back, it's cool but the lack of depth stopped me getting hooked.

My friend made a game for everyone to enjoy - WASD controls, press F1 to read the manifesto

http://www.mediafire.com/?33t2bz5i71italg

please play it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i played DD a while back too - not amazing, but excellent roguelike genre entry. i really liked the design of it

Isle of Tune - not really a game but a cute little browser sequencer program thing that looks like a game! isleoftune.com

After spending some time "playing" Isle of Tune (nice!) and then listening to Autechre's Move of Ten, I am kinda o_O.

Digital: A Love Story is -- so far -- amazing. It's too bad I only just found out about it cause I would have absolutely voted for it in Coint + Plick.

wow, that was beautiful

it's more aligned with IF or hypertexts than 'games' but really gorgeous and moving

resend yr. ballot if you want.

thanks for reminding me, mordy, i always meant to get back to that

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2011/01/feature_top_freeware_experimen_1.html

Roulette looks like a laugh riot!

Braid has now been dethroned as the most earnestly sentimental platformer ever
http://jayisgames.com/cgdc9/?gameID=11

i heard there are different endings depending on what time of day you play it

def. gonna check out roulette later

Agree with mordy re: digital. Truly brilliant game.

Is very IF'y or hypertexty but far more gamey than just a clicky visual novel. Also has an amiga workbench style OS which is great.

i thought it was great, and an incredible nostalgia trip back into those BBS days, but man the actual "gameplay" got really tedious in the last half - which is why i spent 6 months between doing the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes. still, more importantly a really great little thing, very pretty in places, probably in my top 10 of the year

been playin this for days http://www.kongregate.com/games/DogmaDZ/nom-nom-adventures

Just finished Digital. I didn't find the ending as affecting, but the whole thing was very well done. I think everything after the twist made it seem much less real, but the initial sequence of messages with *Emilia was painfully spot on.

"i spent 6 months between doing the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes"

Does this mean the whole thing takes about an hour or am I assuming too much?

takes about an hour.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/i-am-an-insane-rogue-ai

not online but i am enjoying http://code.google.com/p/opentyrian/ (mac version available)

"Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The story is set in 20,031"

YES! I love when the year has at least 5 digits!