Free, but not Freeware
Video game concept
Free to obtain and play (no payments required), but have certain limitations that make them something else than freeware, such as requires proprietary server software you can't obtain, no rights to redistribute, and similar restrictions.
509
games
38platforms
DOS 1994-06-01
WIN 2007-06
WIN 2007-05-30
DOS 1999
W31 1989
WIN 2011
X360 2010-12-08
WIN 2007
WIN 2008-02-28
WIN 2007-03-30
A800 1983
FLA 2009
Can be obtained and played without paying (legally), but does not have any other similarities with freeware, such as no rights to freely re-distribute them (without permission). Nor are these in public domain.
No payments required does not include any potential internet usage costs, as that's too generic to be included (same as electricity bill and costs of acquiring the platform and related hardware). Otherwise you'd need to consider that UVL itself is not free.
This can possibly be used as a fallback for other non-freeware-but-still-free licenses that have details missing (though such cases should be fixed).
No payments required does not include any potential internet usage costs, as that's too generic to be included (same as electricity bill and costs of acquiring the platform and related hardware). Otherwise you'd need to consider that UVL itself is not free.
This can possibly be used as a fallback for other non-freeware-but-still-free licenses that have details missing (though such cases should be fixed).
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Games by year
The first Free, but not Freeware video game was released on January 1977.
Scientific Research Inst., Retroguru and Ankama Games published most of these games.
Platforms
Linux | 156 | ||
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Windows | 148 | ||
Internet Only | 30 | ||
MS-DOS | 19 | ||
custom | 17 | ||
Altair 8800 | 16 | ||
DEC PDP-1 | 16 | ||
Sol-20 | 16 | ||
Flash | 16 | ||
Mac OS X | 8 | ||
X360 | 7 | ||
GP2X | 6 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 6 | ||
Apple II E | 4 | ||
Amiga | 4 | ||
BSD | 4 | ||
Android | 4 | ||
Mobile | 4 | ||
Win3.1 | 3 | ||
PS3 | 3 | ||
iOS | 2 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 2 | ||
Pandora | 2 | ||
OS/2 | 2 | ||
Amiga AGA | 1 | ||
Xbox One | 1 | ||
Dreamcast | 1 | ||
GameCube | 1 | ||
3DO | 1 | ||
PSP | 1 |