List of freeware first-person shooters

This is a select list of free first-person shooters ( FPS )''.

Title	Developer, Publisher	Release date	OS (Operating System)	Engine	License	Notes
.kkrieger	.theprodukkt	2004	Windows			Uses only 97 kilobytes of disk space.
AssaultCube	Rabid Viper Studios	2007	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	Cube engine	Zlib license (code), Individual licenses (media)	Team based shooter, includes Cube's map maker. Single/Multiplayer.
CodeRED: Alien Arena	COR Entertainment, LLC	2004–2007	Windows, Linux	CRX Engine id Tech 2		A Sci-Fi themed shooter.
America's Army	MOVES Institute	July 4, 2002	Windows, version 2.5 and under: Mac OS X (PPC), Linux	Unreal engine 2.5	Proprietary license	Developed for and owned by the U.S. government. Multiplayer/Training mode.
BZFlag	Chris Schoeneman, Tim Riker	1993–2007	Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac OS X		LGPL	Tank combat.
Cube	Wouter van Oortmerssen		Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, some Pocket PCs	Cube engine	Zlib license	Quake style multiplayer deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer.
D-Day: Normandy	D-Day Team	2002	Windows	id Tech 2		Fomer Quake II mod, team based multiplayer ww2 shooter.
The Dinohunters	Kuma Reality Games	2006	Windows	Source engine	Proprietary license	Also a machinima series. Single/Multiplayer.
F.E.A.R Combat	Monolith Productions, Vivendi Universal	2006	Windows	Lithtech: Jupiter EX engine	Proprietary license	The multiplayer component of commercial game F.E.A.R.
FreeDoom	FreeDoom team		Windows, Mac OS X, Linux	Doom engine		A Doom WAD file intended to be used instead of the copyrighted file from the original Doom and Doom II.
Hidden & Dangerous	Illusion Softworks, Take-Two Interactive	1999	Windows	Insanity Engine	Proprietary license	Released free to promote its sequel, Hidden & Dangerous 2. Single/Multiplayer.
The Kill Point: Game	Kuma Reality Games	2007	Windows	Source engine	Proprietary license	Episodic First person shooter Based on the television show The Kill Point.
Kuma\War	Kuma Reality Games	2004	Windows	Source engine	Proprietary license	Tactical episodic shooter. Single/Multiplayer.
Marathon	Bungie Studios	1994–1996	Apple Macintosh			Released as freeware and source code.
Nexuiz	Alientrap	May 31, 2005	X Window System (running under Linux, UNIX), Windows, Mac OS X 10.4 or newer	DarkPlaces Quake engine	GNU GPL	Quake style deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer.
OpenArena	OpenArena team	2007	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	ioquake3 id Tech 3	GNU GPL	Free software content remake of Quake III Arena. Single/Multiplayer.
Purge	Freeform Interactive	April 15, 2003	Windows	Lithtech: Talon engine	Proprietary license	RTS hybrid
Sauerbraten	Wouter van Oortmerssen	2004	Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X	Cube 2 engine	Partially open source (ZLIB license	Quake style deathmatch, includes built in level editor. Single/Multiplayer.
Savage: The Battle for Newerth	S2 Games	2003	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Commercial)	Silverback Engine		Hybrid FPS/RTS with both ranged and melee combat
Shootout the Game	Kuma Reality Games, The History Channel	2006	Windows	Source engine	Proprietary license	With the History Channel TV show. Single/Multiplayer.
Starsiege: Tribes	Dynamix, Sierra Entertainment	2004 (free release)	Windows	Darkstar engine	Proprietary license	Futuristic team based combat, released for free to promote Tribes: Vengeance. Single/Multiplayer.
Tremulous	Dark Legion Development	2006	Linux, Windows, Mac OS X (Non-official)	ioquake3 id Tech 3	GPL	Aliens vs Humans multiplayer team combat with some RTS elements.
Urban Terror	Silicon Ice Development / Frozen Sand	April 1, 2007	Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS	ioquake3 id Tech 3		Originally a Quake 3 mod, now a standalone Counter strike style game.
War§ow			Windows and Linux	Qfusion id Tech 2	GPL	Quake style deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory	Activision, id, Splash Damage	May 29, 2003	Linux, Mac OS X and Windows	id Tech 3	Proprietary license	Former expansion pack turned freeware. WW2 multiplayer team combat
World of Padman		April 1, 2007	Linux, Mac OS X and Windows	ioquake3 id Tech 3		A Free Quake 3 Like Comical FPS Game
X Operations	Team MITEI	2003	Microsoft Windows		Proprietary license.	Single/Multiplayer.
Soldier Front	Dragonlfy	2004	Microsoft Windows			Free ONline Multiplayer (may also purchase coins to buy special items)

Free first-person shooter game engines

The following game engines are free to use. They exclude game ports that require commercially released data to function (doom.wad for a Doom source port, for example).

Engine	Developer, Publisher	Release date	OS	Licence	Notes
Aleph One		January 17, 2000	Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, BSD, BeOS, others	GNU General Public License	Aleph One is an open-source project based on the Marathon 2: Durandal code, which was released to the public by Bungie Software.
Doom Engine	id Software	1999	Windows	GNU General Public License
Quake Engine	id Software	December 21, 1999	Windows	GNU General Public License	Currently known as id Tech 1 Engine.
id Tech 2	id Software	December 22, 2001	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	GNU General Public License
id Tech 3	id Software	August 19, 2005	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	GNU General Public License
Retribution Engine	APGSoftware	2001	Windows	GPL	Quake style single player games and levels.
Cube	Wouter van Oortmerssen		Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	Zlib license
Sauerbraten (Cube 2)	Wouter van Oortmerssen		Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	Zlib license

See also

• First-person shooter
• MMOFPS
• List of commercial games released as freeware
• List of open source games
• List of freeware games