The best 50 free action PC games of all time

The Free Games Utopia top 50 lists the best free-to-play, free full version and liberated video games of all time according to users ratings. The games on this list belong to the whole history of video games; you can find games for DOS, Sega Genesis, Commodore 64 all the way up to more recent systems like Android, iOS, Linux and, of course, Windows.

The concept of "free" game is not very well-defined. All the games on Free Games Utopia do not require any kind of payment to start playing right away, but may OPTIONALLY require payments in the form of subscriptions, upgrades or microtransactions (MMOs, for example).

This top 50 includes games published for many platforms:

every PC platform since the dawn of desktop computers: from popular systems (Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux) to lesser known ones (Solaris, FreeBSD, BeOS)
old microcomputers: Commodore 64, Spectrum, etc.
mobile platform: mainly Android and iOS
a few popular consoles (and even old ones): Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation

To be part of the top 50, a single game must have been voted at least three times. Use the button bar to filter the list by genre.

ACTION - Action games are video games in which the player has to confront himself with "physical" challenges. Typically, in action games, the gameplay involves fighting moving enemies, shooting, finding and getting items, jumping. Concepts belonging to the action genre are the health (or lives) of the protagonist, bosses at the end of each level, linear gameplay. Some of the most popular action subgenres are fighting games, MOBAs, arcade games, sport games. More action games on Free Games Utopia.

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#	title	genre	status	rating
01.	Fatal Fury Final Windows	action / brawler	free, optional donation	4.10 / 5
02.	Unturned Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / action-adventure	free-to-play, with microtransactions	4.00 / 5
03.	One Must Fall: 2097 DOS	action / fighting games	full free version	3.94 / 5
04.	Dota 2 Windows, Mac OSX	action / MOBA	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.92 / 5
05.	Iron Snout Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, iOS, Android	action / brawler	full free version	3.75 / 5
06.	Supaplex DOS	action / action puzzle	liberated	3.73 / 5
07.	AliensRL Windows, Mac OSX, Linux	action / roguelike	full free version	3.71 / 5
08.	Toribash Windows, Mac OSX	action / fighting games	full free version	3.67 / 5
09.	ZZT DOS	action / action puzzle	abandonware	3.67 / 5
10.	Super ZZT DOS	action / action puzzle	abandonware	3.67 / 5
11.	Gene Rally Windows	action / racing	full free version	3.64 / 5
12.	Sango Fighter DOS, Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / fighting games	liberated	3.63 / 5
13.	Nitronic Rush Windows	action / racing	full free version	3.63 / 5
14.	Super Fighter Special Edition DOS, Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / fighting games	liberated	3.58 / 5
15.	Liero DOS, Windows	action / artillery	open source	3.57 / 5
16.	Creativerse Windows, Mac OSX, Linux	action	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.57 / 5
17.	PlanetSide 2 Windows, PlayStation 4	action / MMOFPS	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.50 / 5
18.	Armagetron Advanced Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / racing	full free version	3.50 / 5
19.	Brawlhalla Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch	action / fighting games	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.50 / 5
20.	Endless Sky Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / space exploration	open source	3.50 / 5
21.	Future Pinball Windows	action	free, optional donation	3.50 / 5
22.	Verminian Trap Windows, Linux	action / arcade	free, optional donation	3.50 / 5
23.	Barbarian Windows, Mac OSX, Linux	action / brawler	full free version	3.50 / 5
24.	Meteor 60 Seconds! Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android	action / brawler	full free version	3.50 / 5
25.	Victory: The Age of Racing Windows	action / racing	liberated	3.50 / 5
26.	Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport DOS	action / fighting games	liberated	3.50 / 5
27.	*PCBert** DOS	action / arcade	abandonware	3.50 / 5
28.	Carser DOS	action / racing	full free version	3.50 / 5
29.	Maru Windows	action / action puzzle	full free version	3.43 / 5
30.	Viriax Windows	action / arcade	free, optional donation	3.43 / 5
31.	Beatdown Dungeon Windows	action / fighting games	full free version	3.43 / 5
32.	Death Rally DOS, Windows	action / racing	liberated	3.38 / 5
33.	Mini RC Racing Windows	action / racing	full free version	3.38 / 5
34.	Clicker Heroes browser, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS	action / idle clicker	full free version	3.36 / 5
35.	Campaign Clicker Windows	action / idle clicker	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.36 / 5
36.	Soccer World Cup Windows	action	free, optional donation	3.33 / 5
37.	Heroes of the Storm Windows, Mac OSX	action / MOBA	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.33 / 5
38.	Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android	action / idle clicker	free-to-play, with microtransactions	3.33 / 5
39.	Factorium Windows	action / arcade	full free version	3.33 / 5
40.	Adventure Fun-Pak DOS	action	liberated	3.33 / 5
41.	Caves of Thor DOS	action / maze	liberated	3.33 / 5
42.	Rock n' Roll Racing Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Sega Genesis	action / racing	liberated	3.33 / 5
43.	Streets of Rage Remake Windows	action / brawler	full free version	3.31 / 5
44.	SkyRoads DOS	action / racing	liberated	3.30 / 5
45.	Sango Fighter 2 DOS, Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / fighting games	liberated	3.25 / 5
46.	Road Fighter Windows, Linux, Mac OSX	action / racing	full free version	3.25 / 5
47.	BC Racers DOS	action / racing	full free version	3.25 / 5
48.	Succubus: Prologue Windows	action	full free version	3.25 / 5
49.	8-Bit Bayonetta Windows, browser	action / run and gun	full free version	3.24 / 5
50.	Zoomstar Megaracing Maximum Windows	action / racing	full free version	3.22 / 5