A long time ago in a build far, far earlier, Steam was promoting mods for several of their core games heavily; even to go as far as give them their own store pages. This was the Golden age of Steam, where the HERESY of Origin were but a whisper and even the evils of Uplay had not yet revealed their ugly head. Team Fortress 2 was yet to go Free 2 Play and become a Hat Simulator. It was good times for all, and Source Engine mods were popular. Sadly these mods slowly vanished from the news feeds and disappeared from knowledge.

These games only require Source SDK to run. They will typically download them automatically. List below of so far games I've checked that work.

Requires Source SDK
Empires
Eternal Silence
Pirates, Knights and Vikings II
Exterminatus
Resistance and Liberation
Age of Chivalry
Insurgency Modern Infantry Combat
Underhell

Standalone:
Neotokyo
Fistful of Frags
Lambda Wars

Others I haven't checked out but apparently they all will work with Source SDK.

9 years ago*

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I recently stumbled across Cry of Fear which is an FPS/mystery/horror mod. You might try checking that one out.

[Edited to correct the name. I blame trying to respond while only half awake. P )

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there is no game with such Name on steam

9 years ago
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It's Cry of Fear, not City of Fear.

9 years ago
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I guess you're talking about "Cry of Fear"

Cry of Fear

9 years ago
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I endured all the way to the Asylum, and then with 5hp left, no salvation in sight, and dozens of monsters screeching in the dark, I asked myself why I am suffering this torture and went on to play less infuriating games.

9 years ago
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Tried that mod a few weeks ago with friends. The tears were still streaming my eyes with laugher. One person managed to lock themselves in a room, I charged a big wickerman with a nightstick yelling "For the EMPEROR!" and then there was the flying beds; oh gods the beds! :p

Though been poked with Underhell mod that apparently has a great single player, with supposedly decent voice acting that is meant to be a FPS mystery horror game.

8 years ago
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You clearly have never heard of The Expendabros

9 years ago
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9 years ago
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greatest "demo" ever

9 years ago
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Had so much fun playing this game with my brother. It's hilarious but requires strategy.

9 years ago
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This. Play it on Hard, 2 players minimum.
I bought Broforce and I was so not dissapointed =D

9 years ago
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Marvel heroes 2015, played it when it was first coming out and it sucked, Now it's pretty sweet.

9 years ago
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Heroine's Quest is really awesome: http://store.steampowered.com/app/283880/ It's a mixture of Point and Click Adventure and classic RPG.

9 years ago
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It is a spiritual successor to Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest, basically.

9 years ago
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Alien Swarm anyone?

9 years ago
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yup

9 years ago
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I played it a lot, but stopped some time after they heavily nerfed the tesla gun.

and there's only so much replay value when you're playing the same few levels over and over again.

strange, it says the game is in my library, but the achievement page says I don't own the game. I just hope my hard earned achievements aren't gone :P

9 years ago
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There shouldn't be any reason as to why you do not own the game, but I guess Steam's being derpy.

9 years ago
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might have been my bad.

when I went to the Achievement page it still says " You do not own this game"
http://steamcommunity.com/stats/AlienSwarm/achievements

but my stats / achievements (via the "View your stats" link on the store page) are still recorded and accessible
http://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefishy/stats/AlienSwarm?tab=achievements

9 years ago
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"and there's only so much replay value when you're playing the same few levels over and over again."

You just described the main failing of nearly every single MOBA and competitive game!

9 years ago
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Love this game sooo much!

9 years ago
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Expendabros, Super Crate Box. Still have to start Heroine's Quest but heard good word of mouth from that.

I've got a gripe against the Steam store now: none of those show up if you look for free games.

9 years ago
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Fistful of frags is just awesome xD

9 years ago
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doto 2

9 years ago
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I remember on steam also great game The Cat and the Coup

9 years ago
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Fistful of frags is awesome, love that game :3
Pass the whiskey!

9 years ago
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I have a bunch of free steam games saved to my bookmarks.
Floating Point
Heroine's quest
Famaze
Sunrider
The Plan
You have to win the game
Super crate box

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My brother played Color Symphony. It is pretty good, actually. But brutally hard. He didn't even finish the game.

9 years ago
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Yup, You have to win the Game is great.

9 years ago
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Floating Point is a really nice relaxing game, is even better than some paid games.

9 years ago
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You forgot Crimecraft, Zombie Panic Source and a few else.

9 years ago
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Nope they are on the list I linked, I just haven't tested them.

9 years ago
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I sometimes play Double Action: Boogaloo

9 years ago
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Bad Rats!

9 years ago
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HERESY! Everyone has heard of Bat Rats!

9 years ago
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How about Codename Gordon? https://steamdb.info/app/92/

9 years ago
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What about Super Monday Night Combat? (listed as Super MNC)
What about Spiral Knights?

9 years ago
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Well if you noticed those games are officially tagged with "free to play" on Steam. The majority of the games I have listed are not listed as free to play at all despite essentially being so!

9 years ago
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Super crate box is prolly the best... there is also tf2 but it's not that good,just for kids who wanna spend tons of money for stupid-ass items.

9 years ago
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So this a necro bump (necro not Necrons, that would be HERESY!) turns out pretty much every Half Life 2 Mod is now a Standalone F2P game.

Therefore mods like Exterminatus, Resistance and Liberation, Underhell, Zombie Panic, Insurgency Modern Infantry Combat, Age of Chivalry etc, they are all free games. They only need Source SDK to play.

8 years ago
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I recently 100%'d Jigoku Kisetsukan

8 years ago
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