Best free games under 10MB?

[geo]

Games without music or games that use soundfonts use much less file space.

 

This 10 MB thing would be an interesting challenge.

 

Halloween is coming... might be time to make Revenant Quest.

[Barry Burton]

6 minutes ago, geo said:

Games without music or games that use soundfonts use much less file space.

 

This 10 MB thing would be an interesting challenge.

 

Halloween is coming... might be time to make Revenant Quest.

 

Like, a Sierra style point and click? I'd be down for that!

[geo]

49 minutes ago, R4L said:

 

Like, a Sierra style point and click? I'd be down for that!

I was thinking more of Gargoyle's Quest meets Metroid. It's an idea I've had for years now without the time to make it.

 

4x the size so people can see it:

 

 

Don't mind the white. Just makes Revy easier to see.

Edited September 28, 2018 by geo

[Xeriphas1994]

Logic? The Fool's Errand and 3 in Three are timeless. Action platforming? Some people still like Bio-Menace (check the credits for a possible explanation).

 

You didn't specify the OS, so I'll also mention System's Twilight and Bill the Demon for posterity.

[Manuel-K]

Brogue: https://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/

[soner du]

LAB (now v3) : https://mutantleg.itch.io/lab-v30

 

Excellent Wolfenstein-like 2.5D FPS, 5.6 MB unzipped.

 

[Dark Pulse]

I dunno if you'd call it a "best game," but I remember a little FPS-style tech demo that made some noise back in 2004 called .kkrieger.

 

Its main thing? The whole game was 96 KILOBYTES.

 

It achieved this through procedural generation of just about everything. The monsters, the weapons, the textures... everything.

 

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Textures are stored via their creation history instead of a per-pixel basis, thus only requiring the history data and the generator code to be compiled into the executable, producing a relatively small file size. Meshes are created from basic solids such as boxes and cylinders, which are then deformed to achieve the desired shape - essentially a special way of box modeling. These two generation processes account for the extensive loading time of the game — all assets of the gameplay are reproduced during the loading phase.

 

Source code for it is online too for those curious in poking around.

[[McD] James]

Even though this game is 20MB, I'm mentioning it anyway, because it's fantastic. It's worth playing for the cat Easter egg alone.

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/286100/You_Have_to_Win_the_Game/    

Edited November 25, 2018 by Ajora

[Fletcher`]

Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven is 1.4mb. However I never said it was good.

[Manuel-K]

2 hours ago, rf` said:

However I never said it was good.

So you don't think it's good, but you think it is one of the best (thread title)? ;-)

[soner du]

On 11/25/2018 at 4:27 AM, Dark Pulse said:

I dunno if you'd call it a "best game," but I remember a little FPS-style tech demo that made some noise back in 2004 called .kkrieger.

 

Its main thing? The whole game was 96 KILOBYTES.

 

.kkrieger was in my list, on the previous page.

 

I've forgotten a "classic" : Anacreon 4021

One of the earlier "4X" games (Xploration, Xpansion, Xploitation, Xtermination), in which you run an interstellar empire, first published in 1987.

There's a Windows edition - latest is v2.1d published in 2005, under 2.5 MB unzipped : http://neurohack.com/anacreon/

The graphically minimalist DOS version is still around (latest revision in 2004), it's under 1MB. There's also a new version online, but that's off-topic.

Not really an action game, but very good anyways !

 

[Cruduxy Pegg]

Supaplex is a pretty strong contender I'd say http://www.elmerproductions.com/sp/dlinst.html . Fast paced puzzle game? Sign me up boy!  ^{How dare you dis Bejeweled 3, it isn't trash like candy crap!}

Edited November 27, 2018 by Pegg

[Barry Burton]

The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian. Fun yet frustrating adventure game.

[satblogger]

yeah there are a Lot of Android games under 10Mb and you can access them at lowest Memory Space & RAM capability

10 MB Games

 

[elend]

While not really under 10 MB, I really want to mention Locomalito's games. https://www.locomalito.com/

They are for the most part free and of very, very high quality, especially titles like Malditta Castillam, Hydorah or Curse of Issyos.

[HorrorMovieRei]

Under 10mb is a bit of a tall order. One game I've been playing on and off that's like that is Kobo Deluxe. Another one which is kinda of interesting is ZZT, which is easy to get on the Internet, although I can't remember right now if it is technically freeware nowadays.

[elend]

Please check out Cho Ren Sha 68k. It's a Shoot'em Up from Japan and really quite amazing. It may not feature a huge level diversity, but it has an amazing soundtrack and tight gameplay. And it's about 1.0 MB in Size.

 

Download: http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~yosshin/my_works/download.html

 

[GuyMcBrofist]

^ Nice! I played that game and lost it a long time ago.

 

Speaking of which, no one has mentioned Warning Forever yet.

 

http://www.hikware.com/Prod/index.html#wf

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by GuyMcBrofist

[elend]

Oh yes, that was also a very good one! Played that one as well, back then.

 

On topic though, one might also check out the games listed on pouet.net (demoscene resource). The games are usually really small, since size coding is a big part of the demoscene, and if sorted by rating you can be sure to have some interesting titles at the top.

 

Check it out!

[Vanessa]

Something I would do for sure is download PAC-MAN. Shouldn't be too big a file size, and I know damn well there are free downloadable versions of the original game, shit, I've had one since 2003!....well, my dad had it. I just use it as well

 

[Xicu]

After searching for a 10MB Games or below this limit, I have found the below ones...

 

1. Dr.Driving

2. Basket Ball Shoot

3. Ultimate Football

4. Ludo Game

5. Archery

 

These games are highly popular for being small and it fits your needs as well.

[qdash]

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

[MrFlibble]

3 hours ago, qdash said:

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

You mean OpenTTD? I never realised that the download is below 10 MiB but it's without music and sounds though.

[TheNoob_Gamer]

....Digging this thread up with a few more notable names.

 

The Dark Mod - Thief in Doom 3. Don't be fooled by the name. Has a lot of community-made missions.

Hyperrogue - Taking place on a hyperbolic plane, this game features hexagons. Lots of hexagons. Your objective is to collect some amulet. The game is technically (zipped) 8MB without music.

 

Also, not free, but Micro Mages (NES, PC) is worth checking out, both in the novelty and gameplay.

 

 

[Redneckerz]

1 hour ago, TheNoob_Gamer said:

....Digging this thread up with a few more notable names.

 

The Dark Mod - Thief in Doom 3. Don't be fooled by the name. Has a lot of community-made missions.

I doubt that's under 10 mb. The installer, perhaps, but the game? Nah.

 

Plugging .Kkrieger for a short shooter with Doom3 visuals. 96 kilobytes.

 

[cambreaKer]

freedoom

[joepallai]

http://www.digital-eel.com/sais/

 

7.88 mb for Windows, slightly above 10 mb for Mac--highly addictive

[DooMAD]

http://gene-rally.com/ is a fun little racing game.  Weighs in at <4mb unzipped and includes a track editor. 

[General Rainbow Bacon]

For logic you could try this: 

 

http://www.joriswit.nl/sokoban/

 

and this https://www.myabandonware.com/game/quadrax-ccw if you have DOSBox. 

 

Both with crush your brain.  You have been warned.

 

On this site: http://www.mattmakesgames.com/

Jumper, Jumper 2, and Dim should fit your needs too.

 

"N" is under 10 MB too.

 

http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n.html

 

 

Edited March 14, 2020 by General Rainbow Bacon

[Hellbent]

http://Angband.oook.cz/about.php

Edited March 14, 2020 by Hellbent