Often commercial games, that were not considered as freeware at the time of their original release, are released on a later date as a freeware: sometimes as publicity for a forthcoming sequel or compilation release.

Wikipedia has a list of such freeware games.

Here’s a sample of the games you would find in the list.

• Abe Lincoln Must Die! (2007) is the fourth part in the Sam & Max episodic series by Telltale Games, released as freeware on November 5, 2007.
• Abuse (1996) is a side-scrolling shooter.
• Akalabeth (1979), a.k.a “Ultima 0“, is a role-playing game by Richard Garriott.
• Alien Carnage (1994), a.k.a Halloween Harry, is a side-scrolling platform game published by Apogee Software.
• Allegiance (2000) is a multiplayer space shooter / RTS by Microsoft Research.
• Battlecruiser 3000AD (1996), a space simulator by Derek Smart.
• Battlecruiser Millennium (2003), a space simulator by Derek Smart.
• BC Kid (1992), a platform game by Factor 5.
• BC Racers (1993), a racing game by Core Design.
• Beneath a Steel Sky (1994), an adventure game by Revolution Software, released to support the ScummVM Project.
• Beyond the Titanic (1986), a text adventure game by Apogee Software, re-released as freeware in March 1998.
• Bio Menace (1993) is a side-scrolling platform game by Apogee Software, released as freeware in December 2005.
• Boppin’ (1994), a puzzle game published by Apogee Software, released as freeware in 2005.
• Brány Skeldalu (The Gates of Skeldal) (1998), czech computer role-playing game published by Napoleon Games, released as freeware in December 2007.

Check out the full list of games here.

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