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LAN Party Favorites

Dust off the ethernet switch. These games were born for a room full of friends, pizza boxes, and trash talk.

19 games · every one clears the PlayBound Bar

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OpenArena

Rocket jumps, railgun duels, and nothing between you and the arena.

405 MBFREEFPS · Shooter
GenreFPSShooter
FeaturesOnline MultiplayerMods
2
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Necesse

Build a village above the dungeon you keep promising to explore tonight.

879 MB$14.99Sandbox · Survival · RPG · Adventure
GenreSandboxSurvivalRPG
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerModsCo-Op
3
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Factorio

The conveyor belt works. Then the copper runs out. Then it's three in the morning.

2.5 GB$35.00Strategy · Simulation · Sandbox
GenreStrategySimulationSandbox
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerCo-Op
4
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Don't Starve Together

A campfire, a suspiciously quiet forest, and friends who ate the last berries.

4.1 GB$14.99Survival · Adventure · Sandbox
GenreSurvivalAdventureSandbox
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerModsCo-Op
5
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BombSquad

Eight-player couch chaos built from short fuses, springy physics, and the certainty that everyone will fall off the map.

300 MBFREEArcade · Party Game
GenreArcadeParty Game
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerCouch MultiplayerCo-Op
6
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GoldenEye: Source

The N64 split-screen classic, rebuilt for 16 players online.

2.6 GBFREEFPS · Shooter
GenreFPSShooter
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerMods
7
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Re-Volt (RVGL)

Tiny cars, enormous tracks, and twenty-six years of community racing in one ready-to-run package.

5.0 GBFREEArcade · Racing
GenreArcadeRacing
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerCouch MultiplayerModsCo-Op
8
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

Ensemble's Age of Empires II engine retooled with blasters, shields, and the full weight of Star Wars lore.

1.2 GB$2.99RTS · Strategy
GenreRTSStrategy
FeaturesOnline MultiplayerModsCo-Op
9
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Among Us

A social deduction game whose plain rules leave just enough room for friendship, suspicion, and terrible alibis.

1.0 GBFREESocial Deduction
GenreSocial Deduction
FeaturesControllerOnline Multiplayer
10
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Teeworlds

Grappling hooks, tiny arenas, and sixteen players worth of trouble.

20 MBFREEArcade
GenreArcade
FeaturesControllerOnline Multiplayer
11
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OpenTTD

Build a transport empire, one rail at a time.

200 MBFREESimulation · Strategy
GenreSimulationStrategy
FeaturesControllerOnline Multiplayer
12
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Red Eclipse

Parkour movement, arena combat, and mutators with the safety off.

2.0 GBFREEAction · FPS
GenreActionFPS
FeaturesOnline MultiplayerCo-Op
13
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Xonotic

The fastest arena shooter on the planet. Completely free.

1.1 GBFREEFPS · Shooter
GenreFPSShooter
FeaturesControllerOnline Multiplayer
14
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Warzone 2100

Design your own tanks. Then design better ones.

550 MBFREERTS · Strategy
GenreRTSStrategy
FeaturesControllerOnline Multiplayer
15
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Hedgewars

Turn-based hedgehog warfare. Yes, really.

180 MBFREEStrategy · Arcade
GenreStrategyArcade
FeaturesOnline MultiplayerCouch MultiplayerCo-Op
16
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0 A.D.

Ancient warfare, stunningly rendered, forever free.

3.0 GBFREERTS · Strategy
GenreRTSStrategy
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerMods
17
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OpenRA

Classic RTS campaigns, rebuilt around modern multiplayer.

350 MBFREERTS · Strategy
GenreRTSStrategy
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerMods
18
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OpenHV

Pixel-art science-fiction RTS where miners reshape the economy and every battlefield demands another rematch.

650 MBFREEStrategy · RTS
GenreStrategyRTS
FeaturesOnline MultiplayerMods
19
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SuperTuxKart

Kart racing chaos for the whole couch.

900 MBFREERacing · Arcade
GenreRacingArcade
FeaturesControllerOnline MultiplayerCouch MultiplayerCo-Op

Questions

What is the best lan party favorites?

PlayBound's top pick is OpenArena — Rocket jumps, railgun duels, and nothing between you and the arena. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Do these games clear the PlayBound Bar?

Yes. Every game in this collection has been tested, played, and assessed against PlayBound's published criteria — worth playing, worth what it costs, and respectful of the player's time.