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PlayBound Curated

LAN Party Favorites

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

5 games · every one clears the PlayBound Bar

1
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Xonotic

The fastest arena shooter on the planet. Completely free.

1.1 GBFPS · Arcade
Get It Free
2
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SuperTuxKart

Kart racing chaos for the whole couch.

900 MBRacing · Arcade
Get It Free
3
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OpenRA

Classic real-time strategy, rebuilt for the modern age.

350 MBRTS · Strategy
Get It Free
4
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Hedgewars

Turn-based hedgehog warfare. Yes, really.

180 MBStrategy · Arcade
Get It Free
5
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OpenTTD

Build a transport empire, one rail at a time.

200 MBSimulation · Strategy
Get It Free

Questions

What is the best lan party favorites?

PlayBound's top pick is Xonotic — The fastest arena shooter on the planet. Completely free. It is free under Open Source (GPL-2.0) and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Are all 5 of these games free?

Yes. Every game in this collection is genuinely free — no trials, no paywalled content, no pay-to-win purchases — and each has been assessed against PlayBound's five published criteria.