The best free games offer up experiences across many different genres that you try out without having to spend. Of course, many of the best free games can include microtransactions, but each game in our selection has a free-of-charge entry point from the off, meaning you can jump right in without opening up your wallet. Whether you spend any money on cosmetics or in-game currency is up to you, but it's not a requirement when it comes to our selection of the best free games you can play right now. 

The Sims 4

Genre: Life Sim
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PS4 

If you've yet to experience the joys of shaping a Sims life and spending far too long putting together your dream home in a virtual setting, now's the perfect time to jump into the beloved life sim from Maxis. Along with official confirmation of The Sims 5, EA and Maxis also announced that base game of The Sims 4 is going free-to-play, meaning you can play the base experience without spending a long across all platforms. Of course, if you want to add to your simming adventures, you'll have to drop some coin to pick up expansions, but the base game is a great way to get stuck in if you want to give it a try - whether that be for the first time, or to test it out on console if you're a PC player. 

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC

Still bummed that you never got Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3? Play Star Wars: The Old Republic. Yeah, it's an MMO, but if playing with others isn't your scene you can pretty safely ignore those parts of the game and just focus on exploring your character's story. Did I mention that every class has its own sprawling, fleshed out tale complete with classic KOTOR-style Light Side and Dark Side choices? If you have even the slightest bit of Star Wars fandom in your heart, SWTOR will keep you happy for a long time.

Pinball FX3

One of our best free games

Genre: Pinball simulator
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

C'mon, it's pinball. Everybody including geeksgames loves pinball. And yes, the game is heavily monetized via microtransactions for additional tables that span everything from Harry Potter to Portal to Star Wars, but it does give you one table to play with for free as long as you like. And it's a pretty good table! Whether you're an old-school pinball wizard or just liked wasting time in the Space Cadet game that used to come with Windows, you're guaranteed to get at least a few hours of joy out of Pinball FX3.

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