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Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes

Tom loves exploring in games, whether it’s going the wrong way in a platformer or burgling an apartment in Deus Ex. His favourite game worlds—Stalker, Dark Souls, Thief—have an atmosphere you could wallop with a blackjack. He enjoys horror, adventure, puzzle games and RPGs, and played the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII with a translated script he printed off from the internet. Tom has been writing about free games for PC Gamer since 2012. If he were packing for a desert island, he’d take his giant Columbo boxset and a laptop stuffed with PuzzleScript games.

Latest articles by Tom Sykes

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Play a 1D version of Tetris in the free One Dimensional Arcade

By Tom Sykes Published 16 October 19

Free Play olden-times versions of Tetris, Frogger and Breakout.

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Match-3 meets the RTS in this free browser game

By Tom Sykes Published 14 October 19

Free Match castles, then defend them with little beetles.

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Win at social media in free browser game Sneeter

By Tom Sykes Published 10 October 19

Free A "roguelike social media simulator."

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Build nature, not cities, in free eco builder Terra Nil

By Tom Sykes Published 9 October 19

Free Restore a wasteland with the aid of advanced technology.

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Save the birds in dreamy free adventure game Flutter

By Tom Sykes Published 8 October 19

Free It's an interactive music video, more or less.

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Death awaits in free horror game Welcome to Quiet Haven

By Tom Sykes Published 7 October 19

Free Spoiler: it's not that quiet.

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Deftly dodge deadly hazards in free action game Deff

By Tom Sykes Published 4 October 19

Free Deff becomes him.

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Black Firmament 2: a free dogfighting game you could fit on a postage stamp

By Tom Sykes Published 3 October 19

Free Low res, high stakes.

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Have fun with lasers in free sci-fi puzzler Relay

By Tom Sykes Published 2 October 19

Free Make light work of this impressive game.

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Go foraging in lovely free text adventure Mushroom Hunt

By Tom Sykes Published 27 September 19

Free Grab a stool. A toadstool, that is.

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Trine meets Zelda in free puzzler Vault: Tomb of the King

By Tom Sykes Published 26 September 19

Free A promising top-down puzzle game.

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Play the free demo for Sky Racket, a sidescrolling shmup with added Breakout

By Tom Sykes Published 25 September 19

Free Anyone for Tennis?

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Free puzzler Tetromino Slide jumbles Tetris in a devious way

By Tom Sykes Published 24 September 19

Free Tetris gets mixed up in this browser game.

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Undertale meets Necrodancer in free game Everhood

By Tom Sykes Published 23 September 19

Free game Dance macabre.

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Commune with the animal gods in free ritual game Stones of Solace

By Tom Sykes Published 20 September 19

Free A relaxing, minimalist experience.

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Free adventure Penitent Dead evokes FromSoftware's atmospheric PS1 games

By Tom Sykes Published 18 September 19

Free It was created for a PS1 game jam.

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Hack the '80s internet in free hacking adventure Wardialler

By Tom Sykes Published 16 September 19

Free Make sure you listen to the excellent soundtrack too.

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Shoot robots and wall-run in the impressive free demo for Arsenal Demon

By Tom Sykes Published 13 September 19

Free Devil Daggers but with angels and wall-running.

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Free action game Goreball offers some sublime physics fun

By Tom Sykes Published 11 September 19

Free Gore blimey.

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Have fun with doors in the ridiculous, free Door Knocker

By Tom Sykes Published 9 September 19

Free Kick doors into people, with physics.

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Mr Flipper is a free pinball game with one hell of a twist

By Tom Sykes Published 16 August 19

Free game Try not to flip out.

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Puzzle with giant jelly cubes in clever, free puzzle game Splitting Headache

By Tom Sykes Published 14 August 19

Free Draknek's latest ingenious puzzle game.

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Horror meets skateboarding in the spookily rad, free Orange County

By Tom Sykes Published 12 August 19

Free First-person horror, but with skateboarding.

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Confront the past in beautiful free adventure game An Eternity, Reflecting

By Tom Sykes Published 9 August 19

Free Homeward bound.

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Trade your life for sweet upgrades in free shmup Guardian Sphere

By Tom Sykes Published 9 August 19

Free Your life is currency.

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