Most Popular Games in the World
Download Top 40
This week the votes from 2165 people have been used to compile this chart. This list contains the best download PC games in the world. The list includes demo versions, shareware versions and freeware games. Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should download it too.
Edition 69 - Week 43 - October 21, 1996
| TW | LW | NW | Title | Developer/Publisher(s) | Cat | HI | ID | Points |
1  |
1 | 34 | Quake
  |
Id | SH | 1 | 1876 | 425 |
2  |
3 | 16 | Ancient Dungeons/Domains of Mystery
|
Thomas Biskup | RP | 1 | 1976 | 335 |
| 3 |
2 | 69 | Nethack 3
|
DevTeam | RP | 1 | 1186 | 338 |
| 4 |
4 | 38 | Duke Nukem 3D
|
3D Realms | SH | 1 | 1863 | 186 |
| 5 |
5 | 69 | Angband
|
Robert Alan Koeneke | RP | 2 | 1255 | 179 |
| 6 |
6 | 5 | Death Rally
|
Remedy/Apogee | RA | 6 | 2027 | 131 |
| 7 |
7 | 44 | Stars! 2.0/2.5
|
Star Crossed | ST | 3 | 1816 | 121 |
| 8 |
8 | 45 | Toyland
|
Rainald Menge | ST | 6 | 1813 | 97 |
| 9 |
9 | 69 | VGA Planets
|
Tim Wisseman | ST | 7 | 1651 | 102 |
| 10 |
12 | 44 | Descent 2
|
Parallax/Interplay | SH | 1 | 1821 | 75 |
| 11 |
15 | 18 | SubSpace
|
Virgin | AC | 11 | 1955 | 78 |
| 12 |
13 | 21 | Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2
|
SW Games | RP | 12 | 1929 | 69 |
| 13 |
18 | 69 | Doom
|
Id | SH | 4 | 1645 | 73 |
| 14 |
10 | 16 | So Far
|
Andrew Plotkin | IF | 3 | 1974 | 51 |
| 15 |
14 | 69 | Descent
|
Parallax/Interplay | SH | 1 | 1644 | 63 |
| 16 |
11 | 17 | Jigsaw
|
Graham Nelson | IF | 8 | 1815 | 50 |
17  |
25 | 3 | Diablo
|
Blizzard | RP | 17 | 2042 | 65 |
| 18 |
16 | 50 | Wolfenstein 3D
|
Id/Apogee | SH | 14 | 1658 | 51 |
| 19 |
19 | 69 | FreeCell
|
Microsoft | PU | 5 | 1660 | 60 |
| 20 |
17 | 28 | Exile 2: Crystal Souls
|
Spiderweb | RP | 13 | 1914 | 44 |
| 21 |
21 | 69 | One Must Fall: 2097
|
Epic | FI | 8 | 1647 | 47 |
| 22 |
31 | 66 | Scorched Earth
|
Wendell Hicken | AC | 7 | 1673 | 50 |
| 23 |
23 | 13 | Windhall Chronicles 1: Path to Fortune
|
C.E. Forman | IF | 23 | 1899 | 33 |
| 24 |
22 | 41 | Exile: Escape from the Pit
|
Spiderweb | RP | 22 | 1724 | 31 |
| 25 |
26 | 6 | Zombie Wars
|
Gee Whiz | PL | 25 | 2020 | 30 |
| 26 |
20 | 20 | Christminster
|
Gareth Rees/ | IF | 9 | 1705 | 22 |
| 27 |
24 | 21 | Lost New York
|
Neil DeMause | IF | 13 | 1920 | 23 |
| 28 |
29 | 29 | Star Quest 1
|
Virtual Adventures | AC | 20 | 1890 | 23 |
| 29 |
30 | 53 | Hexen: Beyond Heretic
|
Raven/Id | SH | 1 | 1751 | 26 |
| 30 |
27 | 14 | Bug Eyed Monsters
|
Grinning Lizard | AC | 19 | 1984 | 20 |
| 31 |
37 | 62 | Heretic
|
Raven/Id | SH | 7 | 1648 | 28 |
| 32 |
34 | 18 | Alphaman
|
Jeff Olson/ | RP | 32 | 1680 | 23 |
| 33 |
33 | 32 | Theatre
|
Cave Rock | IF | 16 | 1700 | 21 |
| 34 |
28 | 69 | Slicks 'n' Slide
|
Timo Kauppinen | RA | 11 | 1659 | 19 |
| 35 |
36 | 8 | Fire Fight
|
Chaos Works/Epic | SH | 34 | 2008 | 21 |
| 36 |
- | 54 | Stars!
|
Star Crossed | ST | 3 | 1662 | 32 |
| 37 |
35 | 6 | Roadrash
|
Electronic Arts | RA | 35 | 2026 | 18 |
| 38 |
39 | 66 | Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins
|
Apogee | SH | 10 | 1668 | 20 |
| 39 |
32 | 59 | Abuse
|
Crack Dot Com | PL | 6 | 1715 | 12 |
| 40 |
- | 1 | Arcade Volleyball
|
Zorlim | SP | 40 | 2041 | 10 |
Runners Up
These games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart.| TIP | NW | Title | Developer/Publisher(s) | Cat | ID |
| 1 | 2 | Syndicate Wars
|
Bullfrog/Electronic Arts | AC/STD> | 2058 |
| 2 | 4 | Hyperblade
|
Wizbang/Activision | SP | 2039 |
| 3 | 1 | Time: All Things Come to an End
|
Andrew Phillips | IF | 2062 |
| 4 | 1 | War Wind
|
SSI/Mindscape | 2063 | |
| 5 | 5 | Madden 97
|
EA Sports/Electronic Arts | SP | 2033 |
| 6 | 2 | Speed Haste
|
FormGen | RA | 2059 |
| 7 | 3 | Age of Rifles
|
SSI/Mindscape | ST | 2054 |
| 8 | 4 | Star General
|
SSI/Mindscape | WG | 2040 |
| 9 | 5 | Fallen Heroes
|
A&B | ST | 2034 |
| 10 | 5 | Guimo
|
Jack in the Box | PL | 2035 |
| 11 | 4 | Gazillionaire Deluxe
|
LavaMind | ST | 2044 |
 | New Entry (or re-entry) | AC | Action | RA | Racing | TW | This Week |
| Star (large votes increase) | AD | Adventure | RP | Role-Playing | LW | Last Week |
| (ex) Number One | AR | Arcade | SH | Shooter | NW | Number of Weeks |
| Freeware Version | FI | Fighting | SI | Simulation | HI | Highest Position |
| Shareware Version | IF | Interactive Fiction | SP | Sports | | Climbing |
| Demo Version | PL | Platform | ST | Strategy |  | Bullet (climbing fast) |
| Windows Only | PU | Puzzle | WG | Wargame | ||
| OS/2 Only |
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Arthur 'Santiago' Kerschen / ahk@gas.uug.arizona.edu