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
Match-3 meets the RTS in this free browser game
By Tom Sykes published
Free Match castles, then defend them with little beetles.
Win at social media in free browser game Sneeter
By Tom Sykes published
Free A "roguelike social media simulator."
Build nature, not cities, in free eco builder Terra Nil
By Tom Sykes published
Free Restore a wasteland with the aid of advanced technology.
Save the birds in dreamy free adventure game Flutter
By Tom Sykes published
Free It's an interactive music video, more or less.
Death awaits in free horror game Welcome to Quiet Haven
By Tom Sykes published
Free Spoiler: it's not that quiet.
Deftly dodge deadly hazards in free action game Deff
By Tom Sykes published
Free Deff becomes him.
Black Firmament 2: a free dogfighting game you could fit on a postage stamp
By Tom Sykes published
Free Low res, high stakes.
Have fun with lasers in free sci-fi puzzler Relay
By Tom Sykes published
Free Make light work of this impressive game.
Go foraging in lovely free text adventure Mushroom Hunt
By Tom Sykes published
Free Grab a stool. A toadstool, that is.
Trine meets Zelda in free puzzler Vault: Tomb of the King
By Tom Sykes published
Free A promising top-down puzzle game.
Play the free demo for Sky Racket, a sidescrolling shmup with added Breakout
By Tom Sykes published
Free Anyone for Tennis?
Free puzzler Tetromino Slide jumbles Tetris in a devious way
By Tom Sykes published
Free Tetris gets mixed up in this browser game.
Undertale meets Necrodancer in free game Everhood
By Tom Sykes published
Free game Dance macabre.
Commune with the animal gods in free ritual game Stones of Solace
By Tom Sykes published
Free A relaxing, minimalist experience.
Free adventure Penitent Dead evokes FromSoftware's atmospheric PS1 games
By Tom Sykes published
Free It was created for a PS1 game jam.
Hack the '80s internet in free hacking adventure Wardialler
By Tom Sykes published
Free Make sure you listen to the excellent soundtrack too.
Shoot robots and wall-run in the impressive free demo for Arsenal Demon
By Tom Sykes published
Free Devil Daggers but with angels and wall-running.
Free action game Goreball offers some sublime physics fun
By Tom Sykes published
Free Gore blimey.
Have fun with doors in the ridiculous, free Door Knocker
By Tom Sykes published
Free Kick doors into people, with physics.
Mr Flipper is a free pinball game with one hell of a twist
By Tom Sykes published
Free game Try not to flip out.
Puzzle with giant jelly cubes in clever, free puzzle game Splitting Headache
By Tom Sykes published
Free Draknek's latest ingenious puzzle game.
Horror meets skateboarding in the spookily rad, free Orange County
By Tom Sykes published
Free First-person horror, but with skateboarding.
Confront the past in beautiful free adventure game An Eternity, Reflecting
By Tom Sykes published
Free Homeward bound.
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