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
/SPEK.TAKL/ is a free, paranoid horror that recalls Silent Hill 4
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Free Be kind, rewind.
Unravel a bizarre murder in free detective game Scotch Broom
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Free Converse with a wound in this browser game.
Memoirs of Magic is a free fantasy RPG made in the Doom engine
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Free Fight bosses with summoned monsters in this colourful RPG.
Solve a ghostly mystery in free detective game Spooktective
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Free With the aid of a magic magnifying glass.
Battle a dastardly animator in free, painterly shoot-'em-up Zoe
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Free A brush with death.
Monkey Ball meets Metal Gear in this free stealth game
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Free Cube escape.
Enjoy a gorgeous, free adventure game in Edgar—Bokbok in Boulzac
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Free Or are you chicken?
Tiny Tales is an epic, free adventure set in a teeny world
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Free Small wonder.
Explore a richly detailed ruin in Gothic-inspired freebie Esothe
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Free Those orbs aren't going to find themselves.
Wolfenstein 3D mod The Golden Parrot swaps Nazis for pirates
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Mod Become a privateer with this totally tropical mod.
Breaker is a great, free bullet hell arcade game with a banging soundtrack
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Free Ikaruga meets Breakout in this compelling freebie.
Excited for Bloodlines 2? Play free adventure Santa Monica By Night
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Free Turns out LA really is full of vampires.
Play as an angry crab with a kitchen knife in this free comedy game
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Free Play as a crabby crustacean in Knife 2 Meat U.
Excuses Galore is a free anti-adventure where you just want to stay at home
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Excuse me Avoid your friends with a bunch of improbable excuses.
Plunder an airship in free stealth game Skyrogue
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7DRL Join the mile heist club.
Forward is an elegant, free roguelike where everything is cards
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7DRL A highlight of this year's 7DRL challenge.
Snail Detective is a free murder mystery that doesn't skimp on the detective work
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Sluggish Morse Slow and steady solves the murder.
Faith: Chapter II's free prelude offers unsettling retro horror
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news And the main game is just a buck.
Free download RUNONCE gives you a digital pet to play with for one short lifespan
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Remember me You only get once chance.
PC Building Simulator hits Early Access soon, here's how it plays
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News The game hits early access on March 27.
Surviving Mars' randomised research detailed in dev panel
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News As in Stellaris, your research options will be randomised for each game.
Tropico 6 raids will let you send spies and pirates to steal world monuments
By Tom Sykes published
News Nick the Statue of Liberty, Stone Henge and more.
How the Civ 6: Rise and Fall designers came up with its cast of leaders
By Tom Sykes published
News Who would best fit its 'dynamic empires' theme?
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