GameHippo.com
11/1/2008 GameHippo.com is going through a rebirth of sorts. The new site will be called GameHippoRedux.com. You can check out their fan forum for the latest updates on the project.9/1/2008 GameHippo.com appears to be officially gone for now. The latest link has been down for a month. There is a fan forum that is still going and working on bringing us a new GameHippo, I will update this page if there's any change in status.
7/20/2008 - Update Looks like GameHippo.com is back online...not sure if it will be under new domain name or how long this will be up but here it is.
7/14/2008 - Updated Information on GameHippo.com: Unfortunately www.gamehippo.com is no longer online. To date no reasons have been given for the demise of one of the great collections/listings of independent and freeware games. Check back from time to time for any updates.
- Types of Games:Freeware
- Number of Games(approx): 1000+
- Web Address: [link url=http://www.gamehipporedux.com/]http://www.gamehipporedux.com
- Quality of Site: 5/5
- Searching: 5/5
- Downloading: 4/5
Quality of Site - 5/5:
With more than 1000 rated games Game Hippo is a a great website for finding free computer games. Unlike many other free game sites, Game Hippo contains only freeware games, they do not mix freeware, shareware, and demos which can always make if harder to find the truly free games. All games listed on Game Hippo have been installed, played and reviewed by the GameHippo Staff. On top of free game reviews, each listing contains basic information that tells you whether the game is single player, multiplayer, contains adware, child-safe and more.Searching - 5/5:
Searching GameHippo is a breeze with a standard title search and an advanced search on top of browsing games by category/genre. The response time of searching on GameHippo is also very good, with fast response time and no annoying pop-ups or advertisements.Downloading - 4/5:
Downloading a game listed on GameHippo can be a somewhat confusing at times. At the bottom of each review there is a small download link that takes you through a couple screens until you're able to download the game from the GameHippo servers. A more prevalent link to click on however is the game title. This link doesn't take you to the GameHippo download page, instead it links to each game's official website. The games can usually be downloaded from there but if the site is in a foreign language, navigation to the download can be challenging.
