PC games that have public servers?

February 9, 2011 7:03 PM

I'm looking for PC games that have public servers.

I recently started playing Minecraft and discovered the joy of public servers. Each were modded in their own unique way, which made the game so much more fun. What other PC games have the option to play on public servers? I would like to exclude mmorpg's and FPS games.

posted by Sufi to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

Best answer: Even though it's based on a FPS you might check out Gary's Mod, it's a lot of making crazy stuff if I understand it correctly.
posted by thylacine at 7:12 PM on February 9, 2011

Trackmania Nations is a freeware racing game, the in-game track creator is easy to use, which means an endless number of great user made tracks. This might be the variety you're after. Each sever has a large number of these tracks and they're typically well made.
posted by hellojed at 8:40 PM on February 9, 2011

Continuum is a freeware game where you fly around in little spaceships and shoot. The public servers have a large variety of game modes that differs from zone to zone. It's all completely free, easy to play (but hard to master) and it's fun.
posted by tachikoma_robot at 11:36 PM on February 9, 2011

Best answer: Join mefight club for the world's largest minecraft server. And also they have servers up for lots of other games.
posted by empath at 5:29 AM on February 10, 2011

FIBS, the First Internet Backgammon Server.
posted by rmd1023 at 6:15 AM on February 10, 2011

If board games count, there are many, many options: go, pente, chess, checkers, etc. Ditto for card games like gin, hearts, bridge, rummy, etc.
posted by jquinby at 6:27 AM on February 10, 2011

Neverwinter Nights (at least the first one, not sure about future versions) has public servers. An RPG, but not an mmo.
posted by jmd82 at 8:20 AM on February 10, 2011