What are the best free PC games that can easily be played with friends?

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Best free PC games that can easily be played with friends	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Team Fortress 2	Free	Overwhelmingly Positive	Hero-based FPS
-- Heroes of the Storm	Free	-	-
-- Paladins	FREE	-	FPS
-- Path of Exile	Free	Overwhelmingly Positive	Dungeon Crawler RPG
-- Warframe	Free	-	Action

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13 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Team Fortress 2

My Recommendation for Team Fortress 2

Hectic FPS gameplay that utilizes 9 distinct classes, each with lots of varied items

Random critical hits add a significant luck element into the game and push certain types of players out

Tons to do in the game with plenty of game modes and plenty of community mods

Free accounts are slightly limited

Cross-platform

Offline LAN support is pretty easy to implement

Fun and humorous gameplay with graphics and sound that fit with this theme

Completely free to download and play any existing section of the game

Includes Mann vs. Machine, a ridiculously fun co-op mode

Pretty good VR support and options

Engaged, active, fun, and creative community give the game a welcoming feel, even for outsiders

Fair free to play model

My Recommendation for Heroes of the Storm

My Recommendation for Heroes of the Storm

Easy to learn

Designed around team play (per the MOBA genre)

Hero and playstyle diversity

Slow fights

RNG is almost non existent

In-game quests mean you can still dictate how the game goes

Free to test any characters

Intelligent AI

It's always possible to make a comeback

A new hero every month

Fun emotes from heroes upon team work and team kills and more

You don't have to learn what items do

No last hitting, no gold, no items

Deep but not complex

Can get skins for free

Fun emotes from Hero's upon team work and team kills

Characters from all Blizzard games

Every hero is playable

Marked difficulty ratings for heroes

Community

Teamwork is encouraged

Shorter game times

12 available maps

1st Esport broadcast on live network television

My Recommendation for Paladins

My Recommendation for Paladins

Creative Characters

Lack of maps

My Recommendation for Path of Exile

My Recommendation for Path of Exile

Not pay to win

Graphics are a bit ho-hum

Expansive skill tree

As any ARPG worth mentioning, you'll eventually have to invest time into character builds

As good as Diablo

Rubberbanding disrupts play

Completely free to download and play

My Recommendation for Warframe

My Recommendation for Warframe

Great Community

Very Grindy

Amazing Visuals

Diverse weapons and armor

Supports 4-player Co-op

Fast paced gameplay

My Recommendation for WildStar

My Recommendation for WildStar

Action-based combat

Subscription/cash shop may give upper hand

Indepth and original IP

Free to play

My Recommendation for Guild Wars 2

My Recommendation for Guild Wars 2

Deep story, customized per character

Graphics are outstanding

Original GW2 is now free

My Recommendation for Unturned

My Recommendation for Unturned

My Recommendation for Dota 2

My Recommendation for Dota 2

Incredibly deep gameplay

Rude, toxic community

Game balanced well by IceFrog