With Windows 10 Microsoft wanted to create something that is not only an operating system for PC, but a unique platform for each type of device, therefore also smartphones and tablets. From the Microsoft Store, accessible as an app in Windows 10, it is possible to download applications and games as happens in the Google Android market and in iTunes, which are installed differently from the programs, integrated into the system.
Who comes from Windows 7 will find the App Store an important novelty already introduced in Windows 8 and now significantly improved.
If it is true that the apps, for the most part, are still immature and not yet good to replace traditional programs, the story changes if we talk about video games, whose section in the Microsoft store is really large and of great quality.
Thanks to the XBox app you can save scores and progress in your account, to record games in a video and interact with friends by playing with them in multiplayer mode.
In order not to get lost in the search, in this article we see a special selection of the 10 best free Windows 10 games downloadable from the Microsoft store and various genres, among the most popular in the store.
Although they can be played for free, in most of these games you can spend real money on upgrades and customization.
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1) Asfalt 8: Airborne is one of the most popular arcade racing games for Windows 10, a 1.6 GB free download that brings a really fast machine game with beautiful 3D graphics.
After choosing a car among the many available, you race against time in different scenarios, each of them with different paths to follow to get to the finish line first.
As in the Need For Speed series and as in the Fast and Furious films, you can improve the car with modifications and take the Nitro on the road for powerful accelerations.
Asphalt 8: Airborne is especially fun for the multiplayer mode, which allows you to play online races with a maximum of 8 or to compete in those who make the best time.
2) Despicable Me: Minion Rush is the Windows 10 version of the exhilarating game that dominates the iTunes and Google Play charts.
The game is very simple, the typical runner game where you have to avoid obstacles and go as far as possible by collecting bonuses, bananas (which are the game's currency) and points.
There are hundreds of missions full of fun surprises taken from the film and increasingly difficult obstacles.
3) Dungeon Hunter 5 is a challenging and addictive third person action-RPG game, not difficult to play, with a fast and fluid combat system.
Like any self-respecting RPG, you must complete missions and improve your character with increasingly lethal weapons, spells and increasingly resistant armor.
In addition to single player missions, you can participate in daily and weekly multiplayer events and create alliances with friends or other players to overcome missions.
4) Age of Empires 2 is the most recent version of the well-known Microsoft Age Of Empires strategy game, where you can build the castle, collect resources, attack enemies and defend yourself against assaults.
Set in the Middle Ages, you can choose to lead one of the different civilizations available including the Order of the Teutonic Knights, the Byzantines, the Franks or the Saracens and it is also possible to recruit the great generals of history such as Charlemagne or Richard the Lionheart.
This is the typical game capable of capturing attention for hours and hours without realizing it, where the empire constantly evolves through careful reflection on how to build a large army, on how to strengthen defenses and where to better use resources.
5) Sonic Dash is a runner-game starring Sonic, the blue animal that runs and jumps very fast created by the Sega.
The main purpose of the game, as it has always been in Sonic, is to collect the rings that can be used to shop.
6) GT Racing 2 is a very different car racing game from Asphalt, a 3D racing car driving simulator with different shots, more realistic and less arcade.
You can drive in 13 real circuits to test driving skills in different types of races.
The game requires some effort and patience (unless you want to pay with real money) for the point of the machine and to configure the fundamental power-ups to win the races.
The multiplayer mode allows you to earn extra money and makes it unnecessary to spend money to level up.
7) Modern Combat 5: Blackout is one of the best shooters, FPS genre, first person for Windows 10, similar to Call of Duty or Battlefield, with two different modes: a single-player with plot and progression and a multiplayer to challenge friends and other players live.
Modern Combat 5: Blackout only works if your PC is connected to the internet, even if you choose single mode.
8) Pinball FX2 is the 3D pinball for Windows 10, very realistic, with well-designed pinball tables and full of bonuses to unlock.
9) F18 Carrier is a beautiful flight simulator where you can fly planes in a realistic way, with spectacular graphics that seem impossible to be free.
10) Siegefall is a free strategy and war game for Windows 10 developed by Gameloft studios, multiplayer only, which requires an Internet connection to play
In the game, you must deploy and command troops to attack enemy bases by moving the army to achieve the required objectives.
The game is similar to Age Of Empires as a typology and you will spend a lot of time developing the Kingdom, preparing defenses against enemies and organizing an army strong enough to conquer other castles.
Bonus : Microsoft Trasure Hunt
This game is so classic that it deserves to be mentioned on this list.
It is in fact a renewed and more evolved version of Campo Minato, trying to discover the hidden treasures, avoiding ending up on a lethal square.
BONUS 2: Forza Motorsport 6 Apex, a beautiful, free car game for Windows 10.
