Before diving into the list, a note on "free." Gameloft no longer sells Java games. The servers that authenticated purchases have been offline for nearly a decade. As a result, these games are considered . While technically piracy, no legal entity is currently pursuing claims for a 2010 Java game. For the purposes of this article, "free" refers to downloading archived .jar files from community repositories.

However, I need to be upfront with you:

Before the console version became a yearly tradition, Gameloft’s Java adaptation was a masterpiece of stealth. You play as Altaïr, moving through Acre, Jerusalem, and Masyaf. The game uses a 2.5D side-scrolling perspective but allows for rooftop running, ledge grabs, and crowd blending. The combat is timing-based, and the file size is a mere 500KB. It runs like a dream on the C2-01.