The story of the Free Rider series is so well-documented and rich in history. In its peak, it was one of the most popular browser games in the late 2000s and became a staple of Flash Game culture in the next decade. Although such games have lost popularity or are no longer available, what Free Rider achieved was groundbreaking and immensely unique. 

Following the inspiration of Line Rider in 2006, created by Boštjan Čadež, Pete Shadbolt of Parroe Games released Free Rider the following year on OneMoreLevel.com. In the same year, Pete released the next version of his game, Free Rider 2. The popularity of the game skyrocketed, with dozens of websites hosting the game.

With the work of community member Maxime Simon, he created the first database of both Free Rider and Free Rider 2, allowing players to upload their tracks for the whole world to play instead of sharing the track code on forum pages. In just 2 years, Free Rider 2 amassed over 1.5 million tracks and 500 million plays. 2010 saw Maxime release Canvas Rider, Free Rider 2, completely reimagined and in HTML5.

However, come the start of 2013, OneMoreLevel and Kano Games shut down any Free Rider clones with the release of Free Rider 3, almost a step backwards for the community, being built in Flash with poor performance and interface appearance. This fueled the emergence of Black Hat Rider by haxzerz, an exclusive Canvas Rider clone where under 1000 people gathered together to save the Free Rider community when the Canvas Rider editor was shut down.

But, all hope was not lost; there was word spreading around that Kano was making another Free Rider game, one that would outdo every other official and unofficial edition of the game. In late 2013, Free Rider HD was unveiled to the world. Despite scepticism from veteran players, once they realised the enormity and popularity of the game amongst new players, they simply had to join the fun.

And now, almost 12 years later, the FRHD Community continues to change, and the legacy of the games before it lives on. Over 1 million player-made tracks and 1 billion plays speak for themselves. With the help of dedicated community members, the history and playability of past Free Rider games have become ever-present. FRHD players continue to release content to this day, whether it be amazing tracks, exciting contests or informative forum threads for the whole world to see and divulge. 

This website serves as an archive for all relevant and important content from FRHD and a time machine, allowing players to go back to the original Free Rider days, an ultimate nostalgia experience. Perhaps you want to find tips about trackmaking or try out community-made mods and editors, maybe you've never played the Free Rider games of yestertear, or you are someone who wants to go back to their childhood to experience that one Free Rider game again. Maybe you're someone who loves looking back at old community forums or learning about the history of each Free Rider Game. Who can forget the very creators, developers and companies who made the Free Rider Series possible. 

This website ensures you will never have to look elsewhere for anything Free Rider related, a trip down memory lane, a place packed full of fun and new things to learn. Most importantly, the ultimate archive of one of the greatest Flash/Browser games of all time! 

FRHD Creator Merch Drop released by L7NX (2025)

Free Rider Elephant Tote Bag released by Maple (2025)