5. Project Spark
Project Spark brings imagination and artistry to a list entrenched in the thematic trappings of yesteryear. Drawing inspiration from similar titles on the market (Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet), Team Dakotas game-creation sandbox encourages players to sculpt their own locales, characters and contextual scenarios through an intuitive, user-friendly tool kit. You can even utilise the Kinect Sensors motion capture capability to impart custom animations and voiceovers onto the denizens of your world. Project Spark caters to both the seasoned artisan and the creatively bereft, offering a mode entitled Crossroads that procedurally generates a campaign ready for adventuring. If the proliferation of hyper-realistic shooters has dulled your enthusiasm for the gaming industry, then Project Spark could be just the revitalising antidote. The best feature of all? Its completely free!