All file hosters on this page (Dropbox, box.net, minus, MediaFire, IndieDB, GameJolt and GameFront) were tested by myself and are recommendable with acceptable download speed. Also no digit code, wait time or other nonsense needed, etc.

My favorites are Dropbox and box. (both offer really good free plans that are completely adfree)

At the bottom of this page you will also find a list of Online Backup & Storage Sites

Dropbox

Update: Maximum bandwidth limit increased from 10 GB/day to 20 GB/day

Well respected and famous company. Clean design, easy to use, 2 GB of free storage and 20 GB of Bandwidth per day. Moreover no ads and they also allow direct links.

Note: Download of the client isn’t neccessary. Just click login at the upper right corner and create an account. The bandwidth limit is mentioned here.

Further Info

• Features
• Overview Video
• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: Yes
• All kinds of files allowed

box

Update: Maximum filesize increased from 25 MB to 250 MB.

Used and trusted by many big companies.
Great free plan with nice interface.
Highly recommended.

They have also proper online collaboration features (work together with others on same files simultaneously… for example on a word document)
Moreover you can also embed pdf files that you hav uploaded there directly into your site!
As an example check out my How To Contact Press pdf…

Further Info

• Features
• Overview Video
• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: Yes
• All kinds of files allowed

minus

Update: Maximum filesize decreased from 2 GB to 200 MB.

Relatively new and interesting file hoster with a pretty clean layout and no ads.
Just check out my account to see how it looks in action (I have uploaded a few Games to a folder).
10 GB Storage, 200 MB Filesize and they even allow hotlinking… For example here is the direct link for NeonPlat 2.

Further Info

• Features
• Overview Video
• Additional Info
• Blog
• Carl Hu’s Account and John Xie’s Account (Founders of minus)
• CrunchBase Profile
• Registration Required: No
• All kinds of files allowed

Mediafire

Further Info

• Features
• Overview Video
• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: No
• All kinds of files allowed
• Note: A click on the download button automatically opens a pop-under (a new window with advertisement)

Indiedb

Further Info

• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: Yes
• Only game related files are allowed

Game Front

Further Info

• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: No
• Only game related files are allowed

Gamejolt

Further Info

• Registration Required: Yes
• Only game related files are allowed

Table for easy comparison of File Hosters

Additional File Hosting Options:

Note that I haven’t tested all of them yet personally but they seem to be good…

• ge.tt (No registration / 2 GB / Lifespan: 90 Days)
• WeTransfer (No registration / 2 GB / Lifespan: 14 Days or 20 Downloads)
• SourceForge.net (Open Source Projects)
• GitHub (Host For Code)
• Google Code
• Mirrorcreator (Uploads your files to multiple file hosting sites)
• Droplr (No registration / 25 MB)
• GamersHell.com (Drop E-Mail / No Filesize Limit / If Editor picks your game it will be mirrored on various servers… for example Hydorah and GunGirl 2)

• For uploading your Music consider to check out SoundCloud and Bandcamp

Online Backup & Storage Sites

If you want to backup your files you can check out these sites. They all offer free plans (2GB – 10 GB) and the premium accounts normally start from around 5$ / month.
Note that I have only tried Dropbox and box personally yet but the other sites seem to be good as well.

• Dropbox (2 GB Storage & Filesize)
• box (5 GB Storage / 100 MB Filesize)
• SugarSync (5 GB Storage & Filesize)
• SpiderOak (2 GB Storage & Filesize)
• Mozy (2 GB Storage & Filesize)
• Minus (10 GB Storage / 2 GB Filesize)

Further Reading

• Wikipedia – Comparison Of File Hosting Services
• Wikipedia – Comparison Of Online Backup Services
• AppAppeal – Storage Apps