All file hosters on this page (minus, Dropbox, box.net, 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.

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

minus

Relatively new and interesting file hoster with a pretty clean layout.
Just check out my account to see how it looks in action (I have uploaded a few Games to a folder).
10 GB Storage, 2GB Filesize and even direct links are allowed…oh and no ads.
(Example: direct link for NeonPlat 2)

Note 1: You can also increase the 10 GB Storage to 50 GB Storage by inviting others (similar to Dropbox)…
but I’m no big fan of such invitation tactics and thus the above link is no invitation link as you can see when you hover over it. (Moreover I think that 10 GB of Storage is way enough)

Note 2: Due to the fact that they don’t offer premium plans (or showcase ads) it is obvious that they don’t generate any revenue yet. However they just got backed with $1 million in seed funding so I assume they are trying to first grow and introduce premium plans or something else later.

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

Dropbox

Well respected and famous company. Clean design, easy to use, 2 GB of free storage and 10GB 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.net

Further Info

• Features
• Overview Video
• Wikipedia Entry
• Registration Required: Yes
• 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.net personally yet but the other sites seem to be good as well.

• Dropbox (2 GB Storage & Filesize)
• box (5 GB Storage / 25 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