Difference Between Non-standalone and standalone mods

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The difference between Non-standalone mods and standalone mods is that non-standalone mods require to have a base game to play,the opposite of Standalone mods.Standalone mods are modified versions of the base game(and are the base game itself) and do not need a base game to play.

Examples of Non-standalone mods

• They Hunger a mod for Half-Life
• Azure Sheep a mod for Half-Life
• Afraid of Monsters a mod for Half-Life
• Half-Life: MMod a mod for Half-Life
• Mistake a mod for Half-Life
• Half-Life: Absolute Zero A mod for Half-Life
• Pre-Fortress 2 a mod for Team Fortress 2
• Team Fortress 2 Classic a mod for Team Fortress 2
• Open Fortress a mod for Team Fortress 2
• Quake Team Fortress a mod for Quake

Examples of standalone mods

• Garry's Mod a mod from Half-Life 2
• Counter-Strike a mod from Half-Life
• Team Fortress Classic a mod from Half-Life
• Team Fortress 2 a mod from Half-Life 2
• The Stanley Parable a mod from Portal 2
• Fortress Forever a mod from Half-Life 2
• Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 a mod from Counter-Strike: Source
• Half-Life 2 a mod from Counter-Strike: Source

breakdown on what the word standalone means

The word standalone is stand-alone meaning well,to stand alone all by itself without a base game.