- List of open-source games by genre
This article is a selected list of
open source games with articles, sorted by genre. Several games are listed under more than one genre.Action games
Platform game
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*"" is a platform game.
*"Neverball " is a 3D platform game similar to "Super Monkey Ball ".
*"Secret Maryo Chronicles " is a 2D platform game modeled after "Super Mario Bros. "
*"SuperTux " is a classic 2D jump and run game.
*"X-Moto " is a 2D motorbike game.
*"XEvil " is a 2D side scroller notable for its exceptionally graphic violence.hooter game
Artillery
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BZFlag " is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.
*"Gusanos " is a clone of "Liero ".
*"Scorched 3D " is a game based on the classic DOS game "Scorched Earth".
*"Wormux " is a "Worms" clone.First-Person Shooters
*"Aleph One" is Bungie's freed Marathon
first-person shooter .
*"AssaultCube " is a multiplayer, 3D, FPS based on Cube.
*"Cube" is a 3D FPS
*"FreeDoom " is a set of open source graphics files for open source versions of theDoom engine .
*"Nexuiz " is a multiplayer first-person shooter.
*"OpenArena " is a first-person shooter based onid Tech 3 .
*"Tremulous " blends a team-based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans.
*"War§ow " is a fast-paced FPS focusing on E-Sports.
*"Sauerbraten (game) " a free open source FPS, with online and LAN multiplayer capabilities and loads of maps.Adventure game
*"Adventure" (1976), Crowther/Woods – the original text adventure game, source code is
public domain . [cite web |url=http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/canon/Adventure.htm |title=Colossal Cave Adventure |accessdate=2007-09-07 |format= |work=Seton Hill University |last=Jerz |first=D.G.]Casual games
Board game
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GNU Chess " is a chess program.Xboard (a.k.a. Winboard) is anopen-source front-end for it.
*"GNU Go " is a free program that plays the game of Go.
*"TEG (Tenés Empanadas Graciela)" is aRisk -like game.Puzzle/action/arcade
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Biniax " is a multiplatform arcade/logic game.
*"Crack Attack! " is a freeOpenGL game based on "Tetris Attack".
*"Enigma" is an "Oxyd " clone.
*"Frozen Bubble " is a "Puzzle Bobble "-type game.
*"KAsteroids "
*"KBounce " is a clone of "JezzBall ".
*"Liquid War " is a real-time competitive game based on directing liquid particles around a complex environment.
*"Pingus" is a real-time puzzle game inspired by "Lemmings".
*"Rocks'n'Diamonds " is ancross-platform ,arcade game that contains clones of "Boulder Dash ", "Emerald Mine ", "Supaplex " and "Sokoban ".
*"Solarwolf " is a 2d action arcade game.
*"Tile World " is a clone of "Chip's Challenge " made by Brian Raiter.Role-Playing
Roguelikes
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NetHack "
*"Slash'EM " - a branch of "NetHack"MMORPGs
*"Crossfire"
*"PlaneShift "Other
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Blades of Exile " is an RPG with a scenario-design kit.imulation
Flight simulator
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FlightGear " is a multi-platform flight simulator.pace simulator
*"Oolite" is a recreation of the classic "Elite"
pace shooters
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Freespace 2 " is considered by many to be one of the best space combat simulators of all time. The game has both single and multiplayer game modes.
*"Netrek " is a multiplayer hybrid shooter and real-time strategy game.
*"" is a two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot.
*"Sopwith" is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up.
*"Ur-Quan Masters" is the classic "Star Control 2" game, re-released under the GPL license.
*"Vega Strike " is a 3D space shooter/strategy game which combines trading, bounty hunting and exploration.
*"XPilot " is a multiplayer asteroids-like game.Construction and management simulation
*"
OpenTTD " is anopen source port of theChris Sawyer game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe ".
*"Simutrans " similar to "OpenTTD ".City-building
*"
Lincity " (and its successor "LinCity-NG") is acity-building game .
*"OpenCity " is a 3D city-building game.
*"Micropolis" is aGPL version ofSimCity .Artificial life simulation
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Darwinbots " is anartificial life simulator.ports
*"Kolf"
Racing games
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Armagetron Advanced " is a multiplayer, 3D "Tron" lightcycle racing game.
*"GLtron " is a light cycle racing game.
*"HoverRace " is an online multiplayer hovercraft racing game that was once shareware.
*"SuperTuxKart ", is a racing game inspired byMario Kart .
*"Tux Racer " is a 3DOpenGL racing game starring theLinux mascot.
*"Ultimate Stunts " is a 3D racing game looking like Stunts
*"TORCS " is a 3D racing simulatortrategy games
Real-time strategy/tactical
*"Allegiance" is a multiplayer, online-only RTS/space combat hybrid originally developed by
Microsoft Research .
*"Bos Wars " is across-platform RTS.
*"Glest " is a medieval 3D RTS.
*"Globulation 2 " is across-platform RTS.
*"Netrek " is a multiplayer hybrid shooter and real-time strategy game.
*"Spring" is a 3D remake of the "Total Annihilation " RTS, fully compatible with the original game's units.
*"Vega Strike " is a 3D space shooter/strategy game which combines trading, bounty hunting and exploration.
*"Warzone 2100 " is a 3D RTS and RTT hybrid.Turn-based strategy/tactical
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Battle for Wesnoth " is a strategy game with RPG elements.
*"Crimson Fields " is a tactical war game in the tradition of "Battle Isle".
*"Freeciv " is a clone of "Civilization II".
*"FreeCol " is a remake of "Colonization".
*"FreeOrion " is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the "Master of Orion " series.
*"Konquest " is a galactic conquest strategy game.
*"MegaMek " is a computer version of the "BattleTech " miniatures wargame.
*"TEG (Tenés Empanadas Graciela)" is a "Risk"-like game.
*"Thousand Parsec " is a project with the goal of creating a framework for turn-based space empire building games.
*"TripleA" is an "Axis & Allies "-based game.
*"" is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens.
*"Xconq " is a generic turn-based strategic game.Other genres
Music/dance
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Frets on Fire " is a cross-platform game based on "Guitar Hero".
*"StepMania " is a simulator of dance games, mainly "Dance Dance Revolution ".
*"UltraStar " is a "SingStar " clone.See also
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References
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