GPL games
Games released under GNU General Public License. The GPL is one of the free software licenses, probably the most common one.
List of GPL games[edit]
This is a list of free/libre gPL games:
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Boson | 2006-10-01 | RTS |
Boson is a 3D RTS game that uses OpenGL, parts of the KDE libraries and the QT library, that has its code and media licensed under the GPL.[1][2] Version 0.13, released on October 1, 2006, is the latest version of the game.[3] Its reliance on KDE-only libraries has caused it to be difficult to install for many users and has limited its audience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Search for the Red Herring | October 11, 2006 | RTS |
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Globulation 2 | 2009-05-25 | RTS |
Globulation 2 is a RTS game with an unusual gameplay design. The source and media are licensed under the GPL.[8][9] The latest release of the game is 0.9.4.1 released on March 25th, 2009. It is programmed in C++. It uses the SDL[10] and Boost[11] libraries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vega Strike | 2022-03-24 | Space simulation game |
Vega Strike is an action space simulation game. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FlightGear | 2023-10-18 | Flight simulator |
FlightGear is a 3D flight simulation game. The entire game is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[14][15] It is also sold on 3 DVDs. It is written in the C++ [16] and C [17] programming languages. The project was started in 1996, with its first release in 1997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SilverTree | no image | 2007-11-17 | RPG |
SilverTree is a 3D role-playing game game created by David White. The latest version of the game is 0.2.1 released on November 17th, 2007 (this version marks the game as complete, although it still requires polishing). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snowballz | 2007-10-15 | RTS |
Snowballz is a RTS game written in Python, PyGlet and Rabbyt by Joey Marshall. The game is entirely licensed under the GNU General Public License.[18] The latest version of the game is 0.9.5.1 released on October 15, 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TunnelWars | 1998-09-09 | Platform |
TunnelWars is a 2D side scrolling parallax game written in C by Greg Ratajik. The latest release is on September 9, 1998, and is released under GNU General Public License.[19][20] It was written for the OS/2 operating system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balder2D | 2008-06-14 | Top-down shooter |
Balder2D is a game that involves zero-gravity combat. The game is being developed by Bjørn Hansen and Reuben Lord. It is the successor of Balder3D. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[21] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Widelands | 2024-03-30 | RTS, Economic simulation, Online |
The latest release of Widelands is version 1.2 released on March 30th, 2024.[24] The game is completely translated in five languages, and for eight more languages translation is more than ⅔ complete. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thunder&Lightning | 2007-11-10 | Flight simulation, RTS |
Thunder&Lightning, or short TnL, is a futuristic flight simulation and real-time strategy game inspired by Carrier Command created by Jonas Eschenburg. It is licensed under GPL.[25] The latest version is 071111, released on November 10, 2007.[26] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armagetron Advanced | 2020-12-01 | Arcade games |
Armagetron Advanced is a game based on the light cycle scene from the movie Tron. It has extensive multi-player and network support but also supports AI computer players. It is licensed under the GPLv2. The media license is unknown. The Armagetron Advanced project was registered with SourceForge.net on June 2, 2004,[28]. Although there is a news post of the older Armagetron project dated March 29th, 2000[29]. The project's history goes back to 2000 when it was called 'Walls'.[30] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transcend | 2006-08-30 | Arcade/shooter, music |
Transcend is an abstract 2D shooter game created by Jason Rohrer. The game's source is licensed mostly under the GPL, but with some public domain code as well.[31] The latest version is 0.3 released on August 30, 2005.[32] Rohrer was motivated to create the game out of frustration with the game industry's lack of creativity. Its dynamic graphical engine can smoothly morph from one complex shape to another. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SuperTux | 2021-12-23 | Side-scrolling platform game |
SuperTux is a 2D side-scrolling platform game featuring Tux the Linux penguin mascot, inspired by the Super Mario series.[36] It is programmed in C++. SuperTux was originally created by Bill Kendrick. Ingo Ruhnke created many of the levels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emilia Pinball | 2023-02-19 | Arcade |
Emilia Pinball is a pinball simulator created by Henrik Enqvist[37]. It is licensed under the GPL.[38] An editor for making new tables, Pinedit, is also available. It is written in the C++ programming language.[39] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battle Tanks | 2009-12-30 | Arcade |
Battle Tanks is an arcade battle game. The game's source code and media are licensed under the GNU General Public License.[40] The latest version of the game is version 0.8.7686 announced on September 3rd, 2008.[41] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neverball | 2014-05-21 | Puzzle |
Neverball is a game of skill in which the player guides a ball through various obstacle courses by tilting the entire level. The game, including the media, is licensed under the GPL. There is a game based on Neverball, called Neverputt. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OpenCity | 2015-03-15 | City building game |
OpenCity is a 3D city building game started in 2003 by Duong-Khang Nguyen, licensed under the GPL.[43]. It's coded in C++, uses the OpenGL and SDL libraries and the OGRE rendering engine. While it's similar to SimCity, it is not intended to be a direct clone. The last stable release, 0.0.6.5, was released on March 15th, 2015.[44] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BomberClone | 2010-11-12 | Arcade games |
BomberClone is an AtomicBomberMan clone started by Steffen Pohle. Both data and the source are licensed under the GPL.[46][47] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battles of Antargis | 2014-07-05 | RTS |
The Battles of Antargis is an RTS set in the medieval ages written by David Kamphausen. It is in an early development stage and is licensed under the GPL.[48] The latest version of the game is 0.3.2 released on July 5th, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TuxKart |
TuxKart is a racing game featuring the Linux kernel mascot, Tux. It was written by Steve and Oliver Baker. The codebase was eventually forked by the GoTH development team as the basis for SuperTuxKart.[49] It is licensed under the GPL.[50] The latest version of the game is 0.4.0. It uses PLIB, a game development library.[51] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PrimeShooter | 2010-03-22 | Arcade, educational |
PrimeShooter is an abstract browser based shooter game licensed under the GPLv2. The player must shoot falling numbers with their divisors and scores points for clearing prime numbers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oolite | 2020-08-30 | Space simulation |
Oolite is a space simulation game and clone of Elite.[53] Both the source code and media are licensed under the GPL (version 2 or later).[52] Oolite is programmed in the Objective-C programming language and uses OpenGL. It is available for the Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows operating systems. This game requires 3D hardware acceleration. Although the base game closely resembles the (some say antiquated) gameplay of the original Elite,[54] the game is highly moddable with a built-in mod manager known as the Expansion Pack Manager.[55] Enemies also have some enhancements which make the base game more difficult than Elite.[56] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GLtron | 2003-12-14 |
GLtron is a game written by Andreas Umbach, inspired by the movie Tron. It is licensed under the GPL.[57] The latest version of the game is 0.70 on December 14th, 2003.[58] A version was included on the 100 Great Games for Linux shovelware collection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LordsAWar! | 2020-04-29 | TBS |
LordsAWar! is a GPL, turn-based strategy game which is intended to be similar to Warlords II. It was created from the original C++ code base of the old Freelords project. Freelords has subsequently been restarted and has switched to Java.[61] LordsAWar! was written by Ben Asselstine.[62] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Black Shades Elite | 2007-11-21 | FPS |
Black Shades Elite is a fork of the game Black Shades, originally written by David Rosen and ported to linux by icculus.org. It is licensed under GPLv2 or later.[63] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Powermanga | 2015-06-25 | Top-down shooter arcade game |
Powermanga is a 2D shooting arcade game. It is licensed under GPLv3.[64] The latest version of the game is 0.93 released on September 20th, 2014. While beginning as a C++ game, Powermanga now uses C99. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interstate Outlaws | no image | August 15, 2007 |
Interstate Outlaws is a vehicle combat game. The latest version of the game is alpha 0.1.3b, released on August 15, 2007.[65] This game is licensed under the GPL.[66] It uses the engine Crystal Space, along with CEL and ODE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Search and Rescue | 2011-08-07 | Flight simulation |
Search and Rescue is a 3D helicopter-based air rescue flight simulator game written by WolfPack Entertainment. The latest version of the game is 1.4.0 released on 2011-08-07. It is licensed under GPL.[69] It has simple, not very realistic, controls, and is mission-based. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SABRE | 1999 | Flight Simulation |
SABRE is a fighter plane simulator for X11 or svgalib, which takes place in the Korean war.[70] The latest version of the game is 0.2.4b in 1999. A version was included with Linux Games & Entertainment for X Windows as well as and with the Red Hat Powertools. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mah-Jong | 2020-06-26 | Gambling |
Mah-Jong is a client‐server set of programs for playing Mah-Jong written in the C programming language by Julian Bradfield, in the Chinese Classical style, against other users (locally or over a network), against programmed players, or both. Though the game is licensed under the GPL, the author requests that any derived works respect the protocol definition, and that incompatible modifications are not distributed under the same name. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GPL Arcade Volleyball | 2006-05-25 | Arcade, Sport |
GAV: GPL Arcade Volleyball is an SDL remake of the DOS game Arcade Volleyball. The latest version of the game is 0.9.0 on May 25th, 2006. It is written in the C++ programming language.[71] It is licensed under the GPL. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stormbaan Coureur | 2008-06-11 | Physics simulation, Racing game |
Stormbaan Coureur is a simulated obstacle course for automobiles, written in C++ using the Open Dynamics Engine and the PLIB library. Formerly known as Sturmbahnfahrer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crashtest | Physics simulation |
Crashtest is a crash test simulator, written in C++ using the Open Dynamics Engine and PLIB. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TORCS | 2016-05-26 | racing game |
TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) is a racing and programming game based on RARS. The source code is licensed under the GPL while the data are licensed under the FAL. TORCS itself is forked as Speed Dreams. A physical version of the game on disc has been released by ADVPlans, as well as on OpenSource Game Power volume 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arena of Honour | 2005-01-11 | FPS |
Arena of Honour is a multiplayer first-person shooter game written by Artur hallman and Nils Keller. The latest release of the game is version .83 on January 11, 2005. [83] It is written in the C++ programming language. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project Alexandria | no image | 2007-11-07 |
Project Alexandria is a space combat game by Sixth Floor Labs. All content and code are licensed under the GPL.[84] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GearHead | 2019-02-07 | Roguelike RPG |
GearHead is a futuristic roguelike game, created by Joseph Hewitt. GearHead 1 is the first roguelike to explore the world of "mecha" (giant robots). Lots of futuristic jobs and skills (mecha pilot, medic, etc.) are available, as well as piloting those mecha. A sequel, creatively named GearHead 2, is in the making. It is licensed under the LGPL[85]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crimson Fields | 2009-03-01 | TBS |
Crimson Fields is a tactical turn-based war game of two opposing sides (Empire of Kand and Free Nexus Army). Facing either the computer or another player, turns are taken to move various military units and attack the opposition. As of 2011-07-26, the latest version of the game is 0.5.3 released on March 1st, 2009.[86] It is licensed under the GPL.[87] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radakan | 2010-05-05 | RPG |
Radakan is a single-player RPG in a unique fantasy setting, driven by a freedom-of-choice environment, with focus on true role-playing instead of combat.[91] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gusanos | 2006-01-31 | Shooter |
GUSANOS is a Liero clone that is licensed under the GPL. The latest release of the game is 0.9c on January 31st, 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construo | 2013-04-10 | Physics simulation |
Construo is a construction game written by Ingo Ruhnke and licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 0.2.3 released on April 10th, 2013. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloodmasters | 2007-05-02 | Top-down shooter, Arcade |
Bloodmasters is a top-down Arcade shooter written by Pascal vd Heiden. The latest version of the game is 1.2 released on May 2nd, 2007. In February 26th, 2008, the game was released under GPL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heroes of Wesnoth | 2009-09-03 | RPG |
Heroes of Wesnoth is a RPG, written by Jon Ander[92], and set in the universe of Battle for Wesnoth. The last version of the game is 0.1.2, released on September 3th, 2009.[93] It is licensed under the GPLv3. [94] It is written in the C++ programming language and uses the SDL library.[95] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Micropolis | 2013-12-01 | City building game |
Micropolis is a free city building game that is based on the fork of the Unix port of the game SimCity.[96] The game was released under the GPLv3 by the company EA for the OLPC project.[96] It is licensed under the GPLv3.[96] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lincity | 2004-07-09 | City building |
Lincity is a city building simulation game. The latest stable version is Version 1.12.1, released on August 13, 2004.[97] It is originally written by I J Peters and licensed under the GPL.[98] It is written in the C programming language.[99] A version was included on the 100 Great Games for Linux shovelware collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Infon Battle Arena | 2006-10-01 | Life simulation, RTS, Programming |
Infon Battle Arena is a real-time multiplayer programming game written by Florian Wesch. You control your creatures using the Lua programming language and let them compete for food and survival against other players. The game is client/server based and is playable over the internet. Players can upload code at any moment to update their code or fix bugs while the game is running in realtime. It is written in the C and Lua programming language using the SDL library. The latest release is 265 released on February 25th, 2008.[100] The media and the source code are both licensed under the GPL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codewars | no image | 2005-01-01 | Programming |
Codewars is a programming game written by Timo Hallek and Ronny Peine.[102] The latest version of the game is 0.3.0 RC4 on January 1st, 2005. It is licensed under the GPL. The game was written in the C++ and Perl programming languages.[103] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balder3D | 2003-10-26 | FPS |
Balder3D is a GPL zero-gravity first-person shooter game created by Bjørn Hansen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peragro Tempus | RPG |
Peragro Tempus was to be a free multiplayer online role-playing game with a persistent world, which evolves according to nature and its inhabitants (players and NPCs). It has been in development since 2005, and is being built by a dedicated group of volunteers. Peragro Tempus was written in C++. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maniadrive | 2006-08-21 | Racing |
Maniadrive is a racing clone of Trackmania written by an author with the pseudonym xfennec. The latest version of the game is 1.2 released on August 21st, 2006.[106] The code is licensed under the GPL, while some of the media are also under the GPL but some are licensed under CC-BY-SA. Maniadrive is flagship game of Raydium 3D engine. Game contains level editor and there are community forums where homemade tracks are showed. The music is released under the non-free CC BY-NC-SA license, but there exist a fully-free version with non-free music removed. See Fedora repository for freed packages with replacement soundtrack.[105] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advanced Strategic Command | 2015-12-06 | Turn-based strategy |
Advanced Strategic Command is a turn based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle. ASC can be played against the computer or against other players. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slune | 2019-01-12 |
Slune is an action game. The latest version of the game is 1.0.9 on August 8th, 2005. It is written in the Python programming language using the SDL library. It was written by Jean-Baptiste Lamy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Avanor | 2006-05-30 | Rogue-like, RPG |
Avanor is a rogue-like RPG. It is written in the C++ and the Lua programming languages.[108] The latest version of the game is 0.5.8 released on May 30th, 2006.[109] It is licensed under the GPL.[110] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bastet | 2017-06-03 | Tetris |
Bastet is a tetris clone that stand for Bastard Tetris. It based on Petris, a public domain Tetris clone by Peter Seidler, and developed by Federico Poloni, with a complete rewrite at version 0.43. It is licensed under GPLv3+. Version 0.37 was the first public release of the game. It is written in C++.[111] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vertigo (game) | 2002-04-10 | Flight simulator |
Vertigo is a flight simulator written by Anton Norup Sørensen. It is written in the C programming language. The last version, 0.26, was released in April 2002. No further development is done.[112] The source is licensed under the GNU GPL, while the binaries are freeware and cannot be sold.[113] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crack Attack! | 2005-05-14 | Tetris-like |
Crack Attack! is a puzzle game by Daniel Nelson and Andrew Sayman which is a clone of Nintendo's Tetris Attack. It is written using the SDL and GLUT library. It is licensed under the GPL. As of 2011-07-26, the latest version of the game is 1.1.14. Development has been abandoned as of 2012.[114] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blades of Exile | 2021-03-02 | RPG |
Blades of Exile is an RPG of the Exile series, released in 1997 by Spiderweb Software for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. The game was created after the main trilogy and provides three little scenarios and a scenario editor. Jeff Vogel released the game in 2008 and licensed the source code and media under the GPL.[115] There has been some work done on bringing the game to GNU+Linux based on the free source code.[116] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slime Volley | 2010-07-18 | Sport |
Slime Volley is a 2D side volleyball game. The version 2.2 is a clone of Blobby Volley. With the unstable version 2.3 the game allow to play from 2 to 6 players (AI, or human in both local or network). It was written in the C programming language using the SDL library. It is licensed under the GPLv3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LegacyClone | 2008-06-11 | City building game, Economic, Online |
LegacyClone is an online city and economic simulator. It allow players in a persistent world to play as mayors/presidents, build factories and trade goods with other players. The latest release of the game is 0.1.4 on June 11th, 2008. It is written in the Java programming language using the Swing library.[117] The developers are Mr Matt, Daou, and SnapDragon(real names unknown).[118] As of 2022, the game website linked from the SourceForge project[117] is defunct and not known to be archived. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PyRacerz | 2005-10-16 | racing |
PyRacerz is a racing game written in the python library with the pygame library.[119] It is licensed under the terms of the GPL v2.[120] The latest version of the game is 0.2 released on October 16th 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MUSoSu | 2008-04-02 | Sudoku puzzle |
MUSoSu is a Sudoku puzzle game (generator and solver) written in the Java programming language by Marios Visvardis. It is also partially themeable and platform independent. It is licensed under the GPL.[121] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBlast | 2006-06-16 | Multiplayer,Side-scroller,Arcade |
XBlast is a multiplayer only side-scroller, arcade bomberman like game. The latest version of the game is 2.10.4 on June 16th, 2006.[122] It is written in the C programming language.[123] It is licensed under GPLv2.[124] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LBreakout2 | 2015-10-17 | Arcade |
There's a remake of the game with improved graphics, LBreakoutHD. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathological | 2003-07-17 | Puzzle |
Pathological is a puzzle game similar to “Logical” by Rainbow Arts, written by John-Paul Gignac who was inspired by Frozen Bubble. It is written in the Python programming language using the Pygame library. It is licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 1.1.3 released on July 17, 2003. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PrBoom | 2008-11-09 | FPS engine |
PrBoom is a derivative of many forks and ports of the Doom source code. It can be used together with the Freedoom data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meritous | 2019-02-26 | RPG |
Meritous is an action RPG game written by Lancer-X/ASCEAI.[129] It is licensed under the GPLv3+, except for the music, whose license was uncertain for Debian in 2008.[130][131][128] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trip on the Funny Boat | March 27, 2007 | side-scrolling arcade shooter |
Trip on the Funny Boat is a side-scrolling arcade shooter game made by the team Puskutraktori. It is written in Python. It was made for PyWeek 2 competition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OpenRTS | 2006-04-22 | RTS |
OpenRTS, also known as arrakis, is an isometric real-time strategy game written in Python, using Pygame and PGU, released under the GNU General Public License.[132] It is written by Andreas Røsdal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SuperTuxKart | 2022-11-01 | Racing game | This article has been marked for deletion review by a wiki user. Discuss on the talk page
SuperTuxKart was worked on by the GotM team through July to December 2004.[138] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BuggyGame | 2007-03-28 | Side-scrolling games |
buggyGame is a single-player side-scrolling survival-exploration game where a moon buggy is driven across the surface of Earth and Moon. Written by Chris Hopp during the Ludum Dare competition the game uses the Python programming language and the Pygame library. The story goes that the player is an astronaut about to explore the moon, but his/her buggy just bluescreened (apparently, it was written using the Evil Empire's code). The player must now manually navigate his/her frail buggy to his/her rocket to win. The code is licensed under the GPL v2 while the media is licensed under the Free Art License.[139] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brain Workshop | 2015-07-10 | Puzzle |
Brain Workshop is a puzzle game designed for the purpose of mental exercise written by Paul Hoskinson.[140]The latest version of the game is 4.8.1 released on October 12,th, 2010.[141] It is written in the Python programming language and is licensed under the GPL.[142] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GalaxyMage | 2006-03-26 | RPG |
GalaxyMage is a free, open-source tactical RPG. The project began in late 2005(Registered on GNA.org on November 10, 2005) and was founded by Colin McMillen. It is licensed under GPLv2.[143] There were several public releases up until March 2006. The last official release is version 0.3. The project itself is now considered defunct. The official website is no longer functional. However, people still interested in seeing the game's progress can still access GalaxyMage's Gna project page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal Crime Squad | 2022-01-12 | Political, turn-based strategy, text |
A game made by Bay 12 Games that was closed source until version 3.05 was released under the GPL.[144]
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LinCity-NG | 2007-11-04 | City building game |
LinCity-NG is a city building game that is the successor to and fork of LinCity. It is being developed by members of the Happypenguin's Game of the Month project.[145]The stable latest version of the game is 1.1.2 released on November 4, 2007. The latest unstable release is 2.0 released on January 25th, 2009.[146] It used the SDL library.[147] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annchienta | Please add the Gameinfo template to the article |
Annchienta is a single-player role-playing game engine written by Jasper Van der Jeugt. It takes place in a 2d, tile-based isometric fantasy world. It is licensed under the GPL. [148] The latest version of the engine is svn902, released on February 13th, 2009.[149]It is written in the C++ programming language. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SDL Asylum | 2009-08-17 | Action |
SDL Asylum is a 2D platform/shooting game designed and written by Andy Southgate in 1994, originally as a commercial project for the Acorn Archimedes. In 2002 Southgate released the source and media into the public domain, and a C port using SDL is now available. Source code is available for both, so both are free software. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PSY PONG 3D | no image | 2009-01-02 | pong |
PSY PONG 3D is a 3D pong clone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domino On Acid | 2009-12-23 | Puzzle |
Domino is a natural deduction visualization in the form of a game of unusual dominoes. It was written in Java by Matthias Benkmann starting in 2000. It was licensed under the GPLv2. This a colorful variant of dominoes is a simple matching game. The inference rules of natural deduction are the basis for the game. Proof of a tautology are coded as solvable level. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Osgg | 2016-08-17 | Arcade |
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Tetzle | 2023-01-10 | Jigsaw puzzle |
Tetzle is a jigsaw puzzle game written by Graeme Gott.[154] The game's latest version is 2.1.6 released on April 20th 2020. It is licensed under the GPL. It is written in the C++ programming language using the Qt library. The game's website features an optional tipping section near the downloads, as a pay what you want model. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BRIQUOLO | 2008-03-24 | Arcade |
BRIQUOLO is a 3D clone of the game Breakout. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blinken | 2022-11-03 | Memory |
Blinken (formerly BlinKen) is the KDE implementation of the memory game “Simon Says”, similar to its hardware implementation called “Simon”. It is a part of the KDE Education Project (KDEEdu). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cheese Boys | April 26th, 2009 | RPG |
Cheese Boys is an RPG game written in Python using the Pygame library by Keul (Luca Fabbri).[155] The latest version of the game is 0.2.0 released on April 26th 2009.[156] It is licensed under the GPL.[157] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FreeCol | 2023-05-07 | TBS, Economic simulation |
FreeCol is a TBS clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. It is written in the Java programming language and licensed under the GPL.[158] In February 2007, it received the Sourceforge.net Project of the Month award. [159] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xconq | 2004-05-20 | TBS, Multiplayer |
Xconq is a system for creating strategy games. It have the ability for online play and have built-in support for many types of game. It is licensed under the GPL.[160] The latest version of the game is 7.5pre released on May 20th, 2004.[161] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snowballs | December 1st, 2009 | Online multiplayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Speed Dreams | 2023-03-16 | racing game |
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Pioneers | 2020-08-02 | Board, Online |
Pioneers is a computer version of the popular board game The Settlers of Catan. The game features multi-player (both online over the internet and hot seat) and single player against AI opponents. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eat the Whistle | 2008-05-20 | Sports |
Eat the Whistle is a 2D football game originally developed by Hurricane Studios. The game was originally developed for the Amiga platform and released under the GPL license version 2 in the year 2002. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Go Ollie! | no image | Platformer |
Go Ollie! is a mouse controlled platformer about an earth worm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DNT | 2016-04-12 | Role-playing, post-apocalyptic |
DNT (formaly known as DccNiTghtmare) is a free 3D single player RPG in a satirical post-apocalyptical world. The game development started in early 2005. The game's source code is licensed under the GPL as its own media. Some other media are either under CC-BY, Public Domain or GPL licenses[165]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MegaZeux | November 21st, 2020 |
MegaZeux is a free software game and game creation software styled after Epic Games' classic title ZZT by Tim Sweeny (later developer of the Unreal Engine). The program was first started in late 1994 by Alexis Janson, who formed her own but now defunct company, Software Visions. Similar to the original ZZT, MZX was first released as shareware whilst world editor portion of the program was included entirely for free, which allowed third parties to create their own game worlds without needing to register the game. MZX is officially supported on Windows 95 or later, Linux, Mac OS X, Wii, GP2X, PSP, and the DS. It is also unofficially available for AmigaOS 4, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, Haiku and Android. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WebHangman | 2002-03-19 | Hangman |
WebHangman is a JavaScript game of hangman written by Jan Mulder in 2000-2002. There is a version in Esperanto called Pendumito. Someone criticized the game and its inclusion in the "lernu!" website, because it depicts death/murder.[167] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plee the Bear | 2017-02-08 | Platform game |
Plee the Bear is a 2D platform game in which the player controls a bear in single or multiplayer mode. As of 2015-01-07, the latest version of the game is 0.7. The game's source code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3, while the game's media is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license v3.[169][170] It is written in the C++ programming language using the SDL library. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tremfusion | 2009-06-05 | FPS |
Tremfusion is a FPS game that is the fork of Tremulous. The latest version of the game is 0.99r2 released on June 5th, 2009.[171] The source code is licensed under the GPL.[172] There is a page in the project’s wiki with the goal of summarizing and tracking the licenses of the content used in Tremulous, and then replacing the non-free content with free content.[173] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free Tennis | 2005-11-21 | Sport |
Free Tennis is a tennis game written by Maurizio Colucci. It is licensed under the GPLv2.[174][175] The latest version of Free Tennis is 0.4.8 released on November 21, 2005.[176] It is written in the OCaml programming language. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OpenMortal | June 15th, 2006 | Arcade fighting game |
Instructions are provided on how to create new, realistic characters, so players and their friends could serve as actors for the game.[178] As of 2008-05-30, there were 24 characters at http://openmortal.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/characters.cgi. Although the assets are released under the GPL, the re-use of the character graphics are complicated by personality rights issues.[179] This has not stopped versions of the characters being released for the proprietary M.U.G.E.N engine (possibly compatible with Ikmen).[180] The game is not available in Debian, because its would-be maintainer found that it seemed dead since 2006, and thus he would have to deal with all the potential bug reports.[181] It was removed for Fedora Extras from similar reasons.[182] The game was included on the LinuxCenter Game Collection from 2004.
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Berusky | 2020-06-30 | Sokoban |
Berusky is a sokoban style game, published under GNU Public License. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pingus | 2011-12-24 | Puzzle game |
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TecnoballZ | 2014-09-30 | Arcade game |
TecnoballZ is an exciting Brick Breaker. It is licensed under the GPLv3.[185] The latest version of the game is 0.93.1 released on September 30th, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GNU Chess | 2021-07-14 | Chess |
GNU Chess is a program that plays the ancient board game, Chess. It is licensed under the GPLv2. The original version of GNU Chess, written by Stuart Cracraft[186], was one of the first major games to be developed deliberately as free software. On the game Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman said "We even developed a chess game, GNU Chess, because a complete [free] system needs games too."[187] Version 6 of GNU Chess is based on[188] Fruit, a chess engine by Fabien Letouzey[186] With Flatpak GNU Chess can be played by installing Sugarchess, a graphical front end made specifically for it.[189] A contemporary version was included on the 100 Great Games for Linux shovelware collection, as well as The UNIX Book of Games by Janice Winsor in 1996.
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Help Hannah's Horse | 2021-07-25 | Arcade, action, child-oriented |
Help Hannah's Horse is a child-oriented arcade game, described as „a cross between Pacman and the Dizzy game "Fastfood"“. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OpenArena | 2012-02-20 | FPS |
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Hedgewars | 2019-10-09 | TBS |
Hedgewars is a turn-based artillery game featuring fighting hedgehogs. The player has to equip their team of hedgehogs with a choice of numerous silly weapons like hellish hand grenades, homing bees or melon bombs in order to combat the enemy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liquid War 6 | 2015-05-07 | Action games |
Liquid War is an action game that involves blob of liquids written by Christian Mauduit. Liquid War 6 is a complete rewrite of Liquid War as a part of the GNU Project. It is licensed under the GPLv2. The latest version of the game is 0.0.9beta released in August 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Freedoom | 2024-01-29 | FPS |
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Cuyo | 2014-10-25 | Tetris-like games |
Cuyo is a Puyo Puyo-style puzzle game for up to two players. The player controls falling blocks of various types which change with each level. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Legend of Edgar | 2024-01-01 | Platform |
The Legend of Edgar is a 2D action platform game, created by Parallel Realities. The source is released under the GPL version 2.
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0 A.D. | 2022-09-24 | RTS, Historical |
0 A.D. is a historical 3D real-time strategy game developed by Wildfire Games. It takes place between 500 B.C to 500 A.D. and focuses on economy and war management. 0 A.D. offers a variety of playable civilisations whose characteristics are based on real world history. The game source code is licensed under the GPL and the media is licensed under the CC BY-SA license. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blob Wars Episode 1 : Metal Blob Solid | 2015-11-21 | Platform game |
Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is a 2D action platform game, created by Parallel Realities. The source is released under the GPL version 2.[196] The latest version of the game is 2.00 released on November 11, 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GL-117 | March 12th, 2005 | Combat flight simulation |
GL-117 is a combat flight simulator by Thomas Drexl and others. The latest version is 1.3.2, although it was also forked into Linux Air Combat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FreeDink | 2019-02-17 | RPG, Adventure, |
Dink Smallwood is an adventure/role-playing game, similar to Zelda (2D top view), made by RTsoft. The game features the twisted adventure of young Dink Smallwood, a pig farmer who leaves his town and goes on a quest to save the world. GNU FreeDink is a new and portable version of the game engine, which runs the original game as well as its D-Mods, with close compatibility, under multiple platforms. It also comes with the DFArc front-end to manage and play Dink Modules (or D-Mods for short): fans-made new add-ons - some of them bigger than the original game. And if you want to make your own adventure, the FreeDinkedit game editor awaits you. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathogen Warrior | 2004-07-14 | Puzzle |
Pathogen Warrior is a simple game about matching a pathogen molecular structure on a hexagonal grid. It was originally written for Ludum Dare in 2004. It is GNU GPL v2 licensed. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adanaxis | 2020-10-03 | A single-player 4D first person shooter in outer space |
Adanaxis is a deep space first-person shooter game in four spatial dimensions, written by Andy Southgate. The latest version of the game is 1.5.14, released on October 3, 2020. It is written in the C++ programming language using the GLUT library. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antigravitaattori | 2007-07-17 |
Antigravitaattori is a multiplayer flying saucer game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SDL-Ball | 2020-10-04 | arcade |
SDL-Ball is an arcade breakout-like game. It is written by Jimmy Christensen and licensed under the GPLv3.[203][204] It is written in the C++ programming language using the SDL library. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks | 2022-02-18 | Puzzle games |
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Xonotic | 2023-06-20 | First‐person shooter Online Multiplayer |
There are 16 different game modes (including the classics: deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag, but including uncommon ones such as a type of football[210]), 16 weapons with secondary fires, 18 official maps (and a lot of unofficial maps), and a complex HUD editor that lets you tailor the HUD to your exact preference. There are also so called mutators, that allow to slightly modify rules of each game mode. Xonotic features integrated player statistics. The XonStat system tracks a bunch of stats, including win/loss ratio, frag ratio and average accuracy[211]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tile World | 2015-09-10 | Puzzle |
Tile World is a Puzzle game that is an emulation of the game Chip's Challenge, licensed entirely under the GPL[212]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Civil | 2004-08-09 | TBS, Online |
Civil is a turn-based strategy game mainly focused in the American civil war. The game features networked multi-player and is available for multiple platforms. The development of the game stopped in 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forest patrol | 2007-05-27 | RTS |
Forest patrol is a Real-time strategy game, where you control some archers and need to fight enemy archers. It was created by trailblazer as a warmup for Pyweek 4. The game is licensed under the GPLv2.[214] Forest patrol also used the Directicus, a library also created by trailblazer. The latest version of the game is 1.0 released on May 27, 2007.[215] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Battle for Wesnoth | 2024-01-03 | TBS, Online |
The Battle for Wesnoth, or simply Wesnoth or BfW, is a fantasy themed 2D turn-based strategy game started by David White in June 2003.[216] The game is programmed in C++ and its code and media are licensed under the GPL.[217] This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WarMUX | 2011-01-21 | Turn-based strategy |
WarMUX (Wormux until November 21st, 2010)[218] is a Worms-like game that is licensed under the GPL, including its data.[219][220] The latest version of the game is 11.01 released on January 21st, 2011.[221] This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Which Way Is Up | 2008-02-11 | Puzzle puzzle, platformer |
Which Way Is Up? is a puzzle platformer written by Olli Etuaho. It is written in the Python programming language using the Pygame library. It is a solo entry in the PyWeek 4 contest. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nexuiz | 2009-10-01 | First person shooter |
NOTE: This article refers to the original libre game “Nexuiz” created by AlienTrap from 2005. There's also a proprietary game called “Nexuiz” by IllFonic. This article is concerned with the libre game. Nexuiz (also called “Nexuiz Classic” for disambiguation) by AlienTrap is a multiplayer 3d first person arena shooter, based on Forest Hale's DarkPlaces engine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deliantra | 2012-02-06 (client), 2010-03-31 (server) | MMORPG, RPG |
Deliantra is a Crossfire derivative MMORPG written by Marc Lehmann and Robin Redeker. It is written in the Perl and C++ programming languages. [223][224] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unknown Horizons | 2019-01-12 | RTS, Economic simulation |
Unknown Horizons, formerly known as OpenAnno, is a real-time strategy game and economic simulation game loosely based on Sunflower's Anno series.[225] The game's source code is licensed under the GPL while its own media is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license and some parts under other DFSG-compatible licenses[226]. The first public version of Unknown Horizons is version 2008.1 released on October 1st, 2008 when it was called OpenAnno.[227]. This was the last release as OpenAnno before the name was changed to Unknown Horizons[228]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free Reign | 2001-07-29 | City simulator |
Free Reign is a 3D city simulator written by Alexander Taylor.[229] The latest version of the game is 0.2.1 on July 29th, 2001.[230] The game is written in the C++ programming language.[231] It is licensed under the GPL.[232] It became the inspiration for the OpenCity project. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LevelHead | no image | spatial memory puzzle |
levelHead is a spatial memory game which uses the concept of "augmented reality" (or is it "augmented virtuality"?) for its input. The player holds a solid plastic cube with patterns on its sides before a camera, and controls the game world by tilting the cube. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Word War vi | 2021-02-01 | Side-scrolling, Arcade |
Word War vi is a 2D side-scrolling arcade game in which the player pilots a vi spacecraft to get rid of the memory hogging emacs. It was written by Stephen M Cameron in the C programming language.[235][236]The sound media are all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.[237] The rest of the game is licensed under the GPLv2.[238] The latest version of the game is 0.26 released on August 9th, 2009.[239] The game represents a video game interpretation of the lighthearted editor war, an important element of hacker culture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performous | 2024-02-09 | karaoke, guitar, bass, drums, dance |
Performous (formerly UltraStar-NG)[240] is a karaoke game inspired by SingStar released under the GNU GPL 2+. Version 0.4.0 introduced guitar, bass and drum features and 0.5.0 saw the addition of dance game component. The game is written in the C++ programming language and from version 0.3.0 onwards uses OpenGL for graphics. The main game package does not include any songs, like a player does not include any music, but there are various liberally licensed songs available from the homepage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
X-Moto | 2023-03-05 | Side-scroller |
X-Moto is a clone of the motorcycle simulation game Elastomania which in turn was a clone of the commercial DOS game Action SuperCross. Both the code and media are licensed under the GPLv2.[241][242] The latest version of the game is 0.6.1 released in June 2020.[243] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbit-Hopper | 2009-07-19 | Platform, racing |
Orbit-Hopper is a clone of the video game SkyRoads (1993), a 3D racing and platform game. It provides full 3D graphics, a level editor, and multiplayer with split-screen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blasphemer | 2023-02-12 | FPS |
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Canta | no image | 2011-05-22 | Karaoke |
Canta is a karaoke game, currently in development by Andreas Kattner, Stefan Huchler and Felix Rodriguez Lopez, programmed in the Python programming language. As of 2011-06-23, the latest version is 0.2.1 released on 2011-05-22,[247] and is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eskimo-run | 2006-06-02 | Action |
Eskimo-run is a tutorial game that covers most of the basics for making a game in Pygame/Python. The development team is HoleInTheHeadStudios. The game is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[248] The latest version of the game is 0.1 released on June 2nd, 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penguin Command | 2007-03-18 |
Penguin Command is a game where you control 3 defensive turrets and try to intercept missiles and bombs which threaten your cities. It is GNU GPL licensed. This game does not require 3D hardware acceleration. It is a clone of Missile Command.[249] This page is a stub. Please help Libregamewiki by expanding it.
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Hero of Allacrost | 2015-06-30 | RPG |
Hero of Allacrost, or simply Allacrost, is a 2D single-player RPG licensed under the GNU General Public License and was founded by Tyler Olsen in June 2004.[250][251] The team's official description of the game is as follows:
The game will be released in modules, rather than waiting until the entire game is finished to make a release. Once a new module is released, players can download it and install it, which will make more content available for the player to continue the game from where they last saved. Each Allacrost release will contain a new chapter of the story. Each section is released when it is completely finished.[252] It is written in the C++ and Lua programming languages using the SDL library.[253] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
StressFreeZone | Space simulation game, Online |
StressFreeZone is a space simulation focused on cooperative (non-massive)-multiplayer and intuitive gameplay, that is fun to play in short bursts, e.g. on LAN parties. It is written in the C++ and Lua programming language and uses the Lugre engine. The source code is licensed under the GPL (version 3 or later). The media are licensed under various liberal licenses. The game is incomplete and has not been developed further since October 2008. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GNU Go | 2009-02-19 | Board games, Online |
GNU Go is a Go‐playing program. It has a built‐in text based interface (shown in this article image), but it can also be used with graphical frontends like like GoGui, qGo and CGoban 1. As of May 2015 the latest stable version of GNU Go is 3.8 released on 19 February 2009. [255] It has been licensed under the GPLv3 since 24 October 2007 in CVS.[256] GNU Go also provided support for online gaming with the GGZ Gaming Zone service.[257] Along with support for GGZ, it played on Go servers like NNGS Go, Legend of Go server hosted in Taiwan, and the WING server hosted in Japan. A version was included with The UNIX Book of Games by Janice Winsor in 1996. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CuteMaze | 2023-01-10 | Puzzle |
CuteMaze is a puzzle game written by Graeme Gott and licensed under the GPL[258]. The latest version of the game is 1.1.1 released on February 3rd, 2014. It uses the Qt library. The game's website features an optional tipping section near the downloads, as a pay what you want model. It features installers for Windows, macOS, a wide variety of Linux distributions (as well as Flatpak), FreeBSD and even OS/2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frozen Bubble | 2010-08-06 | Puzzle |
Frozen Bubble is a bubble-popping puzzle game inspired by Puzzle Bobble. The latest version of the game is 2.2.1beta1 released on August 6th, 2010. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. A version was released on OpenSource Game Power volume 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Mana World | 2020-09-26 | MMORPG |
The Mana World is a 2D MMORPG in development, licensed entirely under the GPL, including the server software[261], the server data[262], and the client data[263]. The server uses a fork of eAthena called tmwAthena. There are currently plans to switch to the Hercules server which is widely used, and has more features than the current server. The Mana World developers currently recommend using the ManaPlus client,[264] which is developed separately from the server. The latest client release is ManaPlus version 1.9.3.23[265] Manaplus is also licensed GPL[266]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irrlamb | 2022-06-02 | Platform, puzzle, physics simulation |
irrlamb is a platform game, in which the player moves a ball through a 3D terrain to find all the orbs. It is being developed by Alan Witkowski[267] and is based on the Irrlicht Engine. irrlamb is licensed under the third version of the GPL.[268] The latest version of the game is 1.0.3, released on June 2nd, 2022.[269] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexei: Part IX | 2010-06-30 | Adventure |
Alexei: Part IX is a free software graphical adventure game originally released by Piga Software on May 19, 2009. It is the first Piga Software program to use the Gambas Adventure Engine and is also the first Piga Software game released for GNU/Linux and other POSIX systems. You take the role of Alexei Volkov, master criminal, who is intent on robbing the house of a cruel and ruthless businessman. After gaining access to the main hall with the help of a disgruntled servant, Alexei must search out the mansion and find out the location of the owner's vault. Once this is accomplished he must escape the mansion. This game takes heavy inspiration from the Arthur Yahtzee and Rob Blanc trilogies. A preview release for the next title in the series, Part XIII, is available from the Piga Software website. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fall of Imiryn | 2009-02-13 | RPG |
Fall of Imiryn is a single-player role-playing game based on the Annchienta game engine. Both were written by Jasper Van der Jeugt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atanks | 2021-08-12 | Action |
Atanks or Atomic Tanks is a tank shooting game similar to Wormux. It is licensed under the GPL.[270][271] It uses the game library Allegro.[272] It is written in the C++ programming language. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 Kingdoms | 2007-06-22 | TBS |
8 Kingdoms is a 3D turn-based strategy game based on hexagons in which the player is a king in a fantasy world. It is licensed under the GPL. The media license is unknown. The latest version of the game is 1.10 released on July 22nd, 2007. It is written in the C++ and Tcl programming languages and uses the SDL library. It was created as a project at the Faculty of Mathematics and physics at the Univerzita Karlova, Prague in 2004.[273] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auralquiz | 2017-05-11 | Musical, memory |
Auralquiz is a music guessing game, which plays samples from the user’s sound file library, and lets the user guess (choose or type in) the artist or title from the file tags. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FreeTrain | 2007-06-04 | Transport infrastructure game |
FreeTrain is a rail and business simulation computer game, originally created by Kohsuke Kawaguchi and inspired by the A-Train series of games. Both the source code and the graphics are licensed under a combination of the LGPL and the GPL.[275] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TuxMath | 2011-05-04 | Educational |
TuxMath or Tux, of Math Command is a game made by Tux4Kids to help young children improve their maths. It is released under GPL3[276] The gameplay is to shoot mathematical expressions with answers. Defend penguins homes with math. There's also an asteroids type game included. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Limbs Off | 2012-05-23 | phun-fysics, |
Limbs Off is the flagship in plaimi's phun-fysics genre, in which they strive to reproduce complex real life physics, but take certain liberties whenever they feel it will add to the entertainment of the games. Limbs Off specifically is a fighting game that takes place in space. Right now there is only one planet and three characters, but plaimi want to implement several planets as well as inter-planetary travel via cannons, amongst other features[277]. The characters are "limbless", and consist of a head, body, two feets and hands. As of yet, the only way of "fighting" is running into each other. When the characters hit each other, their mass is decreased up to a point where their body parts are unlinked and the characters effectively become space junk[278]. The source code is licensed under the GNU GPL[279], and plaimi encourage people to contribute with code, make their own art, and make packages for UNIX package managers[280]. Limbs Off does not come with sprites or sounds. Instead, plaimi want to hack the game to load art from a data directory, so that users can install their own art. As of yet it only supports this with character sprites[281], as the game is at a very early alpha stage. It "went public" on the 24th of September in 2011, on github[282]. The game runs on relatively modest hardware, and has been compiled and run successfully on most modern UNIX-based operating systems[283]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloboats | 2010-11-23 | Racing |
Bloboats is a side-scrolling arcade racing game. The game is similar to X-Moto, but the player controls a jet boat instead of a motorcycle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OGS Mahjong | 2012-09-23 | Puzzle, Boardgame |
OGS Mahjong is a simple mahjong solitaire game with nice 3D graphics and a relaxing soundtrack. It is developed by Opensource Game Studio and is licensed under the GPL version 3. This game requires 3D hardware with support of OpenGL 2 or later. There are versions for Windows and Linux. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pendumito | 2003-10-20 | Hangman |
Pendumito (Esperanto for "a hung person") is a version of the WebHangman modified by Klivo to support Esperanto. Someone criticized the game and its inclusion in the "lernu!" website, because it depicts death/murder.[287] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CAVEZ of PHEAR | 2021-12-15 | Arcade, Action |
CAVEZ of PHEAR is an arcade action game based on ASCII graphics, released under the GPLv3. It is inspired by games like Boulder Dash and Digger.[288] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luola | 2006-02-05 | Arcade game |
Luola is an Arcade game of genre "Luolalentely" (Cave-flying) released under the GPL. It is inspired by V-Wing.[289] A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turious | May, 2010 | TBS |
This article has been marked for deletion review by a wiki user. Discuss on the talk page Turious is a TBS. The latest version of the game is 0.2 released in May 2010, with the 0.3 version currently in development. It is licensed under the GPL.[290] It requires the RTG library. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Childish Cannoneer | 2012-09-15 | Artillery and Adventure |
Childish Cannoneer is the first venture of the "Indie Games" project hosted by White Island Software at the Gambas Forum, and participated in by Piga Software through Graham L. Wilson. The aim of the project is to make computer games to show off the Gambas language, with the eventual hope of inclusion in the Humble Indie Bundle for maximum attention. It is to feature a little boy building a makeshift air cannon from spare parts only to terrorize his older sister, and potentially the whole neighbourhood, while evading the wrath of his father. The majority of the game's multimedia are derived from vector graphics taken from OpenClipart and sound effects taken from SoundBible. Contributions to this project, or the creation of other entities for the Indie Games project, are more then welcome. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Palapeli | 2023-10-09 | Puzzle |
Palapeli is a jigsaw puzzle game from the KDEGames collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ACM | 2020-04-16 | Flight simulation games |
ACM is a multiplayer flight simulator. Several civilian and military aircraft and two scenes are included. The game works without a server, the clients communicate using IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (DIS). A version was included with The UNIX Book of Games by Janice Winsor in 1996, and with the Red Hat Powertools. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flukz | 2014-02-23 | Top-down shooter |
Flukz is a shoot them up game, with levels that can be edited in the same way as a wiki. The latest version of the game is 0.4, released in February 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zauberer | 2016-08-20 | FPS |
Zauberer (German for "magician") is a first-person shooter project whose initial goal is to serve as a free data package for engines based on the GPL Hexen source, similar to Freedoom. The IWAD data is released under the ISC license, a variant of the 3-clause BSD license. It was set to have a primarily post-apocalyptic Ancient Egyptian theme. Designs were drafted for the three player classes, as well as a handful of enemy types, although none are complete sprite sheets at the moment. Eric Söderberg aka "Cire" is the project maintainer. The map set Shades of Darkness by ShadesMaster had been offered to the project, but it was never merged in, currently leaving only the Ice Prison test map. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Bingo | 2021-09-29 | Board game |
British Bingo is a 90-ball bingo game with 3 by 9 boards. The computer simulates your opponents who act like elderly people, e. g. by making mistakes and chatting. The number of players and the speed of the game is configurable.[293] British Bingo is written in JavaScript and runs in a web browser. It does not require a webserver but can be started from a downloaded .html file. There is no source code repository, but the source code is available for download. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pioneer | 2024-02-03 | Adventure, Space simulation |
Pioneer is a space adventure game set in the far future in our galaxy. Players may choose their path as traders, explorers, pirates or bounty hunters. There are several factions, each faction having an extensive history and social system described on the Pioneer Wiki. Once being a clone of Elite II: Frontier, the game is now becoming a new game, still in the spirit of Frontier[295][296] but with new ships, stations, factions and improvements in the GUI and other areas of the game. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GlParchis | 2018-11-25 | Board game |
glParchis is an implementation the popular Parchis game, which is played with a dice and 4 pawns per player. Players have to move their pawns out of their nest, around the whole board, into the destination of the player's color.
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VMS Empire | 2021-02-25 | Turn-based strategy |
VMS Empire is a war simulation between the player and the computer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dawn | 2011-05-14 | RPG | This article has been marked for deletion review by a wiki user. Discuss on the talk page
Dawn is a fantasy 2D RPG developed by Tobias Eliasson. It is written in the C++ programming language, using the SDL library. It is licensed under the GPLv3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bitfighter | 2021-06-01 | Action |
Bitfighter is an outer-space combat action game. There are difference ways of playing such as space exploration for warfare and construction.
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FreeGish | 2010 | Platformer, Physics simulation |
FreeGish is a physics simulation platformer where you control a blob of tar. It can slick and slide and jump. There is also a multiplayer with modes like sumo wrestling and football. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zatacka X | 2021-07-11 | Snake-like |
Zatacka X is a clone of a game called Achtung, die Kurve!. The Zatacka X code is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. Graphics and audio are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.[301] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valyria Tear | 2019-09-22 | RPG |
Valyria Tear is an single-player 2D role playing game taking place in an medieval-fantasy world. It is based on a fork of the Hero of Allacrost engine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rescue! Max | 2022-08-15 | Real-time strategy |
Rescue! Max is a real-time strategy game in a space setting. It is a 2D game in which the player controls a space ship to rescue people from planets, making alliances and fight enemies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBoard | 2018-09-28 | Chess, Text-mode |
CBoard is a text-mode chess game front-end and editor for PGN (Portable Game Notation) files. It uses unicode characters to display chess pieces. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JSoko | 2023-05-03 | Sokoban-style |
JSoko is a sokoban-style puzzle game. It includes an automatic solver and supports different skins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Critterding | 2013-10-03 | Life simulation |
Critterding - Evolving Artificial Life is a life and evolution simulator. In the default configuration the simulator generates a world with food and critters with random bodies and brains. Critter have sensors such as detection of food touching their head and perform actions such as moving, eating or procreating. Some randomly created critters will have sufficient properties to sustain a population and evolve. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble3D | 2015-03-01 | Board, Education |
Scrabble3D is computer version of the popular word puzzle board game. In addition to a 3D board, it supports the classic Scrabble and Superscrabble rules. Scrabble games can be played online against other players or locally against the computer. A physical version of the game on disc has been released by ADVPlans. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bweakfwu | 2013-10-22 |
bweakfwu is an arcade game by plaimi that mixes Breakout with PONG. It features local multi-player. The current version is alpha-1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JSkat | 2023-10-28 | Card games |
JSkat is an implementation of the German card game Skat and variations thereof. Players can compete with fellow humans or with the computer. JSkat is implemented in Java. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GCompris | 2024-02-21 | Educational |
GCompris is a high quality educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category.
Currently GCompris offers in excess of 100 activities and more are being developed. GCompris is free software, that means that you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most importantly, share it with children everywhere. For more specific use, it can be easlily configured to be run in a kiosk mode, so small children cannot accidentally switch to other programs. On the technical level, GCompris is designed in a way which makes it easy to develop additional activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erebus | 2015-05-17 | RPG |
Erebus is an classic point-n-click style RPG (role playing game) with 2D graphics. It is available for PCs, smartphones, tablets and handhelds. The current alpha version is already playable. At this stage there are 3 quests and randomly generated dungeons.
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Annex: Conquer the World | 2014-10-05 | Real-time strategy |
Annex: Conquer the World is a Megaglest based Real-time Strategy game that brings fast paced combat with a diverse arsenal. Play as one of four available factions: The East Ocean Alliance, the NEO Republic, the Shadow Organization, or the Renegades as you struggle for dominance all over the world, competing for a priceless red mineral. The game will contain over 30 tech trees, different maps, and tileset. The focus of the game is Multiplayer and Single Player skirmishes. Currently there are no plans for campaigns or story mode, however this may change once base game is complete.[316] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starfighter | 2020-12-26 | Arcade |
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DQM | no image | 2015-04-26 | puzzle, Platform |
DQM means Don't Question me! It is a text puzzle developed by Idusale. It takes place in a dystopian world in the strange situations of Winston. The game source code is licensed under the GPL and the media is licensed under the CC BY license. The idea of the project has been around since 2014 and it started that year in C++. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacman | 2016-03-22 | Arcade |
Pacman is a pacman clone and very close to the original from Namco. One of the main goals of this clone is a SDL Application with very little use of CPU power. It is licensed under the terms of the GPL version 2 (or any later version). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
O.H.R.RPG.C.E. | 2021-09-13 | RPG engine |
O.H.R.RPG.C.E. (Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine) is a GPL licensed [319] cross-platform tool with which you can create your own 2D RPG game in a style similar to the classic Final Fantasy games on the NES, SNES and GBA which have so shaped the RPG genre. No programming knowledge is needed to use the program, but scripting is also available. The latest stable release of the engine is called Gorgonzola of 2020. [320]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Endless Sky | 2024-02-17 | Space |
Endless Sky is a space exploration, trading and combat game inspired by the old proprietary game Escape Velocity. Players can earn money by trading, carrying passengers, and completing missions. It is also possible to go pirate hunting and participate in a civil-war. Or one can go exploring, leave human space behind, and hope to find some friendly aliens whose culture is more civilized than your own...[323] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aisleriot | 2023-03-18 | Card game |
Aisleriot is the official patience card game suite for the GNOME desktop. It comes with over 80 games including some of the most popular such as Freecell, Klondike, and Spider. The cards can be themed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PyChess | 2023-04-04 | Chess |
PyChess is a graphical front-end that works with xboard-compatible engines such as GNU Chess and stockfish, and also comes with its own chess engine if no other is available. PyChess is also capable of online play using the FICS server. Features include hints, different chess variants, and themeable chess pieces. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M. | 2020-05-18 | Platform game |
The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M. (TSC) is a fork of Secret Maryo Chronicles, developed since the latter ceased development.[327] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Me and My Shadow | 2018-11-03 | Platform, Puzzle |
Me and My Shadow is a platform and puzzle game in which the player's shadow plays an important role. The game uses only monochrome colours, fitting the shadow-theme. There is set of tutorial levels which explain the controls, tactics and puzzles elements. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FreeOrion | 2023-04-02 | TBS |
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