Free Game Software

Free games are computer games assembled out of free software and open content.

All these titles are free software that are under a license such as the GNU General Public License or other similar licenses. Because the source code is available and modifications can be freely (re)distributed, most of these titles will run on many platforms.

For freely available games without a public license, see List of freeware games.

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List of free game software

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  • Advanced Strategic Command is a turn based strategy based on the Bluebyte Battle Isle series. Homepage
  • Arianne is an open source MMORPG in development and a framework to develop new online games.
  • Armagetron is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game.
  • Atlantik is a multiplayer clone of Monopoly, in which players can pick some of their own rules and use different and uncommon boards.
  • Avanor is an open source roguelike game.

B

  • Battle for Wesnoth is an open source strategy game with RPG elements resembling the Battle Isle series, but in a fantasy setting with elves, dwarves, orcs and mermen [1].
  • Beats of Rage inspiration in the classic Streets of Rage.
  • Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid - A platform game where Bob the Blob must rescue the Blob MIAs. Many stages, intricate gameplay. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php
  • Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command and Conquer or StarCraft. It is designed to run on Unix (Linux) computers, and is built on top of the KDE, Qt and kdegames libraries. [2]
  • Bygfoot is a football management game.
  • BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.

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E

  • Enigma, an Oxyd clone with an unusual premise.

F

  • Freeciv is a clone of the game Civilization.
  • FreeDoom is an open content Doom game.
  • FreeOrion is a free Master of Orion-inspired game at http://www.freeorion.org/
  • Frozen Bubble, can be downloaded at http://www.frozen-bubble.org
  • FlightGear, an open-source, multi-platform flight simulator.

G

  • GGZ Gaming Zone develops game servers and clients and provides online gaming services
  • Glest is an Real-Time Strategy [RTS] game like Warcraft or Command & Conquer. Linux: http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uxsm/glest/ Windows: http://www.glest.org/
  • Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy RTS, which minimizes micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to the units.

I

  • Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike using SDL

K

  • Several games are included in KDE; for instance:
    • KAsteroids
    • KAtomic
    • KBounce
    • Kolf
    • KSokoban

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S

  • Scorched3D, a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth. Available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems. http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/
  • Smoothris is a tetris game, featuring vector graphics, smooth movements and rotations of the figure, sub-pixel accuracy and motion blur, all done with software rendering. It is written in Free Pascal.
  • Spice Trade is an open source (LGPL), Java based adventure/rpg game that can be downloaded (with source code) from http://www.spicetrade.org/download.html
  • The Ur-Quan Masters is an open-source free port of Star_Control_II based on the source code and media files of the 3DO version of the game - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
  • StepMania simulates dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution.
  • SuperTux classic 2D jump and run game.
  • Silk Road Online a free MMORPG, great graphics for its price. http://www.silkroadonline.net/
  • Soldat, a side scrolling shooter. Very versatile in gameplay. http://www.soldat.prv.pl/

T

  • TAspring, A 3D RTS (strategy) game that currently uses content from the abandonware Total Annihilation or total conversion mods.
  • Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge made by Brian Raiter.
  • Tux Racer, a 3D OpenGL racing game starring the Linux mascot.
  • Tyrant, a graphical Roguelike Java adventure game.

U

  • UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens. http://ufo.myexp.de/

V

W

  • Warsow is a 3D fast-paced first person shooter based on the qfusion engine. http://www.warsow.net/
  • Warzone 2100, A RTS very different from the standard C&C or Starcraft approach. Developed by Pumpkin Studios and released to the open source community in 2004.

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