List of open-source video games
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This is a selected list of open-source video games. Open source video games are games assembled from and are themselves open source software, including public domain games with published source code. This list includes games in which the game engine is open-source but the game content (media and levels, for example) is under a different license.
Title | First Release | Last Update | Genre | Engine License | Content License | Additional Information | |
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0 A.D. | 2010 | 2010 | RTS | GPLv2 | CC-BY-SA | Historical, cross-platform RTS, using an original engine named Pyrogenesis. Game source code released July 10, 2009.[1] | |
Abuse | 1995 | 2008 | Shoot 'em up | Public domain | Public domain and Proprietary* | Game source code was released as public domain along with the shareware-released media files.[2] *Only shareware data, excluding the sound effects, is in the public domain; the rest is proprietary. | |
Adventure | 1976 | Text adventure | Public domain[3] | Public domain | The original text adventure game by Crowther / Woods. | ||
Aleph One | 2000 | 2010 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Based on the source code for Marathon 2: Durandal. | |
Allegiance | 2000 | 2009 | Space Sim | MSR-SSLA | Proprietary | Game source code was released under a shared source license in 2002.[4] | |
Angband | 1990 | 2009 | RPG | Other[5] | A roguelike dungeon crawl game. | ||
Aquaria | 2010 | 2010 | Action-adventure | GPL | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle.[6] | |
Armagetron Advanced | 2001 | 2009 | Racing | GPL | GPL | A multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game. | |
AssaultCube | 2006 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Based on the Cube engine. | |
Battle for Wesnoth | 2005 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Turn based strategy game with RPG elements. Includes single-player campaign and skirmish modes as well as multiplayer. | |
Beyond the Titanic | 1986 | Text adventure | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
Bitfighter | 2008 | 2010 | Arcade | GPL | GPL | Multiplayer arcade action game with retro-style vector graphics and Robotron-like controls. | |
Black Shades | 2002 | 2010 | FPS | Other | Other | A first-person shooter in which you protect your VIP from attackers roaming the city. | |
Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid | 2003 | 2009 | Platformer | GPL | Proprietary | ||
Blob Wars: Blob And Conquer | 2008 | 2009 | Action-Adv. | GPLv2 | Proprietary | 3D sequel to Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid. | |
Bos Wars | 2004 | 2010 | RTS | GPL | GPL | ||
BZFlag | 1997 | 2007 | Tank FPS | LGPL | LGPL | ||
Call to Power II | 2000 | 2010 | TBS, 4X | ? | Proprietary | Currently updated by CtP2 Source Code Project at Apolyton.net. | |
C-evo | 1999 | 2008 | TBS, 4X | Public domain | Unspecified, but free to download and use to play C-Evo | Inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization. | |
Chromium B.S.U. | 2000 | 2010 | Arcade | Artistic | Artistic[7] | A fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter | |
CodeRED: Alien Arena | 2004 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary[8] | ||
Crossfire | ? | 2008 | MMORPG | GPL | GPL | ||
Cube 2: Sauerbraten | 2004 | 2009 | FPS | zlib | Proprietary | ||
Darwinbots | 2003 | 2008 | ALive Sim | ? | ? | ||
Dink Smallwood | 1997 | 2008 | Action RPG | ? | ? | ||
Doom | 1993 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on 1997, placed under GPL on 1999. | ||
Duke Nukem 3D | 1996 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on April 1, 2003. | ||
Enigma | 2003 | 2007 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
Egoboo | 2001 | 2009 | Action RPG | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | ||
Fish Fillets NG | 2004 | 2010 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
FlightGear | 1997 | 2010 | Flight Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
Freeciv | 1996 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Civilization II clone. | |
FreeCol | 2003 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Sid Meier's Colonization clone. | |
FreeDoom | ? | 2009 | FPS | Other[9] | ? | Doom clone. | |
FreeSpace 2 | 1999 | 1999 | Space Sim | Other[10] | Proprietary | Source code released in 2002 | |
Frets on Fire | 2006 | 2008 | Music | GPL | GPL | Guitar Hero clone. | |
Frets on Fire X | 2008 | 2009 | Music | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Frets on Fire fork. | |
Frozen Bubble | 2002 | 2008 | Puzzle | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Puzzle Bobble clone. | |
Gang Garrison 2 | 2008 | FPS | ? | ? | A Retro "demake" of Team Fortress 2. | ||
Gish | 2010 | 2010 | Action game | GPL | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle.[11] | |
Glest | 2004 | 2009 | RTS | GPL | GPL | ||
Globulation 2 | 2008 | 2009 | RTS | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | Currently in open beta. | |
GLtron | 2003 | 2003 | Racing | GPL | GPL | ||
GNOME Games | 1998 | 2010 | Various | GPL | GPL | A collection of games accompanying the rest of the GNOME desktop environment. | |
GNU Chess | 1984 | 2003 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
GNU Go | 1999 | 2009 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
Gunroar | FPS | ? | ? | A futuristic vertical shooter. | |||
Gusanos | 2004 | 2005 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | GPL | Clone of Liero. | |
Hedgewars | 2007 | 2010 | TBS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Worms clone. | |
Heretic | 1994 | FPS | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999, put under GPL on September 4, 2008. | ||
Hexen | 1996 | FPS | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999, put under GPL on September 4, 2008. | ||
Hexen II | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released 2000. | ||
Jagged Alliance 2 | 1999 | 2008 | TBS/RPG | Other[12] | Proprietary | Source code was released circa 2004, and is actively being developed under the title, "1.13 Mod". | |
Kiki the nano bot | 2003 | 2007 | Puzzle | Public domain | Public domain | Mixture of Sokoban and Kula World. | |
Kroz | 1987 | Maze | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
KDEGames | — | 2009 | Various* | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | *Collection of games provided with the official release of KDE. | |
Lincity | 1999 | 2004 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
LinCity-NG | 2005 | 2009 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | Lincity fork. | |
Linley's Dungeon Crawl | 1997 | 2010 | Roguelike | LGPL | LGPL | The current version of Dungeon Crawl, Linley's Dungeon Crawl, is one of the most popular roguelikes being played today. | |
Liquid War | 1995 | 2008 | Maze games | GPL | GPL | ||
Lugaru | 2005 | 2010 | Action-adventure game | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle. | |
MechCommander 2 | 2001 | 2006 | RTS | Other[13][14] | |||
MegaMek | 2005 | 2009 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Simulates the Classic BattleTech board game. | |
Micropolis | ? | 2008 | Business Sim | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
Microwar | 2000 | 2009 | Arcade | BSD | BSD | A 'Space Invaders' style arcade game, in the cruel world of micro-computer industry. | |
Moria | 1983 | 1999 | RPG/Roguelike | Other[15] | |||
NetHack | 1987 | 2003 | RPG/Roguelike | Other | |||
Netrek | 1988 | 2009 | Shoot 'em up | Other | |||
Neverball | 2005(?) | 2009 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | Also includes additional game Neverputt. | |
Nexuiz | 2005 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | GPL | ||
Oolite | 2006 | 2006 | Space Sim | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Elite Clone | |
OpenArena | 2005 | 2010 | FPS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Quake III Clone | |
OpenCity | 2003 | 2008 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
OpenTTD | 2005 | 2010 | Business Sim | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | An open-source 'Transport Tycoon Deluxe' clone | |
OpenTyrian | 2007 | 2009 | Scrolling shooter | GPLv2 | The OpenTyrian team ported the closed-source Pascal code of Tyrian to C with permission of Jason Emery. | ||
Penumbra: Overture | 2007 | 2009 | Survival horror with FPS aspects | GPL | Proprietary | Developed by Swedish[16] developer Frictional Games, the game blends the genres of survival horror, first-person shooter, and adventure. Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle. | |
Pingus | 1998 | 2007 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | Inspired by Lemmings. | |
PokerTH | 2006 | 2009 | Card | GPL | GPL | ||
Project: Starfighter | 2001 | 2008 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | Proprietary | ||
Pushover | 1992 | 2008 | Puzzle | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
Quake | 1996 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999. | ||
Quake II | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on December 21, 2001. | ||
Quake III Arena | 1999 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on August 19, 2005. | ||
Rise of the Triad | 1995 | 1995 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on December 20, 2002. | |
Rigs of Rods | 2007 | 2009 | Vehicle Sim | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
Rocks'n'Diamonds | Puzzle | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | ||||
Ryzom | 2004 | 2010 | MMORPG | AGPL | CC-BY-SA | All textures and effects, 3D models, animations, characters and clothing (no music or sounds) are under CC-BY-SA. | |
Scorched 3D | 2001 | 2009 | TBS | GPL | GPL | ||
Secret Maryo Chronicles | 2003 | 2009 | Platformer | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
Seven Kingdoms | 1996 | 2009 | RTS | GPL | GPL | Source code released as open source in November, 2008. | |
Shadow Warrior | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on April 1, 2005. | ||
Simutrans Transport Simulator | 1997 | 2009 | Business sim | Artistic | Similar to Transport Tycoon and its open source clone, OpenTTD. The player must build a profitable transportation system. | ||
Smash Battle | 2008 | 2009 | Platformer | GPLv3 | CC | Retro 8-bit style platform shooter | |
Smokin' Guns | 2009 | 2010 | FPS | GPLv2 | CC-BY-SA | Western-themed first-person shooter using the ioquake3 engine. | |
Solarwolf | Arcade | LGPL | LGPL | Similar to Pacman. A 2-D action game where the player must collect the blocks on every level while avoiding various obstacles. | |||
Sopwith | 1984 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | GPL | |||
Spring | 2005(?) | 2010 | RTS | GPL | GPL | Spring is a 3D engine for many RTS games. | |
StepMania | 2005(?) | Rhythm game | MIT | A DDR clone, the player must hit buttons or keys in time with the music. | |||
Supernova | 1987 | Text adventure | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
SuperTux | 2003 | 2007 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | ||
SuperTuxKart | 2006 | 2009 | Racing | GPL | GPL | ||
Teeworlds | 2007 | 2009 | Platformer | ||||
Tenés Empanadas Graciela | 1996 | TBS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | |||
Thousand Parsec | 2002 | 2009 | TBS | GPL, LGPL | Framework for turn based space empire building games. | ||
Tile World | 2002 | 2006 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | Clone of Chip's Challenge | |
TORCS | Racing | GPL | |||||
Torus Trooper | 2004 | 2004 | Scroller | BSD | BSD | ||
Tremulous | 2006 | FPS | GPL | CC-BY-SA[17] | Alien VS human base building, defending, and attacking opposite team. | ||
Tux, of Math Command | 2001 | 2010 | Educational game | GPL | GPL | ||
Tux Racer | 2000 | 2009 | Racing | GPL | GPL | ||
UFO: Alien Invasion | 2006 | 2008 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Inspired by the old XCOM-Series, but with 3D-combats on surface of earth | |
UltraStar Deluxe | 2007 | 2009 | Music game | GPL | GPL, CC | SingStar clone. | |
Unknown Horizons | 2008 | 2009 | city-building game | GPL | GPL, CC, OFL | Genre-mix of city-building game and real-time strategy game inspired by the Anno series. | |
Urban Terror | 2000 | 2007 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Multiplayer tactical shooter based on the id tech 3 engine. | |
Ur-Quan Masters, The | 2002 | 2007 | sci-fi Action RPG | GPL | Open Source port of Star Control II based on the GPL-released 3DO source code. | ||
Vdrift | Racing | GPL | |||||
Vega Strike | 2008 | 2008 | Space Sim | GPL | GPL | Elite clone. | |
Warsow | 2005 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | ||
Warzone 2100 | 1999 | 2010 | RTS | GPLv2 | GPLv2, CC | 3D real-time strategy game with a unit design system | |
Widelands | 2002 | 2009 | RTS | GPL | GPL | Widelands is a RTs similar to The Settlers II. | |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 | FPS | Other | Proprietary | Game source released on July 21, 1995. | ||
Word Whiz | 1988 | Educational game | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
World of Padman | 2007 | 2008 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Originally a Quake 3 modification. Became stand-alone in 2007, now runs on ioquake3. | |
WorldForge | 1998 | 2009 | MMORPG | GPL | GPL | An open source framework for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. | |
Wormux | 2002 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Worms clone. | |
Xbattle | 1991 | 1996 | RTS | Other[18] | |||
Xconq | 1987 | 2005 | TBS | GPL | GPL | 4X strategy game engine. | |
XEvil | 1994 | 2003 | Platformer | GPL | Fast paced side-scrolling action game. | ||
XPilot | 1992 | Arcade | GPL | GPL | A multiplayer Asteroids-like game. | ||
X-Moto | 2005 | 2010 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | ||
Yo Frankie! | 2008 | Action-Adv. | GPL/LGPL | Creative Commons |
See also
- Game engine recreation
- The Linux Game Tome
- List of open source game engines
- List of commercial video games released as freeware
- List of freeware games
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