List of 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.


List of free game software

0-9

  • 0 A.D. is a multi-platform RTS currently being developed by Wildfire Games, taking place between 500 BC and 500 AD.

A

  • Ace of Penguins is a set of solitaire games (freecell, mastermind, minesweeper, solitaire etc.) for Unix/Linux/X written by DJ Delorie Homepage
  • 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
  • Blockland - a game where you build using lego like "blocks" allong with others online.
  • 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.

C

  • Charred Dirt is an open source Scorched Earth clone. http://www.charreddirt.com/
  • Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter
  • ClanBomber is a free DynaBlaster clone at http://clanbomber.sourceforge.net/
  • CodeRED: Alien Arena is a free first person shooter
  • Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack at http://aluminumangel.org/attack/
  • Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle at http://crimson.seul.org/about.php
  • Crossfire is an open source MMORPG.
  • Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone at http://www.karimmi.de/cuyo/ (german).

D

  • Daimonin is an Isometric MMORPG based on Crossfire in its first Beta.
  • Darwinbots is an ALife simulator that can also be run as a competitive programming platform.
  • Devet is a multiplatform strategy/puzzle game at http://devet.tuzsuzov.com/
  • Digital Paintball 2 is a paintball Quake II mod in development at http://www.digitalpaint.org
  • Dink Smallwood is an Zelda like rpg with a quirky player identity.
  • Dispatch Of Army is a First Person Shooter game at http://doa.cube-asia.com
  • Dnafight is a programming game with bacterials using the Seed7 programming language. http://seed7.sourceforge.net

E

  • Enigma, an Oxyd clone where the player has to maneuver a marble around a "landscape" to touch matching pairs of "Oxyd"-stones.

F

  • Freeciv is a clone of the game Civilization.
  • FreeDoom is an open content Doom game.
  • FreeOrion is a free game inspired by Master of Orion, at http://www.freeorion.org/
  • Frozen Bubble, a non-violent "shoot the bubbles"-game, 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

L

  • Lentilwars is a 2D "quasi-isometric" arcade shooter written in Free Pascal.
  • Liquid War is a multiplayer wargame available at http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/.

N

  • NetHack is a popular free RPG available at http://www.nethack.org.
  • Nexuiz is a highly polished multiplayer first person shooter available at http://www.nexuiz.com/

O

  • OpenArena is a First-person shooter based on the GPLed Quake 3 engine
  • Openglad is a port of the DOS Gauntlet-style game Gladiator at http://snowstorm.sf.net.

P

  • Panic - A rewrite of the Apple_Panic game in the Seed7 programming language. http://seed7.sourceforge.net
  • Pingus, a Lemmings clone with animated penguins.
  • Project: Starfighter - A two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php
  • Project Xenocide - Game inspired by X-Com: UFO Defense (also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown), strategy game in which you take the seat of the commander of a secret organisation to fend off an Alien Invasion. Home at http://www.projectxenocide.com

R

  • Raptor is a space shoot-em-up game at http://raptorv2.sf.net

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/
  • Stick Soldiers, also a side scrolling shooter. http://www.whitespaceunlimited.com/

T

  • TA Spring, 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

  • Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game. http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/

W

  • Warsow is a 3D fast-paced first person shooter based on the qfusion engine. http://www.warsow.net/
  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a freeware LAN and Internet multiplayer FPS.
  • 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.

X

  • XEvil, a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence. http://www.xevil.com/
  • XPilot, a multiplayer asteroids like game, one of the first multiplayer games with good gameplay. http://www.xpilot.org/
  • XPilot-ng, a modern version of xpilot with high frame rate, polygons, and opengl support. http://xpilot.sf.net/




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http://www.warsow.net/. Ethnic groups: Kĩkũyũ 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 15%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Ameru 6%, other African 12%, non-African (Asian/Desi, European, and Arab) 1%. Warsow is a 3D fast-paced first person shooter based on the qfusion engine. Ethnically split opposition groups allowed the regime of Daniel arap Moi, in power from 1978 until 2002, to be re-elected for four terms, with the election in 1997 being marred by violence and fraud. http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/. During the early 1990s, clashes killed thousands and left tens of thousands homeless. Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game. Tension between the various groups accounts for many of Kenya's problems.

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Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge made by Brian Raiter. Tourism has grown tremendously since 2003. TA Spring, A 3D RTS (strategy) game that currently uses content from the abandonware Total Annihilation or total conversion mods. Another key foreign exchange earner is tourism. http://www.whitespaceunlimited.com/. Chief among Kenya's exports are: flowers (horticulture), fruits and vegetables, tea, and coffee. Stick Soldiers, also a side scrolling shooter. The effects of HIV/AIDS has largely offset the previous high population growth which was caused by a high birth rate and reduced infant mortality due to better health care.

http://www.silkroadonline.net/. Considered by some to be long-term barriers to development are: electricity shortages, the government's continued and allegedly inefficient dominance of key sectors, corruption, the foreign debt burden, unstable international commodity prices, poor communication infrastructure and the effects of HIV/AIDS, which is having its effect on the most productive group of the population. Silk Road Online a free MMORPG, great graphics for its price. A new economic team was put in place in 1999 to revitalize the reform effort, strengthen the civil service, and curb corruption, but wary donors continue to question the government's commitment to western establishment ideas of sound economic policy. SuperTux classic 2D jump and run game. Embassy by Al Qaeda in 1998—damaged the tourist industry, and Kenya's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Program lapsed. StepMania simulates dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution. Political violence—namely the bombing of the U.S.

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/. Growth slowed in 1997–1999 however. 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. Kenya's GDP grew 5% in 1995 and 4% in 1996, and inflation remained under control. It is written in Free Pascal. This resulted in a weak currency which hindered economic improvement. 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. dollars.

http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/. One of the unintended consequence of freeing foreign exchange control was that it allowed a gold-and-diamond export scam in which the Kenyan government lost over 600 million U.S. Available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems. With the support of the World Bank, IMF, and other donors, the reforms led to a brief turnaround in economic performance following a period of negative growth in the early 1990s. Scorched3D, a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth. In 1993, the government of Kenya implemented a program of economic liberalization and reform that included the removal of import licensing, price controls, and foreign exchange controls. Raptor is a space shoot-em-up game at http://raptorv2.sf.net. Some argue that this slow economic growth is because of poor management and uneven commitment to reform; others insist that it is due to falling commodity prices and poor access to Western markets.

Home at http://www.projectxenocide.com. The economy is only now beginning to show some growth after years of stagnation. Project Xenocide - Game inspired by X-Com: UFO Defense (also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown), strategy game in which you take the seat of the commander of a secret organisation to fend off an Alien Invasion. Kenya's main economic strengths include tourism and agriculture. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php. Main article: Economy of Kenya. Project: Starfighter - A two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot. Climate varies from tropical along the coast to arid in interior.

Pingus, a Lemmings clone with animated penguins. The highlands are the site of the highest point in Kenya: Mount Kenya, which reaches 5,199 m and is also the site of glaciers. http://seed7.sourceforge.net. The Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. Panic - A rewrite of the Apple_Panic game in the Seed7 programming language. The highlands are bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west. Openglad is a port of the DOS Gauntlet-style game Gladiator at http://snowstorm.sf.net. From the coast on the Indian Ocean the Low plains rise to central highlands.

OpenArena is a First-person shooter based on the GPLed Quake 3 engine. Kenya covers an area of 582,646 km². Nexuiz is a highly polished multiplayer first person shooter available at http://www.nexuiz.com/. The government supervises administration of districts and provinces, which are:. NetHack is a popular free RPG available at http://www.nethack.org. The Nairobi Area* has special status and is not included in any district or province. Liquid War is a multiplayer wargame available at http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/. The division is then subdivided into location (Mtaa) and then sub location (Kijiji).

Lentilwars is a 2D "quasi-isometric" arcade shooter written in Free Pascal. The provinces (Mkoa) are subdivided into districts (Wilaya) which are then subdivided into divisions (Tarafa). KSokoban. Local administration is divided among eight provinces each headed by a presidentially appointed Provincial Commissioner. Kolf. The reshuffle has drawn mixed reactions from different quarters with a number of nominees rejecting their appointments citing party policy and the opinion of constituents. KBounce. His new line up excluded members who had opposed the constitution in the referendum but retained some allies from the official opposition party KANU and loyalists, notably absent was former Transport minister Chris Murungaru who has been accused of corruption in the past.

KAtomic. The president reconstituted his cabinet in a televised broadcast on 7th December. KAsteroids. The defeat however created a political vacuum, as Kibaki responded to calls from the Orange Democratic Movement (supporters of the NO vote) for his resignation, by dissolving his cabinet. Several games are included in KDE; for instance:

    . The president never actively involved himself in the referendum process and instead insisted on letting Kenyans make an independent decision free from political influence. Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike using SDL. Research by independent observer groups indicated that the majority of voters were oblivious of the proposed constitution's content owing largely to the tribal voting lines that leaders propagated and partly to a failed civic education program.

    Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy RTS, which minimizes micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to the units. After a long-lasting public debate, the people of Kenya rejected the government-supported draft constitution with a 57-43 majority in the historical November 21st referendum. Linux: http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uxsm/glest/ Windows: http://www.glest.org/. The right-leaning NAK favours a centralized Presidential system, while the left leaning LDP -led by Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka- favor a parliamentary system with Prime Minister. Glest is an Real-Time Strategy [RTS] game like Warcraft or Command & Conquer. Constitutional reform is being delayed by disagreement amongst the coalition members. GGZ Gaming Zone develops game servers and clients and provides online gaming services. Kenya is in the process of rewriting its post-colonial constitution and its subsequent amendments that gave the president nearly unlimited powers and immunity from the law accounting for many of Kenya's current problems with corruption.

    FlightGear, an open-source, multi-platform flight simulator. He was also the former Secretary General of Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya's first lecturers' union. Frozen Bubble, a non-violent "shoot the bubbles"-game, can be downloaded at http://www.frozen-bubble.org. Kilemi Mwiria, who received his doctorate in Education from Stanford University. FreeOrion is a free game inspired by Master of Orion, at http://www.freeorion.org/. The coalition consists of some of the brightest minds in Kenya such as Dr. FreeDoom is an open content Doom game. The NAK and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) formed the NARC coalition that currently governs Kenya.

    Freeciv is a clone of the game Civilization. In December 2002, Kenya held democratic and open elections and elected Mwai Kǐbakǐ as president from the National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) as president. Enigma, an Oxyd clone where the player has to maneuver a marble around a "landscape" to touch matching pairs of "Oxyd"-stones. Kenya has had a multi-party system since 1991 via constitutional amendment, with politicians frequently "crossing the floor" or setting up new political parties and coalitions to achieve their political aims. http://seed7.sourceforge.net. The judiciary is headed by a High Court, consisting of a chief justice and High Court judges, and judges of Kenya's Court of Appeal (no associate judges), all appointed by the president. Dnafight is a programming game with bacterials using the Seed7 programming language. The attorney general and the speaker are ex officio members of the Assembly.

    Dispatch Of Army is a First Person Shooter game at http://doa.cube-asia.com. The president appoints the vice president and cabinet members from among those elected to the National Assembly. Dink Smallwood is an Zelda like rpg with a quirky player identity. Kenya has a unicameral National Assembly consisting of 210 members elected to a term of up to five years from single-member constituencies, plus 12 members nominated by political parties on a proportional representation basis. Digital Paintball 2 is a paintball Quake II mod in development at http://www.digitalpaint.org. Kenya is a republic; the President of Kenya is both the chief of state and the head of government. Devet is a multiplatform strategy/puzzle game at http://devet.tuzsuzov.com/. Main article: Politics of Kenya.

    Darwinbots is an ALife simulator that can also be run as a competitive programming platform. The elections, judged free and fair by local and international observers, marked a turning point in Kenya's democratic evolution. Daimonin is an Isometric MMORPG based on Crossfire in its first Beta. In 2002, Moi was constitutionally barred from running, and Mwai Kǐbakǐ, running for the opposition coalition "National Rainbow Coalition" — NARC, was elected President. Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone at http://www.karimmi.de/cuyo/ (german). In democratic but flawed multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997, Daniel arap Moi won re-election. Crossfire is an open source MMORPG. Several contentious clauses, including the one allowing only one political party were changed in the following years.

    Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle at http://crimson.seul.org/about.php. This was seen as the climax of a very undemocratic regime and it led to widespread agitation for constitutional reform. Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack at http://aluminumangel.org/attack/. The election held in 1988 saw the advent of the infamous mlolongo (queueing) system where voters were supposed to line up behind their favourite candidates instead of secret ballot. CodeRED: Alien Arena is a free first person shooter. This event led to the disbanding of the entire Airforce and a large number of its former members were either dismissed or court-martialled. ClanBomber is a free DynaBlaster clone at http://clanbomber.sourceforge.net/. The attempt was quickly suppressed by Loyalist forces led by the Army, the General Service Unit (GSU) — paramilitary wing of the police — and later the regular police, but not without civilian casualties.

    Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter. The abortive coup was masterminded by a lowly ranked Airforce serviceman, Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka and was staged mainly by enlisted men in the Airforce. http://www.charreddirt.com/. The 1983 elections were held a year early, and were a direct result of an abortive military coup attempt on 01/08/1982. Charred Dirt is an open source Scorched Earth clone. Daniel arap Moi retained the Presidency, being unopposed in elections held in 1979, 1983 (snap elections) and 1988, all of which were held under the single party constitution. BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game. At Kenyatta's death in 1978, Daniel arap Moi became President.

    Bygfoot is a football management game. A year later, Kenyatta became Kenya's first president. [2]. Despite British hopes of handing power to "moderate" African rivals, it was the Kenya African National Union (KANU) of Jomo Kenyatta, that formed a government shortly before Kenya became independent on 12th December 1963. It is designed to run on Unix (Linux) computers, and is built on top of the KDE, Qt and kdegames libraries. The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957. Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command and Conquer or StarCraft. The capture of Dedan Kimathi on 21 October 1956 in Nyeri signified the ultimate defeat of the Mau Mau and essentially ended the military offensive.

    Blockland - a game where you build using lego like "blocks" allong with others online. By the end of the emergency the Home Guard had killed no fewer than 4,686 Mau Mau, amounting to 42% of the total insurgents. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php. The Home Guard formed the core of the government's anti-Mau Mau strategy as it was composed of loyalist Africans, not foreign forces like the British Army and King's African Rifles. Many stages, intricate gameplay. May 1953 also saw the Home Guard officially recognized as a branch of the Security Forces. Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid - A platform game where Bob the Blob must rescue the Blob MIAs. The operation effectively placed Nairobi under military siege, and the occupants were screened and the Mau Mau supporters moved to detention camps.

    Beats of Rage inspiration in the classic Streets of Rage. Operation Anvil opened on 24 April 1954 after weeks of planning by the army with the approval of the War Council. 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]. The capture of Warǔhiǔ Itote (General China) on 15 January 1954 and the subsequent interrogation led to a better understanding of the Mau Mau command structure. Avanor is an open source roguelike game. The situation did not improve for lack of intelligence, so General Sir George Erskine was appointed commander-in-chief of the colony's armed forces in May 1953, with the personal backing of Winston Churchill. Atlantik is a multiplayer clone of Monopoly, in which players can pick some of their own rules and use different and uncommon boards. In January 1953, Major General Hinde was appointed as director of counter-insurgency operations.

    Armagetron is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game. The governor requested and obtained British and African troops, including the King's African Rifles. Arianne is an open source MMORPG in development and a framework to develop new online games. From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the Mau Mau rebellion against British rule. Homepage. A massive exodus to the cities ensued as their ability to provide a living from the land dwindled. Advanced Strategic Command is a turn based strategy based on the Bluebyte Battle Isle series. To protect their interests, the settlers banned the growing of coffee, introduced a hut tax, and the landless were granted less and less land in exchange for their labour.

    Ace of Penguins is a set of solitaire games (freecell, mastermind, minesweeper, solitaire etc.) for Unix/Linux/X written by DJ Delorie Homepage. The area was already home to over a million members of the Kĩkũyũ tribe, most of whom had no land claims in European terms (but the land belonged to the ethnic group), and lived as itinerant farmers. 0 A.D. is a multi-platform RTS currently being developed by Wildfire Games, taking place between 500 BC and 500 AD. By the 1930's, approximately 30,000 settlers lived in the area and were offered undue political powers because of their effects on the economy. During the early part of the 20th century, the interior central highlands were settled by British and other European farmers, who became wealthy farming coffee. It is believed that the Nandi were the first tribe to be put in a native reserve to stop them from disrupting the building of the railway.

    Although this was also resisted by some tribes, notably the Nandi led by Orkoiyot Koitalel arap Samoei for ten years between 1895 to 1905, these did not stop the British building the railway. This followed the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway passing through the country. Incipient imperial rivalry was forestalled when Germany handed its coastal holdings to Britain in 1890. However, most historians consider that the colonial history of Kenya dates from the establishment of a German protectorate over the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal possessions in 1885, followed by the arrival of the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1888.

    There followed a period of Portuguese rule centered mainly on the coastal strip ranging from Malindi to Mombasa. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore Kenya, with Vasco da Gama having visited Mombasa in 1498. Recent finds near Kenya's Lake Turkana indicate that hominids such as Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived in Kenya from 2.6 million years ago. Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago.

    Main article: History of Kenya. . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the North, Somalia to the East, Tanzania to the South, Uganda to the West, and Sudan to the North-West, with the Indian Ocean running down the South-East Border. The Republic of Kenya, or Kenya (IPA: /ˈkɛnjə/), is an East African Country.

    National parks (Kenya). Music of Kenya. List of writers from Kenya. List of Kenyans.

    List of cities in Kenya. Western. Rift Valley. Nyanza.

    North Eastern. Nairobi Area*. Eastern. Coast.

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