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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Because the source code is available and modifications can be freely (re)distributed, most of these titles will run on many platforms. Morsum has an historical church (St. All these titles are free software that are under a license such as the GNU General Public License or other similar licenses. The green cliff is also located near Keitum. Free games are computer games assembled out of free software and open content. Severin church), dating back to the 1200s. http://xpilot.sf.net/. Keitum has a historical church (St.

XPilot-ng, a modern version of xpilot with high frame rate, polygons, and opengl support. It was built in the 1st century BC, likely as a pagan holy site. http://www.xpilot.org/. Tinnum castle (Tinnumburg) is a circular parapet with a diameter of 120 meter and a height of 8 meter. XPilot, a multiplayer asteroids like game, one of the first multiplayer games with good gameplay. The villages include Tinnum, Munkmarsch, Archsum, Morsum and Keitum. http://www.xevil.com/. The population (as of 2000) is 5.500.

XEvil, a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence. Sylt-Ost (East Sylt) is a township, consisting of several small villages on the Nössehalbinsel on Sylt. Developed by Pumpkin Studios and released to the open source community in 2004. The city has the island's only civil airport. Warzone 2100, A RTS very different from the standard C&C or Starcraft approach. The population (as of 2000) is 9.200. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a freeware LAN and Internet multiplayer FPS. It officially became a city in 1905.

http://www.warsow.net/. The new town was first mentioned in 1462. Warsow is a 3D fast-paced first person shooter based on the qfusion engine. After the destruction of the town of Eidum on November 1, 1436, in a great flood (Allerheiligenflut), the survivors moved to a place north-east (Wäästerlön in Söl'ring) of the original town. http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/. Braderup, located between Wenningstedt, Kampen, and Munkmarsh, has a beautiful heath (Heide) and much nature. Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game. Wenningstedt is known for the white cliff and the Denghoog stone grave, a walk-in grave made of huge stone walls from 3000 BC.

http://ufo.myexp.de/. Hörnum is the southernmost city of Sylt. UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens. www.kampen.de. Tyrant, a graphical Roguelike Java adventure game. Kampen is known for the Red Cliff and its fine life style. Tux Racer, a 3D OpenGL racing game starring the Linux mascot. List is famous for oysters.

Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge made by Brian Raiter. The German Luftwaffe (Airforce) used List as an airbase. TA Spring, A 3D RTS (strategy) game that currently uses content from the abandonware Total Annihilation or total conversion mods. It was first mentioned in 1292 and was Danish territory until 1864. http://www.whitespaceunlimited.com/. It has a population of about 2.500 (as of 2000). Stick Soldiers, also a side scrolling shooter. List has a harbor (ferries to Rømø, Denmark) and is the most northern point of Germany.

http://www.silkroadonline.net/. Today, Sylt is mainly a tourist attraction, famous for its healthy climate, and several German celebrities who own a house on the island. Silk Road Online a free MMORPG, great graphics for its price. Due to mass immigration, its usage is very low (it is only spoken by a few percent of the population) and has little chance to survive. SuperTux classic 2D jump and run game. The indigenous Sylt language, Söl'ring, is a unique dialect of insular North Frisian, with elements of Danish, Dutch and English. StepMania simulates dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution. Children will receive sweets and/or money.

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/. This is called Rummelpottlaufen. 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. Like in most areas of Schleswig-Holstein on New Year's Eve, groups of children go masked from house to house, reciting poems. It is written in Free Pascal. The island has 21,000 inhabitants. 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. The highest point is 52 meter.

http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/. From North to South it is 35 km, from West to East it is 13 km. Available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems. Sylt has 99 km2. Scorched3D, a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth. . Raptor is a space shoot-em-up game at http://raptorv2.sf.net.
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Home at http://www.projectxenocide.com. The island was once part of the mainland, and is still shrinking due to erosion from the North Sea. 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. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php. Sylt (Danish: Sild, Frisian: Söl) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein. Project: Starfighter - A two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot. Heinz Reinefarth.

Pingus, a Lemmings clone with animated penguins. Lager Sylt, the concentration camp on Alderney was named after it. http://seed7.sourceforge.net. During World War II, Sylt becomes a fortress, with concrete bunkers built below the dunes at the shore, some of which are still visible today. Panic - A rewrite of the Apple_Panic game in the Seed7 programming language. In 1927, a causeway to the mainland is built, named after Paul von Hindenburg, with a railway on top. Openglad is a port of the DOS Gauntlet-style game Gladiator at http://snowstorm.sf.net. During World War I, Sylt becomes a military outpost, but does not suffer from war damage.

OpenArena is a First-person shooter based on the GPLed Quake 3 engine. In the 19th century, tourism starts; Westerland replaces Keitum as the capital. Nexuiz is a highly polished multiplayer first person shooter available at http://www.nexuiz.com/. Keitum becomes capital of the island, and a place for rich captains to settle down. NetHack is a popular free RPG available at http://www.nethack.org. During the 17th century and 18th century, whaling, fishing and oyster breeding increase the wealth of the population. Liquid War is a multiplayer wargame available at http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/. Except for the town of List, Sylt becomes part of the Duchy of Schleswig in 1435.

Lentilwars is a 2D "quasi-isometric" arcade shooter written in Free Pascal. Sylt was divided between the Duke of Schleswig and the Kingdom of Denmark in 1386. KSokoban. First settlements of Frisians during the 8th century and 9th century. Kolf. Hengist and Horsa embark from Sylt for England in the 5th century. KBounce. Sylt was originally part of Jutland (today Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein).

KAtomic. KAsteroids. Several games are included in KDE; for instance:

    . Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike using SDL.

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

    FlightGear, an open-source, multi-platform flight simulator. Frozen Bubble, a non-violent "shoot the bubbles"-game, can be downloaded at http://www.frozen-bubble.org. FreeOrion is a free game inspired by Master of Orion, at http://www.freeorion.org/. FreeDoom is an open content Doom game.

    Freeciv is a clone of the game Civilization. Enigma, an Oxyd clone where the player has to maneuver a marble around a "landscape" to touch matching pairs of "Oxyd"-stones. http://seed7.sourceforge.net. Dnafight is a programming game with bacterials using the Seed7 programming language.

    Dispatch Of Army is a First Person Shooter game at http://doa.cube-asia.com. Dink Smallwood is an Zelda like rpg with a quirky player identity. Digital Paintball 2 is a paintball Quake II mod in development at http://www.digitalpaint.org. Devet is a multiplatform strategy/puzzle game at http://devet.tuzsuzov.com/.

    Darwinbots is an ALife simulator that can also be run as a competitive programming platform. Daimonin is an Isometric MMORPG based on Crossfire in its first Beta. Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone at http://www.karimmi.de/cuyo/ (german). Crossfire is an open source MMORPG.

    Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle at http://crimson.seul.org/about.php. Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack at http://aluminumangel.org/attack/. CodeRED: Alien Arena is a free first person shooter. ClanBomber is a free DynaBlaster clone at http://clanbomber.sourceforge.net/.

    Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter. http://www.charreddirt.com/. Charred Dirt is an open source Scorched Earth clone. BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.

    Bygfoot is a football management game. [2]. It is designed to run on Unix (Linux) computers, and is built on top of the KDE, Qt and kdegames libraries. Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command and Conquer or StarCraft.

    Blockland - a game where you build using lego like "blocks" allong with others online. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php. Many stages, intricate gameplay. Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid - A platform game where Bob the Blob must rescue the Blob MIAs.

    Beats of Rage inspiration in the classic Streets of Rage. 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]. Avanor is an open source roguelike game. Atlantik is a multiplayer clone of Monopoly, in which players can pick some of their own rules and use different and uncommon boards.

    Armagetron is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game. Arianne is an open source MMORPG in development and a framework to develop new online games. Homepage. Advanced Strategic Command is a turn based strategy based on the Bluebyte Battle Isle series.

    Ace of Penguins is a set of solitaire games (freecell, mastermind, minesweeper, solitaire etc.) for Unix/Linux/X written by DJ Delorie Homepage. 0 A.D. is a multi-platform RTS currently being developed by Wildfire Games, taking place between 500 BC and 500 AD.