Free game software

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

List of free game software

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.

• 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.
• Avanor is an open source roguelike game.
• 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] (http://www.wesnoth.org)
• 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. Not yet complete, but very playable. 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] (http://boson.eu.org/)
• BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.
• Chromium B.S.U. (http://www.reptilelabour.com/software/chromium/) is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter
• ClanBomber is a free DynaBlaster clone at http://clanbomber.sourceforge.net/
• Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack at http://aluminumangel.org/attack/
• Crossfire is an open source MMORPG
• Cube is an open source first person shooter at http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/
• Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone at http://www.karimmi.de/cuyo/ (german)
• Daimonin is an Isometric MMORPG based on Crossfire in its first Beta
• Devet is a multiplatform strategy/puzzle game at http://devet.tuzsuzov.com/
• Enigma, an Oxyd clone with an unusual premise.
• 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
• GGZ Gaming Zone develops game servers and clients and provides online gaming services
• Glest is an Real-Time Strategy [RTS] game like World of Warcraft. 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.
• Good vs Bad 2 is a multiplayer fps/rts hybrid.
• Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike using SDL
• Several games are included in KDE; for instance:
  • KAsteroids
  • KAtomic
  • KBounce
  • Kolf
  • KSokoban
• Keyano, Audio Visual Sampler & Text-to-speech interface. http://keyano.sf.net
• 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/.
• 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/
• Openglad is a port of the DOS Gauntlet-style game Gladiator at http://snowstorm.sf.net.
• OpenTTD is an open source implementation of the 1990s classic Transport Tycoon. Home at http://www.openttd.com/
• 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
• Raptor is a space shoot-em-up game at http://raptorv2.sf.net
• 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/
• Shadowed Horizons is a game development SDK written in Java available via CVS at http://sourceforge.net/projects/shadowed
• Spice Trade is an 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
• 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
• UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens. http://www.ufoai.net/
• Vegastrike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game. http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/
• XEvil, a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence. http://www.xevil.com/

External links

• The Linux Game Tome (http://www.happypenguin.org/)
• Open Source Gaming (http://osgaming.net/)
• DebianLinux.Net games section (http://debianlinux.net/games.html)
• Free Games Wiki (http://freegames.wiki.taoriver.net/)de:Freies Spiel