List of open-source games by genre

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This article is a list of open source games with articles, sorted by genre. Several games are listed under more than one genre.

Contents 1 Action games 1.1 Platform game 1.2 Shooter game 1.2.1 Artillery 1.2.2 First-Person Shooters 2 Adventure game 3 Casual games 3.1 Board game 3.2 Puzzle/action/arcade 4 Role-Playing 4.1 Roguelikes 4.2 MMORPGs 5 Simulation 5.1 Flight simulator 5.2 Space simulator 5.2.1 Space shooters 5.3 Construction and management simulation 5.3.1 City-building 5.4 Artificial life simulation 6 Sports 6.1 Racing games 7 Strategy games 7.1 Real-time strategy/tactical 7.2 Turn-based strategy/tactical 8 Other genres 8.1 Music/dance 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Action games

[edit] Platform game

• Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is a platform game.
• SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run game.
• X-Moto is a 2D motorbike game.
• XEvil is a 2D side scroller notable for its exceptionally graphic violence.
• Neverball is a 3D platform game similar to Super Monkey Ball.
• FightR is a new 2D platform action game similar to Liero.
• littleRunner a 2D Jump 'n' Run game.

[edit] Shooter game

[edit] Artillery

• BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.
• Gusanos is a clone of Liero.
• Scorched 3D is a game based on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth.
• Wormux is a Worms clone.

[edit] First-Person Shooters

• Aleph One is Bungie's freed Marathon first-person shooter.
• AssaultCube is a multiplayer, 3D, FPS based on Cube.
• Cube is a 3D FPS
• FreeDoom is a set of open source graphics files for open source versions of the Doom engine.
• Nexuiz is a multiplayer first-person shooter.
• OpenArena is a first-person shooter based on id Tech 3.
• Tremulous blends a team-based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans.
• War§ow is a fast-paced FPS focussing on E-Sports.
• Sauerbraten (game) a free open source FPS, with online and LAN multiplayer capabilities and loads of maps.

[edit] Adventure game

• Adventure (1976), Crowther/Woods – the original text adventure game, source code is public domain.^[1]

[edit] Casual games

[edit] Board game

• GNU Chess is a chess program. Xboard (a.k.a. Winboard) is an open-source front-end for it.
• GNU Go is a free program that plays the game of Go.
• TEG (Tenés Empanadas Graciela) is a Risk-like game.

[edit] Puzzle/action/arcade

• Battery [1] is a top-scrolling shooter. Browser game written in Java.
• Biniax is a multiplatform arcade/logic game.
• Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter.
• Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack.
• Enigma is an Oxyd clone.
• Frozen Bubble is a Puzzle Bobble-type game.
• KAsteroids
• KBounce is a clone of JezzBall.
• Liquid War is a real-time competitive game based on directing liquid particles around a complex environment.
• Pingus is a real-time puzzle game inspired by Lemmings.
• Rocks'n'Diamonds is an cross-platform, arcade game that contains clones of Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine, Supaplex and Sokoban.
• Sokosolve is a Sokoban game and enthusiast tools in the spirit of Kdegames's KSokoban.
• Solarwolf is a 2d action arcade game.
• Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge made by Brian Raiter.

[edit] Role-Playing

[edit] Roguelikes

See also: Category:Free, open source roguelikes

• NetHack
• Slash'EM - a branch of NetHack

[edit] MMORPGs

• Crossfire
• PlaneShift
• Stendhal uses the Arianne framework

[edit] Simulation

[edit] Flight simulator

• FlightGear is a multi-platform flight simulator.

[edit] Space simulator

• Oolite is a recreation of the classic Elite

[edit] Space shooters

• Netrek is a multiplayer hybrid shooter and real-time strategy game.
• Project: Starfighter is a two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot.
• rRootage is an abstract scrolling shooter game.
• Sopwith is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up.
• Ur-Quan Masters is the classic Star Control 2 game, re-released under the GPL license.
• Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game which combines trading, bounty hunting and exploration.
• XPilot is a multiplayer asteroids-like game.

[edit] Construction and management simulation

• OpenTTD is an open source port of the Chris Sawyer game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
• Simutrans similar to OpenTTD.

[edit] City-building

• Lincity (and its successor LinCity-NG) is a city-building game.
• OpenCity is a 3D city-buiding game.
• Micropolis is a GPL version of SimCity.

[edit] Artificial life simulation

• Darwinbots is an artificial life simulator.

[edit] Sports

• Kolf

[edit] Racing games

• Armagetron Advanced is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game.
• GLtron is a light cycle racing game.
• HoverRace is an online multiplayer hovercraft racing game that was once shareware.
• SuperTuxKart, a nice racing game inspired by Mario Kart.
• Tux Racer is a 3D OpenGL racing game starring the Linux mascot.
• Ultimate Stunts is a 3D racing game looking like Stunts
• TORCS is a 3D racing simulator

[edit] Strategy games

[edit] Real-time strategy/tactical

• Allegiance is a multiplayer, online-only RTS/space combat hybrid originally developed by Microsoft Research.
• Glest is a medieval 3D RTS.
• Globulation 2 is a cross-platform RTS.
• Netrek is a multiplayer hybrid shooter and real-time strategy game.
• Spring is a 3D remake of the Total Annihilation RTS, fully compatible with the original game's units.
• Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game which combines trading, bounty hunting and exploration.
• Warzone 2100 is an RTS very different from the standard C&C or StarCraft approach.

[edit] Turn-based strategy/tactical

• Battle for Wesnoth is a strategy game with RPG elements.
• Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle.
• Freeciv is a clone of Civilization II.
• FreeCol is a remake of Colonization.
• FreeOrion is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the Master of Orion series.
• Konquest is a galactic conquest strategy game.
• MegaMek is a computer version of the BattleTech miniatures wargame.
• TEG (Tenés Empanadas Graciela) is a Risk-like game.
• Thousand Parsec is a project with the goal of creating a framework for turn-based space empire building games.
• TripleA is an Axis & Allies-based game.
• UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens.
• Xconq is a generic turn-based strategic game.

[edit] Other genres

[edit] Music/dance

• Frets on Fire is a cross-platform game based on Guitar Hero.
• StepMania is a simulator of dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution.
• UltraStar is a SingStar clone.
• UltraStar Delux is a SingStar clone.

[edit] See also

• Category:Commercial video games with freely available source-code

[edit] References

1. ^ Jerz, D.G.. Colossal Cave Adventure. Seton Hill University. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.