List of open source video games

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Open source games are computer games assembled out of, and are themselves open-source software; public domain games are also listed. For some of these games, only the game engine is open-source software, and the game content is not open content, and is under a different license.

Battle for Wesnoth
CodeRED: Alien Arena
FreeCol
GNU Chess 4.2.7
Lincity-NG
Nexuiz
OpenArena
SuperTux
Tremulous
Tile World
XEvil

Note 1. Simplified for efficient sorting. Follow or hover over the links to see more specific genre descriptions.

   Title    Release Update Genre
   see note 1 		 License Additional Information
Abuse 1995 ? Shoot 'em up PD Game source code was released as public domain along with the shareware-released media files.[1]
Adventure 1976 Text adventure Public domain[2] The original text adventure game by Crotwther / Woods
Aleph One 2000 2008 FPS GPL Based on the source code for Marathon 2: Durandal.
Angband 1990 2009 Action RPG Other[3]
Armagetron Advanced 2001 2009 Racing GPL A multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game.
AssaultCube 2006 2008 FPS GPL Based on the Cube engine.
Battle for Wesnoth 2005 2009 TBS GPL
Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid 2003 2009 Platformer GPL
Blob Wars: Blob And Conquer 2008 2009 Action-Adv. GPLv2 3D sequel to Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid.
Blood Frontier 2009 2009 FPS zlib Currently in open beta
Bos Wars 2004 2008 RTS GPL
BZFlag 1997 2007 Tank Sim LGPL
CodeRED: Alien Arena 2004 2009 FPS Mixed[4]
Crimson Fields 2006 2009 TBS GPL Tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle.
Crossfire ? 2008 MMORPG GPL
Darwinbots 2003 2008 ALive Sim
Dark Oberon 2005 2006 RTS GPL
Enigma 2003 2007 Puzzle GPL
Egoboo 2007 2009 Action RPG GPLv2
FlightGear 1997 2009 Flight Sim GPL
Freeciv 1996 2008 TBS GPL Civilization II clone.
FreeCol 2003 2009 TBS GPL Sid Meier's Colonization clone.
FreeDoom ? 2009 FPS Other[5] Doom clone.
Frets on Fire 2006 2008 Music GPL Guitar Hero clone
Frets on Fire X 2008 2009 Music GPLv2 Frets on Fire fork.
Frozen Bubble 2002 2008 Puzzle GPLv2 Puzzle Bobble clone.
GL-117 2005 2005 Flight Sim GPL
Glest 2004 RTS GPL
Globulation 2 2008 2009 RTS GPLv3 Currently in open beta
GLtron 2003 2003 Racing GPL
GNU Chess 2002 2003 Puzzle GPL
GNU Go 1999 2009 Puzzle GPL
Gusanos 2004 2005 Shoot 'em up GPL Clone of Liero
Hedgewars TBS GPLv2 Worms clone.
HoverRace 1996 2008 Racing Other[6]
Jagged Alliance 2 1999 2008 TBS/RPG Other[7] Source code was released circa 2004, and is actively being developed under the title, "1.13 Mod".
Kiki the nano bot 2003 2007 Puzzle PD Mixture of Sokoban and Kula World.
KDEGames — 2009 Various* GPLv2 *Collection of games provided with the official release of KDE
Lincity 1999 2004 Business Sim GPL
LinCity-NG 2005 2009 Business Sim GPL Lincity fork.
Liquid War GPL
MechCommander 2 2001 2006 RTS Other[8][9]
MegaMek GPL
Micropolis ? 2008 Business Sim GPLv3
Moria 1983 1999 RPG Other[10]
NetHack RPG Other
Netrek 1988 2009
Neverball 2005(?) 2009 Platformer GPL Also includes additional game Neverputt
Nexuiz 2005 2009 FPS GPL
Oolite 2006 2006 GPLv2
OpenArena 2005 2008 FPS GPLv2
OpenCity 2003 2008 Business Sim GPL
OpenTTD 2005 2008 Business Sim GPLv2
Pingus GPL
PokerTH GPL
Project: Starfighter GPL
Rocks'n'Diamonds GPLv2
Rigs of Rods 2007 2009 Vehicle Sim GPLv3
Sauerbraten 2004 2008 zlib
Scorched 3D 2001 2008 TBS GPL
Secret Maryo Chronicles 2003 2009 Platformer GPLv3
Simutrans Transport Simulator Business sim Artistic
Solarwolf Arcade LGPL
Sopwith GPL
Spring 2005(?) 2009 RTS GPL Spring is a 3D engine for many great quality RTS games.
StepMania MIT
SuperTux 2003 2007 Platformer GPL
SuperTuxKart 2006 2009 Racing GPL
Teeworlds Platformer
Tenés Empanadas Graciela 1996 TBS GPLv2
Thousand Parsec 2002 2009 TBS GPL, LGPL Framework for turn based space empire building games.
Tile World
ToME 1998 2008
TORCS
Torus Trooper 2004 2004 Scroller BSD
TripleA GPL Axis & Allies clone.
Tremulous 2006 FPS GPL
Tux Racer Racing GPL
UFO: Alien Invasion 2006 2008 TBS GPL
UltraStar GPL
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.
Vega Strike 2008 2008 Space Sim GPL Elite clone.
Volleyball Manager
Warzone 2100 1999 2009 RTS GPL
Widelands RTS GPL The Settlers II clone
World of Padman 2007 2008 FPS
Wormux 2002 2009 TBS GPL Worms clone.
Xbattle 1991 1996 RTS Other[11]
Xconq 1987 2005 TBS GPL 4X strategy game engine.
XEvil 1994 2003 Platformer
X-Moto 2008 2009 Platformer GPL
XPilot Arcade
Yo Frankie! 2008 Action-Adv.

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Purchasing Abuse". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20030610094112/abuse2.com/public_domain.php3. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 
  2. ^ Jerz, D.G.. "Colossal Cave Adventure". Seton Hill University. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/canon/Adventure.htm. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 
  3. ^ "OpenSource - Angband Wiki". rephial.org. 2008-12-15. http://rephial.org/wiki/OpenSource. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  4. ^ "[alienarena] Log of /trunk/docs/license.txt". Svn.icculus.org. http://svn.icculus.org/alienarena/trunk/docs/license.txt. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  5. ^ "Savannah Git Hosting - freedoom.git/blob - COPYING". Git.savannah.gnu.org. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=freedoom.git;a=blob;f=COPYING;hb=HEAD. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  6. ^ "/trunk/license.txt – HoverRace". Svn.igglybob.com. 2008-11-29. http://svn.igglybob.com/hoverrace/browser/trunk/license.txt?rev=185. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  7. ^ "The Bear's Pit JA Community: JA2 Source Code License". Ja-galaxy-forum.com. 2007-09-21. http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=212139#Post212139. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  8. ^ "Mech Commander 2 Game MechCommander 2 EULA feature". Mod DB. http://www.moddb.com/games/mech-commander-2/features/mechcommander-2-eula. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  9. ^ Brian Keller (2006-03-22). "MechCommander 2 EULA". Social.msdn.microsoft.com. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/gametechnologiesxna/thread/69572acd-8f34-404f-92e6-1c160b0867a1/. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  10. ^ "kertes's imoria page". Angelfire.com. http://www.angelfire.com/games3/imoria/imoria.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-04. 
  11. ^ [1]

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