This list is a little old, so some of the links may not work anymore, but
overall it’s still a pretty solid compendium for any budget concious Linux (or
Windows) gamer! -------- Know of a game that should be added to the list? Leave
a comment below! ^_^ Also check out: * The LibreGameWiki
[https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page] * GamingOnLinux’s Free Game List
[https://www.gamingonlinux.com/free-games/] * Itch.io [http://Itch.io]’s Free
Linux Game Section [https://itch.io/games/free/platform-linux] * This collection
of 500+ games packaged in the portable AppImage format
[https://portablelinuxgames.org/] * The Open-Source Game Clones Repository
[https://osgameclones.com/?] * Lee Reilly’s Github Games List
[https://github.com/leereilly/games#user-content-mmorpg-1] * The Linux Games
Book [https://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/en/home-en/] ------------
## FPS Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: CS:GO
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/] |
Counter Strike: Global Offensive, the premier online FPS [Free-to-Play] | No
Warfork [https://warfork.com/] | Fork of Warsaw to continue development,
Cel-shaded Quake-like online FPS | CC-SA [https://github.com/TeamForbiddenLLC]
Cube 2 [http://sauerbraten.org/] | Online Quake-like Arena FPS
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ixuDf3BOQ] with multiple game modes & level
editor | zlib [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sauerbraten/] Assault Cube
[https://assault.cubers.net/] | Counterstrike-like FPS in the Cube engine |
Freeware [https://github.com/assaultcube/AC] Xonotic [http://www.xonotic.org/] |
Quake-like arena online FPS | GPL [https://gitlab.com/groups/xonotic/-/activity]
FreeDoom [https://freedoom.github.io/download.html] | Open-source implemantation
of Doom, best used with Chocolate Doom | Yes
[https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom] Dystopia
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/17580/Dystopia/] | Cyberpunk online
class-based FPS | ??? Urban Terror [https://www.urbanterror.info/home/] | Fast
paced online FPS reminiscent of CS | ??? OpenArena
[http://openarena.ws/smfnews.php] | Online arena FPS using the id tech engine |
??? Fistful of Frags
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/265630/Fistful_of_Frags/] | Online Western
FPS - Not as good as it used to be | ??? Ravenfield
[https://steelraven7.itch.io/ravenfield] | Singleplayer Battlefield type game |
No Alien Arena [http://red.planetarena.org/] | Retro Sci-Fi Online FPS | ??? Red
Eclipse [https://www.redeclipse.net/] | Online FPS with parkour | SRC Available
[https://github.com/redeclipse] ET Legacy [https://www.etlegacy.com/] |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for modern PCs | SRC Available
[https://dev.etlegacy.com/projects/etlegacy/repository] Team Fortress 2
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/440/Team_Fortress_2/] | Class-based online
FPS with many game-modes to choose from (Not suitable for weak PC) | No Team
Fortress 2 Classic [https://tf2classic.com/] | Sick of hats, nerfs, and other
changes to TF2? Than Classic is for you! TF2 Classic is a resurrection of what
the game was like in 2013, with restored gamemodes, guns, and classes | No Aleph
One [https://alephone.lhowon.org/] | Open Source implementation for Bungie’s
Marathon series | GPL [https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon] Double Action
Boogaloo [https://store.steampowered.com/app/317360/Double_Action_Boogaloo/] |
Online 3rd-person shooter with slow motion | No Ultrakill Prelude
[https://hakita.itch.io/ultrakill-prelude] | Demo for an ultra violent oldschool
FPS | No OpenSpades [https://openspades.yvt.jp/] | Clone of Ace of Spades 0.75,
featuring fully destructible terrain and plenty of game modes | GPL
[https://github.com/yvt/openspades] Blade of Agony [https://boa.realm667.com/] |
Story-driven FPS inspired by WWII shooters from the 90’s and early 2000’s -
Extremely polished and fun [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FZBVl7f9X0] | SRC
Available [https://github.com/Realm667/WolfenDoom] ## RPG Name|Description|Open
Source? :–|:–|:-: Daggerfall Unity [https://www.dfworkshop.net/] | TES:
Daggerfall recreated in the Unity engine with tons of improvements (Download the
base game from here) [https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/daggerfall] | ???
Solarus Games [http://www.solarus-games.org/] | Game engine for making
Zelda-like games w/ many completed games available on their website | SRC
Available [https://gitlab.com/solarus-games] Flare [http://flarerpg.org/] |
Isometric Diablo-like action-RPG | Creative Commons
[https://github.com/flareteam/flare-game] Dungeon Master CSB
[http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/851] | Modern Engine for the 1987 First-person
dungeon crawler | ??? ## Adventure Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-:
Beneath a Steel Sky [https://www.gog.com/game/beneath_a_steel_sky] | Classic
point’n’click with great art and voice talent - Available in most distro’s repos
| Source Available ScummVM’s Freeware Games [https://www.scummvm.org/games] |
Fantastic point’n’click games here, my favorite being Dreamweb | ??? Aye Fair
Lady [https://stairfallinstitute.itch.io/aye-fair-lady] | Point’n’click combined
with a musical | No Heroine’s Quest [http://crystalshard.net/?g=16] | Excellent
Point’n’Click/RPG hybrid inspired by the Quest for Glory series from Sierra | No
Black Sect 2
[https://brocantygames.itch.io/black-sect-2-the-cursed-crypt-pnc-remake] |
1st-person dungeon mystery game where you play as a monk investigating a crypt |
No Space Quest II Remake
[https://infamousadventures.itch.io/space-quest-ii-vga-remake] | Excellent VGA
remake of SQ2 with voice acting, now available for Linux! | No ## Strategy
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: FreeCiv [http://www.freeciv.org/] | Sid
Meier’s Civilization Clone | GPL [https://github.com/freeciv] FreeCol
[http://www.freecol.org/news/freecol-0.11.6-released.html] | Sid Meier’s
Colonization Clone | GPL [https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/] FreeOrion
[http://www.freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page] | Master of Orion Clone | GPL
[https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion] OpenRA [http://www.openra.net/] |
Modern engine for C&C: Red Alert, Tiberian Sun, and Dune 2000 | GPL
[https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA] Tanks of Freedom
[https://w84death.itch.io/tanks-of-freedom] | Turn-based strategy, similar to
Advance Wars on the GBA | MIT [https://github.com/w84death/Tanks-of-Freedom] The
Battle For Wesnoth [https://www.wesnoth.org/] | Turn-based fantasy RPG/Strategy
hybrid | GPL [https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth] Hedgewars
[http://www.hedgewars.org/] | Worms Clone | GPL
[https://github.com/hedgewars/hw] Argentum Age [http://argentumage.com/] |
Fantasy collectable card game | GPL [https://github.com/davewx7/citadel] Wyrmsun
[https://andrettin.github.io/] | Warcraft II-like RTS | GPL
[https://github.com/andrettin/wyrmsun] 0 A.D. [https://play0ad.com/] | Superb 3D
RTS, professional grade (Not suitable for weak PC) | GPL
[https://play0ad.com/download/source/] Total Annihilation Prime
[https://www.fluidplay.co/taprime.html] | Fan-made prequel to the 1999 RTS Total
Annihilation | GPL [https://github.com/fluidplay/taprime] Zero-K
[https://zero-k.info/] | Polished RTS with multiplayer support, available on
Steam | GPL [https://github.com/ZeroK-RTS] Warzone 2100 [https://wz2100.net/] |
RTS that has campaign, multiplayer & singleplayer skirmish modes | GPL
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/warzone2100/] Thrive
[https://revolutionarygamesstudio.com/] | Game about the evolution of life | GPL
[https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive] Scorched 3D
[http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/] | Turn-based & real-time artillery strategy game
| GPL [https://sourceforge.net/projects/scorched3d/] UFO2000
[http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/] | X-Com-like with Multiplayer functionality |
SRC Available
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/ufo2000/files/UFO2000%20beta/0.9.1176/ufo2000-0.9.1176-src.tar.bz2/download?use_mirror=pilotfiber&download=]
UFO: Alien Invasion [https://ufoai.org/wiki/News] | Turn-based tactical combat
inspired by X-Com | SRC Available [https://ufoai.org/wiki/Getting_the_source]
OpenApoc [http://openapoc.org/] | Open-source implementation of X-Com 3:
Apocalypse | GPLv3 [https://github.com/OpenApoc/OpenApoc] The Fertile Crescent
[https://lincread.itch.io/the-fertile-crescent] | RTS set during the Bronze Age
in the Ancient Near East. Manage a delicate balance between food surplus and the
maintenance of your army - Multiplayer mode available | No TripleA
[https://triplea-game.org/] | Turn-based strategy and board game engine inspired
by Axis & Allies or Risk | GPL [https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea] Star
Ruler 2 [http://starruler2.com/] | Turn-based 4X/RTS Strategy space colonization
game - This is a commercial game that was open-sourced, you must compile the
game from source code to obtain it for free. Consider buying it on Steam or GOG
to support the devs | MIT & CC-BY-NC
[https://github.com/BlindMindStudios/StarRuler2-Source] Beyond All Reason
[https://www.beyondallreason.info/] | Open-source remake of Total Annihilation,
a Sci-fi RTS | GPL & CC-BY-SA
[https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reasons] ## Side Scroller
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Sealed Bite
[https://securas.itch.io/sealedbite] | Game-Jam platformer with nice pixel art |
CC-BY-NC-ND [https://github.com/securas/SealedBite] Mr. Rescue
[http://tangramgames.dk/games/mrrescue/] | Rescuing people from burning
buildings while putting out fires | CC-BY-SA
[https://github.com/SimonLarsen/mrrescue] Sienna
[http://tangramgames.dk/games/sienna/] | Fun runner/platformer | CC-BY-SA
[https://github.com/SimonLarsen/sienna] Super Tux [http://www.supertux.org/] |
Super Mario Clone - currently in need of help
[https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/8tmc1x/classic_open_source_game_super_tux_seeking_help/]
| GPL [https://github.com/SuperTux/supertux] Hurrican
[https://www.winterworks.de/project/hurrican/] | 2D Platformer Shooter Inspired
by Turrican - Mostly forgotten | SRC Available
[https://sourceforge.net/p/hurrican/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/] Abuse
[https://github.com/antrad/Abuse_1996] | Commercial 2D shooter turned Public
Domain | SRC Available Frogatto & Friends [https://frogatto.com/] | Platformer
with great music and graphics. Available in Debian/Ubuntu repos | No Commander
Keen 4 [https://davidgow.net/keen/omnispeak.html] | New engine for classic
DOS-era platformer | GPL [https://github.com/sulix/omnispeak] OpenClonk
[https://www.openclonk.org/] | Commercial 2D Mining game turned freeware, very
unique, multiplayer | ISC [https://github.com/openclonk/openclonk] Mari0
[http://stabyourself.net/mari0/#download] | Mario, but with Portals! | SRC
Available Cave Story [https://www.cavestory.org/] | Charming platformer, one of
the first big indie hits | No VVVVVV
[http://distractionware.com/blog/2014/06/outer-space/] | retro platformer w/
level editor | SRC Available [https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/vvvvvv] Spelunky
Classic
[https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/playing-spelunky-classic-hd-on-linux-is-now-just-a-snap-away.12056]
| Roguelite platformer | No OpenSurge [https://opensurge2d.org/] | Sonic the
Hedgehog clone with Level editor | GPL [https://github.com/alemart/opensurge]
Outworlder [https://igloosoft.itch.io/outworlder] | Pre-alpha Terraria lookin’
thing | No WarriOrb Prolouge [https://notyetgames.itch.io/warriorb-prologue] |
Short demo for WarriOrb | No Lazr [https://mrgrak.itch.io/lazr] | Short demo for
a cyberpunk platformer | No Lost Constellation
[https://finji.itch.io/lost-constellation] | Travel into the frozen woods in a
folktale from the world of Night In The Woods | No Himno
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/931690/Himno/] | Peaceful 2D platformer game
with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps | No ## City
Builder/Tycoon Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: OpenTTD
[https://www.openttd.org/en/] | Clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe | GPL
[https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD] Unknown Horizons
[http://unknown-horizons.org/] | Village builder inspired by the Anno series |
GPL [https://github.com/unknown-horizons/unknown-horizons] Widelands
[https://wl.widelands.org/] | Settlers clone | GPL
[https://github.com/widelands/widelands] Simutrans
[https://www.simutrans.com/en/] | Transportation simulator clone with
multiplayer ability | SRC Available [https://github.com/aburch/simutrans]
Mindustry [https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry] | Factory builder / Tower Defense
hybrid | GPL [https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry] Terra Nil
[https://vfqd.itch.io/terra-nil] | Relaxing city builder about ecosystem
reconstruction | No Arcane Fortune [https://arcanefortune.com/index.php] |
Inspired by Civilization, SimCity and Dwarf Fortress, Arcane Fortune is a game
of empire building, diplomacy, conquest, construction, and deconstruction.
Whether or not you build a utopia, or a hell on earth is entirely up to you |
AGPL [https://github.com/cody2007/arcane_fortune] ## MMO Name|Description|Open
Source? :–|:–|:-: Ryzom [https://ryzom.com/] | Open-source MMO with a unique
world [Free-to-Play] | Affero GPL
[https://bitbucket.org/ryzom/ryzomcore/src/develop/] Isleward
[https://play.isleward.com/] | Browser-based MMO Roguelike that’s moddable &
open-source! | LGPL [https://gitlab.com/Isleward/isleward] ## Roguelikes
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Dwarf Fortress
[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/] | Famous RL that has both a
City-builder/management sim mode, as well as a more traditional RL experience in
adventurer mode (you can even visit the ruins of fortresses you’ve built in the
sim mode) | No Roguebox Adventures [https://rogueboxadventures.tuxfamily.org/] |
Graphical RL with focus on survival | GPL
[https://gitlab.com/The_Mighty_Glider/rba] Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
[https://cataclysmdda.org/] | Unique zombie survival RL that’s quite thrilling
to play |CC BY-SA [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/] UnReal World
[http://www.unrealworld.fi/] | Crazy In-depth
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBAmdXS_9E] survival-sim RL based in iron age
Finland | No Dungeon Crawl Soup [https://crawl.develz.org/] | Fairly standard RL
to find the Orb of Zot | No NetHack [https://www.nethack.org/] | Dungeon crawler
RL continually updated since 1987 | N-GPL
[https://www.nethack.org/v364/download-src.html] Brogue
[https://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/home] | RL distilled to fundamentals,
terminal-like UI | No? Tales of Maj’Eyal (ToME) [https://te4.org/] | Very
polished graphical-heavy RL/RPG | GPL [https://te4.org/wiki/Source_Setup] ASCII
Sector [http://www.asciisector.net/] | Excellent RL Demake of Wing Commander
Privateer | No ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery)
[https://www.adom.de/home/index.html] | Extremely polished graphical RL with
multiplayer | No DoomRL [https://drl.chaosforge.org/] | DOOM, but as a
Roguelike! | No Sil [http://www.amirrorclear.net/flowers/game/sil/] & Angband
[http://rephial.org/] | Tolkien Roguelikes | SRC Available Pixel Dungeon
[https://snapcraft.io/shattered-pixel-dungeon] | RL with a nice pixel-art | GPL
[https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon-gdx] HyperRogue
[https://www.roguetemple.com/z/hyper/download.php] | RL built on a
mathematically rigorous hyperbolic surface, with an infinite and space-bending
world | GPL [https://github.com/zenorogue/hyperrogue] Basingstoke
[https://puppygames001.itch.io/basingstoke] | Uniquely free to Linux users only.
A tense roguelike that mixes stealth and arcade action. Explore the smouldering
ruins of apocalyptic Basingstoke, UK, a world of extreme peril where reanimated
undead and ferocious alien monsters roam! | No? ## Space Sim/Trader
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Ur-Quan Masters
[http://sc2.sourceforge.net/] | Updated version of Star Control II. Be sure to
get the Voice Pack! (Alternative HD version available here
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/urquanmastershd/]) | SRC Available
[http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php] Endless Sky
[https://endless-sky.github.io/] | 2D space trading/combat game similar to
Escape Velocity | GPL [https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky] Oolite
[http://www.oolite.org/] | Elite remake, huge mod support | SRC Available
[https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite] Pioneer
[http://pioneerspacesim.net/#&panel1-1] | Frontier: Elite II Remake | GPL & CC
BY-SA [https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer] Naev
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/598530/Naev/] | Space exploration, trade and
combat | ??? Race Into Space [http://www.raceintospace.org/] | Re-implementation
of 1989’s Liftoff! | GPL [https://github.com/raceintospace/raceintospace] ##
Puzzle Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: FloboPuyo
[http://www.ios-software.com/flobopuyo-en] | PuyoPuyo Clone | SRC Available
[http://www.fovea.cc/files/flobopuyo] Frozen Bubble
[http://www.frozen-bubble.org/home/] | Puzzle Bobble Clone with level editor &
multiplayer | GPL [https://github.com/kthakore/frozen-bubble] Duck Marines
[http://tangramgames.dk/games/duckmarines/] | Chu Chu Rocket Clone |
Multi-License [https://github.com/SimonLarsen/duckmarines] Pingus
[https://pingus.seul.org/] | Lemmings Clone | SRC Available
[https://pingus.seul.org/download.html] Portable Puzzle Collection
[https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/puzzles/] | 39 Old-school puzzle
games | MIT Blockout2 [http://www.blockout.net/blockout2/] | 3D Tetris-like Game
| GPL [https://sourceforge.net/projects/blockout/] Enigma
[https://www.nongnu.org/enigma/] | Inspired by Oxyd on the Atari ST and
Rock’n’Roll on the Amiga - The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of
identically colored Oxyd stones | GPL [https://github.com/Enigma-Game/Enigma]
Lix [http://lixgame.com/] | Action-puzzle game inspired by Lemmings with over
700 levels, multiplayer, and a level editor | CC0 Public Domain
[https://github.com/SimonN/LixD/] ## Arcade / 2D Name|Description|Open Source?
:–|:–|:-: AstroMenace [https://viewizard.com/] | Hardcore 3D space
scroll-shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities | GPL
[https://github.com/viewizard/astromenace] Leapoundary
[https://manus.itch.io/leapoundary] | Arcade-y Puzzle Shooter | SRC Available
[https://github.com/Manus9696/Leapoundary] SSVOpenHexagon
[http://vittorioromeo.info/projects.html] | Super Hexagon Clone | AFL
[https://github.com/SuperV1234/SSVOpenHexagon] LBreakout2
[http://lgames.sourceforge.net/LBreakout2/] | Breakout Clone | Source Available
Witch Blast [https://dev.solus-project.com/T1335] | Binding of Isaac Clone | GPL
[https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast] TeeWorlds
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/380840/] | Online 2D shooter | CC BY-SA
[https://github.com/teeworlds/teeworlds/] OpenTyrian
[https://bitbucket.org/opentyrian/opentyrian/wiki/Home] | Polished Shmup with
excellent visuals and music | SRC Available
[https://bitbucket.org/opentyrian/opentyrian/wiki/Downloads.md] Kobo Deluxe
[http://olofson.net/kobodl/] | 8-Way space shooter | SRC Available
[http://olofson.net/kobodl/download.html] Altitude
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/41300/Altitude/] | 2D online plane combat |
No Liero [http://www.liero.be/] | Real-time Worms | SRC Available
[https://github.com/gliptic/liero] Frets on Fire
[http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/] | Guitar Hero clone | GPL
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/fretsonfire/] Eat the Whistle
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/etw/] | Sensible Soccer Clone | GPL NeverBall
[https://neverball.org/] | Super Monkey Ball Clone | GPL
[https://github.com/Neverball/neverball] NeverPutt
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games/neverputt] | Mini-Golf with hot-seat
multiplayer | GPL [https://github.com/Neverball/neverball] Shootout Inc
[https://albatr.itch.io/shootout-inc] | If Hotline Miami and SuperHot had a
baby, this would be the result. Also check out Super Hotline
[https://albatr.itch.io/superhotline-miami] | No Hammer Dongers
[https://cravecraw.itch.io/hammer-dongers] | 4-Player top-down party game | No
C-Dogs SDL [https://cxong.github.io/cdogs-sdl/] | a classic overhead run-and-gun
from the DOS era updated for modern systems, supports up to 4 players in co-op
and deathmatch modes - Installer Downloads
[https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/releases] | GPL
[https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl] ## Racing Name|Description|Open Source?
:–|:–|:-: SuperTuxKart [https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page] | 3D Kart Racer,
similar to e.g. Mario Kart | Multi-License
[https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code] Yorg
[http://www.ya2.it/pages/download.html#download] | Top-down racer in the Micro
Machine’s style | No Speed Dreams [http://speed-dreams.org/] | Realistic racing
sim | SRC Available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/speed-dreams/files/] Max
Downforce [https://gamejolt.com/games/max_downforce/286316] | F1 style arcade
racing game inspired by Pole Position | SRC Available
[https://github.com/Foppygames/max-downforce] Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart
[https://mb.srb2.org/showthread.php?t=43708] | Mario Kart style racer with
characters from Sonic the Hedgehog | GPL [https://github.com/STJr/Kart-Public]
Pixel Wheels [https://agateau.itch.io/pixelwheels] | Top-down 2D Racer similar
to Micro Machines | CC BY-SA [https://github.com/agateau/pixelwheels] ## Stealth
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: The Dark Mod
[http://www.thedarkmod.com/] | Incredible Fan-made spin-off of the Thief series
using the Doom 3 Engine (Not suitable for weak PC) | GPL, BSD & CC BY-NC-SA
[https://www.thedarkmod.com/downloads/] ## Sandbox Name|Description|Open Source?
:–|:–|:-: Minetest [https://www.minetest.net/] | Minecraft clone written in C++
instead of Java for better performance. Base game is purposefully lacking in
features, instead relying on mods from the community to flesh out the experience
| CC BY-SA [https://github.com/minetest/minetest] TrueCraft
[https://github.com/SirCmpwn/TrueCraft] | Clean-room implementation of Minecraft
1.7.3 | MIT PyCraft [https://github.com/itsapi/pycraft] | 2D Terraria-like ASCII
game played in the terminal | GPLv2 The Powder Toy [https://powdertoy.co.uk/] |
Complete physics and material simulaton sandbox in a 2D environment | GPLv3
[https://github.com/The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy] ## Surreal
Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Orchids to Dust
[https://polclarissou.itch.io/orchids-to-dusk] | Wandering alone on strange
worlds | No Off-Peak [https://store.steampowered.com/app/467360/OffPeak/] |
Searching for a ticket in a head-trippy world | No Emily is Away
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/417860/Emily_is_Away/] | Branching narrative
in an online chat | No CHYRZA [https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/chyrza] |
First-person flash-fiction horror story, explore a surreal desert while
collecting fragments of a memoir | No Dagdrom [https://ditto.itch.io/dagdrom] |
Weird and colorful platformer thing | No Naut
[https://titouanmillet.itch.io/naut] | Explore mars in a convertible - Short
little exploring game | No Leive-Oma [https://vltmn.itch.io/lieve-oma] | Walk
through the woods with your grandma | No No Players Online
[https://papercookies.itch.io/no-players-online] | Short psychological horror |
No Out of The Game [https://shitaofan.itch.io/out-of-the-game] | The self
claimed ‘Inception’ of video games | No Sacramento
[https://dziff.itch.io/sacramento] | Explore a watercolor world | No David Lynch
Teaches Typing [https://rhinostew.itch.io/david-lynch-teaches-typing] | It’s
exactly what it sounds like | No A Museum of Dubious Splendors
[https://studio-oleomingus.itch.io/a-museum-of-dubious-splendors] | Explore a
storybook from the world of Somewhere. A visual feast for the eyes | No ##
Vehicle Combat Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Warthunder
[https://warthunder.com/en] | WWII to Cold War Multiplayer
Dogfighter/Tanker/Warship Sim (Not suitable for weak PC) [Free-to-Play] | No ##
MOBA Name|Description|Open Source? :–|:–|:-: Dota 2
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/570/Dota_2/] | Valve’s entry into the MOBA
genre, with native Linux support [Free-to-Play] | No # MS-DOS Name|Description
:–|:– Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games] |
Archive.org [http://Archive.org] has uploaded over 6000 MS-DOS games to their
library for future preservation, all fully playable for free right in your
browser!
This list is a little old, so some of the links may not work anymore, but overall it’s still a pretty solid compendium for any budget concious Linux (or Windows) gamer!
Know of a game that should be added to the list? Leave a comment below! ^_^
Sick of hats, nerfs, and other changes to TF2? Than Classic is for you! TF2 Classic is a resurrection of what the game was like in 2013, with restored gamemodes, guns, and classes
RTS set during the Bronze Age in the Ancient Near East. Manage a delicate balance between food surplus and the maintenance of your army - Multiplayer mode available
Turn-based 4X/RTS Strategy space colonization game - This is a commercial game that was open-sourced, you must compile the game from source code to obtain it for free. Consider buying it on Steam or GOG to support the devs
Inspired by Civilization, SimCity and Dwarf Fortress, Arcane Fortune is a game of empire building, diplomacy, conquest, construction, and deconstruction. Whether or not you build a utopia, or a hell on earth is entirely up to you
Famous RL that has both a City-builder/management sim mode, as well as a more traditional RL experience in adventurer mode (you can even visit the ruins of fortresses you’ve built in the sim mode)
Uniquely free to Linux users only. A tense roguelike that mixes stealth and arcade action. Explore the smouldering ruins of apocalyptic Basingstoke, UK, a world of extreme peril where reanimated undead and ferocious alien monsters roam!
a classic overhead run-and-gun from the DOS era updated for modern systems, supports up to 4 players in co-op and deathmatch modes - Installer Downloads
Minecraft clone written in C++ instead of Java for better performance. Base game is purposefully lacking in features, instead relying on mods from the community to flesh out the experience
Dang, I remember playing that when I was 14 or so. Surprised to see it’s still being developed. Looking at gameplay of the latest release… It still looks awfully janky still. Does it play well nowadays?
Been a long time since I played it myself, but it was my first introduction to space sims.
Development of the game picked up again just a year or so ago, after a long time of hiatus.
Yeah, the game looked nice over 15 years ago, but the graphics haven’t updated at all, so the visuals are incredibly dated. Gameplay is still quite solid, though, and the background simulation aspect of the game is still on-par with Elite Dangerous, so I’d say it’s a pretty good choice if someone is looking for a FOSS space sim.
The space sim lidt seems to be missing Vega Strike.
Dang, I remember playing that when I was 14 or so. Surprised to see it’s still being developed. Looking at gameplay of the latest release… It still looks awfully janky still. Does it play well nowadays?
Been a long time since I played it myself, but it was my first introduction to space sims.
Development of the game picked up again just a year or so ago, after a long time of hiatus.
Yeah, the game looked nice over 15 years ago, but the graphics haven’t updated at all, so the visuals are incredibly dated. Gameplay is still quite solid, though, and the background simulation aspect of the game is still on-par with Elite Dangerous, so I’d say it’s a pretty good choice if someone is looking for a FOSS space sim.