List of Free Games
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| Title | First Release | Last Update | Genre | Engine License | Content License | Additional Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 A.D. | 2010 | 2011 | RTS | GPLv2 | CC-BY-SA | Historical, cross-platform RTS, using an original engine named Pyrogenesis. Game source code released July 10, 2009.<ref>http://os.wildfiregames.com/</ref> | |
| Abuse | 1995 | 2008 | Shoot 'em up | Public domain | Public domain and Proprietary* | Game source code was released as public domain along with the shareware-released media files.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> *Only shareware data, excluding the sound effects, is in the public domain; the rest is proprietary. | |
| Advanced Strategic Command | ? | 2010 | TBТ | GPL | GPL | Tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle. | |
| Arx Fatalis | 2002 | 2011 | RPG | GPL | Proprietary | ||
| Adventure | 1976 | Text adventure | Public domain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Public domain | The original text adventure game by Crowther / Woods. | ||
| Aleph One | 2000 | 2010 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Based on the source code for Marathon 2: Durandal. | |
| Allegiance | 2000 | 2009 | Space Sim | MSR-SSLA | Proprietary | Game source code was released under a shared source license in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Angband | 1990 | 2009 | RPG | Other<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | A roguelike dungeon crawl game. | ||
| Aquaria | 2010 | 2010 | Action-adventure | GPL | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Armagetron Advanced | 2001 | 2009 | Racing | GPL | GPL | A multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game. | |
| AssaultCube | 2006 | 2010 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Based on the Cube engine. | |
| Battle for Wesnoth | 2005 | 2011 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Turn based strategy game with RPG elements. Includes single-player campaign and skirmish modes as well as multiplayer. | |
| Beyond the Titanic | 1986 | Text adventure | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
| Bitfighter | 2008 | 2011 | Shooter | ? | ? | 2D space shooter available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Free to play with a built in level editor. | |
| Black Shades | 2002 | 2010 | FPS | Other | Other | A first-person shooter in which you protect your VIP from attackers roaming the city. | |
| Blob Wars: Blob And Conquer | 2008 | 2009 | Action-adventure | GPLv2 | Proprietary | 3D sequel to Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid. | |
| Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid | 2003 | 2009 | Platformer | GPL | Proprietary | ||
| Blood II: The Chosen | 1998 | 1999 | FPS | other | Proprietary | uses Lithtech 1.0 engine | |
| Bos Wars | 2004 | 2010 | RTS | GPL | GPL | 2D RTS running on a modified version of the Stratagus engine. | |
| BZFlag | 1997 | 2010 | Tank FPS | LGPL | LGPL | ||
| Call to Power II | 2000 | 2010 | TBТ, 4X | ? | Proprietary | Currently updated by CtP2 Source Code Project at Apolyton.net. | |
| C-evo | 1999 | 2008 | TBТ, 4X | Public domain | Proprietary | Inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization. | |
| Chromium B.S.U. | 2000 | 2010 | Arcade | Artistic | Artistic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | A fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter | |
| CodeRED: Alien Arena | 2004 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Combat Simulator Project | Flight Simulation | ||||||
| CorsixTH | 2009 | 2010 | Business Sim | Other | Other | An open source clone of Theme Hospital | |
| Crimson Fields<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | 2006 | 2009 | TBТ | GPL | GPL | Tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle. | |
| Crossfire | ? | 2008 | MMORPG | GPL | GPL | ||
| Cube 2: Sauerbraten | 2004 | 2010 | FPS | zlib | Proprietary | Deathmatch style multiplayer gameplay with map editing. | |
| Darwinbots | 2003 | 2008 | ALive Sim | ? | ? | ||
| Decopter | Helicopter Flight Simulation | ||||||
| Dink Smallwood | 1997 | 2008 | Action RPG | ? | ? | ||
| Doom | 1993 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on 1997, placed under GPL on 1999. | ||
| Duke Nukem 3D | 1996 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on April 1, 2003. | ||
| Egoboo | 2001 | 2010 | Action RPG | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | ||
| Enemy Nations | 1997 | 1997 | RTS | other | other | Complete game: source code, sound, music and high resolution graphics. | |
| Enigma | 2003 | 2007 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
| Fish Fillets NG | 2004 | 2010 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | Released commercially as Fish Fillets in 1998. Source released in 2002 under the GPL. | |
| FlightGear | 1997 | 2010 | Flight Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
| Freeciv | 1996 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Civilization II clone. | |
| FreeCol | 2003 | 2011 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Sid Meier's Colonization clone. | |
| FreeDoom | ? | 2009 | FPS | BSD<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ? | Doom clone. | |
| FreeSpace 2 | 1999 | 2010 | Space Sim | Other<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Proprietary | Source code released in 2002 | |
| Frets on Fire | 2006 | 2008 | Music | GPL | GPL | Guitar Hero clone. | |
| Frets on Fire X | 2008 | 2009 | Music | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Frets on Fire fork. | |
| Frogatto & Friends | 2010 | 2010 | Platformer | GPL | Proprietary | Initially for Windows, Linux, and Mac; hold and toss enemies, swim, talk; scripting language included. | |
| Frozen Bubble | 2002 | 2008 | Puzzle | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Puzzle Bobble clone. | |
| Gang Garrison 2 | 2008 | 2010 | Shooter | GPL | GPL | A retro "demake" of Team Fortress 2. | |
| Gish | 2010 | 2010 | Action | GPL | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Glest | 2004 | 2009 | RTS | GPL | CC-BY-SA | ||
| Globulation 2 | 2008 | 2009 | RTS | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | Currently in open beta. | |
| GLtron | 2003 | 2003 | Racing | GPL | GPL | ||
| GNOME Games | 1998 | 2010 | Various | GPL | GPL | A collection of games accompanying the rest of the GNOME desktop environment. | |
| GNU Chess | 1984 | 2003 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
| GNU Go | 1999 | 2009 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | ||
| Gunroar | FPS | ? | ? | A futuristic vertical shooter. | |||
| Gusanos | 2004 | 2005 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | GPL | Clone of Liero. | |
| Hedgewars | 2007 | 2010 | TBS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Worms clone. | |
| Heretic | 1994 | FPS | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999, put under GPL on September 4, 2008. | ||
| Hexen | 1996 | FPS | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999, put under GPL on September 4, 2008. | ||
| Hexen II | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released 2000. | ||
| Jagged Alliance 2 | 1999 | 2008 | TBS/RPG | Other<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Proprietary | Source code was released c. 2004, and is actively being developed under the title, "1.13 Mod". | |
| KDEGames | — | 2009 | Various* | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | *Collection of games provided with the official release of KDE. | |
| Kiki the nano bot | 2003 | 2007 | Puzzle | Public domain | Public domain | Mixture of Sokoban and Kula World. | |
| Kroz | 1987 | Maze | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
| Lincity | 1999 | 2004 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
| LinCity-NG | 2005 | 2009 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | Lincity fork. | |
| Linley's Dungeon Crawl | 1997 | 2010 | Roguelike | LGPL | LGPL | The current version of Dungeon Crawl, Linley's Dungeon Crawl, is one of the most popular roguelikes being played today. | |
| Liquid War | 1995 | 2008 | Maze games | GPL | GPL | 2d game in which you control particles and move them to defeat the opposing side. | |
| Lugaru | 2005 | 2010 | Action-adventure game | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle. | |
| MechCommander 2 | 2001 | 2006 | RTS | Other<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| MegaMek | 2005 | 2009 | TBТ | GPL | GPL | Simulates the Classic BattleTech board game. | |
| Micropolis | ? | 2008 | Business Sim | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
| Microwar | 2000 | 2009 | Arcade | BSD | BSD | A 'Space Invaders' style arcade game, in the cruel world of micro-computer industry. | |
| Moria | 1983 | 1999 | RPG/Roguelike | Other<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| NetHack | 1987 | 2003 | RPG/Roguelike | Other | |||
| Netrek | 1988 | 2009 | Shoot 'em up | Other | |||
| Neverball | 2005(?) | 2009 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | Also includes additional game Neverputt. | |
| Nexuiz | 2005 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | GPL | Forked into Xonotic following a commercial licensing agreement by a minority of the development team. | |
| No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | 2002 | 2003 | FPS, stealth | other | Proprietary | uses Lithtech Jupiter engine | |
| Oolite | 2006 | 2006 | Space Sim | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Elite Clone | |
| OpenArena | 2005 | 2010 | FPS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | Quake III Clone | |
| OpenCity | 2003 | 2008 | Business Sim | GPL | GPL | ||
| OpenTTD | 2005 | 2010 | Business Sim | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | An open-source clone of 'Transport Tycoon Deluxe' | |
| OpenTyrian | 2007 | 2009 | Scrolling shooter | GPLv2 | The OpenTyrian team ported the closed-source Pascal code of Tyrian to C with permission of Jason Emery. | ||
| Palomino3d | Flight Simulation | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | An open source flight simulator | |||
| Penumbra: Overture | 2007 | 2009 | Survival horror with FPS aspects | GPL | Proprietary | Developed by Swedish<ref>Paradox Interactive - Penumbra: Overture premieres game on Gamer's Gate</ref> developer Frictional Games, the game blends the genres of survival horror, first-person shooter, and adventure. Open sourced with Humble Indie Bundle. | |
| Pingus | 1998 | 2007 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | Inspired by Lemmings. | |
| Planeshift | 2001 | 2010 | MMORPG | GPL | Proprietary | Free to play MMORPG | |
| PokerTH | 2006 | 2009 | Card | GPL | GPL | ||
| Project: Starfighter | 2001 | 2008 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | Proprietary | ||
| Pushover | 1992 | 2008 | Puzzle | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
| Quake | 1996 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on 1999. | ||
| Quake II | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on December 21, 2001. | ||
| Quake III Arena | 1999 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on August 19, 2005. | ||
| Rigs of Rods | 2007 | 2011 | Vehicle Sim | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
| Rise of the Triad | 1995 | 1995 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on December 20, 2002. | |
| Rocks'n'Diamonds | Puzzle | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | ||||
| Ryzom | 2004 | 2010 | MMORPG | AGPL | CC-BY-SA | All textures and effects, 3D models, animations, characters and clothing (no music or sounds) are under CC-BY-SA. | |
| Scorched 3D | 2001 | 2009 | TBS | GPL | GPL | ||
| Secret Maryo Chronicles | 2003 | 2009 | Platformer | GPLv3 | GPLv3 | ||
| Seven Kingdoms | 1996 | 2011 | RTS | GPL | GPL | Source code released in November, 2008. | |
| Shadow Warrior | 1997 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Game source released on April 1, 2005. | ||
| Shogo: Mobile Armor Division | 1998 | 1999 | FPS | other | Proprietary | uses Lithtech 1.0 engine | |
| Simutrans Transport Simulator | 1997 | 2010 | Business Sim | Artistic | Similar to Transport Tycoon and its open source clone, OpenTTD. The player must build a profitable transportation system. | ||
| Smash Battle | 2008 | 2009 | Platformer | GPLv3 | CC | Retro 8-bit style platform shooter | |
| Smokin' Guns | 2009 | 2010 | FPS | GPLv2 | Proprietary | Western-themed first-person shooter using the ioquake3 engine. | |
| Solarwolf | Arcade | LGPL | LGPL | Similar to Pacman. A 2-D action game where the player must collect the blocks on every level while avoiding various obstacles. | |||
| Sopwith | 1984 | Shoot 'em up | GPL | GPL | |||
| Spring | 2005(?) | 2010 | RTS | GPL | Spring is a 3D engine for many RTS games. | ||
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | |||
| Supernova | 1987 | Text adventure | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
| StepMania | 2005(?) | Rhythm game | MIT | A DDR clone, the player must hit buttons or keys in time with the music. | |||
| Steel Storm: Episode I | 2010 | 2010 | Action | GPLv2 | CC-BY-NC-SA | An indie top-down arcade shooter with single-player, deathmatch, and co-op. | |
| SuperTux | 2003 | 2007 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | 2D platformer inspired by the Super Mario series. | |
| SuperTuxKart | 2006 | 2010 | Racing | GPL | GPL | Arcade racing game similar to Mario Kart. | |
| Teeworlds | 2007 | 2009 | Platformer | zlib | zlib | 2D side-scrolling shooter. | |
| Tenés Empanadas Graciela | 1996 | TBS | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | |||
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever | 2001 | 2001 | FPS, stealth | other | Proprietary | uses Lithtech 2.0 engine | |
| Thousand Parsec | 2002 | 2009 | TBS | GPL, LGPL | Framework for turn based space empire building games. | ||
| Tile World | 2002 | 2006 | Puzzle | GPL | GPL | Clone of Chip's Challenge | |
| TORCS | Racing | GPL | |||||
| Torus Trooper | 2004 | 2004 | Scroller | BSD | BSD | ||
| Tremulous | 2006 | FPS | GPL | CC-BY-SA<ref>http://svn.icculus.org/tremulous/trunk/COPYING?revision=775&view=markup</ref> | Alien VS human base building, defending, and attacking opposite team. | ||
| Tux Racer | 2000 | 2009 | Racing | GPL | GPL | ||
| Tux, of Math Command | 2001 | 2010 | Educational game | GPL | GPL | ||
| UFO: Alien Invasion | 2006 | 2010 | TBТ | GPL | GPL, CC BY-SA, CC Sampling+ | Inspired by the old XCOM-Series, but with 3D-combats on surface of earth | |
| UltraStar Deluxe | 2007 | 2009 | Music | GPL | GPL, CC | SingStar clone. | |
| Unknown Horizons | 2008 | 2010 | City-building game | GPL | GPL, CC, OFL | Genre-mix of city-building game and real-time strategy game inspired by the Anno series. | |
| Urban Terror | 2000 | 2007 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Multiplayer tactical shooter based on the id tech 3 engine. | |
| 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. | ||
| Vdrift | Racing | GPL | |||||
| Vega Strike | 2008 | 2008 | Space Sim | GPL | GPL | Elite clone. | |
| Warsow | 2005 | 2009 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | ||
| Warzone 2100 | 1999 | 2010 | RTS | GPLv2 | GPLv2, CC | 3D real-time strategy game with a unit design system | |
| Widelands | 2002 | 2010 | RTS | GPL | GPL | Widelands is a RTS similar to The Settlers II. | |
| Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 | FPS | Other | Proprietary | Game source released on July 21, 1995. | ||
| Word Whiz | 1988 | Educational game | GPL | GPL | Game source released on March 20, 2009. | ||
| World of Padman | 2007 | 2008 | FPS | GPL | Proprietary | Originally a Quake 3 modification. Became stand-alone in 2007, now runs on ioquake3. | |
| WorldForge | 1998 | 2010 | MMORPG | GPL | GPL | An open source framework for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. | |
| Wormux | 2002 | 2010 | TBS | GPL | GPL | Worms clone. | |
| Xbattle | 1991 | 1996 | RTS | Other<ref>ftp://ftp.prz.rzeszow.pl/pub/gentoo/portage/licenses/xbattle</ref> | |||
| Xconq | 1987 | 2005 | TBS | GPL | GPL | 4X strategy game engine. | |
| XEvil | 1994 | 2003 | Platformer | GPL | Fast paced side-scrolling action game. | ||
| Xonotic | FPS | GPL | GPL | A fork of the Game Nexuiz | |||
| XPilot | 1992 | Arcade | GPL | GPL | A multiplayer Asteroids-like game. | ||
| X-Moto | 2005 | 2010 | Platformer | GPL | GPL | ||
| Yo Frankie! | 2008 | Action-adventure | GPL/LGPL | Creative Commons |
Attrib. Original able before edits from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games on 01 mar 2011. Intend to use as framework to edit for Glompzilla purposes.
