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jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II

A running-jumping-swordfighting game I made on the Apple II from 1985-89

Stack

Assembly

Updated: 2024-09-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-17
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

6,907

stars

Forks: 744
Commits: 23 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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wesnoth/wesnoth

An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#fantasy #free #game #opensource #strategy-game #turn-based-strategy

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-15
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,500 open

6,873

stars

Forks: 1,242
Commits: 87,600 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenMW/openmw

OpenMW is an open-source open-world RPG game engine that supports playing Morrowind. Main repo and issue tracker can be found here: https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/

Stack

C++ Qt CMake pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #foss #morrowind #open-source #openmw #rpg-engine

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-06-22
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

6,560

stars

Forks: 1,112
Commits: 38,750 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use. It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou.

Stack

Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #game #game-development #ios #java #libgdx

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-26
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

6,512

stars

Forks: 1,612
Commits: 9,061 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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melonjs/melonJS

a modern & lightweight HTML5 game engine

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #canvas2d #contributions-welcome #es6 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-04-11
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

6,405

stars

Forks: 663
Commits: 7,992 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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fogleman/Minecraft

Simple Minecraft-inspired program using Python and Pyglet

Stack

Python

Updated: 2023-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 94 open

5,442

stars

Forks: 1,286
Commits: 65 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy

Written in C++ and using SDL, The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat.

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#cellular-automata #game #powder #powder-toy #sandbox #simulation

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-25
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 40 open

5,365

stars

Forks: 912
Commits: 6,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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supertuxkart/stk-code

The code base of SuperTuxKart

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-05-27
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 522 open

5,351

stars

Forks: 1,225
Commits: 23,877 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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turbulenz/turbulenz_engine

Turbulenz is a modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers, desktops and mobile devices.

Stack

TypeScript

Updated: 2023-05-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

5,106

stars

Forks: 519
Commits: 1,737 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

XProger/OpenLara

Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#openlara #tombraider

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-13
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 164 open

5,081

stars

Forks: 411
Commits: 1,446 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gameplay3d/gameplay

Open-source, cross-platform, C++ game engine for creating 2D/3D games.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #engine #open-source #vulkan

Updated: 2025-02-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-16
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

4,933

stars

Forks: 1,310
Commits: 4,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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urho3d/urho3d

Game engine

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #3d-graphics #angelscript #cpp #cpp17

Updated: 2023-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,774

stars

Forks: 1,016
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AlexNisnevich/untrusted

A meta-JavaScript adventure game by Alex Nisnevich and Greg Shuflin.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2025-05-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-03-09
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

4,667

stars

Forks: 722
Commits: 1,187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TTimo/doom3.gpl

Doom 3 GPL source release

Stack

C++ .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2022-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-11-22
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

4,640

stars

Forks: 1,766
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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kripken/ammo.js

Direct port of the Bullet physics engine to JavaScript using Emscripten

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-05-29
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 177 open

4,577

stars

Forks: 579
Commits: 438 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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CorsixTH/CorsixTH

Open source clone of Theme Hospital

Stack

Lua CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#game #opensource #remake #strategy-game #theme-hospital

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-07-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 251 open

4,555

stars

Forks: 428
Commits: 5,698 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine

A complete 3-D game development suite written in Java.

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game-engine-3d #hacktoberfest #java #jme3 #jmonkeyengine #jmonkeyengine3

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-14
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 270 open

4,325

stars

Forks: 1,176
Commits: 9,030 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason

Main game repository for Beyond All Reason.

AI dev

Stack

Lua

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 772 open

4,202

stars

Forks: 668
Commits: 30,853 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cocos2d/cocos2d-objc

Cocos2d for iOS and OS X, built using Objective-C

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2021-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-06-02
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 191 open

4,036

stars

Forks: 1,147
Commits: 8,334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

spring/spring

A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/

Stack

C++ CMake Maven

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #lua #opengl #real-time-strategy #rts

Updated: 2024-03-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-05-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

3,992

stars

Forks: 866
Commits: 28,426 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

watabou/pixel-dungeon

Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface

Stack

Java

Updated: 2019-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-26
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 58 open

3,982

stars

Forks: 1,282
Commits: 25 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Warzone2100/warzone2100

Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #campaign #cheats #cmake #freebsd #game

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-01-18
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 609 open

3,950

stars

Forks: 615
Commits: 22,248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

NetHack/NetHack

Official NetHack Git Repository

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c #game #roguelike

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2002-01-05
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 143 open

3,905

stars

Forks: 621
Commits: 19,268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 462 open

3,898

stars

Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,246 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenKinect/libfreenect

Drivers and libraries for the Xbox Kinect device on Windows, Linux, and OS X

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Maven

Updated: 2024-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-10
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 149 open

3,844

stars

Forks: 1,174
Commits: 735 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wellcaffeinated/PhysicsJS

A modular, extendable, and easy-to-use physics engine for javascript

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2019-03-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

3,716

stars

Forks: 407
Commits: 527 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

EpicGames/Signup

Information about signing up for a free Epic Games account, and getting access to UnrealEngine source code.

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-14
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

3,690

stars

Forks: 2,775
Commits: 8 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

craftyjs/Crafty

JavaScript Game Engine

Stack

JavaScript React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#games #javascript

Updated: 2023-11-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-05
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

3,613

stars

Forks: 559
Commits: 2,162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AtomicGameEngine/AtomicGameEngine

The Atomic Game Engine is a multi-platform 2D and 3D engine with a consistent API in C++, C#, JavaScript, and TypeScript

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #cplusplus #csharp #game-development #game-engine #ios

Updated: 2024-03-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 394 open

3,483

stars

Forks: 589
Commits: 3,398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

GarageGames/Torque3D

MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 372 open

3,366

stars

Forks: 1,185
Commits: 3,540 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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