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arx/ArxLibertatis

Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#arx-fatalis #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform #dungeon-crawler #game

Updated: 2024-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,096

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 21,738 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cxong/cdogs-sdl

Classic overhead run-and-gun game

Stack

C CMake Conan Poetry

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game #c #game #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-04-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 112 open

1,091

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 4,458 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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assaultcube/AC

AssaultCube

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-02-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2005-06-23
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 185 open

1,054

stars

Forks: 269
Commits: 8,278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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increpare/bfxr

Flash + AIR sound effects generator. Based on Sfxr.

Stack

ActionScript

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #sfx #sound-effects #sound-synthesis-processes

Updated: 2025-04-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-24
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

1,026

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mitallast/diablo-js

Isometric minimal-code style game at html5 canvas and javascript

Stack

Java Maven

Updated: 2022-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-06-23
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

1,006

stars

Forks: 255
Commits: 59 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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miki151/keeperrl

Source code of KeeperRL

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-10-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-13
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 719 open

1,005

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 7,163 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Aerolab/blockrain.js

HTML5 Tetris Game for jQuery

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2018-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

993

stars

Forks: 398
Commits: 102 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Quaint-Studios/Reia

RPG game action-adventure MMO built with Godot and Rust.

Stack

GDScript Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-game #action-game #adventure #crossplatform #desktop

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-10
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 16 open

971

stars

Forks: 64
Commits: 1,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Mudlet/Mudlet

⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus-17 #cpp #cross-platform #game #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 986 open

914

stars

Forks: 384
Commits: 8,772 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

qiciengine/qiciengine

A free JavaScript game engine library with a web-based comprehensive suite of toolset for making HTML5 games. http://www.qiciengine.com

Updated: 2016-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

908

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nzp-team/nzportable

Call of Duty: Zombies demake, powered by various Quake sourceports. https://docs.nzp.gay/

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-08
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 213 open

837

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

id-Software/DOOM-iOS

DOOM Classic for iOS Source Release

Stack

Updated: 2023-01-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-31
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

836

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 2 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K

Open source RTS game running on the Spring/Recoil engine

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #game #gamedev #lua #modding #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-06
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,265 open

827

stars

Forks: 253
Commits: 20,763 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ddnet/ddnet

DDraceNetwork, a free cooperative platformer game

Stack

C++ Android Warp Cargo CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d-game #ddnet #game #hacktoberfest #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2007-05-22
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,032 open

825

stars

Forks: 660
Commits: 25,616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

oxygine/oxygine-framework

Oxygine is C++ engine and framework for 2D games on iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and Mac

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2024-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-23
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 36 open

815

stars

Forks: 174
Commits: 1,229 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

adityaravishankar/command-and-conquer

Command & Conquer in HTML5/Javascript

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2020-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-20
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

809

stars

Forks: 191
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ekelokorpi/panda-engine

Panda Engine - HTML5 Game Engine

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2020-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-22
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 16 open

769

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 1,425 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

grayj/Jedi-Academy

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2013-04-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

758

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 2 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

solarus-games/solarus

This repository was moved to GitLab: https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #solarus #zelda

Updated: 2018-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-07-27
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 196 open

732

stars

Forks: 139
Commits: 8,980 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

oil-oil/wolfcha

AI-powered Werewolf (Mafia) social deduction game where every player is controlled by top LLMs like DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemini, and more

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Next.js React Svelte Tailwind CSS npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#ai-agent #ai-game #llm #multiplayer-game #nextjs #open-source

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-19
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 16 open

730

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

arianne/stendhal

Stendhal is a fun friendly and free multiplayer online adventure game with an old school feel.

Stack

Java Android Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#game #game-server #java #mmorpg #rpg

Updated: 2026-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-01-28
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 143 open

703

stars

Forks: 226
Commits: 39,362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

frogatto/frogatto

Frogatto & Friends is an action-adventure game, starring a certain quixotic frog.

Stack

Ruby

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-06-26
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 166 open

701

stars

Forks: 124
Commits: 15,658 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

particle-clicker/particle-clicker

An addictive incremental game that teaches players the history of high energy particle physics

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2024-04-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-31
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

685

stars

Forks: 250
Commits: 251 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pokerth/pokerth

PokerTH is a poker game written in C++/Qt.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#board-game #card-game #cpp #cross-platform #family-game #game-server

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-01-13
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

684

stars

Forks: 264
Commits: 5,245 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

stuntrally/stuntrally

NOTE: development in stuntrally3 repo. 3D racing game based on VDrift and OGRE with own Track Editor. The main repository with Stunt Rally 2.x sources and data.

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#3d #bullet-physics #c-plus-plus #car #cmake #cpp

Updated: 2024-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-19
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 22 open

646

stars

Forks: 132
Commits: 6,132 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Kuberwastaken/backdooms

A self-contained game that fits inside a QR code inspired by DOOM 1993 and The Backrooms

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#doom #game #minification #qrcode #thebackrooms

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

641

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MattSurabian/DuckHunt-JS

DuckHunt ported to JS and HTML5

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#audio #canvas #duck-hunt #game #gsap #javascript

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-17
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

633

stars

Forks: 290
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenFodder/openfodder

Open Fodder: An open source port of Cannon Fodder

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#amiga #cannon-fodder #dos #game

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-06
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

606

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 1,634 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wwwtyro/Astray

A WebGL maze game built with Three.js and Box2dWeb.

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2023-04-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-15
History: 6 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 14 open

606

stars

Forks: 369
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

libSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #gamedev #graphics #sdl #sdl-image #sdl-mixer

Updated: 2025-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

599

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 820 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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