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CodeArtemis/TriggerRally

Trigger Rally Online Edition - fast arcade rally racing

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2026-01-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-14
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 44 open

373

stars

Forks: 164
Commits: 704 commits
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a-nikolaev/curseofwar

A Real Time Strategy game for Linux.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2024-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

367

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 126 commits
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Open-KO/KnightOnline

OpenKO is an open source version of the old school Knight Online MMORPG. Specifically designed for version 1.298.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#directx #game #knight-online #mmorpg

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 47 open

359

stars

Forks: 230
Commits: 1,170 commits
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blinry/gish

Open Source version of the award-winning physics platformer

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-01-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-30
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

356

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 176 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dmcinnes/HTML5-Asteroids

Pure Javascript Asteroids

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#asteroids #asteroids-game #html5 #html5-asteroids #html5-canvas #html5-game

Updated: 2024-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-01-31
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

355

stars

Forks: 336
Commits: 58 commits
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Website GitHub

MustaphaTR/Romanovs-Vengeance

Romanov's Vengeance is an OpenRA mod based on Red Alert 2.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-10
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 22 open

343

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 4,137 commits
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xlgames-inc/XLE

XLE -- the "hackable" 3D game rendering engine

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2022-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-12-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

337

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 6,572 commits
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Andrettin/Wyrmsun

Strategy game based on history, mythology and fiction

Stack

Lua CMake

Updated: 2025-04-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-05
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 36 open

332

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 7,473 commits
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AquariaOSE/Aquaria

Aquaria open source, forked from icculus.org due to inactivity. Has many enhancements compared to the original version.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-03
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 39 open

328

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

David20321/FTJ

This is a game that was created for FTJ 2012 ("F This Jam")

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2018-10-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-09
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

326

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 189 commits
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grayj/Jedi-Outcast

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Stack

C++

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

321

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 2 commits
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victords/super-bombinhas

A 2D platformer written in Ruby.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-26
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

314

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 793 commits
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lpinca/binb

:notes: Competitive, multiplayer, realtime, guess the song game

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2025-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

309

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 303 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tizian/Cendric2

2D Game

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-03-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-05
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

309

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 2,602 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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divVerent/aaaaxy

A nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces.

Stack

Go Android Cobra gRPC Go Go modules Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #game #game-development #impossible-spaces #jumpnrun #non-euclidean

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-24
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 8 open

304

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 4,228 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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openlierox/openlierox

OpenLieroX - Liero clone / Worms realtime / 2D shooter

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-10-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 201 open

302

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 8,725 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dalerank/caesaria-game

Caesar III (Open source remake)

Stack

C Qt CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-09
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

298

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 4,813 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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taisel/IodineGBA

JavaScript GameBoy Advance emulator.

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy-advance-emulator #javascript

Updated: 2023-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-06
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

296

stars

Forks: 167
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kenrick95/c4

🔴🔵 Connect Four game in JS + Canvas

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#connect-four #game-2d #html5-canvas #html5-game #typescript-game #web-game

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

281

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 270 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tiehuis/2048-cli

The game 2048 for your Linux terminal (https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/2048)

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#2048 #ncurses #terminal #terminal-game

Updated: 2024-01-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

271

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

the3dfxdude/7kaa

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries - Go to the main source repository at https://sourceforge.net/projects/skfans/ for source code and builds

Archived

Stack

C++

Updated: 2023-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-09-09
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

266

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 2,182 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

operasoftware/Emberwind

HTML5 port of the indie platform game Emberwind.

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2012-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

265

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 9 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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KeenSoftwareHouse/Miner-Wars-2081

Miner Wars 2081 Official source codes

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2013-10-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-07
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

260

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 25 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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instead-hub/instead

INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Interpreter

AI dev

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #interactive-fiction #lua #quests

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-02-21
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

258

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 3,971 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ValyriaTear/ValyriaTear

Open Source J-RPG (Based on the Hero of Allacrost engine)

Stack

Lua CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-15
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 36 open

255

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 3,475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Lyndir/Gorillas

An iPhone (or iPod touch) port of the popular old QBasic game with spunk!

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2014-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-12-03
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

248

stars

Forks: 95
Commits: 337 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

akien-mga/dynadungeons

Bomberman clone using Godot Engine - Not actively developed since 2015.

Stack

GDScript

GitHub topics

#bomberman #foss #free-software #game-clone #gamedev #gdscript

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

243

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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H-uru/Plasma

Cyan Worlds's Plasma game engine

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #hacktoberfest #myst #plasma #uru

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 137 open

236

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 6,844 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jeroenverfallie/ggo13-transcube

Transcube - A Blocky Puzzle Platformer

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2018-12-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-14
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 6 open

233

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

raceintospace/raceintospace

This is the GitHub home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game in 1993 and a CD-ROM in 1994. It was open-sourced in 2005 and a number of improvements have been made over the original.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#lunar #lunar-lander #moon #probe #race #satellite

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-16
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 142 open

230

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 2,756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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