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rwengine/openrw

OpenRW "Open ReWrite" is an un-official open source recreation of the classic Grand Theft Auto III game executable

Stack

C++ Qt CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #gta #gta3 #linux-game #macosx-game

Updated: 2025-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-29
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 117 open

2,220

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 2,016 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenXcom/OpenXcom

Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #openxcom-game #sdl #strategy-game-engine #turn-based-combat

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-25
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 84 open

2,215

stars

Forks: 579
Commits: 8,414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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UZDoom/UZDoom

UZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on GZDoom, adding an advanced renderer and powerful scripting capabilities

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-02-24
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 646 open

2,208

stars

Forks: 190
Commits: 23,895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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wheybags/freeablo

[ARCHIVED] Modern reimplementation of the Diablo 1 game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-04-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-08
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 63 open

2,170

stars

Forks: 196
Commits: 1,751 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CytopiaTeam/Cytopia

:deciduous_tree::house_with_garden::office::evergreen_tree: A city building simulation game

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#city-builder #pixel-art #sdl

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-20
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 94 open

2,157

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 2,871 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zeldaret/tp

Decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Stack

C++

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-29
History: 1 history point
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 34 open

2,016

stars

Forks: 196
Commits: 2,374 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nkzw-tech/athena-crisis

Athena Crisis is a modern-retro turn-based tactical strategy game. Athena Crisis is open core technology.

Stack

TypeScript Express React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#athena-crisis-is-awesome #css #gamedev #javascript #react #typescript

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-05-05
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

1,981

stars

Forks: 159
Commits: 1,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

keendreams/keen

Keen Dreams on Greenlight!

Stack

Updated: 2014-11-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-08
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 5 open

1,967

stars

Forks: 181
Commits: 8 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mgerdes/Open-Golf

A cross-platform minigolf game written in C.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#android #c #game #game-dev #game-development #gamedev

Updated: 2024-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

1,930

stars

Forks: 112
Commits: 412 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pioneerspacesim/pioneer

A game of lonely space adventure

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#3d #elite #exploration #frontier #game #newtonian

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-06-24
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 335 open

1,909

stars

Forks: 412
Commits: 22,335 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenLoco/OpenLoco

An open source re-implementation of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #game #hacktoberfest #help-wanted #linux

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-06
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 458 open

1,903

stars

Forks: 220
Commits: 4,217 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fishfolk/jumpy

Tactical 2D shooter in fishy pixels style. Made with Rust-lang 🦀 and Bevy 🪶

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #editor #fish-game #game #lua #modding

Updated: 2026-01-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-06-23
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 80 open

1,877

stars

Forks: 132
Commits: 1,187 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FreezingMoon/AncientBeast

The Turn Based Strategy Game/eSport. Master your beasts! 🐺

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#2d-game #chess #esport #game #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest2025

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-07-22
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 471 open

1,873

stars

Forks: 706
Commits: 6,311 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn

Archived

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#command-and-conquer #open-source #real-time-strategy #rts

Updated: 2025-02-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-27
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

1,809

stars

Forks: 649
Commits: 3 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia

Multiplayer top-down shooter made from scratch in C++. Web version: https://play.hypersomnia.io Made in 🇵🇱

AI dev

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d-game #2d-shooter #browser-game #cpp #editor #free-software

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-12
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,642

stars

Forks: 104
Commits: 10,125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Uriopass/Egregoria

3D City Builder without a grid

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #city-builder #emergent-behavior #game #gamedev #rust

Updated: 2025-06-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-06
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 32 open

1,639

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 2,224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

electronicarts/CnC_Renegade

Command and Conquer: Renegade

Archived

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#command-and-conquer #open-source #real-time-strategy #rts

Updated: 2025-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-27
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

1,630

stars

Forks: 634
Commits: 5 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

taisei-project/taisei

A free and open-source Touhou Project fangame

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#c #danmaku #game #glsl #opengl #sdl

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-12
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 33 open

1,616

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 4,723 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

freeciv/freeciv

Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Upstream repository for the standalone Freeciv client and server. Report bugs and submit patches at https://redmine.freeciv.org/projects/freeciv

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#freeciv

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-03-09
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

1,591

stars

Forks: 291
Commits: 32,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

unknown-horizons/unknown-horizons

Unknown Horizons official code repository

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#game #python #simulation #strategy

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2007-10-19
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 224 open

1,539

stars

Forks: 240
Commits: 16,464 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenKore/openkore

A free/open source client and automation tool for Ragnarok Online

Stack

Perl .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#ai #automation #bot #game #mmo #mmorpg

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-11-07
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 118 open

1,519

stars

Forks: 1,216
Commits: 13,120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tmewett/BrogueCE

Brogue: Community Edition - a community-lead fork of the much-loved minimalist roguelike game

Stack

GitHub topics

#brogue #dungeon #game #roguelike

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-01
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 211 open

1,455

stars

Forks: 165
Commits: 948 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Bixilon/Minosoft

An open source Minecraft reimplementation written from scratch. Mirror of https://gitlab.bixilon.de/bixilon/minosoft

Stack

Kotlin Gradle

GitHub topics

#java #kotlin #minecraft #networking #opengl #reversing

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-02
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

1,290

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 6,046 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods

Main development repository for Rigs of Rods soft-body physics simulator

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#airplanes #boats #cars #physics-simulation #sandbox-game #soft-bodies

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-06-11
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 236 open

1,240

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 6,702 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dpjudas/SurrealEngine

Unreal Engine 1 Reimplementation

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-02
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

1,103

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 2,340 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

OpenHV/OpenHV

An Open Source Pixelart Science-Fiction Real-Time-Strategy game

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #mod #multiplayer #openra #pixelart #retro

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-29
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 67 open

1,070

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 3,169 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

GitHub

freeorion/freeorion

Source code repository of the FreeOrion project.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#4x #freeorion #game #linux #macosx #multiplayer

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-29
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 521 open

1,039

stars

Forks: 180
Commits: 27,597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lethal-guitar/RigelEngine

A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cpp #cpp17 #cross-platform #entity-component-system #game #game-2d

Updated: 2024-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-01
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

1,002

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 2,638 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

dkfans/keeperfx

Open source remake and Fan Expansion of Dungeon Keeper.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK vcpkg

GitHub topics

#dungeon #dungeon-keeper #fan-expansion #game-development #open #rts

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-07
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 407 open

999

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 5,386 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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