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I'm usually a fan of open source games but rarely do they manage to be actually great. People like giving recommendations like Super Tux Kart that haven't aged well and don't play well. What are some open source games that are legitimately good that I've missed?

My favorites are:

  • Mindustry

  • Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart

  • Powder Toy

  • GZDoom (and all the amazing mods for it)

  • Veloren (even though it's still in alpha)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

https://veloren.net/ is a voxel MMO and it is already very playable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sauerbraten

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

ScummVM supports many many games. Some people might think it's an emulator, but it's actually a collection of reverse engineered game engines.

eDuke32 and other Build Engine source ports

[–] bionicjoey 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OpenRCT (not totally free but a damn impressive project nonetheless)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

OpenRCT is free iirc! You can just get the RCT2 demo for the assets OpenRCT needs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Unciv is pretty cool and portable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My favorite: cataclysm dda, flare rpg, oolite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Barotrauma is source available (no commercial, public use, restricted for game modding and contributions) Librerama is dumbways to die style minigames

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

KeeperRL is a lighter Dwarf-Fortress like game where you play as a Monster making a Dungeon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

zero-k is really good rts. Its similiar to supreme commander

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

ClassicUO is a nice open source client for Ultima Online. Need to have the game assets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Taisei Project for Touhou and other 2D bullet-hell shooter fans (I recommend installing it instead of playing online).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice list of games with screenshots at the bottom of the Warfork website https://warfork.com/#viewvault

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Warfork is my favorite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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