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Freely downloadable game software applies to computer games that can be legally played and downloaded by users free of charge. It does not necessarily have to be freeware, freely distributable or hosted by sites other than the company that made it, or open source.

Games that are free but suggest a donation or fee, or require purchase for extended play time, new content and other features, are Shareware and merely an example version of a full game, sometimes known as a demo. This list is for freely downloadable, full-version games. See List of shareware games for a list of Shareware games. --all games are listed alphabetically--

List of free, open-source games

The difference between these and other free games is that they are under a license such as the GNU General Public License or other similar licenses and their source code is freely available and can be modified by anyone with the necessary programming skills and a source code editor program such as the freely available Visual C++ Express. These games are all made exclusively with open content. Because the source code is available and modifications can be freely (re)distributed, most of these titles will run on many platforms.

Arianne is an open source MMORPG in development and a framework to develop new online games.
Armagetron is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game.
Avanor is an open source roguelike game.
Battle for Wesnoth
is an open source strategy game with RPG elements resembling the Battle Isle series, but in a fantasy setting with elves, dwarves, orcs and mermen .
Beats of Rage
inspiration in the classic Streets of Rage
.
Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid - A platform game where Bob the Blob must rescue the Blob MIAs. Many stages, intricate gameplay. Not yet complete, but very playable. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php
Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command and Conquer or StarCraft
. It is designed to run on Unix (Linux) computers, and is built on top of the KDE, Qt and kdegames libraries.
Bygfoot is a football management game.
BZFlag
is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.
' is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter

Charred Dirt is an open source Scorched Earth
clone that represents the original very well. http://www.charreddirt.com/

ClanBomber is a free Bomberman clone at http://clanbomber.sourceforge.net/

CodeRED: Alien Arena, fully functioned free deathmatch shooter that runs on Windows and Linux, and features standard deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and all out assault, in a funky 50's era sci-fi atmosphere.

Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris
Attack at http://aluminumangel.org/attack/

Crossfire is an open source MMORPG.

Cube is an open source first person shooter at http://www.cubeengine.com/

Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone at http://www.karimmi.de/cuyo/ (German).

Daimonin is an Isometric MMORPG based on Crossfire in its first Beta.

Devet is a multiplatform strategy/puzzle game at http://devet.tuzsuzov.com/

Discordi is a free online multiplayer game based off of the once popular "Cosmic Consensus," and can be downloaded at http://www.discordi.com/

Enigma, an Oxyd clone with an unusual premise.

Freeciv
is a clone of the game Civilization.

FreeDoom is an open content Doom
game.

FreeOrion is a free Master of Orion
inspired game at http://www.freeorion.org/

Frozen Bubble
, can be downloaded at http://www.frozen-bubble.org

GGZ Gaming Zone develops game servers and clients and provides online gaming services

Glest is an Real-Time Strategy game like Warcraft or Command & Conquer. Linux: http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uxsm/glest/ Windows: http://www.glest.org/

Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy , which minimizes micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to the units.

Good vs Bad 2 is a multiplayer fps/rts hybrid.

Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike using SDL

Several games are included in KDE, the Kdegames packages; for instance:

*KAsteroids

*KAtomic

*KBounce

*Kolf

*KSokoban

Lentilwars is a 2D "quasi-isometric" arcade shooter written in Free Pascal.

Liquid War is a multiplayer wargame available at http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/.

NetHack is a popular free RPG available at http://www.nethack.org.

Nexuiz
is a highly polished multiplayer first person shooter available at http://www.nexuiz.com/

Openglad is a port of the DOS Gauntlet-style game Gladiator at http://snowstorm.sf.net.

OpenTTD is an open source implementation of the 1990s classic Transport Tycoon. Home at http://www.openttd.com/

Pingus
, a Lemmings clone with animated penguins.

Project: Starfighter - A two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot. http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php

Raptor is a space shoot-em-up game at http://raptorv2.sf.net

Scorched3D, a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth
. Available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems. http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/

' is a tetris game, featuring vector graphics, smooth movements and rotations of the figure, sub-pixel accuracy and motion blur, all done with software rendering. It is written in Free Pascal.
Spice Trade is an an open source (LGPL), Java based adventure/rpg game that can be downloaded (with source code) from http://www.spicetrade.org/download.html
The Ur-Quan Masters is an open-source free port of Star Control II
based on the source code and media files of the 3DO version of the game - http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
StepMania simulates dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution
.
SuperTux classic 2D jump and run game.
Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge
made by Brian Raiter.
Tux Racer
, a 3D OpenGL racing game starring the Linux mascot.
Tyrant, a graphical Roguelike Java adventure game.
UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens. http://www.ufoai.net/
Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game. http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/
XEvil, a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence. http://www.xevil.com/

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