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Awesome Open Source Games

Collection of Games that have the source code available on GitHub

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godotengine/godot

Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

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C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #gamedev #godot #godotengine #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-10
License: MIT
Issues: 18,869 open

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Forks: 26,688
Commits: 86,363 commits
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phaserjs/phaser

Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

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JavaScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #discord-activities #facebook-instant-games #game-development #game-frameworks #gamedev

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-12
License: MIT
Issues: 131 open

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Forks: 7,153
Commits: 20,972 commits
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BabylonJS/Babylon.js

Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.

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TypeScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#3d #babylon #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #typescript

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-06-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 22 open

25,980

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Forks: 3,679
Commits: 47,689 commits
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libgdx/libgdx

Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

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Java Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #android #cross-platform #framework #game

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-06
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 338 open

25,384

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Forks: 6,528
Commits: 15,648 commits
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cocos2d/cocos2d-x

Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

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C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cocos2d #cocos2d-x #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-06
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,604 open

19,170

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Forks: 7,051
Commits: 37,362 commits
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playcanvas/engine

Powerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF

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JavaScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#3d-gaussian-splatting #3dgs #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gaussian-splatting

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-24
License: MIT
Issues: 526 open

16,593

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Forks: 1,967
Commits: 13,450 commits
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SFTtech/openage

Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

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Python CMake pip

GitHub topics

#age-of-empires #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #cpp20 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-22
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 215 open

14,426

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Forks: 1,265
Commits: 5,817 commits
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MonoGame/MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

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C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d #c-sharp #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-02
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 752 open

14,345

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Forks: 3,104
Commits: 13,714 commits
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mapeditor/tiled

Flexible level editor

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C++ CMake Maven npm

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #editor #game #game-development #hacktoberfest #java

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-05-05
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 833 open

12,843

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Forks: 1,952
Commits: 7,108 commits
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endless-sky/endless-sky

Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

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C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d-game #adventure-game #arcade-game #c-plus-plus #cpp #endless-sky

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-01
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 918 open

7,552

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Forks: 1,309
Commits: 9,953 commits
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00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use. It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou.

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Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #game #game-development #ios #java #libgdx

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-26
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

6,512

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Forks: 1,612
Commits: 9,061 commits
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melonjs/melonJS

a modern & lightweight HTML5 game engine

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JavaScript React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #canvas2d #contributions-welcome #es6 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-04-11
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

6,376

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Forks: 662
Commits: 7,902 commits
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urho3d/urho3d

Game engine

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C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #3d-graphics #angelscript #cpp #cpp17

Updated: 2023-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-02
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

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Forks: 1,013
Commits: 10,578 commits
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MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

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Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 459 open

3,898

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Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,233 commits
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AtomicGameEngine/AtomicGameEngine

The Atomic Game Engine is a multi-platform 2D and 3D engine with a consistent API in C++, C#, JavaScript, and TypeScript

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C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #cplusplus #csharp #game-development #game-engine #ios

Updated: 2024-03-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-24
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 394 open

3,473

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Forks: 587
Commits: 3,398 commits
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itchio/itch

🎮 The best way to play your itch.io games

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TypeScript Electron React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#electron #game-development #itchio #typescript

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-08
License: MIT
Issues: 371 open

2,810

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Forks: 259
Commits: 8,863 commits
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ioquake/ioq3

The ioquake3 community effort to continue supporting/developing id's Quake III Arena

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#fps #fps-engine #fps-game #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-31
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

2,804

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Forks: 613
Commits: 3,794 commits
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JACoders/OpenJK

Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #fps #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 279 open

2,287

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Forks: 716
Commits: 4,675 commits
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liballeg/allegro5

The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

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C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #audio #c #game-development #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-05-14
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 392 open

2,119

stars

Forks: 320
Commits: 12,173 commits
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evennia/evennia

Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system

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Python Django Django REST Framework Jupyter Tornado PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#based #django #engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 123 open

2,090

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Forks: 766
Commits: 10,517 commits
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TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia

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

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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
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,642

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Forks: 104
Commits: 10,125 commits
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ellisonleao/clumsy-bird

:bird: :video_game: A MelonJS port of the famous Flappy Bird Game

Archived

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JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#flappy-bird #game #game-development #javascript #melonjs

Updated: 2018-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-04
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

1,620

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Forks: 1,103
Commits: 251 commits
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AdamsLair/duality

a 2D Game Development Framework

Archived

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C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #csharp #dotnet #duality #framework #game-development

Updated: 2025-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-21
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

1,423

stars

Forks: 288
Commits: 3,603 commits
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Unvanquished/Unvanquished

Unvanquished is a free and open source FPS/RTS hybrid game powered by the Daemon game engine. Historically based on Tremulous as a continuation with decades of work over it.

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C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #daemon-game #fps-game #game #game-development #glm

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-29
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 676 open

1,122

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Forks: 181
Commits: 14,131 commits
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increpare/bfxr

Flash + AIR sound effects generator. Based on Sfxr.

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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
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

1,026

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Forks: 89
Commits: 107 commits
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city41/breakouts

A collection of JS engine implementations of Breakout

Archived

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JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #javascript #javascript-game

Updated: 2023-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-04
License: Unknown
Issues: 17 open

542

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 236 commits
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divVerent/aaaaxy

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

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Go Android Cobra gRPC Go Go modules Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-24
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

298

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Forks: 16
Commits: 4,217 commits
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TheYellowArchitect/doubledamnation

Exclusively Co-Op Metroidvania with Movement as smooth as Smash Bros Melee

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GitHub topics

#csharp #game #game-development #metroidvania #platformer #smash-bros

Updated: 2022-09-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-11
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 53 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 28 commits
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Default branch: main
Last pushed: 2026-09-08
GitHub updated: 2026-09-16
Created: 2021-12-26
First commit: 2012-01-05
Last scanned: 2026-09-16 10:50
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