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lo-th/Oimo.js

Lightweight 3d physics engine for javascript

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2021-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-17
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

3,172

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Forks: 305
Commits: 549 commits
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cocos2d/cocos2d-html5

Cocos2d for Web Browsers. Built using JavaScript.

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2024-01-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 251 open

3,156

stars

Forks: 891
Commits: 8,714 commits
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SuperTux/supertux

SuperTux source code

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #games #opengl #sdl #sdl3

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-09
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 371 open

3,137

stars

Forks: 601
Commits: 14,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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mangos/MaNGOS

This is the master Information repository for MaNGOS

Updated: 2026-03-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-26
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

3,106

stars

Forks: 1,360
Commits: 7,253 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Gamua/Starling-Framework

The Cross Platform Game Engine

Stack

ActionScript

GitHub topics

#actionscript #adobe-air #as3 #flash #gpu #starling

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-26
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 97 open

3,092

stars

Forks: 816
Commits: 2,296 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

DescentDevelopers/Descent3

Descent 3 by Outrage Entertainment

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cplusplus #game-engine

Updated: 2026-01-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-16
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 45 open

3,005

stars

Forks: 285
Commits: 1,603 commits
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crawl/crawl

Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup official repository

Stack

C++ Android .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-08-13
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 437 open

2,989

stars

Forks: 1,723
Commits: 74,783 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

KeenSoftwareHouse/SpaceEngineers

No description.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-01-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-13
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 245 open

2,980

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Forks: 887
Commits: 403 commits
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0ad/0ad

[DEPRECATED] Git mirror of the 0 A.D. SVN source code (migrated to https://gitea.wildfiregames.com on August 20th 2024)

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2024-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-11-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

2,823

stars

Forks: 538
Commits: 29,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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itchio/itch

🎮 The best way to play your itch.io games

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 371 open

2,810

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 8,863 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ioquake/ioq3

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

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

2,804

stars

Forks: 613
Commits: 3,794 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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teeworlds/teeworlds

A retro multiplayer shooter

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #game #linux #macos #multiplayer

Updated: 2025-07-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-05-22
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 361 open

2,638

stars

Forks: 651
Commits: 6,560 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

piqnt/stage.js

2D HTML5 rendering and layout engine for game development

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#game #game-2d #html5 #html5-game-development #javascript

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-17
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

2,570

stars

Forks: 245
Commits: 623 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Hextris/hextris

Fast paced HTML5 puzzle game inspired by Tetris!

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2023-05-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-05-17
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 28 open

2,434

stars

Forks: 1,102
Commits: 1,735 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

slembcke/Chipmunk2D

A fast and lightweight 2D game physics library.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-physics #c #rigid-body

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-05-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

2,404

stars

Forks: 362
Commits: 1,477 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

JACoders/OpenJK

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

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 279 open

2,287

stars

Forks: 716
Commits: 4,675 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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justinmeister/Mario-Level-1

The first level of Super Mario Bros made with Python and Pygame.

Stack

Python pip

Updated: 2023-04-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-05
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 32 open

2,233

stars

Forks: 760
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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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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

HaxeFlixel/flixel

Free, cross-platform 2D game engine powered by Haxe and OpenFL

Stack

Haxe

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #cross-platform #flixel #game-engine #haxe #haxeflixel

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-25
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 302 open

2,196

stars

Forks: 519
Commits: 6,677 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

freeciv/freeciv-web

Freeciv-web is an Open Source strategy game implemented in HTML5 and WebGL, which can be played online against other players, or in single player mode against AI opponents.

Stack

JavaScript Maven npm pip

GitHub topics

#blender #canvas #freeciv #html5 #javascript #webgl

Updated: 2026-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-02-28
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 98 open

2,189

stars

Forks: 377
Commits: 5,819 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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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munificent/hauberk

A web-based roguelike written in Dart.

Stack

Dart Shelf Dart Pub

Updated: 2026-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-19
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 17 open

2,168

stars

Forks: 214
Commits: 1,116 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

liballeg/allegro5

The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 392 open

2,119

stars

Forks: 320
Commits: 12,173 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stepmania/stepmania

Advanced rhythm game for Windows, Linux and OS X. Designed for both home and arcade use.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #lua #rhythm-game #stepmania

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-10-18
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 572 open

2,094

stars

Forks: 477
Commits: 36,144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

evennia/evennia

Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system

AI dev

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 123 open

2,090

stars

Forks: 766
Commits: 10,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sharkdp/cube-composer

A puzzle game inspired by functional programming

Stack

PureScript npm

GitHub topics

#browser-game #functional-programming #game #programming-exercise #purescript #puzzle

Updated: 2022-12-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

2,047

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 192 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ppy/osu-framework

A game framework written with osu! in mind.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-frameworks #hacktoberfest #osu

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 473 open

1,999

stars

Forks: 495
Commits: 26,322 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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

flibitijibibo/RogueLegacy1

Rogue Legacy Source Code

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-08-14
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

1,905

stars

Forks: 171
Commits: 22 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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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