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a-nikolaev/curseofwar

A Real Time Strategy game for Linux.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2024-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

363

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 126 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Open-KO/KnightOnline

OpenKO is an open source version of the old school Knight Online MMORPG. Specifically designed for version 1.298.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#directx #game #knight-online #mmorpg

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 47 open

359

stars

Forks: 230
Commits: 1,170 commits
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dmcinnes/HTML5-Asteroids

Pure Javascript Asteroids

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#asteroids #asteroids-game #html5 #html5-asteroids #html5-canvas #html5-game

Updated: 2024-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-01-31
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

355

stars

Forks: 334
Commits: 58 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

blinry/gish

Open Source version of the award-winning physics platformer

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-01-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

353

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 176 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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MustaphaTR/Romanovs-Vengeance

Romanov's Vengeance is an OpenRA mod based on Red Alert 2.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-10
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 22 open

336

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 4,137 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xlgames-inc/XLE

XLE -- the "hackable" 3D game rendering engine

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2022-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-12-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

336

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 6,572 commits
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Andrettin/Wyrmsun

Strategy game based on history, mythology and fiction

Stack

Lua CMake

Updated: 2025-04-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-05
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 36 open

332

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 7,473 commits
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David20321/FTJ

This is a game that was created for FTJ 2012 ("F This Jam")

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2018-10-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-09
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

326

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 189 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AquariaOSE/Aquaria

Aquaria open source, forked from icculus.org due to inactivity. Has many enhancements compared to the original version.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game

Updated: 2026-05-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-03
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 38 open

325

stars

Forks: 85
Commits: 625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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grayj/Jedi-Outcast

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Stack

C++

Updated: 2013-04-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

319

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 2 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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victords/super-bombinhas

A 2D platformer written in Ruby.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-26
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

314

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 793 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lpinca/binb

:notes: Competitive, multiplayer, realtime, guess the song game

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2025-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

308

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 303 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tizian/Cendric2

2D Game

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-03-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-05
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

308

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 2,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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divVerent/aaaaxy

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

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

298

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 4,217 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openlierox/openlierox

OpenLieroX - Liero clone / Worms realtime / 2D shooter

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-10-24
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 202 open

295

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 8,721 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dalerank/caesaria-game

Caesar III (Open source remake)

Stack

C Qt CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2017-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-09
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

294

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 4,813 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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taisel/IodineGBA

JavaScript GameBoy Advance emulator.

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy-advance-emulator #javascript

Updated: 2023-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-06
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

291

stars

Forks: 166
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kenrick95/c4

🔴🔵 Connect Four game in JS + Canvas

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#connect-four #game-2d #html5-canvas #html5-game #typescript-game #web-game

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-27
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

280

stars

Forks: 102
Commits: 241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tiehuis/2048-cli

The game 2048 for your Linux terminal (https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/2048)

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#2048 #ncurses #terminal #terminal-game

Updated: 2024-01-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-12
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

270

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

the3dfxdude/7kaa

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries - Go to the main source repository at https://sourceforge.net/projects/skfans/ for source code and builds

Archived

Stack

C++

Updated: 2023-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

266

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 2,182 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

operasoftware/Emberwind

HTML5 port of the indie platform game Emberwind.

Stack

JavaScript

Updated: 2012-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-04
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

265

stars

Forks: 68
Commits: 9 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

KeenSoftwareHouse/Miner-Wars-2081

Miner Wars 2081 Official source codes

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2013-10-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

261

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 25 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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instead-hub/instead

INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Interpreter

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #interactive-fiction #lua #quests

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-02-21
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

258

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 3,846 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ValyriaTear/ValyriaTear

Open Source J-RPG (Based on the Hero of Allacrost engine)

Stack

Lua CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 36 open

257

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 3,475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Lyndir/Gorillas

An iPhone (or iPod touch) port of the popular old QBasic game with spunk!

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2014-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-12-03
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

248

stars

Forks: 95
Commits: 337 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

akien-mga/dynadungeons

Bomberman clone using Godot Engine - Not actively developed since 2015.

Stack

GDScript

GitHub topics

#bomberman #foss #free-software #game-clone #gamedev #gdscript

Updated: 2024-04-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

241

stars

Forks: 42
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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H-uru/Plasma

Cyan Worlds's Plasma game engine

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #hacktoberfest #myst #plasma #uru

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-12
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 128 open

235

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 6,808 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jeroenverfallie/ggo13-transcube

Transcube - A Blocky Puzzle Platformer

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2018-12-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-14
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 6 open

233

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Cirrus-Minor/witchblast

Roguelite dungeon crawler game

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2023-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

227

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 1,621 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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raceintospace/raceintospace

This is the GitHub home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game in 1993 and a CD-ROM in 1994. It was open-sourced in 2005 and a number of improvements have been made over the original.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#lunar #lunar-lander #moon #probe #race #satellite

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-16
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 141 open

226

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 2,676 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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