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leereilly/games

Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.

Archived

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #games #html5-games

Updated: 2025-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-05
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

24,947

stars

Forks: 3,540
Commits: 651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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SFML/SFML

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#audio #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #games #graphics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 153 open

11,992

stars

Forks: 1,903
Commits: 3,961 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2

An open source re-implementation of Diablo 2

Archived

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#2d #arpg #diablo #diablo2 #engine #game

Updated: 2021-10-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-22
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

11,089

stars

Forks: 868
Commits: 1,490 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

pterodactyl/panel

Pterodactyl® is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.

Stack

PHP Laravel React Symfony Tailwind CSS Composer npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#docker #free #games #golang #laravel #management-system

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-06
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 179 open

9,210

stars

Forks: 2,666
Commits: 4,751 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AssetRipper/AssetRipper

GUI application to analyze game files

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#csharp #games #unity #unity3d

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-30
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 151 open

8,242

stars

Forks: 952
Commits: 4,323 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

andrewmd5/Borderless-Gaming

Play your favorite games in a borderless window; no more time consuming alt-tabs.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#borderless #c-sharp #directx #games #steam

Updated: 2025-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-11
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 22 open

6,561

stars

Forks: 619
Commits: 280 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mtkennerly/ludusavi

Backup tool for PC game saves

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#backup #cli #cross-platform #games #gui #saves

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-06-21
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 62 open

6,100

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 1,148 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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google-deepmind/open_spiel

OpenSpiel is a collection of environments and algorithms for research in general reinforcement learning and search/planning in games.

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cpp #games #multiagent #python #reinforcement-learning

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-28
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 52 open

5,474

stars

Forks: 1,179
Commits: 5,568 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AntiMicroX/antimicrox

Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#controller #gamepad #gamepad-api #games #gaming #keyboard-emulation

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 176 open

3,969

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 3,062 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Warzone2100/warzone2100

Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #campaign #cheats #cmake #freebsd #game

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-01-18
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 609 open

3,950

stars

Forks: 615
Commits: 22,248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

craftyjs/Crafty

JavaScript Game Engine

Stack

JavaScript React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#games #javascript

Updated: 2023-11-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

3,602

stars

Forks: 557
Commits: 2,162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bombomby/optick

C++ Profiler For Games

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #games #performance #profiler

Updated: 2024-05-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-17
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 85 open

3,161

stars

Forks: 310
Commits: 573 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom

Chocolate Doom is a Doom source port that is minimalist and historically accurate.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #doom #fps #fps-game #games #gplv2

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-07-23
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 335 open

2,411

stars

Forks: 718
Commits: 5,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#cpp17 #emulates #emulation #emulator #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-22
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 137 open

2,009

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 6,014 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

PixelVision8/PixelVision8

Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game-engine #8-bit #csharp #fantasy-console #game-development

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-22
History: 4 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,776

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sbondCo/Watcharr

Open source, self-hostable watched list for all your content (movies, tv series, anime, games) with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very simple setup.

Stack

Go Gin React Svelte SvelteKit Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#content #docker #docker-compose #games #go #golang

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-04
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 151 open

1,488

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 1,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cxong/cdogs-sdl

Classic overhead run-and-gun game

Stack

C CMake Conan Poetry

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game #c #game #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-04-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 120 open

1,080

stars

Forks: 150
Commits: 4,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RareDevs/Rare

Rare is an open source alternative for Epic Games Launcher, using Legendary.

Stack

Python pip uv

GitHub topics

#epic-games #epic-games-launcher #frontend #games #legendary #linux

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-10
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 39 open

926

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 2,972 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

exult/exult

Exult is a project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems, using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files.

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#black-gate #c-plus-plus-17 #forge-of-virtue #games #rpg-game-engine #serpent-isle

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-01-01
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 80 open

685

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 10,293 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

xqemu/xqemu

Open-source emulator to play original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

C pip

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #games #linux #lle #macos

Updated: 2023-02-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 122 open

668

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 68,839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Pyrdacor/Ambermoon.net

Ambermoon rewrite in C#

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#amiga #fantasy #game-development #games #indie #open-source

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-19
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 40 open

536

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 2,749 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cocoatoucher/Glide

Game engine for making 2d games on iOS, macOS and tvOS, with practical examples and tutorials

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #apple #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gameplaykit

Updated: 2024-12-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-05
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

506

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DigitalExtinction/Game

A 3D RTS game implemented in Rust.

Archived

Stack

Rust Actix Web Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-game #bevy #bevy-engine #game #game-development

Updated: 2024-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-05
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 153 open

392

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 1,044 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Henrique194/chocolate-quake

A purist Quake source port that restores the original look and feel of v1.09 and earlier.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #fps #fps-game #games #gplv3 #quake

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-31
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

216

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 97 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

papercraftgames/folded-paper-engine

A custom Blender-to-Godot addon that makes level and gameplay creation as easy as a few clicks!

AI dev

Stack

GDScript Astro React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#blender #engine #game-engine #gamedev #games #godot

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

170

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

st33d/Ending

Roguelike puzzle game

Stack

ActionScript

GitHub topics

#games #puzzle #roguelike

Updated: 2013-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1 open

128

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gameap/gameap

High-performance, free and open-source game server management panel. Pterodactyl and Pelican alternative

Stack

Go gRPC Go Tailwind CSS Vite Vue Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#admin #docker #game #game-panel #gameap #games

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-11-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 512 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RabiRoshan/snake_game

Classic nokia snake game using web.

GitHub topics

#css #gamedev #games #html #javascript #webgame

Updated: 2023-03-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 28 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

captkirk88/zevy-ecs

ECS inspired by the rust Bevy ecs api but FASTER!

Archived

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#archetype #bevy #ecs #entity-component-framework #entity-component-system #game

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 237 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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