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Provenance-Emu/Provenance

iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |

AI dev

Stack

C Bundler Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#atari #catalyst #emulation #emulator #game #gameboy

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 247 open

6,364

stars

Forks: 704
Commits: 10,084 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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vcmi/vcmi

Open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Conan Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #game #ios

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-05-28
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 689 open

5,851

stars

Forks: 684
Commits: 24,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy

Written in C++ and using SDL, The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat.

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#cellular-automata #game #powder #powder-toy #sandbox #simulation

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 40 open

5,284

stars

Forks: 896
Commits: 6,473 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM

The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers.

AI dev

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#bash #dedicated-game-servers #game #game-server #game-servers #gameserver

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 397 open

4,889

stars

Forks: 864
Commits: 6,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AlmasB/FXGL

Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)

Stack

Kotlin Maven

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-framework #2d-game-engine #2d-game-framework #3d #3d-game-engine

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 162 open

4,852

stars

Forks: 709
Commits: 5,286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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urho3d/urho3d

Game engine

Archived

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,765

stars

Forks: 1,013
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CorsixTH/CorsixTH

Open source clone of Theme Hospital

Stack

Lua CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#game #opensource #remake #strategy-game #theme-hospital

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-07-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 251 open

4,555

stars

Forks: 428
Commits: 5,698 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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

NetHack/NetHack

Official NetHack Git Repository

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c #game #roguelike

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2002-01-05
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 143 open

3,905

stars

Forks: 621
Commits: 19,268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

Stack

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
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 459 open

3,898

stars

Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,233 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

space-wizards/space-station-14

A multiplayer game about paranoia and chaos on a space station. Remake of the cult-classic Space Station 13.

Stack

C# Entity Framework .NET SDK Go modules

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #game #space-station-13 #space-station-14 #ss13 #ss14

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-22
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 4,308 open

3,785

stars

Forks: 5,690
Commits: 37,739 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

PixelGuys/Cubyz

Voxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#3d-game #cubyz #game #procedural-generation #sandbox #sandbox-game

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-08-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 958 open

3,623

stars

Forks: 233
Commits: 2,104 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenXRay/xray-16

Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #arm64 #cmake #cplusplus #cpp17 #d3d11

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 294 open

3,548

stars

Forks: 526
Commits: 8,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ihhub/fheroes2

fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#cpp #game #game-development #game-engine #heroes-2 #heroes-of-might-and-magic-2

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 431 open

3,473

stars

Forks: 482
Commits: 5,979 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bvschaik/julius

An open source re-implementation of Caesar III

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#citybuilder #clone #game

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-24
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

3,371

stars

Forks: 440
Commits: 2,768 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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lxgr-linux/pokete

A terminal based Pokemon like game

Stack

Python Go modules PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cli-game #console-game #game #linux #pokemon #python

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-19
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

3,145

stars

Forks: 256
Commits: 2,427 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

widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bsd #c-plus-plus #cmake #floss #game

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2002-02-05
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 568 open

3,054

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 27,317 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

alexbatalov/fallout1-ce

Fallout for modern operating systems

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #fallout #game #isometric

Updated: 2025-01-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-09
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 136 open

2,911

stars

Forks: 224
Commits: 75 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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

alexbatalov/fallout2-ce

Fallout 2 for modern operating systems

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #fallout2 #game #isometric

Updated: 2025-02-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-19
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 134 open

2,421

stars

Forks: 205
Commits: 879 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pelican/panel

Free, open source game server management panel built on Laravel and Docker.

Stack

PHP Laravel Symfony Tailwind CSS Vite Composer npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#admin #docker #egg #filamentphp #free #game

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-06
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

2,317

stars

Forks: 314
Commits: 6,711 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +12 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +7 +0.1%

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

GitHub

pelican-dev/panel

No description.

Stack

PHP Laravel Symfony Tailwind CSS Vite Composer npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#admin #docker #egg #filamentphp #free #game

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-06
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 24 open

2,218

stars

Forks: 302
Commits: 6,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

FakeFishGames/Barotrauma

A 2D online multiplayer game taking place in a submarine travelling through the icy depths of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK Maven

GitHub topics

#game #monogame #multiplayer-game

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-24
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 217 open

2,196

stars

Forks: 466
Commits: 4,702 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

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

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