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I've been trying to track down some interesting games that fall under foss philosophy. No preferences on genre, I just want to hear it all :)

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[–] rnd@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here are some popular choices:

  • Xonotic, an arena FPS in the style of Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament that has a thriving online scene -- including non-standard modes like Defrag
  • Hedgewars, an artillery game that's basically "Worms: Armageddon", but with some annoyances removed (like stray solid pixels get automatically removed, jumping is easier to do, etc.)
  • Teeworlds, a fast-paced 2D multiplayer action game
  • The Battle for Wesnoth, a turn-based strategy that (unusually for a PC title) adopts a gameplay structure more reminiscent of console TBSs (comparable to Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, but not a clone of either)
  • Minetest, an attempt to make a Minecraft clone that has since turned into a very flexible engine for block-based games

And personal suggestions:

  • Mindustry and shapez.io have already been mentioned by another person here, they're worth checking out
  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a newbie-friendly roguelike
  • speaking of roguelikes, NetHack is a classic, although not as user-friendly and way more difficult
  • Simon Tatham's Puzzles, a collection of small games that all implement classic puzzles (Solo is sudoku, Pattern is "Japanese crosswords" aka Picross, etc.)
  • LAN Master (video, download), a legit public-domain open-source homebrew NES game where your goal is to connect all computers into a network by rotating pieces -- obviously you'll need an NES emulator for that, FCEUX, Mesen, Mednafen, ares and Retroarch are good FOSS choices for that