I’m looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android
Mindustry is neat if you like tower defenses and factory/automation games.
[edit] Though this isn’t exactly a game, I thought I’d mention it: The Powder Toy. Really fun physics-ish sandbox game if you like just playing around with little particles or making electronics or nuclear powered fireworks shows, etc.
Mindustry is great! I’ve put a ton of hours into it and I’ve gotten my kids into it. Super active dev and good community.
I prefer it to factorio
Beyond All Reasons. It’s a spiritual successor of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander using the Spring engine.
It’s also a great game in its own right, especially the various advanced unit positioning and selection features had me amazed. The graphics are good and the performance with many units is finally very good too, after some patches last year (or two years? I don’t remember).
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
Not a very original answer, but I still enjoy The Battle for Wesnoth after many years.
I’m surprised hardly anyone else has mentioned Wesnoth yet. I last played it over a decade ago, so I’m not sure if it’s still as well-known now as it used to be, but it’s one of the highest-quality open-source games out there.
It’s a turn-based fantasy strategy game that feels like a combination of Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and D&D. And I suppose it was a lot more unique back in the 2000’s when there weren’t a dozen indie games out there that fit the same description.
In terms of games I actually play, Cataclysm: DDA (even if I still suck at it after hundreds of hours).
In terms of technical/visual impressiveness, Veloren.
Currently Endless Sky! Although I haven't gotten far, and playing without mods, I love the vibes
veloren! also my favorite game too to play with my friend
Cataclysm DDA is amazing if you are into this stuff.
Warzone 2100. 3D RTS from the late 90s that was open-sourced after the studio went belly-up. Fantastic game, runs on even ancient hardware.
Edit to add: Forgot to mention it is still receiving updates!
0AD! It's similar to age of empires
The graphics are beautiful too!
Nethack! It’s basically the original roguelike, if you liked shattered pixel dungeons then you’ll like nethack. There are also several other open source rogelikes to check out as well… including the original Rogue!
Are there good UIs/tilesets for Nethack these days?
If Roblox counts as a game instead of a platform, then I guess Minetest also counts as an open-source game.
Roblox isn’t a game. Minetest is an engine (providing it’s own APIs that game developers use to develop games), and a platform to distribute them. In a sense, Minetest is like Unity or Godot. Games built on Minetest include MineClone2/5, Nodecore, Exile etc.
Yeah, but truth is a lot of people do consider it a game.
Yeah, let me open up Unity for that vanilla gameplay experience, oh wait…
Also, are wc3 and hl also not games because they were used to develop and distribute games that ended up being more popular?
You are expanding the scope of what we’re saying. Half Life is not a game engine, GoldenSrc is. Warcraft III doesn’t appear to have a public game engine. However, Roblox & Minetest don’t really have a bundled game.
Not really, wc3 and hl are definitely more “gamey” than Minetest, but you can still install Minetest to play and mod Minetest.
Minetest is the game that comes bundled with Minetest.
Minetest Game is the game that comes bundled with Minetest, not Minetest. Nobody said WC3 and HL is a game engine.
Horrible naming scheme, and I don’t think I’ve seen the Minetest Game ever mentioned as anything but just Minetest.
It’s not a naming scheme, it’s just the default and everything makes it clear that Minetest is the engine. It’s kinda the example game.
@sleepybisexual DOOM! The source code is open source, but the assets aren’t. So this might be a bit of cheating reply. https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM
There is a complete set of free assets, in the form of Freedoom. Also, the official Steam version is closed-source, so make sure you’re getting a free source port. (Most distros have a few in their repos, and Freedoom+GZDoom is also in Flathub.)
