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open-source-games: A curated list of open-source video games and open-source remakes of commercial games.

What problem it solves

People looking for playable open-source games need a way to discover projects across genres, engine types, and implementation approaches. The collection also includes open-source remakes, source ports, decompilations, and related game-engine projects.

Key features

  • Broad genre coverage — The list organizes open-source games into categories such as action, adventure, strategy, simulation, platformers, puzzles, racing, and role-playing games.

    Source: README

  • Commercial-game remakes — The collection includes projects that reimplement or remake commercial games, giving contributors and players a way to explore those experiences through open code.

    Source: README

  • Games, engines, and preservation projects — Entries include complete games, game engines, source ports, reverse-engineering projects, decompilations, and source releases for earlier titles.

    Source: README

  • Direct links to project sources — Each listed entry points to its source location, making the list a starting point for examining or contributing to the projects it catalogs.

    Source: README

  • Community contribution guidance — The repository includes contribution instructions for people who want to help maintain the list.

    Source: CONTRIBUTING.md, LICENSE

Who it may suit

This list may suit players seeking open-source games and developers interested in remakes, engines, source ports, decompilations, or game-preservation projects.

Topics to discuss

  • Which additional genre or project type should be added to the collection?

  • How could entries be organized more clearly for players seeking a specific kind of game?

  • What information should each entry include to make discovery and contribution easier?

Written by ReadmeX AI from the project's README, source and public GitHub data; it may contain mistakes.

Read the original README https://github.com/bobeff/open-source-games#readme

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github.comhttps://github.com/bobeff/open-source-games

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