I'm usually a fan of open source games but rarely do they manage to be actually great. People like giving recommendations like Super Tux Kart that haven't aged well and don't play well. What are some open source games that are legitimately good that I've missed?

My favorites are:

Mindustry
Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart
Powder Toy
GZDoom (and all the amazing mods for it)
Veloren (even though it's still in alpha)

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[–] potato_lemon@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

Space Station 13 is great

[–] OmniDeficient@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't played Warsow in years, so I don't know what state the game or community is in. It's a fast paced FPS multiplayer that turned the old bunnyhopping exploit into a central feature iirc.

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[–] wiki_me@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

My favorite: cataclysm dda, flare rpg, oolite.

[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Beyond All Reason if you're looking for an RTS similar to Supreme Commander. I haven't tried playing it in a few years though. I'm sure it's gotten some updates since then.

[–] Quik@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Great game, although someone recently told me not all graphics were licensed free licenses.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Supreme Commander & SupCom Forged Alliance are super cheap on discount on GOG. Forged Alliance Forever is incredible with the amount of work they've done to patch the game and keep the community going.

[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Frets on Fire! It was the cool open-source equivalent to Guitar Hero. And you know what - it was pretty hecka cool to wield your keyboard like a guitar.

https://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OpenRCT (not totally free but a damn impressive project nonetheless)

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

OpenRCT is free iirc! You can just get the RCT2 demo for the assets OpenRCT needs

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sauerbraten

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

https://2009scape.org

!2009scape@kbin.social

[–] Justchilling@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Unciv is pretty cool and portable.

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which of these are available on Android?

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have F-droid, and Ive installed Mindustry and Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Mindustry is great for wasting time.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Battle For Wesnoth is on android, the controls are kinda wonky but it's not bad.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

KeeperRL is a lighter Dwarf-Fortress like game where you play as a Monster making a Dungeon.

[–] Redo11@szmer.info 3 points 1 year ago

Barotrauma is source available (no commercial, public use, restricted for game modding and contributions) Librerama is dumbways to die style minigames

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

zero-k is really good rts. Its similiar to supreme commander

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Fragsurf

[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Taisei Project for Touhou and other 2D bullet-hell shooter fans (I recommend installing it instead of playing online).

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago

xevil

[–] JadeEast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

ClassicUO is a nice open source client for Ultima Online. Need to have the game assets.

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