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What are your favourite open source games?

I'm looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android

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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.

https://www.openttd.org/
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
- I wish it had a modern GUI though. The old one is almost unusable even though they've made an attempt to implement DPI scaling.

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!

Mindustry and Shattered Pixel Dungeon, I played those a lot of my phone but haven't done so in quite a while! I think both of those are available on desktop Linux too, Shattered Pixel Dungeon even works on my Linux phone.

ScummVM works really well in linux, if youre a fan of classic point and click adventure games.

I'm a big fan of Thrive!
- I haven't tried thrive in a while. I hear they've switched engines again, to Godot this time. Is it playable? Is it fun? Do they have more than the single-cell phase?
  
  I've spent a solid 30-40 hours playing it since December last year so I'd say it's pretty fun and playable! IIRC it has prototypes up to the interplanetary phase though only the single-cell and multicellular stages were really playable when I last gave them a go.

I haven't played in over a year, but I really spent some hours in Veloren the last time I picked it up!

Doom Roguelike if you want a roguelike with simple, action-oriented gameplay.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (lemmy instance) if you want one with complex, simulation-oriented gameplay.

Tremulous is a free and open source asymmetric team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements. The game features two opposing teams: humans and aliens. Each team must attack the enemy’s base and team members while defending their own base. https://tremulous.net/
- Currently downloading but is it still active? Is there still a player base?

I highly recommend playing Doom with the Crispy Doom source port and the Freedoom data files.
For something more modern, Xonotic is about the best-looking FOSS game out there and an excellent multiplayer arena shooter.

Beyond All Reasons. It’s a spiritual successor of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander using the Spring engine.
It’s also a great game on its own right, especially the various intermediate unit positioning and selecting features had me amazed. The graphics are good and the performance with many units is finally good too, after some patches last year (or two years? I don’t remember).

Lix – https://www.lixgame.com/
FOSS Lemmings, with many great features (like multiplayer) and active development.

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.
- Omg I looked at veloren and I'm going to have to try that... I spent so many hours in cube world when it first went early access (before the dev went radio silent for 5 years and then released on steam, lol)

No one is saying Shattered Pixel Dungeon?
Because I say Shattered Pixel Dungeon.
- I played vanilla pixel dungeon years ago and recently picked it back up. What's the difference with Shattered?
  
  Shattered has added a lot more polish, some story elements, some more interesting bosses and challenges, and removed the frustrating weapon breakdown element. It's under active development, whereas I think the vanilla game is now a dead fork.

It's pretty basic, but I'm going to say SuperTuxKart as a must if you are into kart racers (especially since I don't know any others).
I also recommend the still in development SuperTux Advance by Kelvin Shadewing. It's similar to just plain old SuperTux but has unique levels and more playable characters that will have different abilities (probably still mostly locked behind debug for them).

Currently Endless Sky! Although I haven't gotten far, and playing without mods, I love the vibes

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