The Best Open-source Games for Linux

Update : Boxcars added at rank #3.
Here are our 10 Best Open-source Games for Linux:
1

RetroArch (2021)

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ia-32 (x86) x86-64 (x64) armv7 aarch64 powerPC Windows mips cell PC Windows Linux

RetroArch is an open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications

Buy

  • software
  • open-source
  • retro
  • rollback
  • cross-platform
  • platform

2

shapez.io (2020)

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Linux PC Windows

shapez.io is a game about building factories to automate the creation and processing of increasingly complex shapes across an infinitely expanding map.

Buy

  • automation
  • open-source
  • building
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • management
  • simulation
  • table

3

Boxcars (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Free and open source online backgammon.

Buy

  • board-game
  • casual
  • strategy
  • open-source
  • 2d
  • multiplayer
  • simulation
  • single-player

4

McOsu (2017)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS HTC Vive Oculus Rift

A free open-source circle-clicking rhythm game practice client for osu! beatmaps with Virtual Reality support. McOsu is developed separately from and has no direct affiliation with osu! or ppy Pty Ltd.

Buy

  • rhythm
  • open-source
  • anime
  • music
  • vr
  • country

5

Unitystation (2021)

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Based on cult classic Space Station 13, Unitystation is a multiplayer RPG about life in deep space. Be an engineer, lawyer, surgeon or clown and keep the station safe from saboteurs. Each round is filled with paranoia and lighthearted fun, even as you get thrown out the airlock.

Buy

  • simulation
  • open-source
  • rpg
  • violent
  • space
  • sandbox

6

Boolean (2020)

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PC Windows Linux

Everything is either ON or OFF. Boolean is an open-ended problem solving game where you build circuits and send signals!

Buy

  • programming
  • open-source
  • prototype
  • open-ended
  • object
  • simulation
  • web
  • class
  • logic
  • tile
  • vertical
  • construction

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