Hey there,

I enjoy Linux gaming via WINE/Proton, but I often wonder about Linux-native FOSS games. You often see brilliant titles like 0AD and Mindustry mentioned, but there are also some unspoken gems in the “genre” like Minetest and it makes me wonder what other FOSS games are out there, that people just don’t talk about much? I’m looking to discover and play more of these titles.

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    3 months ago

    I’m a fan of Freedroid Classic, a FOSS remake of a commodore 64 game called “Paradroid”. You’re a robot on a deserted space ship full of other malfunctioning robots, and you have to hack / shoot all of them. You start out as the worst robot, but if you encounter a better one, you can hack it to take over its body – if it doesn’t kill you first.

    Takes a few runs to get the hang of it, but it’s a lot of fun.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    2·
    3 months ago

    Unciv - this one’s especially good on mobile

    FreeDoom

    Sonic Robo Blast 2 if fangames are acceptable

    Edit: Since I mentioned FreeDoom – Gzdoom acts as a sort of platform for Libre FPSes. Ashes 2063 and Wolfenstein Blade of Agony for instance.

  • Monstanner 🐧@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 months ago

    To name a few: AssaultCube, Battle for Wesnoth, Cube2: Sauerbraten, FligthGear, Freeciv, Freeciv21, Nexuiz Classic, OpenArena, OpenHV, OpenRA, OpenTTD, Remnants of the Precursors, SpeeDreams, Stone Kingdom, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, Unciv, Urban Terror, Veloren, Warozone 2100, Widelands, Xonotic

    P.S. It may be that not all of them are FOSS, but they run natively on linux.

  • Haijo@snac.haijo.eu
    1·
    3 months ago

    @theshatterstone54@feddit.uk Sonic RoboBlast 2 and Sonic RoboBlast 2 Kart.
    The former is a fork of the original Doom that turns it into a 3D platformer. The latter is a fork of the former that turns it into an online kart racing game

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 months ago

    Would reccomend osu!. A cool rhythm game with support for different gamemodes. The lazer version is open source and is on development to ensure it can match all expectations.

    • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone
      1·
      3 months ago

      Hell yeah CDDA.

      I’m currently installing solar panels and wind turbines on the roof of a firestation to act as my garage and home base while I’m fixing up a luxury RV that I drove out of a mall. Surprisingly, it was in great condition except for all of the glass, boards, and quarterpanels; the chassis itself and all of the internals are practically untouched.

  • Futurama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Endless Sky is an amazing one. I’ve put tons of hours into it. It’s a top down 2d space trading/fighting game, very similar to Escape Velocity if you’ve ever played that game.

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    3 months ago

    I spent several years on OpenBSD playing mostly foss games (no WINE support) before I got my steam deck, so I feel fairly qualified with recommending Cataclysm DDA, Xmoto, and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Say goodbye to the next several months of your life. Other cool FOSS games that grabbed me, but not to the same level: Ur Quan Masters (Star Control 2), and endless-sky.