Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

3,241 open-source clones and remakes of 1,919 retro games — real source code you can read, fork, and play today, not just a free download.

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Pingus

Clone of Lemmings

A free, GPLv3+ Lemmings clone for Linux, Windows and other SDL2 platforms.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars215

Updated1 month ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2015

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Tux Builder

Clone of SuperTux

Tux Builder is a from-scratch Godot reimplementation of the SuperTux platformer.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars215

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2019

Genre: platformer

Theme: —

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07th-Mod

Clone of Higurashi: When They Cry Hou

07th-Mod's python-patcher is a cross-platform Python installer for 07th-Mod's fan mods for the Higurashi and Umineko visual novels.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars214

Updated21 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Anime

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Hostile Takeover

Clone of Warfare Incorporated

Hostile Takeover is Spiffcode's BSD-licensed open-source release of Warfare Incorporated, with ports for macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars210

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Mighty Mike

Clone of Mighty Mike

Pangea's 1995 Mac action game Mighty Mike, re-released with permission for modern macOS, Windows and Linux.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars210

Updated3 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Shooter

Theme: —

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Prime World

Clone of Prime World

Nival's own 2024 open-source release of the Battle-part source code for their 2014 MOBA Prime World.

Platforms:Windows

Stars210

Updated21 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: MMORPG

Theme: —

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rawgl

Clone of Another World

rawgl is a re-implementation of Another World's game engine, supporting most original platform releases and data files.

Platforms:None

Stars209

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Sci-Fi

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GoldenEye: Source

Clone of GoldenEye 007

GoldenEye: Source is a total conversion mod for Half-Life 2 recreating GoldenEye 007, last major-released as version 5.0 in August 2016.

Platforms:Windows

Stars207

Updated8 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: FPS

Theme: —

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pycraft

Clone of Minecraft

Pycraft is a command-line, text-based 2D remake of Minecraft written in Python, with crafting and mining.

Platforms:Linux

Stars207

Updated5 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Action

Theme: Fantasy

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Catacomb 3-D: The Descent

Clone of Catacomb 3-D

This is the original, GPLv2-licensed source code for Catacomb 3-D: The Descent, requiring separately acquired game data to run.

Platforms:DOS

Stars206

Updated12 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Action

Theme: Fantasy

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cssDOOM

Clone of Doom

cssDOOM recreates Doom's 3D rendering entirely with styled DOM elements and CSS transforms, instead of canvas or WebGL.

Platforms:Web

Stars206

Updated3 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2026

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Balatro TUI

Clone of Balatro

Balatro TUI is a minimal, work-in-progress Rust clone of Balatro played entirely in a terminal, with logic and UI split across crates.

Platforms:None

Stars205

Updated4 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2024

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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TinyCity

Clone of SimCity

A SimCity-inspired city simulation for the Raspberry Pi RP2040, inspired by the Arduboy game MicroCity.

Platforms:Web

Stars205

Updated8 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2026

Genre: Simulation

Theme: Management

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MBHaxe

Clone of Marble Blast

MBHaxe is an actively developed Haxe port of Marble Blast Gold, Ultra, Platinum, and PlatinumQuest, running in-browser and native builds.

Platforms:WebWindowsLinux

Stars203

Updated24 days ago

LicenseMIT

Release2021

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Pokemon Stadium (US)

Clone of Pokémon Stadium

A work-in-progress decompilation rebuilding the original Pokémon Stadium Nintendo 64 ROM from source.

Platforms:N64

Stars203

Updated14 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

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Spring: 1944

Clone of Company of Heroes

A free, open-source WWII real-time strategy game for up to six factions, built on the Spring RTS Engine.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars202

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2013

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: World War II

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rustcraft

Clone of Minecraft

A Minecraft-inspired sandbox built in Rust with Bevy, featuring procedural worlds, a day/night cycle, and online multiplayer.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars202

Updated11 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Action

Theme: Fantasy

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Tribal Trouble

Clone of Tribal Trouble

The official open-source release of Tribal Trouble, published by Oddlabs under GPL2 in 2014 after ending support.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars199

Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Real-Time Strategy

Theme: —

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NXEngine

Clone of Cave Story

A fork of NXEngine, the open-source Cave Story engine rewrite, ported to low-powered handhelds and phones.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars198

Updated4 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Sci-Fi

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PaRappa the Rapper 2 Decompilation

Clone of PaRappa the Rapper 2

A work-in-progress PS2 decompilation of PaRappa the Rapper 2, starting from an NTSC-J prototype.

Platforms:PS2

Stars198

Updated19 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2023

Genre: Rhythm

Theme: —

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Pokémon Pinball

Clone of Pokémon Pinball

A disassembly rebuilding the original Pokémon Pinball Game Boy Color ROM from source code.

Platforms:Game Boy

Stars198

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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CSE2

Clone of Cave Story

CSE2 is a decompilation of Cave Story; this portable branch runs on Linux, macOS, Wii U, 3DS, and RISC OS in addition to Windows.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars197

Updated6 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Secret Maryo Chronicles

Clone of Mario World

An open-source, OpenGL-accelerated 2D platformer with a built-in level editor; development has since moved to its successor, TSC.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars196

Updated7 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2010

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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XL Engine

Clone of Blood

A cross-platform reimplementation of the engines behind Daggerfall, Dark Forces, Blood, Outlaws, and Shadow Warrior.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars194

Updated6 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2018

Genre: FPS

Theme: —

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2009Action

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Doom

1993FPS

The 1993 shooter that defined the genre and sparked a modding culture still alive today — its source release made it one of gaming's most-cloned engines.

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Quake

1996FPS

id Software's fully-3D follow-up to Doom — its GPL-released source (QuakeC included) made it one of the most forked engines in open-source gaming.

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Super Mario

1985Platform

The NES platformer that made side-scrolling mainstream — open-source engines recreate its physics and level format down to the pixel.

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Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

1991Action

The SNES classic that set the template for top-down action-adventure — its engine and tile format have been reverse-engineered many times over.

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Diablo II

2000RPG

Blizzard North's dungeon-crawler that defined the ARPG genre — reverse-engineered projects like OpenDiablo2 rebuild it from the original assets up.

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Grand Theft Auto

1998Action

The open-world franchise everyone's talking about again — its early file formats and engines have been reverse-engineered for years, well before GTA 6 hype.

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StarCraft

1998Real-Time Strategy

Blizzard's 1998 real-time strategy game that helped build esports as we know it — open-source engines keep its campaign and balance playable today.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

1991Platform

Sega's answer to Mario — its physics and level format have been painstakingly reverse-engineered by fan projects for decades.

7 clones to play