Free & Open Source Clones & Remakes of Retro Games

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freegish

Clone of Gish

FreeGish is the open-source continuation of Gish, using community-made levels and adding features like multiplayer campaign play.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

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Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Platform

Theme: Comedy

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Aerofoil

Clone of Glider

Aerofoil is an open-source port of Glider PRO built from its 2016 source release, running on Windows, Android, macOS, and web.

Platforms:WebWindowsOSX

Stars86

Updated21 days ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2019

Genre: Action

Theme: —

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Lionheart Remake

Clone of Lionheart

Lionheart Remake is a cross-platform remake of the 1993 Amiga game Lionheart, for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android, still in development.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars86

Updated1 month ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2013

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Mario Objects

Clone of Super Mario

Mario Objects is a Mario-inspired platformer and level editor, rewritten in 2026 as a macOS Swift app with 9 levels.

Platforms:Windows

Stars86

Updated2 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Spelling Bee

Clone of Spelling Bee

An open-source, browser-based clone of the New York Times' daily Spelling Bee word puzzle.

Platforms:Web

Stars86

Updated4 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Clone of Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A work-in-progress decompilation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl that rebuilds the game's source without including any original assets.

Platforms:Wii

Stars86

Updated23 days ago

LicenseCC0-1.0

Release2024

Genre: Fighting

Theme: —

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Final Fantasy VI Disassembly

Clone of Final Fantasy VI

This is an actively maintained disassembly of Final Fantasy VI for the Super Famicom, building both English and Japanese ROM versions.

Platforms:SNES

Stars85

Updated13 days ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2021

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Fort Apocalypse

Clone of Fort Apocalypse

The original 6502 assembly source code for Atari's Fort Apocalypse, released by its author for historical preservation.

Platforms:Atari

Stars85

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Shooter

Theme: —

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Hurrican

Clone of Turrican

A community-maintained fork of Hurrican, the freeware Turrican tribute, adding SDL2, CRT effects, and libopenmpt music support.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxAmiga

Stars85

Updated3 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Shmup

Theme: —

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Iron Wolf

Clone of Wolfenstein 3D

A from-scratch Rust recreation of Wolfenstein 3D, bundling the shareware version and offering a browser-playable web build.

Platforms:Web

Stars85

Updated21 days ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2021

Genre: FPS

Theme: —

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Kirby Air Ride

Clone of Kirby Air Ride

A work-in-progress decompilation of the US/Korean GameCube release of Kirby Air Ride, built with devkitPro and Codewarrior.

Platforms:GameCube

Stars85

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Racing

Theme: Fantasy

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MikuPan

Clone of Fatal Frame

An early native PC port of Fatal Frame for PS2 that runs without emulation, using data files from your own game disc.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxAndroid

Stars85

Updated28 days ago

LicenseAGPL-3.0

Release2025

Genre: Action

Theme: Horror

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OpenRaider

Clone of Tomb Raider

A from-scratch rewrite of the classic Tomb Raider engine that plays TR1–TR3 levels and custom maps using your own game files.

Platforms:LinuxOSX

Stars85

Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2013

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Wordle CLI

Clone of Wordle

Wordle CLI brings the word-guessing game to the terminal, with daily, CLI-only daily, and random word modes.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars85

Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2022

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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Dave Gnukem

Clone of Duke Nukem

Dave Gnukem is a retro 2D platform shooter inspired by, but not a clone of, Duke Nukem 1, packaged in most major Linux distros.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars84

Updated3 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2016

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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Dink Smallwood HD

Clone of Dink Smallwood

An enhanced, portable version of Dink Smallwood (1997) with high-resolution rendering, gamepad/touchscreen support, and quick save.

Platforms:WebWindowsLinux

Stars84

Updated28 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: RPG

Theme: —

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FreeGemas

Clone of Bejeweled

Freegemas is an open-source clone of Bejeweled, written in C++ with SDL2 for Linux, Windows, macOS, and PlayStation Vita.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars84

Updated2 months ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2014

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: —

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NakedAVP

Clone of Aliens Versus Predator

An SDL3 source port of Aliens Versus Predator Gold for Windows, macOS and Linux; needs the original game data.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars84

Updated7 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: FPS

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Bridge Command

Clone of Ship Simulator 2006

Bridge Command is a GPL-licensed ship-handling simulator built in C++ on the Irrlicht engine, for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars83

Updated12 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Simulation

Theme: —

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Fluid Table Tennis

Clone of Plasma Pong

A browser-based HTML5 demo combining table tennis with a full-color, real-time fluid dynamics simulation running at 60 FPS.

Platforms:Web

Stars83

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2012

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Abstract

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MegaManX4Recomp

Clone of Mega Man X4

A static recompilation of the PS1's Mega Man X4 into a native PC executable, currently an early playable v0.0.5-alpha preview.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars83

Updated16 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2026

Genre: Platform

Theme: —

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No One Lives Forever Modernizer

Clone of The Operative: No One Lives Forever

A Windows patch for No One Lives Forever that fixes bugs, restores multiplayer and adapts the game to modern resolutions.

Platforms:Windows

Stars83

Updated8 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2019

Genre: FPS

Theme: Comedy

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Clone of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

A work-in-progress decompilation of the 2011 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time, currently rebuilding only its code.bin/oot3d.axf binaries.

Platforms:3DS

Stars83

Updated23 days ago

LicenseCC0-1.0

Release2024

Genre: Action

Theme: Fantasy

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Tiny Tetris

Clone of Tetris

An unfinished Tetris clone for Arduino Nano/Uno with an SSD1306 OLED display.

Platforms:Arduino

Stars83

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Abstract

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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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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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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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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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1991Platform

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

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