Rampart: 5 Open Source Clones Compared
Escalade is explicitly a Scala port of Castle-Combat, making it a third-generation reimplementation of Rampart, but it's marked unplayable with development halted. Castle-Combat itself is actively maintained, supports up to four players locally or online, and installs as a command-line tool via uv or pipx. Rampart-Android is a separate student project that's also non-functional, since some of its graphics and sound assets are copyrighted and couldn't be redistributed.
Comparison table
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Linux
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Active
- Last updated
- 1mo ago
- Stars
- 18
- Contributors
- 2
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- NoStandalone clone of Rampart with no external game data dependency.
- Multiplayer
- Local, Online
Availability
- Status
- Unplayable
- Platforms
- None
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 16y ago
- Stars
- 3
- Contributors
- 1
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
- Multiplayer
- —
Availability
- Status
- Unplayable
- Platforms
- Android
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- Android
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 11y ago
- Stars
- 3
- Contributors
- 1
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
- Multiplayer
- —
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux, OSX
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
- Multiplayer
- —
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Windows
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
- Multiplayer
- —
| Title | Castle-Combat | Escalade | Rampart-Android | Kajaani Kombat | Laser War |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Playable | Unplayable | Unplayable | Playable | Playable |
| Platforms | Linux | None | Android | Windows, Linux, OSX | Windows |
| Play in browser | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mobile | No | No | Android | No | No |
| Project health | |||||
| Development status | Active | Halted | Halted | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Last updated | 1mo ago | 16y ago | 11y ago | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Stars | 18 | 3 | 3 | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Contributors | 2 | 1 | 1 | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Compatibility | |||||
| Requires original assets | NoStandalone clone of Rampart with no external game data dependency. | — | — | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Local, Online | — | — | — | — |
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Known limitations
- compatibility: Current code is not functional because some graphics and sounds used in the class are copyrighted.
Frequently asked questions
Are the Rampart clones on this page open source?
Yes — every clone catalogued here is an open-source project. Availability, license, and development-status details for each one are listed in the comparison table above.
Do I need to own the original Rampart to play these clones?
Castle-Combat runs standalone, no original files needed.
Which Rampart clone is the most actively maintained?
Castle-Combat is currently under active development, based on recent commit activity. See the "Development status" row above for every clone's current status.
See the full write-up for each clone, or go back to Rampart.