Free & Open Source Games Made with SDL2
394 free, open-source games made with SDL2 — real clones and remakes you can download, inspect the source of, and modify.
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Original game imageClone of Sokoban
A cross-platform SDL clone of the classic Sokoban puzzle game, first released in 2002 with public-domain levels and ongoing updates.
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Clone of Kula World
Cubosphere is a freeware game similar to Kula World, offering over 450 levels across 34 designs and a built-in level editor.
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Clone of Tetris Attack
FreeBlocks is a GPLv3 puzzle game similar to Tetris Attack, using separately licensed third-party graphics and music.
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Original game imageClone of Master of Orion 2
An early open-source remake of Master of Orion II that can currently load and view original savegames.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars29
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2021
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Space Invaders
An educational Haskell reimplementation of Space Invaders demonstrating Functional Reactive Programming with Yampa.
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Original game imageClone of Bermuda Syndrome
A reimplementation of the game engine for the 1995 adventure game Bermuda Syndrome, built by reverse-engineering the original executable.
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Clone of Fall Down
Falling Time is a C/SDL2 game where a ball must drop through holes to avoid being crushed by the descending screen top.
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Clone of Witchaven
This is a source port of Witchaven built on the author's own Build engine port, targeting multiple platforms, though currently unplayable.
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Clone of Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
linyaga is a Linux compatibility wrapper for the Yaga engine used by two Humongous Entertainment adventure games, now archived.
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Clone of Future Cop: LAPD
An incomplete open-source reimplementation of Future Cop: LAPD, currently offering map, model, and mission-file viewers but no gameplay.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars26
Updated7 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2022
Genre: TPS
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Heroes of Jin Yong
A from-scratch C++ reimplementation of the DOS RPG The Legend of Jin Yong Heroes, requiring the player's own original game files.
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Clone of Zork
A toolkit that builds classic interactive-fiction tools, including Infocom's own original Zork interpreter, as portable executables.
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Clone of Command & Conquer: Red Alert
A partially complete C++/SDL rebuild of the Red Alert 1 engine, based on FreeCNC and FreeRA, that needs the original data files.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars25
Updated11 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Modern Military
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Clone of Ken's Labyrinth
A port of Ken's Labyrinth to modern Windows, macOS, Linux, and Switch homebrew, using OpenGL and SDL2 in place of the original DOS renderer.
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Clone of Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam
A from-scratch reimplementation of the unreleased DOS game Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam, rebuilt for Windows and Linux via SDL.
Platforms:Windows
Stars23
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Quake 3
A Quake III engine project built on Quake3e, unifying classic Quake maps and mods with widescreen UI support; development has halted.
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Clone of The Great Giana Sisters
A C/C++ SDL2 remake of The Great Giana Sisters with a level editor and reworked physics, needing no original game files.
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Original game imageClone of Enemy Nations
A source-code revival and SDL2 port of Enemy Nations to modern Windows, Linux, and macOS, with restored music and TCP/UDP multiplayer.
Platforms:Windows
Stars22
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Road Fighter
A portable Road Fighter remake with added support for Pandora, ODROID, and x86 Linux builds.
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Original game imageClone of Warrior Kings
A from-scratch, multiplayer-capable rewrite of the wkbre Warrior Kings engine reimplementation, still in early development.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars22
Updated7 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2019
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Quake 2
A port of the Berserker@Quake2 engine to SDL2 for Linux and Windows, requiring the player's own Quake II game data; no longer developed.
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Original game imageClone of Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars
An experimental fork of the 7kfans GPL release of Seven Kingdoms II replacing DirectX/DirectPlay/DirectSound with SDL2, ENet, and OpenAL.
Platforms:Linux
Stars20
Updated10 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2012
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Original game imageClone of Wolfenstein 3D
A modern SDL3 source port of the Macintosh version of Wolfenstein 3D for Windows, Linux, and macOS, supporting custom scenario packs.
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Original game imageClone of Space Harrier
A tribute to Sega's 1985 arcade game Space Harrier, built with SDL2, recreating the first level and its snake-dragon boss fight.
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Original game imageClone of Out Run
An Amiga 68k port of Cannonball-C, an ANSI C conversion of the Cannonball engine, intended as a base for platforms with poor C++ support.
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Clone of NetWalk
A puzzle game where you connect computers to a server or pipes to taps to complete one circuit.
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Original game imageClone of Ironseed
A Free Pascal port of Iron Seed's original released source code, letting it compile and run natively on GNU/Linux, with ongoing bug fixes.
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Clone of Space Invaders
A from-scratch Intel 8080/Space Invaders arcade emulator in C#, with save states, rewind, and an interactive debugger.
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Clone of Bug Bomber
A reimplementation of the Amiga game BugBomber, ported from Win32/DirectDraw to SDL2 with controller support and an RmlUi-based menu.
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Clone of LaserTank
Laser Kombat is a modernized SDL2/C++17 port of David Dewey's GPL-licensed tank-destroying laser puzzle game.