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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Clone of Space Invaders
A from-scratch Space Invaders clone built as an Intel 8080 emulator in C with SDL, written to be easy to read for learners.
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Original game imageClone of Stronghold
Castlekeep is a reimplementation of Stronghold 1; the project is unplayable and development has halted.
Platforms:None
Stars16
Updated7 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2019
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Medieval
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Original game imageClone of Quake 3
An open-source engine reimplementation of Quake 3 versions 1.09-1.16n, built on ioquake3/ioEF, targeting Linux and macOS.
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Clone of Sokoban
Berusky II is a 3D SDL/OpenGL sequel to the Sokoban-style Berusky series, guiding bugs through levels with boxes and explosives.
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Clone of Dungeons of Daggorath
A Nintendo 3DS port of Dungeons of Daggorath, adding an original graphical UI over its text-based commands, mapped to 3DS controls.
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Original game imageClone of Dungeons of Daggorath
An SDL-based PC port of Dungeons of Daggorath, version 0.3 by Richard Hunerlach with enhancements by Dan Gendreau.
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Clone of Escape Velocity
A Naev fork set in a declining galactic empire, in the vein of Escape Velocity, with a mostly random galaxy to explore.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars15
Updated9 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2016
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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Clone of Kiloblaster
A Linux/SDL port of Kiloblaster that reproduces its music via a bundled DOSBox OPL synth emulator and libgamemusic.
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Clone of Mario Kart
A kart-racing game controlled entirely by networked clients rather than direct human input, written in C with SDL2.
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Clone of Chip's Challenge
An emulation of the Chip's Challenge engine for Linux, Windows, and macOS, playable with free community level packs.
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Original game imageClone of Flappy Bird
A Flappy Bird-style game about a bee dodging bamboo shoots, built with SDL 1.2 for PC and the OpenDingux handheld under the GPLv2.
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Clone of Ken's Labyrinth
A port of Ken's Labyrinth to Android using SDL2 and OpenGL ES, adding touch controls and engine improvements.
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Clone of Arkanoid
A Commodore Amiga brick-breaker ported to Linux, with 50 levels, 11 special levels, and a weapon-upgrade system.
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Clone of Tread Marks
An unofficial Linux/OpenPandora SDL2 port of the open-sourced tank combat and racing game Tread Marks.
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Clone of Mr. Driller
A Mr. Driller clone built on the Miss Driller SDL remake and the Drill2x handheld port.
Platforms:Amiga
Stars11
Updated14 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2012
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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Clone of The Settlers III
X-Settlers is an early, currently unplayable C++17 rewrite of The Settlers III/IV aiming for cross-platform support.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars11
Updated6 years ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2020
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Ancient History
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Clone of La Abadía del Crimen
A browser-based JavaScript reimplementation of La Abadía del Crimen using Amstrad CPC assets; fully playable but still a work in progress.
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Original game imageClone of Dogs of War
A C99/SDL remake of the 1989 Amiga run-and-gun Dogs of War, with maps done but most enemy spawn data still missing.
Platforms:Linux
Stars11
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Shmup
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Wizard of Wor
An enhanced remake of the Commodore 64 Wizard of Wor, supporting up to eight players via Wiimotes or keyboard, currently 0.9 beta.
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Clone of Another World 2: Heart of the Alien
A from-scratch rewrite of Heart of the Alien for modern systems, requiring the original Sega CD ISO and audio tracks, built with CMake.
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Clone of Pac-Man
A from-scratch open-source rewrite of Edromel Studio's game Greedy XP, built on SDL and OpenGL.
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Original game imageClone of The Daedalus Encounter
An early, not-yet-playable open-source reimplementation of the 1995 FMV puzzle adventure The Daedalus Encounter.
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Clone of Space Invaders
An SDL2 remake of Space Invaders with a turn-based two-player mode and destructible shields.
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Original game imageClone of Return to Castle Wolfenstein
A Return to Castle Wolfenstein source port based on iortcw, with a higher tick rate, Steam file detection and a CMake build.
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Clone of Command & Conquer
FreeCNC is a GPLv2 engine reimplementation of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, requiring the original game's data files.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars8
Updated12 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2014
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Modern Military
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Clone of Galaga
An SDL port of Joe Rumsey's X11 Galaga clone, originally released as shareware before going GPL.
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Clone of Space Invaders
pyspaceinvaders is a 2009 Python and PyGame remake of Space Invaders, released under the GPLv2 license.
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Original game imageClone of Quake
A minimalist source port of QuakeWorld preserving the classic multiplayer experience without modern enhancements, built with CMake.
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Original game imageClone of Myst Online: Uru Live
A Rust server for Myst Online: Uru Live, compatible with DirtSand and built for the H-uru Plasma client.
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Original game imageClone of Time Commando
An early-stage, not-yet-playable engine reimplementation of the 1996 Adeline Software game Time Commando.
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Clone of Fish Fillets
A mobile-first, from-scratch port of Fish Fillets for Android, decoupling display from game logic for native frame rate, not a 10 FPS cap.
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Original game imageClone of Thrust
An SDL-based clone of Thrust, originally an MS-DOS game by Peter Ekberg, now maintained by Dennis Payne for Windows and Linux under GPL2+.