Free & Open Source RTS Games
129 free, open-source rts games — real clones and remakes you can download, inspect the source of, and modify. Not just free to play: the code itself is open.
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Original game imageClone of Natural Selection
The official GPL source release of Natural Selection, the Half-Life mod by Unknown Worlds.
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Stars239
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Age of Empires II
freeaoe is a from-scratch, single-developer reimplementation of the Age of Empires II engine, still in early development.
Platforms:Windows
Stars237
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2019
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Medieval
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Original game imageClone 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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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
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: World War II
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Original game imageClone of Pikmin
A native Linux, Windows and Android port of Pikmin built on the decompilation, with 120 FPS, widescreen and co-op.
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Original game imageClone of Pikmin
A native Linux, Windows and Android port of Pikmin built on its decompilation, running without an emulator.
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Original game imageClone of Pikmin
Open Nectar is a native Linux, Windows and Android port of Pikmin that runs without an emulator.
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Clone of Knights and Merchants
A modernized remake of Knights and Merchants adding 12-player multiplayer, reworked AI, and scripting support for custom maps.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars176
Updated1 month ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Release2016
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Medieval
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Original game imageClone of Command & Conquer: Red Alert
An open-source reimplementation of Command & Conquer: Red Alert for Windows, still relying on the original game's binary.
Platforms:Windows
Stars175
Updated6 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Modern Military
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Clone of The Settlers
A C# port of Freeserf, an authentic remake of The Settlers I, requiring the original game's data files and adding new AI.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars169
Updated4 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Medieval
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Clone of Stronghold
An actively developed, open-source isometric remake of Firefly Studios' Stronghold, built in the LÖVE engine.
Platforms:None
Stars166
Updated2 months ago
Licenseapache-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Medieval
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Clone of StarCraft
A StarCraft remake built on the open-source Stratagus engine, requiring an existing StarCraft install for game data.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars156
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Dune 2
A cross-platform enhancement of Dune II built on OpenDUNE, adding widescreen graphics, multiplayer for up to 6, and fan campaigns.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars154
Updated10 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2023
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
An in-progress C remake of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans using the original game's assets, with core RTS features implemented.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxRaspberry Pi
Stars153
Updated3 months ago
LicenseZlib
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Original game imageClone of The Settlers III
A Java remake of The Settlers III for Windows, Linux, and Android, left in alpha status with development now archived.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxAndroid
Stars142
Updated11 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Ancient History
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Clone of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
A Stratagus-engine reimplementation of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans with modern RTS conveniences, using the original's assets.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars132
Updated4 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Clone of Age of Empires
A from-scratch, cross-platform reimplementation of Age of Empires and Rise of Rome, requiring the player's own game copy.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars129
Updated1 month ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2016
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Ancient History
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Original game imageClone of Populous
Platforms:Dreamcast
Stars128
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy
A semi-playable recreation of the KKnD real-time strategy games on the OpenRA engine.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars126
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Post-Apocalyptic
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Clone of Swarm Assault
A near-complete Swarm Assault remake on the OpenRA engine, with all 100 missions, extra levels, multiplayer and a map editor.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars123
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2019
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Total Annihilation
An open-source RTS engine highly compatible with Total Annihilation's original data files.
Platforms:Windows
Stars123
Updated7 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2017
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Planet Blupi
Official repo for 1997's Planet Blupi, preserving the original source code under Git tags alongside ongoing development.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars108
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Allegiance
Free Allegiance is an open-source project built with Visual Studio and DirectX, split into client, server, lobby, and logic components.
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Clone of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
A from-scratch, multiplatform port of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans using only the original art and level data; now archived.
Platforms:Windows
Stars80
Updated2 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2015
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Clone of Dark Reign: The Future of War
A work-in-progress OpenRA mod recreating Auran's 1997 RTS Dark Reign, using content from the free demo.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars75
Updated3 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2018
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Stars73
Updated5 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2010
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Earth 2140
A work-in-progress OpenRA-based remake of the 1997 RTS Earth 2140, now in multiplayer alpha.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars71
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2022
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Ogre Battle 64
A static recompilation of the N64 game Ogre Battle 64 (USA, Rev A) into a native PC executable using N64Recomp; needs your own ROM.
Stars69
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Clone of Machines: Wired for War
Official GL-ported source code release of Machines: Wired For War, a 3D RTS, published with permission from Night Dive Studios.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars68
Updated4 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
Archived
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Stars66
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Total Annihilation
A real-3D OpenGL reimplementation of Total Annihilation, requiring the original game's resource files.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars64
Updated4 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Dune 2
This is a Java implementation of a real-time strategy game, built with the slick2d-maven framework, requiring Maven and Java 1.8.
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Clone of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
An unfinished Go engine for Warcraft: Orcs & Humans that decodes the original DOS game's resources.
Platforms:LinuxOSX
Stars58
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2016
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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Clone of Lego Rock Raiders
A JavaScript browser remake of the Lego-themed mining game Lego Rock Raiders, still in development.
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Original game imageClone of StarCraft
Stratagus is a free fantasy real-time strategy game engine, and its README lists the game packages built on it, Wargus, War1gus and Stargus.
Stars56
Updated4 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2011
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Emperor: Battle for Dune
CorrinoEngine is an open-source C# engine recreating Emperor: Battle for Dune from scratch; actively developed but still unplayable.
Platforms:Windows
Stars48
Updated3 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of M.A.X.
MAXR is a fan-made, community-maintained turn-based strategy remake of M.A.X., built to make multiplayer work reliably on modern systems.
Platforms:Windows
Stars47
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —