Free & Open Source RTS Games
117 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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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 Beasts and Bumpkins
A small collection of utilities for Beasts and Bumpkins, including a MAPViewer and SpriteViewer plus documentation of its file format.
Platforms:Windows
Stars21
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2017
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Comedy
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Clone of Warrior Kings
An engine reimplementation of Warrior Kings (Battles) for editing and building custom maps; gameplay is still in development.
Platforms:Windows
Stars20
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2016
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Homeworld
Gardens of Kadesh is a fan-maintained continuation of Homeworld SDL, an earlier community port of Homeworld's 1999 source code.
Platforms:WebWindowsLinux
Stars17
Updated9 days ago
Licenseother
Release2019
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Warcraft 2000
Official released source code for Warcraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic, GSC Game World's 1998 RTS built to rival Warcraft II and StarCraft.
Platforms:Windows
Stars14
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
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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 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 Savage: The Battle for Newerth
The official archived source code release of Savage: The Battle for Newerth, preserved via the Internet Archive.
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Clone of Earth 2140
An early, not-yet-playable C++ reimplementation of the 1997 RTS Earth 2140 that uses the original game files.
Platforms:LinuxOSX
Stars1
Updated3 years ago
Licensegpl-3.0+
Release2020
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Natural Selection
