Cloned Games

Free & Open Source Simulation Games

256 free, open-source simulation 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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Pilotwings 64 (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pilotwings 64

Pilotwings 64 as a native PC port for Windows and Linux with widescreen and high refresh rates, built from your own ROM.
Stars14
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Star Raiders (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Star Raiders

A disassembly of Star Raiders' original 6502 assembly source, not a reimplementation; a work in progress and not yet playable.
Platforms:Atari
Stars13
Updated13 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Action
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Planet Lander screenshot

Clone of Lunar Lander

A Python/Pygame Lunar Lander clone with procedural terrain, demo mode, and a built-in AI autopilot.
Platforms:None
Stars13
Updated6 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2019
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Armored Core (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Armored Core

A static recompilation project for Armored Core (USA) on PlayStation, using PSXRecomp.
Stars12
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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Football Manager (original game, not this project)Original game image
Platforms:None
Stars12
Updated12 years ago
LicenseGPL2*
Release2014
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Management
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LSD: Dream Emulator (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of LSD: Dream Emulator

A work-in-progress attempt at decompiling the 1998 video game LSD: Dream Emulator, mainly intended as a verifiable reference for the more…
Stars12
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Action
Theme: —
Halted
Rowan's Battle of Britain (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Rowan's Battle of Britain

The source code for Rowan's Battle of Britain, per its minimal README with no further build or gameplay details given.
Platforms:Windows
Stars11
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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TTDPatch screenshot
Platforms:WindowsDOS
Stars11
Updated8 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Strategy
Theme: Management
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starshatter-open screenshot

Clone of Starshatter

The Starshatter space combat simulator's source code, migrated from Google Code and released under a BSD license.
Platforms:Windows
Stars8
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Sci-Fi
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SuperStarTrek25thGMS screenshot

Clone of Super Star Trek

A Game Maker Studio remake of the Adventure Game Studio fan game Super Star Trek Meets 25th Anniversary.
Platforms:Android
Stars7
Updated7 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Tiny Trek

A remake of Tiny Trek for the Playdate handheld, played using the device's crank and A/B buttons.
Platforms:Playdate
Stars7
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Tornado (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Tornado

The official 1993 DOS source for Digital Integration's Tornado flight simulator, backend only — no C/C++ frontend menu code.
Platforms:DOS
Stars7
Updated9 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Flight
Theme: —
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Aces of the Pacific (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Aces of the Pacific

An enhanced native port of Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific (1992), built on a separate SDL3 port of the game.
Stars6
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Colony Wars: Red Sun Recompilation screenshot

Clone of Colony Wars: Red Sun

A static recompilation kit for Colony Wars: Red Sun: you supply the disc image and BIOS, and setup builds it locally.
Stars6
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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LEGO Creator: Knights Kingdom Decompilation screenshot

Clone of Lego Creator: Knights' Kingdom

A project reverse engineering LEGO Creator: Knights Kingdom and building a modernized version with expanded functionality.
Stars6
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Minecraft 4k (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Minecraft 4k

A decompilation of Minecraft 4K, turned from a Java applet into a standalone application.
Platforms:None
Stars6
Updated7 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Pharaoh (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pharaoh

An early Godot 3.6 project to recreate the engine of Impressions Games' city builders like Pharaoh and Zeus.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars6
Updated8 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
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SimCity (SNES) Disassembly screenshot

Clone of SimCity

A disassembly of the USA SNES SimCity ROM, built on the author's own SNES ROM framework for asset extraction.
Platforms:SNES
Stars6
Updated5 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2021
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Management
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Elite (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Elite

An Elite-like space game for the FunKey S handheld, with procedurally generated star systems, combat, and ship upgrades.
Platforms:Linux
Stars6
Updated10 months ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Release2021
Genre: Action
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Wonder Project J2 (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Wonder Project J2

A work-in-progress decompilation of Wonder Project J2 that builds the wonderprojectj2.jp.z64 ROM.
Stars6
Updated2 months ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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ECrew Development Program (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of ECrew Development Program

A work-in-progress decompilation of eCrew Development Program, described as McDonald's lost training game preserved by babylonian.
Stars6
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: educational video game
Theme: —
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Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies

A planned, unplayable 2D/2.5D remake of Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies about building and flying a spaceship.
Platforms:Web
Stars6
Updated11 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2014
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Homeworld 2 (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Homeworld 2

A work-in-progress decompilation of Homeworld 2.
Stars5
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Theme: —
Halted
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Clone of 北京浮生记

An early-access Godot remake of the classic game Beijing Fushengji, made by a different developer, still missing some icons and sounds.
Platforms:Windows
Stars4
Updated1 year ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2023
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Colony Wars (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Colony Wars

A release-candidate PSXRecomp-based recompilation of Colony Wars that needs your own game disc and Europe BIOS.
Stars3
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
Halted
FFED3D screenshot
Platforms:Windows
Stars3
Updated10 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Action
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Fly8 screenshot

Clone of Fly8

Source code for Eyal Lebedinsky's 1998 flight simulator Fly8, with build support across DOS, Unix/X11, Amiga, OS/2, and Windows.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxDOS
Stars3
Updated6 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Flight
Theme: —
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Moonlander screenshot

Clone of Moonlander

An iOS remake of Moonlander, the 1973 game for the DEC GT40 terminal.
Platforms:iOS
Stars3
Updated5 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2020
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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W.R. Hutsell's Civil War Strategy Game screenshot

Clone of Civil War Strategy

A turn-based Civil War strategy wargame by W.R. Hutsell, with its original source preserved and a QB64-ported branch.
Platforms:Windows
Stars3
Updated1 year ago
LicenseMIT
Release2021
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Civil War
Sporadic
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Clone of Air Traffic Chaos

A decompilation and modification project for the Nintendo DS game Air Traffic Chaos.
Stars2
Updated11 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Monster Rancher 2 Recompilation screenshot

Clone of Monster Rancher 2

A static recompilation of Monster Rancher 2 for modern systems, built on the psxrecomp and recomp-ui frameworks.
Stars2
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Monster Rancher (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Monster Rancher

A PSXRecomp-based recompilation of Monster Rancher; you supply your own disc and BIOS.
Stars2
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
Halted
The Sims 2: Castaway (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of The Sims 2: Castaway

A work-in-progress disassembly and decompilation of The Sims 2 Castaway for Wii (US build).
Stars2
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
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Uplink (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Uplink

Platforms:Linux
Stars2
Updated8 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
Halted
W.R. Hutsell's Civil War Battleset screenshot

Clone of Civil War Battleset

The preserved original DOS source code for W.R. Hutsell's tactical Civil War wargame, kept unedited for history.
Platforms:DOS
Stars2
Updated1 year ago
LicenseMIT
Release2021
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Civil War
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Lunar Lander (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Lunar Lander

A Bitcoin-themed browser twist on Lunar Lander, updated with an easier landing mode, adjustable gravity, and a lower-spec performance mode.
Platforms:Web
Stars1
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
Halted
Elite (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Elite

An OpenGL/SDL port to Linux of Christian Pinder's Elite: The New Kind, itself a Windows/Allegro remake of the original Elite.
Platforms:Linux
Stars1
Updated6 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Action
Theme: Sci-Fi
Sporadic
Moon Miner screenshot

Clone of Lunar Lander

A retro-styled arcade game written in CircuitPython for the Adafruit Fruit Jam.
Platforms:Raspberry Pi
Stars1
Updated10 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2025
Genre: Simulation
Theme: —
Halted
No preview

Clone of Areena 5

An open-source Java gladiator management game, aiming to become a fully reimagined Areena 5.
Platforms:None
Stars1
Updated1 year ago
Licensegpl-3.0
Release2022
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Fantasy

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