Free & Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Games
133 free, open-source turn-based strategy 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 Advance Wars
Tanks of Freedom is an open-source isometric pixel-art turn-based strategy game built in Godot Engine, with a released sequel.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars1,208
Updated1 year ago
LicenseMIT*
Release2015
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Halted
Clone of Master of Orion
Remnants of the Precursors is a modernization of Master of Orion, leading one of ten races to galactic domination with streamlined play.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars221
Updated3 years ago
LicenseCC-BY-NC-ND, GPL3*
Release2020
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
Active
Active
Clone of Civilization V
An open source, moddable remake of Civilization V for Android and desktop, using no original game assets.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars11,279
Updated11 days ago
LicenseMPL-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Master of Monsters
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open-source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high-fantasy setting and singleplayer campaigns.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars6,876
Updated11 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2013
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
Active
Clone of Heroes of Might and Magic III
An open-source recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic III engine with new features, full mod support, and mobile ports.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars5,863
Updated13 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2014
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Halted
Active
Clone of Heroes of Might and Magic II
fheroes2 is an open-source, from-scratch recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II engine, with high-resolution graphics and better AI.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars3,479
Updated11 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2019
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Sporadic
Clone of X-COM: UFO Defense
A playable open-source clone of UFO: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep with extensive mod support.
Sporadic
Clone of Civilization II
A browser-based, turn-based empire-building strategy game built on the Freeciv C server, with 2D and 3D WebGL clients.
Platforms:Web
Stars2,199
Updated6 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2013
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Athena Crisis
Athena Crisis is an MIT-licensed turn-based strategy game whose core code — engine, AI, rendering, and map editor — is open-core.
Platforms:Web
Stars1,981
Updated20 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Turn-Based Tactics
Theme: Sci-Fi
Active
Clone of Heroes of Might and Magic III
A browser-based, turn-based tactical strategy game played online in 1v1 or 2v2 matches with creatures that have unique abilities.
Platforms:Web
Stars1,873
Updated1 month ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Release2011
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Civilization II
An open-source, GPLv2-licensed empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization, for Windows and Linux.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars1,596
Updated11 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Active
Clone of Sid Meier's Colonization
An open-source, GPL-licensed turn-based strategy game cloning Colonization closely, adding an isometric map and multiplayer support.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars711
Updated12 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Civilization III
A fan-made, mod-friendly Civilization III remake built with Godot and C#, currently in pre-alpha.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars656
Updated12 days ago
LicenseMIT
Release2021
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
An unofficial open-source reimplementation of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire, requiring a legally owned original copy.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars631
Updated14 days ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Release2023
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of X-COM: Apocalypse
An alpha reimplementation of X-COM: Apocalypse with modding, a skirmish mode and modern resolutions; it needs the original files.
Active
Clone of Worms Series
A turn-based strategy game where teams of up to eight hedgehogs battle with over 40 weapons on terrain that deforms as it's damaged.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars560
Updated29 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2013
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Jagged Alliance 2
A community-maintained continuation of JA2-Stracciatella, running Jagged Alliance 2 on modern systems using data from an original copy.
Active
Sporadic
Clone of Advance Wars
An open-source turn-based strategy game in voxel art, the sequel to Tanks of Freedom, with a built-in map editor.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars426
Updated11 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2019
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Active
Active
Clone of Advance Wars
A from-scratch Advance Wars clone built in C++ with the oxygine engine and Qt, supporting community mods.
Platforms:Linux
Stars295
Updated11 days ago
LicenseLGPL-3.0
Release2019
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
Clone of Civilization II
A turn-based 4X empire-building strategy game built on Freeciv with Qt, supporting hex and square maps and 500+ nations.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars267
Updated13 days ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Halted
Active
Active
Clone of Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space
Race Into Space is the actively maintained free-software continuation of Buzz Aldrin's 1993 Race Into Space.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars228
Updated12 days ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2011
Genre: Strategy
Theme: Management
Sporadic
Clone of Balatro
Balatro TUI is a minimal, work-in-progress Rust clone of Balatro played entirely in a terminal, with logic and UI split across crates.
Platforms:None
Stars205
Updated4 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2024
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Active
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Clone of Flotilla
Flotilla is Brendon Chung's official 2010 source release, combining turn-based 3D ship combat with randomized exploration events.
Platforms:Windows
Stars185
Updated3 years ago
LicenseZlib
Release2020
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
Halted
Clone of Panzer General
A browser-based HTML5 take on Panzer General 2 written in plain JavaScript, playable on desktop and mobile browsers.
Archived
Clone of Hogs of War
An archived, unfinished open-source Hogs of War reimplementation, shelved after an official remaster was announced.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars170
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Halted
Clone of Worms Series
WarMUX is a preserved, free open-source clone of the Worms artillery game series, using its own original assets.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars150
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2016
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Halted
Clone of Heroes of Might and Magic II
A Heroes of Might and Magic II engine recreation with UI and gameplay enhancements; v1.0 released for Windows, development now suspended.
Platforms:Windows
Stars135
Updated6 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
Sporadic
Active
Clone of Call to Power II
The Apolyton community's continuation of Call to Power II's official source code, building on Windows, Linux, and handheld devices.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars113
Updated19 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2018
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: —
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Clone of Master of Magic
A from-scratch C++ rewrite of Master of Magic aiming for visual accuracy and extensible mechanics, still at prototype stage.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars112
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2014
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Fantasy