Free & Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Games
146 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 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
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Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2018
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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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
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Clone of Civilization II
A from-scratch C#/Raylib rewrite of Civilization II that can load saves and move units, but core gameplay isn't complete yet.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars107
Updated3 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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Original game imageClone of Space Rangers 2: Dominators
An archived, partially complete open-source engine for Space Rangers 2 that needs files from the "Reboot" release.
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Clone of Heroes of Might and Magic III
A free C++/Qt reimplementation of Heroes of Might and Magic III's engine, pre-alpha with battle emulation as its playable feature.
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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
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Clone of Imperialism
Imperialism Remake is an open-source, Python-based project modeled on the original Imperialism, though development has halted.
Platforms:Windows
Stars59
Updated4 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2014
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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Original game imageClone of Drugwars
A PowerShell BBS-door-style console RPG loosely based on the 1984 drug-dealing game Drug Wars.
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Original game imageClone of Pokémon Stadium 2
A work-in-progress decompilation rebuilding Pokémon Stadium 2's Nintendo 64 ROM from source.
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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
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Clone of Battle Isle series
Advanced Strategic Command is a turn-based strategy game playable solo, hot-seat, by email, or online via Project Battle Planets.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars45
Updated2 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2019
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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Original game imageClone of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
An inactive, read-only branch of the Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade decompilation that builds the fe6.gba ROM.
Stars45
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Vandal Hearts
One executable runs the USA (SLUS-00447), Asia (SCPS-45183) and Japan (SLPM-86007) releases, with the region auto-detected.
Stars44
Updated2 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Emperor of the Fading Suns
A Java remake of Emperor of the Fading Suns that runs on the original EFS 1.4 data files and supports its mods.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars41
Updated9 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2014
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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Clone of Master of Orion
1oom is a from-scratch, GPLv2 engine recreation of Master of Orion (1993), requiring the original game's data files to run.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxDOS
Stars31
Updated3 years ago
Licensegpl-2.0+
Release2018
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Vandal Hearts
An in-progress decompilation of the US PlayStation release of Vandal Hearts.
Stars31
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Master of Orion 2
An early open-source remake of Master of Orion II that can currently load and view original savegames.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars29
Updated11 months ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2021
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Clone of Sangokushi Sōsōden
A turn-based tactics engine inspired by Koei's Sangokushi Sōsōden, supporting custom scenario mods.
Platforms:LinuxOSX
Stars28
Updated5 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2017
Genre: Turn-Based Tactics
Theme: Civil War
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Original game imageClone of Shining Force
A fully documented Shining Force disassembly that reassembles into a bit-perfect ROM, meant as a base for fan mods.
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Clone of Sid Meier's Colonization
An early-preview remake of Sid Meier's Colonization for web browsers and Linux, reusing the original's graphics files to play.
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Clone of PaybackTime 2
An X-COM-style turn-based tactics game for MS-DOS from 1994-97, released as public domain with full source and set up for DOSBox.
Platforms:WebWindows
Stars21
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2014
Genre: Turn-Based Tactics
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
In-progress decompilation of the Japanese Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones that builds its ROM from committed source.
Stars19
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Master of Orion 2
A Python clone of Master of Orion II for Linux that uses the original game's data files; not yet playable.
Platforms:Linux
Stars17
Updated9 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Original game imageClone of Taipan!
A Unix port of Taipan!, the 19th-century South China Seas trading game originally written for the Apple II.
Platforms:Linux
Stars17
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
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Original game imageClone of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
A decompilation of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for Nintendo DS that builds the US ROM.
Stars16
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Super Robot Wars 64
An experimental native recompilation of Super Robot Wars 64, using N64Recomp, N64ModernRuntime and RT64 to run recompiled code from the…
Stars16
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Eastern Front (1941)
A from-scratch TypeScript port of Eastern Front 1941, built from disassembled originals, running client-side as a single-page web app.
Platforms:Web
Stars15
Updated9 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2022
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
Theme: World War II
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Original game imageClone of Shining Force CD
A disassembly of Shining Force CD that documents the game's code and can rebuild a bit-perfect copy of the original ISO.
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Original game imageClone of Final Fantasy Tactics
An unofficial PSXRecomp project for Final Fantasy Tactics (USA); you supply your own disc and build it locally.
Stars13
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Maxit
KittenMaxit is a LibGDX implementation of Maxit using a greedy move algorithm; requires 32-bit Java, not 64-bit.
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Original game imageClone of Moonbase Commander
A remake of Moonbase Commander, titled Project Tether: Scorched Moon, built with Python and Pygame.