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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mewl

Clone of M.U.L.E.

An unfinished open-source remake of M.U.L.E., the classic multiplayer economic strategy game.

Platforms:Linux

Stars6

Updated11 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Open BattleChess

Clone of Battle Chess

Platforms:None

Stars5

Updated10 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Walic

Clone of Gwent

An unofficial open-source recreation of a late Gwent beta build, with 3 of 5 factions implemented so far.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars5

Updated5 years ago

Licenseapache-2.0

Release2021

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

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NetNuclear

Clone of Nuclear War

A Windows remake of New World Computing's satirical strategy game Nuclear War, with its source mirrored on GitHub.

Platforms:Windows

Stars4

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Xenowar

Clone of X-COM: UFO Defense

A turn-based strategy game for Win32 and Android inspired by the classic X-COM series.

Platforms:OSXAndroidiOS

Stars4

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Horror

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Antiquity

Clone of Civilization

A clone of Civilization for DOS, with no further descriptive detail available beyond that, though it is listed as playable.

Platforms:DOS

Stars3

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2017

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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SF1RE

Clone of Shining Force

An IDA Pro toolkit for reverse-engineering Shining Force, feeding its work into the companion SF1DISASM project.

Platforms:Genesis

Stars3

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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Scorched Earth 2000 HTML Port

Clone of Scorched Earth

Platforms:Web

Stars3

Updated3 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2026

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: —

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drugwars

Clone of Drugwars

An attempted, apparently incomplete JavaScript port of the TI calculator game Drugwars for the web.

Platforms:Web

Stars3

Updated12 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Crime

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paybacktime

Clone of Payback Time

Source code for Payback Time, a tactical battle game, including a scene editor for building and editing scenes.

Platforms:Windows

Stars3

Updated2 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2014

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

Clone of Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

Platforms:Windows

Stars2

Updated10 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: RPG

Theme: —

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Project: Xenocide

Clone of X-COM: UFO Defense

An open-source MonoGame remake of X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown), originally built in XNA around 2007.

Platforms:Windows

Stars2

Updated2 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2016

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Horror

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SFCDRE

Clone of Shining Force CD

A collaborative reverse-engineering project for the Sega CD tactical RPG Shining Force CD.

Platforms:Sega CD

Stars1

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: RPG

Theme: Fantasy

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LibDay

Clone of Liberation Day

An early-stage Unity remake of Liberation Day, still far from playable, with progress limited to tools extracting the original's data.

Platforms:None

Stars0

Updated9 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2017

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Modern Military

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splot

Clone of Ataxx

A primitive, unpolished Windows clone of the arcade game Ataxx, not intended as a finished release.

Platforms:Windows

Stars0

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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2ooM

Clone of Master of Orion 2

Platforms:Linux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Ard-Reil

Clone of Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

Platforms:None

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Atlantis

Clone of Olympia PBEM

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

Atomic Tanks

Clone of Scorched Earth

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: —

Brutal Chess

Clone of Battle Chess

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

C-evo

Clone of Civilization II

Platforms:Windows

LicensePD*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Civ89

Clone of Civilization

Platforms:TI calculator

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

Crimson Fields

Clone of Battle Isle series

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

Daleks

Clone of Daleks

Platforms:HP calculator

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Sci-Fi

DopeWars for Mystic BBS

Clone of Drugwars

Platforms:DOS

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Crime

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Dopewars BBS Door

Clone of Drugwars

Platforms:DOS

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Crime

DrugWars (HP Calculator)

Clone of Drugwars

Platforms:HP calculator

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Strategy

Theme: Crime

Eastern Front (1941)

Clone of Eastern Front (1941)

Platforms:Atari

LicenseUnknown

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: World War II

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FreeLords

Clone of Warlords II

Platforms:None

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Freeciv Alpha Centauri project

Clone of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Platforms:Linux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Freestars

Clone of Stars!

Platforms:Windows

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

JScorch

Clone of Scorched Earth

Platforms:None

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: —

Kaiser II

Clone of Kaiser II

Platforms:Atari

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

King of the Hill

Clone of Scorched Earth

Platforms:Linux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Tactics

Theme: —

LGeneral

Clone of Panzer General

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

LordsAWar!

Clone of Warlords II

Platforms:WindowsLinux

LicenseGPL3*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

NStars!

Clone of Stars!

Platforms:Windows

LicenseGPL2*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: —

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Olympia PBEM

Clone of Olympia PBEM

Platforms:None

LicenseBSD*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

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Olympia g3

Clone of Olympia PBEM

Platforms:Windows

LicenseBSD*

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Theme: Fantasy

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