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    bobeff/open-source-games

    A list of open source games.

    education
    awesome-list
    games
    open-source
    Python
    CC0-1.0
    17.8K stars
    1.6K forks
    162 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 8, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    The project lists 17 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #1 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 16, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a curated list of open source and open-source remake video games across multiple genres.
    • Offers a comprehensive, categorized resource to discover diverse open source games and their source code repositories.
    • Use for finding open source alternatives to popular commercial games for study or contribution.
    • Use for exploring game development examples across genres like RPGs, RTS, platformers, and shooters.
    • Use for educators or hobbyists seeking open source games to analyze or modify for learning game design.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    CC0 1.0

    Public-domain style: no conditions on use.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • No commits in the last six months (last push Feb 2026).
    • No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    This is a list of different open-source video games and commercial video games open-source remakes.

    Excerpt from the bobeff/open-source-games README on GitHub (CC0-1.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 12: +25Sep 17: +451Sep 18: +240Sep 19: +60Sep 20: +41Sep 21: +55Sep 22: +40Sep 23: +40Sep 24: +38Sep 25: +11Oct 21: +182

    +4,363 stars over 83 days across 19 snapshot days; best day +451 on Sep 17.

    Forks

    1.6K+566

    Open issues

    45+18

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