I’m looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
Not a very original answer, but I still enjoy The Battle for Wesnoth after many years.
I’m surprised hardly anyone else has mentioned Wesnoth yet. I last played it over a decade ago, so I’m not sure if it’s still as well-known now as it used to be, but it’s one of the highest-quality open-source games out there.
It’s a turn-based fantasy strategy game that feels like a combination of Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and D&D. And I suppose it was a lot more unique back in the 2000’s when there weren’t a dozen indie games out there that fit the same description.
Beyond All Reasons. It’s a spiritual successor of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander using the Spring engine.
It’s also a great game in its own right, especially the various advanced unit positioning and selection features had me amazed. The graphics are good and the performance with many units is finally very good too, after some patches last year (or two years? I don’t remember).
I need to get into this – I was a massive fan of TA
It’s honestly so good, it’s peak on army control, huge online community, and active balance/development. Can’t recommend it enough.
Mindustry is neat if you like tower defenses and factory/automation games.
[edit] Though this isn’t exactly a game, I thought I’d mention it: The Powder Toy. Really fun physics-ish sandbox game if you like just playing around with little particles or making electronics or nuclear powered fireworks shows, etc.
Mindustry is great! I’ve put a ton of hours into it and I’ve gotten my kids into it. Super active dev and good community.
I prefer it to factorio
Github link for convenience
https://github.com/Anuken/MindustryThis was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of the post. Mindustry is awesome, I got so addicted to it for a bit haha
0AD! It’s similar to age of empires
The graphics are beautiful too!
Currently Endless Sky! Although I haven’t gotten far, and playing without mods, I love the vibes
Nethack! It’s basically the original roguelike, if you liked shattered pixel dungeons then you’ll like nethack. There are also several other open source rogelikes to check out as well… including the original Rogue!
Are there good UIs/tilesets for Nethack these days?
I enjoyed one on my phone called “Pathos” but I don’t know how open it is.
In terms of games I actually play, Cataclysm: DDA (even if I still suck at it after hundreds of hours).
In terms of technical/visual impressiveness, Veloren.
Omg I looked at veloren and I’m going to have to try that… I spent so many hours in cube world when it first went early access (before the dev went radio silent for 5 years and then released on steam, lol)
SuperTuxKart is really good with friends.
- Asuna
- Lord of the Test
- 0 A.D.
- Xbill
- SuperTuxKart
- Sonic Robo Blast
- The various Doom mods
- Konquest
- SuperTux
- Endless Sky
Another shout-out for Sonic Robo Blast! I absolutely love that game.
No one is saying Shattered Pixel Dungeon?
Because I say Shattered Pixel Dungeon.I played vanilla pixel dungeon years ago and recently picked it back up. What’s the difference with Shattered?
Shattered has added a lot more polish, some story elements, some more interesting bosses and challenges, and removed the frustrating weapon breakdown element. It’s under active development, whereas I think the vanilla game is now a dead fork.
removed the frustrating weapon breakdown element
Ok I’m sold
While vanilla was promising, it always had that “school project” kind of vibe. Shattered, intead, is a full fledged, really polished game with active development.
Among the new features there are new sub-missions (with a new one in development right now), new enemies and bosses, a new playable character and re-balanced mechanics overall.
Stongly suggested, you can even find it on f-droidI think I’ll pick that up. When I quit playing years ago, it was because I felt like I had solved the game. Maybe my strategy wasn’t optimal but it was as good as I could get it and I was purely relying on luck to get deeper. If shattered can add more depth then I’m down.
I really enjoyed Minedustry. Also, does Katawa Shoujo count?
3 out of 4 begin with “Super”!
Ooh, those all look so fun! Thanks for the links! :)
Cataclysm DDA is amazing if you are into this stuff.
Warzone 2100. 3D RTS from the late 90s that was open-sourced after the studio went belly-up. Fantastic game, runs on even ancient hardware.
Edit to add: Forgot to mention it is still receiving updates!
