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  1. Playnite icon
     242 likes

    Open-source game library manager unifying PC and emulated titles from platforms including Steam, GOG, and Origin with customizable plugins and themes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    4.7
    Excellent22 reviews
  2. 0 A.D. icon
     260 likes

    Free, open-source real-time strategy game featuring ancient warfare from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., with city building, custom maps, and cross-platform support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    4.6
    Excellent16 reviews
  3. Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense video game by PopCap. A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to mulchify zombies before they reach your front...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    iPhone
    iPad
    Mac
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  4. Retrom icon
     35 likes

    Centralized game library management service, enabling clients to install games across platforms with web access, emulator profiles, and metadata support.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    44 alternatives
  5. SuperTuxKart icon
     127 likes

    SuperTuxKart is a free 3D kart racing game; we want to make the game fun more than we want to make it realistic. You can play with up to 4 friends on one PC, racing against each other or just try to beat the computer (a network multiplayer feature is planned).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    36 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent10 reviews
  6. Veloren icon
     53 likes

    Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. SuperTux icon
     102 likes

    SuperTux is an open-source classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario games. Instead of Mario, the hero in this game is Tux, the mascot of the Linux kernel.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    • Flathub
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  8. Xonotic icon
     113 likes

    Xonotic is a free (GPL), fast-paced first-person multiplayer shooter that works on Windows, OS X and Linux. The project is geared towards providing addictive arena shooter gameplay which is all spawned and driven by the community itself.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Quake Mod Coop server
    40 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good11 reviews
  9. osu! icon
     54 likes

    osu! is a rhythm game based on the gameplay of a variety of popular commercial rhythm games. While aiming to keep authentic gameplay and scoring, osu! increases the epic factor through online rankings, multiplayer, replay exchange, and a huge community following.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    24 alternatives
  10. Ruffle icon
     49 likes

    Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust. Ruffle runs natively on all modern operating systems as a standalone application, and on all modern browsers through the use of WebAssembly. Leveraging the safety of the modern browser sandbox and the memory safety guarantees of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  11. Team Fortress 2 icon
     231 likes

    Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. One of the most popular online action games of all time, TF2 delivers constant free updates including new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Linux
    Medic.
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  12. Counter-Strike icon
     144 likes

    Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games, in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) and counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    66 alternatives
  13. Unciv icon
     31 likes

    UnCiv offers a streamlined, gameplay-focused reimplementation of the hugely popular Civilization that's ad-free, open-source and built for speed. The game loads and plays very fast, offering a balanced design that lets players focus on...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • itch.io
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  14. Mari0 icon
     54 likes

    Two genre defining games from completely different eras: Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Valve's Portal. These two games managed to give Platformers and First-Person Puzzle Games a solid place in the video game world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  15. ScummVM icon
     126 likes

    ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Symbian S60
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
    Myst: Masterpiece Edition (Windows/German)
    Myst III: Exile (Windows/English)
    The Neverhood (Windows/English)
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    13 alternatives
  16. FreeCiv icon
     73 likes

    Freeciv is an open-source, turn-based strategy game based on Civilization II. Inspired by the history of human civilization, the game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    37 alternatives
  17. Roblox icon
     98 likes

    Online platform for 3D world building, avatar customization, multiplayer play, and user-generated game development with trading, achievements, and a virtual economy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • HTC Vive
    • Kindle Fire
    • Playstation
    • Gear VR
    • Xbox
    • Meta Quest
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    3.9
    Good26 reviews
  18. Agar.io icon
     206 likes

    Play online with players around the world as you try to become the biggest cell of them all!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • FreeBSD
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    67 alternatives