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  1. Retrom icon
     32 likes

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

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    42 alternatives
  2. PlayCanvas icon
     14 likes

    PlayCanvas is the world’s easiest to use WebGL Game Engine. It’s free, it’s open source and it’s backed by amazing developer tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. BlokDust icon
     17 likes

    BlokDust is a web-based music making app. By joining blocks together, you can build synthesizers, put effects on your voice, remix & manipulate samples and arrange self-playing musical environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Foundry VTT is a standalone application built for experiencing multiplayer tabletop RPGs using a feature-rich and modern self-hosted application where your players connect directly through the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Novetus icon
     8 likes

    Tired of the roblox tyranny and greed? The Novetus community game is the solution! Novetus was made to improve on RBXLegacy, with the addition of new features that enhance the launcher for mod development, player customization, and overall usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Roblox
    Character Body Customization
    Host a Server Menu
    Join a Server Menu
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    Select which Builders Club Icon
    43 alternatives
  6. Kaetram icon
     1 like

    Kaetram is an open-source game engine created to aid those interested in entering the game development realm, and intended to be used as a learning tool. The codebase is simple, clean, and intuitive. The original idea is based on Little Workshop's demo game—BrowserQuest...

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    2 alternatives
  7. Powerful, customizable, cross-platform, opensource table sandbox game.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • iPhone
    11 alternatives
  8. AI Dungeon icon
     4 likes

    AI Dungeon is the first limitless text adventure game of its kind built with extremely advanced artificial intelligence using a massive deep neural network at its core.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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    19 alternatives
  9. Cockatrice icon
     4 likes

    Cockatrice is an open-source, multiplatform program for playing tabletop card games over a network. The program's server design prevents users from manipulating the game for unfair advantage. The client also provides a single-player mode, which allows users to brew while...

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    7 alternatives
  10. OpenBet icon
     1 like

    OpenBet is the market leader in providing software for the betting and online gaming industry. Founded in 1996, OpenBet helps power the most successful operators, including William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Betfair, SkyBet and PMU with over 50 integrated partners worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    12 alternatives
  11. Open Tibia icon
     3 likes

    Open Tibia is a loose collection of Open Source (FLOSS) alternative software to run your own customized Tibia (2D MMORPG) game and server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    3 alternatives
  12. AlexGames icon
     1 like

    A collection of simple Lua and Rust games, and an API for playing them including an English dictionary (for word puzzles), websocket multiplayer, state sharing via URL, and auto saving with undo/redo. You can also upload your own Lua games and play in the public web version.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Docker
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  13. Boardgame.io icon
     5 likes

    Open-Source Game Engine for Board Games / Card Games / Tabletop Games. Write simple functions that describe how the game state changes when a particular move is made. This is automatically converted into a playable game complete with online multiplayer features, all without...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Micropolis icon
     9 likes

    Micropolis is a open city-building simulator game and is based on the original source code of SimCity , which was donated to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project by Electronic Arts as free and open source software under the terms of the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  15. Pufferpanel icon
     8 likes

    PufferPanel is an open source game server management panel designed for both small networks and game server providers. PufferPanel supports Minecraft, Spigot, Sponge, Source Dedicated Servers, BungeeCord, PocketMine and much more.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    31 alternatives
  16. Spigot icon
     11 likes

    Simply put, Spigot is it. Spigot is the most widely-used modded Minecraft server software in the world. It powers many of the top Minecraft server networks around to ensure they can cope with their huge player base and ensure the satisfaction of their players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Minecraft Server
    • Minecraft
    8 alternatives
  17. Eigengrau's Essential Establishment Generator is a tabletop procedural generation tool for towns, NPCs and much more. It creates paragraphs of text suitable to be read directly to players during a game.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  18. ifSpace icon
     2 likes

    An interactive Fiction Space Engine and application for creating and playing Interactive Fiction games (e.g.: Colossal Cave, Zork, Choose your path books) with no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  19. JSettlers icon
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    JSettlers2 is a web-based version of the board game Settlers of Catan written in Java. This client-server system supports multiple simultaneous games between people and/or AI bots. Originally written by Robert S Thomas as an AI dissertation (http://sourceforge.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  20. Stephino RPG icon
     2 likes

    This is a browser-based multi-player role-playing game you and your friends can enjoy anytime on your own server! The main goal is to expand your empire and complete research activities in order to uncover the history of your species.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    Expand your cities
    Build an empire
    Play by your rules
    13 alternatives
  21. c4 icon
     1 like

    The evaluation function is hard-coded, and hence the AI may not be moving using the most optimal move.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • GitHub Pages
    4 alternatives
  22. Rocketcrab icon
     2 likes

    Rocketcrab makes it easy for players to discover your game, and easily switch to and from your game without having to manually open a different website and enter a new game code. It accomplishes this by putting your game's page into an iframe, which allows any of your...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  23. Tetris-on-a-plane is a simple HTML-based version of Tetris that requires no dependencies. It was built on a plane, as an exercise in getting things done.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
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