Alternatives to Counter-Strike for Linux with any license

  • AssaultCube

    AssaultCube is a free, multiplayer, first-person shooter game, based on the CUBE engine. Taking place in realistic environments, with fast, arcade gameplay, it's...

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    • Discontinued No more updates since Nov 2013 : http://assault.cubers.net/ (like Alien Arena, also noticed discontinued)

  • Cube 2: Sauerbraten

    Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS. Much like the original Cube, the aim of this...

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD

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    • Discontinued No more updates since Jan 2013 : http://sauerbraten.org/ . 2013, like Alien Arena, noticed discontinued.

  • Urban Terror

    Urban Terror started as a realism based "total conversion" mod for Quake III Arena. Nowadays, Urban Terror is played using the free, stand-alone, ioquake3...

    • Really nice and good game ! It should be more popular... bogdancioata • Feb 2016 Disagree   Agree

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  • TrueCombat: Elite & CQB

    TrueCombat: Elite is a FREE modification for the Enemy Territory game (also free). It is a realistic modern day FPS featuring state of the art models and textures. ...

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  • AssaultCube Reloaded

    A free-and-open-source first-person-shooter aimed at improving the classic game, AssaultCube!

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

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  • Insurgency

    Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this...

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  • Nexuiz Classic

    Nexuiz was originally developed by Lee Vermeulen and Forest ‘LordHavoc’ Hale, who started Alientrap in the summer of 2002. The goal of the project was to create a high...

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

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    • Discontinued Nexuiz is no longer developed. It's successor is https://alternativeto.net/software/xonotic/ , but last version of Nexuiz Classic, 2.5.2, released in 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

  • Alien Arena

    Alien Arena is a free and opensource first-person shooter game that combines a 1950s-era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to...

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    • Discontinued The last update was released on September 6th, 2013.

  • Digital Paint: Paintball 2

    Digital Paint: Paintball 2 is a Paintball game that started out as a mod for quake 2 but then took on a life of its own as an open source fps game with a global player...

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

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  • Tremulous

    Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both...

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    • Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.2 Beta, released in December 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website. The project has been forked by https://alternativeto.net/software/unvanquished/

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