Open Source Games Like Rocksmith Great Music Games like Rocksmith

The best open source alternative to Rocksmith is FoFiX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rocksmith and four of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Rocksmith are YARG, Frets on Fire and Taps of Fire.

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  1. FoFiX icon
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    A free Guitar Hero/RockBand-like game mod, forked from Frets on Fire and developed by British fans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    FoFiX vs Rocksmith Comments
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    Played using a computer keyboard, not a real electric guitar.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
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    Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar.FoFiX is played using a computer keyboard.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • FoFiX is Free and Open SourceRocksmith is Paid and Proprietary
  2. YARG icon
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    YARG (a.k.a. Yet Another Rhythm Game) is a free, open-source, plastic guitar game that is still in development. It supports guitar (five fret), drums (plastic or e-kit), vocals, pro-guitar, and more!.

    7 YARG alternatives

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  3. Frets on Fire icon
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    Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Frets on Fire vs Rocksmith Comments
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    Negative
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    Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar. Fres on Fire is played using a computer keyboard.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Negative
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    Rocksmith uses real musical instruments, while FoF use keyboard. You canot learn to play a real instrument with Frets on Fire

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Negative
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    FoF is just a video game, Rocksmith teaches on a real guitar

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Frets on Fire is Free and Open SourceRocksmith is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Taps of Fire is an implementation of the open source Frets on Fire game for Android devices. Play songs and tap to hit the right notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    Taps of Fire vs Rocksmith Comments
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    Negative
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    Rocksmith is played using an electric guitar. Taps on Fire is played using the screen.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Taps of Fire is Free and Open SourceRocksmith is Paid and Proprietary
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