Gaming on GNU/Linux platforms

This page is for good quality software on GNU/Linux platforms based on the contributions of /g/ users.

Games

See also: Games

Open Source

First Person Shooter

Alien Arena

• Alien Arena runs on the CRX Gaming Engine. Alien Arena is a furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have been created by community members to add on to the game experience. If socialization isn't your thing, you can play offline against bots.

Assault Cube

• Assault Cube multiplayer game based on the CUBE engine. Contains 12 multiplayer game modes, including: Deathmatch, Survivor, Capture the Flag, Hunt the Flag, Keep the Flag, Pistol Frenzy, Last Swiss Standing & One-Shot One-Kill (plus team versions of these modes). Comes with 26 different maps and has a built in, in-game map editor to help players create their own maps and allows for co-operative editmode in realtime with others! Runs smoothly even on modest hardware.

Cube 2: Sauerbraten

• Cube 2 is a free multiplayer & singleplayer first person shooter, the successor of the Cube FPS. Many multiplayer gameplay modes, most in teamplay variants as well: deathmatch, instagib, efficiency, tactics, capture (domination/battlefield style), CTF (capture the flag), coop edit. Two singleplayer modes: DMSP (fight a monster invasion on any DM map), classic SP (progression driven SP like other games). 7 weapons tuned for maximum satisfaction: double barrelled shogun, rocket launcher, machine gun, rifle, grenade launcher, pistol, fist.

• OpenArena
• Red Eclipse
• Urban Terror
• Warsow

Xonotic

• Xonotic is an arena FPS with many game modes, maps, and weapons to choose from.

MMORPG

• Planeshift
• Ryzom

Platformer

• Abuse
• Secret Maryo Chronicles

Puzzle

• freesweep
• Frozen Bubble
• Mari0
• Pingus

Racing

• Super Tux Kart
• Stunt Rally

Real Time Strategy

• 0AD
• Glest
• MegaGlest
• Warzone2100

Rhythm/Music

Stepmania

• Stepmania started as a Dance Dance Revolution clone, but has since become so much more. It has many options, modes, and even online play. There is a huge number of community contributed stepfiles available.

• Performous
• Frets on Fire
• Ultrastar Deluxe

Roguelikes

• Brogue
• DoomRL
• Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
• Tales of Maj'Eyal

Simulation

• OpenTTD
• FlightGear

Turn Based Strategy

• Battle for Wesnoth
• Cockatrice
• Hedgewars
• UFO: Alien Invasion

Open Source with Proprietary Assets

First Person Shooter

• ioquake3 is an open source remake of the Quake3 engine.

Role Playing Game

• OpenMW is an open source remake of the Morrowind engine.

Closed Source

Gratis

Fighting

Toribash

• Toribash is a very unique 3D fighting game with turn based gameplay. Switch joints and muscles between four states (extend, contract, relax, and hold) in order to attack your opponent. Hundreds of game modes/mods. Features online gameplay and skill tier ranking system. You can also play offline against the bot, but it's pretty easy once you get the hang of the game. Download the 4.7 beta with online play here. The last working Linux version was 3.5.

MMORPG

• Second Life

Roguelikes

• Dwarf Fortress
• ADoM

First Person Shooter

• ROTC: Ethernet
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Paid

This is a list of all the /g/ featured paid GNU/Linux games. For a complete list of Steam games for Linux click here

First Person Shooter

• Half Life
• Half Life 2
• Left for Dead 2
• Prey

Rogue-Like/Lite

• Dungeons of Dredmore
• Faster Than Light
• Hack Slash Loot
• Rogue Legacy
• The Binding of Isaac

Survival

• Minecraft

Rust

• Rust is an online multiplayer game where you must craft things in order to survive. Teaming up with other people is key to survival. Many players are very aggressive and will kill each other over resources. You'll focus your time on building necessary defenses to keep players away from your things as well as crafting guns, ammo, and whatever else you need. The lighting engine is also really good.

Game Console Emulators

Arcade

• sdlmame
• qmc2 (frontend for sdlmame)

Atari Systems

Atari

• Hatari
• Stella
• Atari++
• atari800

Nintendo Systems

NES

• Higan
• FCEUX
• Mednafen
• Nestopia
• Termboy (terminal)
• TuxNES

SNES

• Higan
• Mednafen
• Snes9x
• ZSNES

N64

• CEN64
• CuteMupen
• Mupen64Plus

Gamecube/Wii

• Dolphin

Virtual Boy

• Reality Boy

Game Boy

• Gambatte
• Higan
• Mednafen

Game Boy Color

• Gambatte
• Higan
• Mednafen
• VBA-M

Game Boy Advance

• Higan
• Mednafen
• VBA-M

Nintendo DS

• DeSuME

Sony Systems

Playstation

• ePSXe
• Mednafen
• PCSXR

Playstation 2

• PCSX2

PSP

• PPSSPP

Sega Systems

Sega Master System

• Dega
• Kega-Fusion
• Osmose

Sega Mega Drive

• DGen
• Generator
• Kega-Fusion
• Mednafen
• Regen

Sega Genesis

• DGen
• Generator
• Gens
• Gens/GS
• Kega-Fusion
• Mednafen
• Regen

Sega CD

• Kega-Fusion
• Gens/GS
• Gens

Sega Saturn

• Yabause

Sega Dreamcast

• lxdream

Sega Game Gear

• Dega
• Kega-Fusion
• Mednafen
• Osmose