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This page is to list games that run natively on GNU/Linux, that means they don't require a emulator to run. See Gaming section for more info on gaming in Linux.
The page will be formated as follows: Game Name - type - description, where type will one of "OSS" if its open source software, or "Binary" if it's a binary version only. If type is preceded by a "$" sign, then the game is not free. OSS/$ or Binary/$ games means it requires some non-free things first, these are usually the games data files.
Click on the links for a better description of the game, and a link to its homepage. Some games are ports to GNU/Linux. There may also be games derived directly from other games, such games may or may not be listed on this page, but in their parent's page, Doom for example has tons of ports, and derived games, many are not listed on this page, but the parent Doom is.
N.B: a virtual machine is not considered as an emulator. This implies that this game list includes games that may require a virtual machine to run under Linux.
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Action/Arcade
Pretty much any game that wont fit anywhere else.
- Abuse - OSS
- Adventure - OSS
- Amphetamine - OSS
- Armagetron - OSS
- Atanks - OSS
- BZFlag - OSS
- Candy Defense - $Binary
- Cosmic Trip - $Binary
- Chromium - OSS
- Critter - OSS
- Dave Gnukem - OSS
- Defendguin - OSS
- Feuerkraft - OSS
- Freedroid - OSS
- Galaxium - OSS
- GLTron - OSS
- ICBM3D - OSS
- JumpnBump - OSS
- LiquidWar - OSS
- Mad Bomber - OSS
- Maelstrom - OSS
- Overkill - OSS
- Penguin Command - OSS
- SuperTux - OSS
- Tux Kart - OSS
- Tux Racer - OSS
- Warzone 3 - $Binary
FPS
This is for First Person Shoot 'em ups (see FPS).
- America's Army - Binary
- Ancient Arenas - $Binary
- Black Shades - OSS
- Chickens - OSS
- Cube - OSS
- Doom - OSS
- Doom 3 - $Binary
- Futuristic Arenas - $Binary
- Jake 2 - OSS
- Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 - $Binary
- Nexuiz - OSS
- Parsec - OSS
- Postal Plus - $Binary
- Postal 2 - $Binary
- Quake - OSS/$
- Quake 2 - OSS/$
- Quake 3 Arena - $Binary
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein - $Binary
- Rise of the Traid - OSS
- Rune - $Binary
- Scared - $Binary
- Serious Sam - Binary
- Soldier of Fortune - $Binary
- Tribes 2 - $Binary
- True Combat: True Combat Elite - Binary
- TUER - OSS
- Unreal Tournament - $Binary
- Wolfenstein - OSS.
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Binary
Strategy
Strategy based games
- Alpha Centauri - $Binary
- ASC - OSS
- BoS - OSS
- Boson - OSS
- Crimson Fields - OSS
- FreeCNC - OSS/$
- FreeCiv - OSS
- FreeCol - OSS
- FreeLords - OSS
- Glest - OSS
- Globulation 2 - OSS
- Pingus - OSS
- Thousand Parsec - OSS
- Tower Defence Game - $Binary
- Tribal Trouble - $Binary
- UFO Alien Invasion - OSS
- Warzone2100 - OSS
- Wesnoth - OSS
- Widelands - OSS
RPG
This section is for any type of Role Playing Game (see RPG)
- Angband - OSS
- Crossfire - OSS
- Daimonin - OSS
- Egoboo - OSS
- Eternal Lands - OSS
- FreedroidRPG - OSS
- Lincity - OSS
- Nethack - OSS
- Neverwinter Nights - $Binary
- OpenTTD - OSS/$
- PlaneShift - OSS
- Runescape - $Binary
- Savage - $Binary
- Simcity 3000 - $Binary
- Simutrans - Binary
- Vega Stike - OSS
- Wurm Online - $Binary
Puzzle/Educational/Board
This section encompasses games to make people think, or solve problems.
- Batalla Naval - OSS
- BillardGL - OSS
- ccGo - OSS
- Einstein - OSS
- FooBillard - OSS
- Frozen bubble - OSS
- Gem Drop X - OSS
- Gemz - OSS
- glChess - OSS
- Lbreakout 2 - OSS
- Kiki - OSS
- Monsterz - OSS
- PDA Maze - OSS
- Pysol - OSS
- PyChess - OSS
- TuxMath - OSS
- Xboard - OSS
Tetris like
- Ltris - OSS
- Crack Attack - OSS
- XPuyopuyo - OSS
- 3D Breakout - $Binary
Simulation
Simulations are meant for teaching people about certain things, for example on how to operate machines, or demonstrate what-ifs.
- Core Wars - OSS
- FlightGear - OSS
- YS Flight Simulation - OSS
Other
- BSD games - OSS
External Links
- List of Linux Games (wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Linux Game software (www.linuxsoft.cz)
- The Linux Game Tome (www.happypenguin.org)
- The Java Game Tome (www.javagametome.com)
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