Title: Top 12 best opensource games available on OpenBSD

	Title: Top 12 best opensource games available on OpenBSD
	Author: Solène
	Date: 07 March 2021
	Tags: openbsd gaming
	Description:

	# Introduction

	This article features the 12 best games (in my opinion) in term of
	quality and fun available in OpenBSD packages. The list only contains
	open source games that you can install out of the box. This means that
	game engines requiring proprietary (or paid) game assets are not part
	of this list.

	# Tales of Maj'Eyal

	Tome4 is a rogue-like game with many classes, many races, lot of areas
	to explore. There are fun pieces of lore to find and read if it's your
	thing, you have to play it many times to unlock everything. Note that
	while the game is open source, there are paid extensions requiring an
	online account on the official website, this is not mandatory to play
	or finish the game.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add tome4
	$ tome4
	```

	Tales of Maj'Eyal official website
	Tales of Maj'Eyal screenshot

	# OpenTTD

	This famous game is a free reimplementation of the Transport Tycoon
	game. Build roads, rails, make huge trains networks with signals,
	transports materials from extraction to industries and then deliver
	goods to cities to make them grow. There is a huge community and many
	mods, and the game can be played in multiplayer. Also available on
	Android.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add openttd
	$ openttd
	```

	OpenTTD official website
	[Peertube video] OpenTTD
	OpenTTD screenshot

	# The Battle for Wesnoth

	Wesnoth is a turn based strategy game based on hexagons. There are
	many races with their own units. The game features a full set of
	campaign for playing solo but also include multiplayer. Also available
	on Android.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add wesnoth
	$ wesnoth
	```

	The Battle for Wesnoth official website
	Wesnoth screenshot

	# Endless Sky

	This game is about space exploration, you are captain of a ship and you
	can get missions, enhance your ship, trade goods over the galaxy or
	fight enemies. There is a learning curve to enjoy it because it's
	quite hard to understand at first.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add endless-sky
	$ endless-sky
	```

	Endless Sky official website
	Endless sky screenshot

	# OpenRA

	Open Red Alert, the 100% free reimplementation of the engine AND assets
	of Red Alert, Command and Conquer and Dune. You can play all these
	games from OpenRA, including multiplayer. Note that there are no
	campaign, you can play skirmish alone with bots or in multiplayer.
	Campaigns (and cinematics) could be played using the original games
	files (from OpenRA launcher), as the games have been published as
	freeware a few years ago, one can find them for free and legally.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add openra
	$ openra
	wait for instructions to download the assets of the game you want to play
	```

	OpenRA official website
	[Peertube video] Red Alert
	Red Alert screenshot

	# Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

	Cataclysm DDA is a game in which you awake in a zombie apocalypse and
	you have to survive. The game is extremely complete and allow many
	actions/combinations like driving vehicles, disassemble electronics to
	build your own devices and many things I didn't try yet. The game is
	turn based and 2D from top, I highly recommend reading the manual and
	how-to because the game is hard. You can also create your character
	when you start a game, which will totally change the game experience
	because of your characters attributes and knowledge.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add cataclysm-dda
	$ cataclysm-dda
	```

	Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead official website
	Cataclysm DDA screenshot

	# Taisei

	Taisei is a bullet hell game in the Touhou universe. Very well done,
	extremely fun, multiple characters to play with an alternative mechanic
	of each character.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add taisei
	$ taisei
	```

	Taisei official website
	[Peertube video] Taisei
	Taisei screenshot

	# The Legend of Zelda: Return of the Hylian SE

	There is a game engine named Solarus dedicated to write Zelda like
	games, and Zelda RotH is a game based on this. Nothing special to say,
	it's a 2D Zelda game, very well done with a new adventure.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add zelda_roth_se
	$ zelda_roth_se
	```

	Zelda RotH official website
	ROTH screenshot

	# Shapez.io

	This game is about making industries from shapes and colors in order to
	deliver what you are asked to produce in the most efficient manner,
	this game is addictive and easy to understand thanks to the tutorial
	when you start the game.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add shapezio
	$ /usr/local/bin/electron /usr/local/share/shapez.io/index.html
	```

	Shapez.io official website
	Shapez.io screenshot

	# OpenArena

	OpenArena is a Quake 3 reimplementation, including assets. It's like
	Quake 3 but it's not Quake 3 :)

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add openarena
	$ openarena
	```

	OpenArena official website
	Openarena screenshot

	# Xonotic

	This is a fast paced arena FPS game with beautiful graphics, many
	weapons with two modes of fire and many games modes. Reminds me a lot
	Unreal Tournament 2003.

	```How to install and launch
	# pkg_add xonotic
	$ xonotic
	```

	Xonotic official website
	Xonotic screenshot

	# Hyperrogue

	This game is a rogue like (every run is different than last one) in
	which you move from hexagone to hexagone to get points, each biome has
	its own characteristics, like a sand biome in which you have to gather
	spice and you must escape sand worms :-) . The game is easy to play,
	turn by turn and has unusual graphics because of the non-euclidian
	nature of its world. I recommend reading the game manual because the
	first time I played it I really disliked it by missing most of the game
	mechanics... Also available on Android!

	Hyperrogue official website
	Hyperrogue screenshot

	# And many others

	Here is a list of games I didn't include but at also worth being
	played: 0ad, Xmoto, Freedoom, The Dark Mod, Freedink, crack-attack,
	witchblast, flare, vegastrike and many others.

	List of games available on OpenBSD