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 |