Self-hosted Games software
Multiplayer game servers and browser games.
20 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindustry | Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities. | GPL-3.0 | 29,418 | 2026-10-19 | Java | Source |
| Lila | Ad-less chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps. | AGPL-3.0 | 18,870 | 2026-10-20 | Scala | Source |
| Luanti | Voxel game engine (formerly Minetest). Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server. | LGPL-2.1, MIT, Zlib | 13,751 | 2026-10-19 | C++, Lua, deb | Source |
| OpenTTD | Transport tycoon simulation game. | GPL-2.0 | 8,399 | 2026-10-20 | C++, Docker | Source |
| A Dark Room | Minimalist text adventure game for your browser. | MPL-2.0 | 8,344 | 2025-05-23 | Javascript | Source |
| The Battle for Wesnoth | The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. | GPL-2.0 | 6,946 | 2026-10-19 | C++, deb | Source |
| Veloren | Multiplayer RPG. Inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. | GPL-3.0 | 2,403 | 2026-10-18 | Rust | Source |
| MTA:SA | Add network play functionality to Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionality is not originally found. | GPL-3.0 | 1,879 | 2026-10-19 | C++ | Source |
| Hypersomnia | Competitive top-down shooter blending Counter-Strike with Hotline Miami. Runs on Linux, Windows, MacOS and the Web. | AGPL-3.0 | 1,695 | 2026-10-20 | C++, Docker | Source |
| Razzia | Quiz game platform, designed for smaller self-hosted events (alternative to Kahoot!). | MIT | 1,060 | 2026-10-17 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| Zero-K | Open Source on Springrts engine. Zero-K is a traditional real time strategy game with a focus on player creativity through terrain manipulation, physics, and a large roster of unique units - all while being balanced to support competitive play. | GPL-2.0 | 873 | 2026-10-20 | Lua | Source |
| DDraceNetwork | Cooperative platformer version of DDRace, a Teeworlds modification featuring unique cooperative gameplay. | Zlib | 845 | 2026-10-20 | C++ | Source |
| Posio | Geography multiplayer game. | MIT | 695 | 2024-07-29 | Python | Source |
| Scribble.rs | A web-based pictionary game. | BSD-3-Clause | 665 | 2026-09-06 | Go, Docker | Source |
| Red Eclipse 2 | Arena first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament. | Zlib, MIT, CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 541 | 2026-10-18 | C, C++, deb | Source |
| Suroi | 2D battle royale game inspired by surviv.io. | GPL-3.0 | 512 | 2026-08-02 | Nodejs | Source |
| piqueserver | Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world. | GPL-3.0 | 236 | 2026-09-02 | Python, C++ | Source |
| Cubiks-2048 | Clone of 2048 game in 3D. | CC-BY-NC-4.0 (non-free) | 26 | 2014-06-07 | Javascript | Source |
| 0 A.D. | Cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. | MIT, GPL-2.0, Zlib | — | — | C++, C, deb | Source |
| Digibuzzer | Create a virtual game room around a connected buzzer (documentation in French). | AGPL-3.0 | — | — | Nodejs | Source |