I’m looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
I wish it had a modern GUI though. The old one is almost unusable even though they’ve made an attempt to implement DPI scaling.
Mindustry is neat if you like tower defenses and factory/automation games.
[edit] Though this isn’t exactly a game, I thought I’d mention it: The Powder Toy. Really fun physics-ish sandbox game if you like just playing around with little particles or making electronics or nuclear powered fireworks shows, etc.
Github link for convenience
https://github.com/Anuken/MindustryMindustry is great! I’ve put a ton of hours into it and I’ve gotten my kids into it. Super active dev and good community.
I prefer it to factorio
This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of the post. Mindustry is awesome, I got so addicted to it for a bit haha
0AD! It’s similar to age of empires
The graphics are beautiful too!
Beautiful. Also reminds me of Widelands
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Not a very original answer, but I still enjoy The Battle for Wesnoth after many years.
I’m surprised hardly anyone else has mentioned Wesnoth yet. I last played it over a decade ago, so I’m not sure if it’s still as well-known now as it used to be, but it’s one of the highest-quality open-source games out there.
It’s a turn-based fantasy strategy game that feels like a combination of Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and D&D. And I suppose it was a lot more unique back in the 2000’s when there weren’t a dozen indie games out there that fit the same description.
3 out of 4 begin with “Super”!
Ooh, those all look so fun! Thanks for the links! :)
Nethack! It’s basically the original roguelike, if you liked shattered pixel dungeons then you’ll like nethack. There are also several other open source rogelikes to check out as well… including the original Rogue!
Are there good UIs/tilesets for Nethack these days?
I enjoyed one on my phone called “Pathos” but I don’t know how open it is.
Mindustry and Shattered Pixel Dungeon, I played those a lot of my phone but haven’t done so in quite a while! I think both of those are available on desktop Linux too, Shattered Pixel Dungeon even works on my Linux phone.
Yeah, Mindustry is cross platform and available on Linux too. Love mindustry, such an awesome game!
It took me two or three attempts to really try and grasp the scale (one of the most complex games I ever played on my phone) but once I did I played it for countless hours! :)
Currently Endless Sky! Although I haven’t gotten far, and playing without mods, I love the vibes
Beyond All Reasons. It’s a spiritual successor of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander using the Spring engine.
It’s also a great game in its own right, especially the various advanced unit positioning and selection features had me amazed. The graphics are good and the performance with many units is finally very good too, after some patches last year (or two years? I don’t remember).
I need to get into this – I was a massive fan of TA
It’s honestly so good, it’s peak on army control, huge online community, and active balance/development. Can’t recommend it enough.
It’s pretty basic, but I’m going to say SuperTuxKart as a must if you are into kart racers (especially since I don’t know any others).
I also recommend the still in development SuperTux Advance by Kelvin Shadewing. It’s similar to just plain old SuperTux but has unique levels and more playable characters that will have different abilities (probably still mostly locked behind debug for them).
I was going to say this as well. Its a very fun and well designed kart racer, Ive been playing it with my son for years.
Unciv is open source civ5
In terms of games I actually play, Cataclysm: DDA (even if I still suck at it after hundreds of hours).
In terms of technical/visual impressiveness, Veloren.
Omg I looked at veloren and I’m going to have to try that… I spent so many hours in cube world when it first went early access (before the dev went radio silent for 5 years and then released on steam, lol)
OpenMW
Doesn’t that need the original, very much not open source, data files?
yes, i think they’re working on support for custom games though
I haven’t played in over a year, but I really spent some hours in Veloren the last time I picked it up!
ScummVM works really well in linux, if youre a fan of classic point and click adventure games.
Running on that VM, I really enjoyed Flight of the Amazon Queen a few years back. Warning: it’s an oldie containing lots of sexist moments - I’m not sure I would enjoy it as much today.
