games
Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.
Archived curated list of thousands of open-source games on GitHub, organized by category and genre. A discovery tool for playing, studying, or contributing to game projects.
This repository is an archived curated list of open-source games hosted on GitHub. It started in 2012 as a collection from a Hacker News discussion and grew into one of the most-starred game directories on the platform, with contributions from over 100 developers covering thousands of projects.
The list organizes games by category: browser-based games (boardgames, arcade, FPS, RPG, strategy, racing, puzzle, and more), native desktop games, mobile games for Android and iOS, chat bots, and game frameworks and engines. Each entry links to the source code repository and often to a playable demo. The genres span everything from classic Tetris and Asteroids clones to complete chess platforms and MMORPGs.
The repository is now officially archived and no longer accepts new contributions. The author noted that a Markdown file was never the ideal format for organizing hundreds of games. Anyone looking for open-source games to play, study, or contribute to would browse this list as a discovery tool. It has no primary programming language since it is purely a list of links. It is useful for game developers looking for inspiration, for learners studying how existing games are built, or for anyone curious about the breadth of open-source game development.
Where it fits
- Browse and play hundreds of open-source games across browser, desktop, and mobile platforms.
- Study how existing games are built by exploring their source code repositories.
- Find game engines and frameworks to use as a foundation for your own game projects.
- Discover game development inspiration by exploring diverse genres and implementations.