Open Source Turn Based Strategy Games
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Turn Based Strategy Games
Browse free open source Turn Based Strategy games and projects for Linux and ChromeOS below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Turn Based Strategy games by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Battle for Wesnoth
A strategy game with a high fantasy theme
The Battle for Wesnoth is a Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures. -
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FreeCol
Colonize the New World.
FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation. You start with only a few colonists defying the stormy seas in their search for new land. Will you guide them on the Colonization of a New World? The last stable version release can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freecol/files/latest/download The latest test pre-release of the next version can be found here: https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/releases If you want to contribute to Freecol please visit our welcome information thread to see how here: https://sourceforge.net/p/freecol/discussion/719661/thread/2d0063a3bc/ -
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ChessX
Chess Database and PGN viewer
A free and open source chess database application for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. -
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Realism Invictus
Realism Invictus mod for Civilization IV
Realism Invictus is a comprehensive mod for Civilization IV with 20 years of development. -
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Domination (Risk Board Game)
Domination is a game that is a bit like the board game Risk
Domination is a game that is a bit like the well known board game of Risk or RisiKo. It has many game options and includes many maps. Written in java it includes a map editor, a simple map format, multiplayer network play, single player, hotseat, 5 user interfaces and many more features, it works in all OSs that run java 1.5 or higher, iOS and Android. -
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The BUG Mod (Beyond the Sword Unaltered Gameplay) is a mod for the popular TBS game Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. This mod adds many interface enhancements that aid game play without modifying the rules or providing hidden information.
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VASSAL is a game engine for creating electronic versions of traditional board and card games. It provides support for game piece rendering and interaction, and supports play by email or over a live connection.
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MegaMek is a networked Java clone of BattleTech, a turn-based sci-fi boardgame for 2+ players. Fight using giant robots, tanks, and/or infantry on a hex-based map. Development currently occurs on GitHub (see https://github.com/MegaMek). This SF page remains as a mirror and archive of the old issue trackers. The trackers are currently locked and new issues should be created on the GitHub page.
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Scidb
Chess Database Application
Scidb is an open-source chess database application for Windows, Unix/Linux. It is a new development inspired by Scid. -
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MekHQ is a java helper program for the MegaMek game that allows users to load a list of entities from an XML file, perform repairs and customizations, and then save the new entities to another XML file that can be loaded into MegaMek.
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A J2ME MIDlet implementing a Portable Chess Board to run on a Java enabled Cell Phone. In order to download the binaries and/or the source files please follow the Files->MobileChessBoard link above.
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Chess
A simple 2D-Chess
A 2D-Chess with many features, such as a multiplayer server and many others. It will also show you all movement possibilites you have. Playing against Computer is in development -
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Magellan
A graphical frontend for PbeM like Eressea
The Magellan Client is basically a GUI for the PBEM (play by email) game Eressea, but can be used for other "Atlantis" based games, too. -- Magellan ist die am weitesten entwickelte graphische Oberfläche für Eressea, das Email-Fantasy-/Strategiespiel -- For further informations please have a look at our repositories unter https://github.com/magellan2 -
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Host Programm for a play-by-e-mail game. Generates turn reports for the players from their moves, which they send in via e-mail. The game is turn-based, and runs on a reactangular grid of regions. Every unit can have individual names and descriptions.
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Atomic Tanks AI Upgrade
Fixes and Updates for Atomic Tanks, mainly AI related.
This project is abandoned! All updates and fixes have been included in the official Atomic Tanks repository at http://atanks.sourceforge.net ---- Old description follows --- This project is a testing area of AI (and other) upgrades and fixes to the open source project "Atomic Tanks" (atanks.sourceforge.net). Gentoo Users, you can emerge atanks_aiu from seden overlay via layman! -
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Imagine a football league composed of teams of orcs, goblins, elves, dwarves, humans ... As a trainer, you manage one of those teams and guide your players through the matches against other teams : hotseat, in net-based leagues etc.
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An addictive multiplayer networked strategy game completely written in Java. You program a robot that makes a race through an old factory. The game is inspired by Roborally (TM) - but it's different... 2018-05-08: Successfully(?) copied the CVS repo to github: https://github.com/hsteller/botsnscouts
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Java chess programm. Main goal is to develop an object orientated program with simple and well documented interfaces. A major point is how to handle endgame situations.
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The goal of this Project is to create a universal Command-Verifier for the PEBM (Play by E-Mail) Games hosted by www.chronator.ch.
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This will be a clone of Master of Orion 2 (MOO 2), It will have many similarities and differences. Hopefully many of the problems and tedious things will be taken care of. It will not be a complete clone (some new stuff, some removed stuff)
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Condottieri is a web based, multiplayer game, inspired in Avalon Hill's classic "Machiavelli". The game is set in Renaissance Italy but it's easily adaptable to other scenarios and eras as long as the rules are like the ones in "Machiavelli".
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A turn based 2D Multi User Strategie game, level based. Fight in rounds against monsters and players to get weapons, experience and explore new levels. Chat with other player and form teams to fight agains much heavier enemies.
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DeadZone is a total rework of the popular web based space trading game BNT the new GUI incorporates Ajax technology and is totally 'skinnable' DeadZone is now in the release candidate phase and many new features have been added and are being finalised
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Die Eroberung
Eine rundenbasiertes Strategiespiel.
Jeder Spieler startet an einer Ecke der Karte und kann dann nach der Reihe Einheiten kaufen, ein Gebäude bauen, kämpfen oder Einheiten aus einem eigenem Feld in ein benachbartes eigenes Feld ziehen. Gewonnen hat der Spieler, der zuerst alle anderen vollkommen vernichtet hat.
