Awesome Game Remakes – Massive Collection of Resources

Actively maintained open-source game remakes.

If you are also interested in clones and similar games (0 A.D. etc.), take a look at Open Source Game Clones.

Contents

• Action
• Adventure
• Arcade
• FPS
• Online
• RPG
• Platformer
• Racing
• Simulator
• Strategy

Action

• Carnage3D – Reimplementation of Grand Theft Auto.
• donut – Reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run in modern C++ and modern OpenGL.
• MafiaUnity – Open-source Mafia game framework.
• OpenJK – Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast by Raven Software.
• OpenLara – Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine.
• OpenMB – Role-playing game engine for Taleworlds’ Mount&Blade Series.
• OpenTomb – Original Tomb Raider 1-5 experience with contemporary updates, features and additions.
• remc2 – Reverse engineering of Magic Carpet 2 from Assembler.
• Rigel Engine – Mdern reimplementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II in C++.
• San Andreas Unity – Reimplementation of GTA: San Andreas game engine in Unity.
• TOMB5 – Tomb Raider: Chronicles disassembly translated to C source code.

Adventure

• engge – Experimental game engine for Thimbleweed Park.
• raw(gl) – Reimplementation of Another World.
• ResidualVM – Game engine reimplementation that allows you to play 3D adventure games such as Grim Fandango and Escape from Monkey Island.
• ScummVM – Allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games such Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.

Arcade

• Barbarian – Open-source clone of Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior.
• C-Dogs SDL – Classic overhead run-and-gun game.
• Mr.Boom – 8 player Bomberman clone for RetroArch/Libretro.
• OpenClonk – Multiplayer action game where you control small and nimble humanoids.
• Open Kick-Off – Rewriting attempt of the cult football game Kick Off 2.
• OpenTyrian – An open-source port of Tyrian from Turbo Pascal to C.
• Taisei – Fan-made, open-source clone of the Touhou series.
• The Great Escape in C – Classic ZX Spectrum game The Great Escape in portable C.
• Zelda Classic – A game and editing tool that lets you create custom Legend of Zelda quests.

FPS

• Allegiance – Allegiance is RTS and FPS Space Combat game.
• BStone – A source port of Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike.
• CatacombGL – Windows source port of Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series.
• Chocolate Doom – Source port that is minimalist, historically accurate and includes ports of Heretic and Hexen, and Strife.
• Doom Legacy – One of the most popular DOOM source ports, which enhances it with things like TCP/IP networking, OpenGL renderer etc.
• DoomRetro – Classic, refined DOOM source port for Windows PC.
• Doomsday Engine – Source port of id Software’s DOOM I/II and Raven Software’s Heretic and Hexen.
• DukeGDX – Duke Nukem 3D port.
• ECWolf – Port of Wolfenstein 3D based on Wolf4SDL.
• ezQuake – Combining the features of all modern QuakeWorld clients, ezQuake makes QuakeWorld easier to start and play.
• Freedoom – Free software FPS based on the classic DOOM engine.
• GZDoom – Modder-friendly OpenGL and Vulkan source port based on the DOOM engine.
• Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion – Cross-platform port of the Hexen II game.
• ioquake3 – The free software FPS engine that can be used to play Quake 3, or make your own game.
• NBlood – Port of the classic FPS Blood.
• Odamex – Online multiplayer DOOM port with a strong focus on the original gameplay while providing a breadth of enhancements.
• OpenSpades – Compatible client of Ace of Spades, a voxel FPS.
• QuakeSpasm – A modern, cross-platform Quake game engine.
• RBDOOM-3-BFG – Doom 3 BFG Edition with soft shadows, cleaned up source, Linux and 64 bit Support.
• RedneckGDX – Port of Redneck Rampage.
• The Eternity Engine – Advanced DOOM source port.
• The Force Engine – Jedi Engine for modern systems and the games that used that engine – Dark Forces and Outlaws.
• Tyrquake – Libretro port of Tyrquake.
• Yamagi Quake II – Enhanced client for id Software’s Quake II with focus on offline and coop gameplay.
• vkQuake – Quake port using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering.

Online

• 2006rebotted – A 2006 Runescape Emulation Server.
• FreeSO – Reimplementation of The Sims Online, targetted mainly at mobile devices.
• Meridian 59 – The first 3D MMORPG, released in 1996 and open sourced in 2012. The original codebase for Meridian 59.
• Opengate – Remake of Jumpgate.
• RuneLite – Open source old school RuneScape client.
• Ryzom Core – Ryzom Core contains the whole code (client, server, tools) used to make the commercial MMORPG Ryzom.
• Space Station 14 – Space Station 14 is a revived attempt at an Space Station 13 remake.

RPG

• Arx Libertatis – Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game.
• Barony – Open source release of Barony.
• BtBuilder – An open source implementation of the Bard’s Tale Construction Set.
• Daggerfall Unity – Recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine.
• Devilution – Reconstructed form of Diablo’s original source code.
• DevilutionX – Diablo build for modern operating systems.
• DGEngine – Implementation of the Diablo game engine.
• Exult – Project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems.
• Falltergeist – Crossplatform Fallout 2 game engine writen in C++ and SDL.
• Freeablo – Open-source implementation of the Diablo engine.
• FreeFT – Real-time, isometric action game engine inspired by Fallout Tactics.
• GemRB – Portable open-source reimplementation of the Infinity Engine (used by Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and more).
• OpenDiablo2 – Open source re-implementation of Diablo 2.
• OpenGothic – Reimplementation of Gothic 2: Night of the Raven.
• OpenMW – Reimplementation of the Morrowind game engine.
• OpenTESArena – Modern engine reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena by Bethesda Softworks.
• OpenVIII – Final Fantasy VIII engine implementation in C#.
• REGoth – An open source reimplementation of zEngine the engine behind Gothic and Gothic II.
• Riiablo – Diablo II remade using Java and LibGDX.
• sfall – A set of engine modifications for the classic game Fallout 2.
• Shockolate – Same great System Shock, new great taste.
• UAlbion – Remake of 1995 Albion.
• WitchavenGDX – Witchaven Java port.
• xoreos – Implementation of BioWare’s Aurora engine and its derivatives (used by Neverwinter Nights, The Witcher and more).
• zorkClone – Reimplementation of the original Zork game developed by Infocom.

Platformer

• Alive Reversing – Reimplementation of Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus.
• Commander Genius – Modern Interpreter for the Commander Keen Games.
• Jazz² Resurrection – Reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2.
• Lionheart Remake – Java remake of Lionheart Amiga game.
• NXEngine-evo – Rewrite of the masterpiece jump-and-run platformer Doukutsu Monogatari (also known as Cave Story).
• Omnispeak – Reimplementation of Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy.
• Prince-Monogame – Monogame implementation of Prince of Persia 2.
• SDLPoP – Port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version.
• The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M – Adaptation of Secret Mario Chronicles.
• VVVVV – The source code to VVVVVV.

Racing

• DreeRally – Death Rally engine reimplementation.
• OpenNFS – Attempt to recreate the classic Need for Speed Games (1-6).
• Vangers – Racing/RPG hybrid made open-source by its creators, written in C++.

Simulator

• DXX-Rebirth – Source port of the Descent and Descent 2 Engines for Windows, macOS, Linux.
• FS2Open – FreeSpace2 Source Code Project.
• Librelancer – Reimplementation of the 2003 space game Freelancer.
• Open Horizon – Open source implementation of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon’s render and physics.

Strategy

• Antares – Remake of Ares, a tactical space combat game.
• CivOne – Implementation of Sid Meier’s Civilization.
• CorsixTH – Clone of Theme Hospital with support for modern operating systems, high resolutions and much more.
• Cortex Command Community Project Source – Community-driven effort to continue the development of Cortex Command.
• FreeCol – Turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization.
• Jagged Alliance Stracciatella – Makes Jagged Alliance 2 available on a wide range of platforms.
• Julius – Reimplementation of Caesar III.
• KaM Remake – RTS game remake of Knights and Merchants written in Delphi from scratch.
• KeeperRL – Roguelike dungeon builder inspired by Dwarf Fortress.
• openage – Clone of the Age of Empires II engine.
• OpenApocalypse – Rebuild of the X-COM: Apocalypse engine.
• openblack – Reimplementation of Black & White.
• OpenDUNE – Recreation of the popular game Dune II.
• Open Fodder – Open-source implementation of Cannon Fodder.
• OpenHoW – Recreation of Gremlin’s Hogs of War.
• OpenLoco – Reimplementation of Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion.
• Open Panzer – HTML5 Panzer General 2.
• OpenRA – Implementation of the Red Alert engine using .NET/mono and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.
• OpenRCT2 – Recreation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
• OpenSAGE – C# reimplementation of SAGE, the game engine used by a bunch of EA Pacific games, including Command & Conquer: Generals and Battle for Middle Earth.
• OpenSC2K – Remake of SimCity 2000 by Maxis.
• OpenTTD – OpenTTD is a transport simulation game based upon the popular game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, written by Chris Sawyer.
• OpenXcom – Clone of UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Terror From the Deep.
• OutpostHD – Remake of Sierra On-Line’s Outpost.
• Race into Space – Version of Interplay’s Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space.
• Return To The Roots – Settlers II remake written in C++.
• Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries – GPL release of the Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries.
• Sourcehold – Implementation of Stronghold by Firefly Studios.
• VCMI – Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III.
• Warcraft Remake – Java remake of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
• Wargus – Warcraft 2 Mod that allows you to play Warcraft 2 with the Stratagus engine.
• Warzone 2100 – Free and open-source real time strategy game.
• Zed Online – Remake of the 1996 classic game Z.