r/opensourcegames is a subreddit with 17k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and opportunities, and the community frequently discusses game, open source, source, release, and engine.
Links to projects that do not provide access to game source (and ideally asset source as well) will be removed.
Popular Themes in r/opensourcegames
#1
Self-Promotion
: "Minetest 5.7.0 released!"
17 posts
#2
Opportunities
: "Creating an open-source and graph-based dungeon generator"
2 posts
#3
News
: "Duelyst goes open-source, now released under the CC-0 license"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "What is the best open source game in your opinion?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/opensourcegames
#1
Game
: "freeciv21 (a civilization like strategy Game and a fork of freeciv migrated to C++) releases first stable release 3.0"
133 posts
#2
Open Source
: "Free Open Source RPG 'FreedroidRPG' arrives on Steam"
78 posts
#3
Source
: "Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (A open Source survival RPG) is now on steam with the money from the sales going to fund one of the developers"
15 posts
#4
Release
: "Minetest 5.9.0 Released!"
14 posts
#5
Engine
: "VCMI 1.2.0 released - FOSS Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 3"
11 posts
#6
Rts
: "Beyond All Reason (free / open source Rts) footage on Fedora + Steam Deck"
10 posts
#7
Free
: "Free open source RPG 'FreedroidRPG' arrives on Steam"
10 posts
#8
Source Code
: "Top games + Source Code from GitHub's game jam"
9 posts
#9
Foss
5 posts
#10
Space
: "AstroMenace: Hardcore 3D Space scroll-shooter with Spaceship upgrade possibilities"
5 posts
Flair Used in r/opensourcegames
#1
Non-OSS Assets
: "OpenRA Release 20230225"
19 posts
#2
Unclear Licensing
: "Top 5 Free Games on Steam (#3 and #1 and open soured games)"
1 post
#3
Dubious Licensing
: "I made a remake of Windows Pinball: Space Cadet. Part of the 20 Games Challenge - an attempt to learn to make games by re-making the classics."
1 post
Member Growth in r/opensourcegames
Yearly
+3k members(21.8%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026