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Game Remakes

A curated list of actively maintained game remakes and clones

Actively maintained open-source game remakes.

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Awesome Game Remakes / Action
Carnage3D 483 over 3 years ago Reimplementation of Grand Theft Auto
donut 425 over 1 year ago Reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run in modern C++ and modern OpenGL
OpenJK 2,048 11 months ago Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast by Raven Software
OpenLara 4,718 over 1 year ago Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine
OpenMB 122 10 months ago Role-playing game engine for Taleworlds' Mount&Blade Series
OpenRW A cross-platform, open source re-implementation of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto III
OpenTomb 1,403 about 1 year ago Original Tomb Raider 1-5 experience with contemporary updates, features and additions
re3 2,536 about 1 year ago Reversed source code for GTA III and GTA: Vice City
remc2 114 over 2 years ago Reverse engineering of Magic Carpet 2 from Assembler
Rigel Engine 926 over 1 year ago Modern reimplementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II in C++
San Andreas Unity 2,238 over 2 years ago Reimplementation of GTA: San Andreas game engine in Unity
TOMB5 495 over 3 years ago Tomb Raider: Chronicles disassembly translated to C source code
TR1X 627 10 months ago Open source implementation of the classic Tomb Raider I game

Awesome Game Remakes / Adventure
ScummVM 2,335 10 months ago Allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games such Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island

Awesome Game Remakes / Arcade
Barbarian Open-source clone of Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
C-Dogs SDL 908 10 months ago Classic overhead run-and-gun game
Mr.Boom 206 11 months ago 8 player Bomberman clone for RetroArch/Libretro
OpenClonk 324 over 1 year ago Multiplayer action game where you control small and nimble humanoids
OpenJazz 287 about 1 year ago Free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit™ games
Open Kick-Off 44 about 1 year ago Rewriting attempt of the cult football game Kick Off 2
OpenTyrian 451 12 months ago An open-source port of Tyrian from Turbo Pascal to C
Taisei 1,214 11 months ago Fan-made, open-source clone of the Touhou series
The Great Escape in C 117 over 1 year ago 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

Awesome Game Remakes / FPS
Allegiance 83 about 1 year ago Allegiance is RTS and FPS Space Combat game
BetterSpades 251 over 1 year ago Ace Of Spades open source implementation that runs on older machines
BStone 303 10 months ago A source port of Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike
CatacombGL 147 11 months ago Windows source port of Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series
Chocolate Doom 1,965 12 months ago Source port that is minimalist, historically accurate and includes ports of Heretic and Hexen, and Strife
ClassiCube 1,505 10 months ago Minecraft Classic compatible client written in C from scratch
Doom Legacy One of the most popular DOOM source ports, which enhances it with things like TCP/IP networking, OpenGL renderer etc
DoomRetro 700 10 months ago Classic, refined DOOM source port for Windows PC
Doomsday Engine 273 over 1 year ago 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 273 10 months ago Combining the features of all modern QuakeWorld clients, ezQuake makes QuakeWorld easier to start and play
FreeCS Free-software re-implementation of Counter-Strike 1.5 running on the FTEQW engine
Freedoom 1,082 12 months ago Free software FPS based on the classic DOOM engine
FTEQW FPS Engine for Quake 1, QuakeWorld, Quake 2, Hexen II & Quake III Arena
GZDoom 2,571 10 months ago 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 2,436 11 months ago The free software FPS engine that can be used to play Quake 3, or make your own game
NBlood 623 10 months ago Port of the classic FPS Blood
Odamex 192 10 months ago Online multiplayer DOOM port with a strong focus on the original gameplay while providing a breadth of enhancements
OpenSpades 1,144 over 1 year ago Compatible client of Ace of Spades, a voxel FPS
QuakeSpasm A modern, cross-platform Quake game engine
RBDOOM-3-BFG 1,484 10 months ago Doom 3 BFG Edition with soft shadows, cleaned up source, Linux and 64 bit Support
RedneckGDX Port of Redneck Rampage
SurrealEngine 870 11 months ago The goal of this project is to reimplement enough of the original Unreal Engine to make the Unreal Tournament (UT99) maps playable
The Eternity Engine 238 10 months ago Advanced DOOM source port
The Force Engine 998 10 months ago Jedi Engine for modern systems and the games that used that engine - Dark Forces and Outlaws
Tyrquake 42 12 months ago Libretro port of Tyrquake
Yamagi Quake II 860 11 months ago Enhanced client for id Software's Quake II with focus on offline and coop gameplay
Zandronum Multiplayer oriented port, based off Skulltag, for Doom and Doom II. Also runs Heretic, Hexen and Strife

Awesome Game Remakes / Online
2006rebotted 27 almost 5 years ago A 2006 RuneScape 2 Emulation Server
2004scape A free & open-source remake of 2004 era RuneScape 2
2009scape A free & open-source remake of 2009 era RuneScape 2
ACEmulator A custom, completely from-scratch open source server emulator for Asheron’s Call built on C#
FreeSO 844 10 months ago Reimplementation of The Sims Online, targetted mainly at mobile devices
Meridian 59 421 10 months ago The first 3D MMORPG, released in 1996 and open sourced in 2012. The original codebase for Meridian 59
MineClone2 Stable, moddable & free/libre clone of Minecraft based on the Minetest engine
Opengate Remake of Jumpgate
OpenRSC Open source accurate RuneScape Classic (2001-2003) game server in Java, based on recorded data and videos
RSC-C 81 11 months ago Rewrite of the RuneScape Classic (2001-2003) game client in portable C
RuneLite 4,851 10 months ago Open source Old School RuneScape (OSRS) client
Ryzom Core 343 12 months ago Ryzom Core contains the whole code (client, server, tools) used to make the commercial MMORPG Ryzom
Space Station 14 2,766 10 months ago Space Station 14 is a revived attempt at a Space Station 13 remake

Awesome Game Remakes / RPG
Abyss Engine 105 over 1 year ago Abyss Engine is a game engine designed to run games similar to 2000's style ARPGs such as Diablo II
Arx Libertatis 963 about 1 year ago Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game
Barony 508 10 months ago Open source release of Barony
BtBuilder 41 over 3 years ago An open source implementation of the Bard's Tale Construction Set
Daggerfall Unity 2,774 12 months ago Recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine
Devilution 8,808 11 months ago Reconstructed form of Diablo's original source code
DevilutionX 8,154 10 months ago Diablo build for modern operating systems
DGEngine 253 almost 2 years ago Implementation of the Diablo game engine
Exult 522 10 months ago Project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems
Falltergeist 875 almost 3 years ago Crossplatform Fallout 2 game engine writen in C++ and SDL
Freeablo 2,159 over 2 years ago Open-source implementation of the Diablo engine
FreeFT 166 over 1 year ago Real-time, isometric action game engine inspired by Fallout Tactics
GemRB 994 10 months ago Portable open-source reimplementation of the Infinity Engine (used by Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and more)
OpenEnroth 728 10 months ago Might and Magic VI-VIII engine remake using original data & code
OpenGothic 1,176 10 months ago Reimplementation of Gothic 2: Night of the Raven
OpenMW 5,435 10 months ago Reimplementation of the Morrowind game engine
OpenNox 1 11 months ago Collaboration project extending the Nox engine
OpenTESArena 1,009 11 months ago Modern engine reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena by Bethesda Softworks
OpenVIII 645 about 1 year ago Final Fantasy VIII engine implementation in C#
REGoth 463 over 5 years ago An open source reimplementation of zEngine the engine behind Gothic and Gothic II
Riiablo 921 over 1 year ago Diablo II remade using Java and LibGDX
sfall 350 11 months ago A set of engine modifications for the classic game Fallout 2
Shockolate 818 over 1 year ago Same great System Shock, new great taste
UAlbion 133 11 months ago Remake of 1995 Albion
WitchavenGDX Witchaven Java port
xoreos 1,094 11 months ago Implementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its derivatives (used by Neverwinter Nights, The Witcher and more)
Zelda3 4,296 almost 2 years ago This is a reverse engineered clone of Zelda 3 - A Link to the Past
zorkClone 17 over 2 years ago Reimplementation of the original Zork game developed by Infocom

Awesome Game Remakes / Platformer
Alive Reversing 350 about 1 year ago Reimplementation of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Commander Genius Modern Interpreter for the Commander Keen Games
Jazz² Resurrection 501 11 months ago Reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Lionheart Remake 79 almost 2 years ago Java remake of Lionheart Amiga game
NXEngine-evo 495 over 1 year ago Rewrite of the masterpiece jump-and-run platformer Doukutsu Monogatari (also known as Cave Story)
Omnispeak 299 10 months ago Reimplementation of Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy
Prince-Monogame 43 over 2 years ago Monogame implementation of Prince of Persia 2
SDLPoP 1,114 about 1 year ago Port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version
sm64js 3 almost 2 years ago Super Mario 64 reimplementation in JavaScript
The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M 205 12 months ago Adaptation of Secret Mario Chronicles
VVVVV 7,025 11 months ago The source code to VVVVVV

Awesome Game Remakes / Racing
Reburn 3 101 over 1 year ago A work-in-progress open source reimplementation of Burnout 3: Takedown
DreeRally 88 about 4 years ago Death Rally engine reimplementation
OpenNFS 579 10 months ago Attempt to recreate the classic Need for Speed Games (1-6)
Vangers 676 10 months ago Racing/RPG hybrid made open-source by its creators, written in C++
Vange-rs 440 10 months ago The idea of this project is to replicate the old look and behavior of Vangers, but with native hardware acceleration for the graphics
wipEout Rewrite 2,676 11 months ago This is a re-implementation of the 1995 PSX game wipEout

Awesome Game Remakes / Simulator
DXX-Rebirth 501 10 months ago Source port of the Descent and Descent 2 Engines for Windows, macOS, Linux
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters Open source version of the classic Star Control 2
FS2Open 408 10 months ago FreeSpace2 Source Code Project
Librelancer 516 10 months ago Reimplementation of the 2003 space game Freelancer

Awesome Game Remakes / Strategy
Ancient Beast 1,694 10 months ago Spiritual successor to Heroes of Might and Magic III focusing on combat; matched based eSport
Antares 101 10 months ago Remake of Ares, a tactical space combat game
CivOne 245 almost 5 years ago Implementation of Sid Meier's Civilization
CorsixTH 4,071 10 months ago Clone of Theme Hospital with support for modern operating systems, high resolutions and much more
Cortex Command Community Project Source 200 almost 2 years ago Community-driven effort to continue the development of Cortex Command
fheroes2 2,793 10 months ago Free implementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
FreeCol Turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization
GLSMAC 431 10 months ago Unofficial open-source OpenGL/SDL2 reimplementation of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri ( + Alien Crossfire )
Jagged Alliance Stracciatella 460 10 months ago Makes Jagged Alliance 2 available on a wide range of platforms
Julius 2,867 10 months ago Reimplementation of Caesar III
KaM Remake 361 over 3 years ago RTS game remake of Knights and Merchants written in Delphi from scratch
KeeperFX 786 10 months ago Open source remake and Fan Expansion of Dungeon Keeper
KeeperRL 890 11 months ago Roguelike dungeon builder inspired by Dwarf Fortress
openage 12,810 10 months ago Clone of the Age of Empires II engine
OpenApocalypse 520 11 months ago Rebuild of the X-COM: Apocalypse engine
openblack 1,301 11 months ago Reimplementation of Black & White
OpenE2140 39 12 months ago Remake of Earth 2140 based on
OpenDUNE 1,599 about 1 year ago Recreation of the popular game Dune II
Open Fodder 461 11 months ago Open-source implementation of Cannon Fodder
OpenHV 869 11 months ago Open-source implementation of Hard Vacuum
OpenKrush 103 almost 2 years ago Remake of KKnD (Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy) and KKnD2 based on
OpenLoco 1,422 10 months ago Reimplementation of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Open Panzer 159 over 4 years ago HTML5 Panzer General 2
OpenRA 14,822 10 months ago Implementation of the Red Alert engine using .NET/mono and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS
OpenRCT2 13,634 10 months ago Recreation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
OpenSA 98 about 2 years ago Remake of Swarm Assault based on
OpenSAGE 1,392 10 months ago 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 4,988 over 5 years ago Remake of SimCity 2000 by Maxis
OpenTTD 6,448 10 months ago OpenTTD is a transport simulation game based upon the popular game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, written by Chris Sawyer
OpenXcom 1,926 11 months ago Clone of UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Terror From the Deep
OutpostHD 110 10 months ago Remake of Sierra On-Line's Outpost
Ozymandias 0 almost 2 years ago An open source re-implementation of Pharaoh in the Julius/Augustus engine
Race into Space 176 about 1 year ago Version of Interplay's Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
Return To The Roots 485 10 months ago Settlers II remake written in C++
Shattered Paradise 61 10 months ago Remake of C&C Tiberian Sun based on
Romanov's Vengeance 265 10 months ago Remake of C&C Red Alert 2 based on
Sourcehold 255 over 1 year ago Implementation of Stronghold by Firefly Studios
Stone Kingdoms A real-time strategy game made with LÖVE based on the original Stronghold by Firefly studios
VanillaConquer 359 over 1 year ago Command and Conquer and Red Alert original release source port based on the remaster source code drop
VCMI 4,599 10 months ago Engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III
Wargus 370 11 months ago Warcraft 2 Mod that allows you to play Warcraft 2 with the Stratagus engine
Warzone 2100 3,239 10 months ago Free and open-source real time strategy game
Zed Online Remake of the 1996 classic game Z

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