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Age of Empires

Age of Empires is the critically acclaimed, award winning Real Time Strategy (RTS) game with a legacy spanning over 20 years and nearly a dozen titles in the franchise. subtitle

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Age of Empires

0 A.D. Warzone 2100 FreeCiv OpenRA The Battle for Wesnoth Widelands UnknownHorizons FreeSO OpenMW Daggerfall Unity

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Age of Empires are 0 A.D., Warzone 2100, and FreeCiv. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    0 A. D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers. Download 0 A. D.
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games

  2. Join "The Project" to restore humanity's synaptic-link technology after nuclear war...
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games 61 social mentions

  3. Freeciv is an open-source, turn-based strategy game based on Civilization II.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games 19 social mentions

  4. 4
    What if Albert Einstein changed history? What if the Andromeda Strain were a miracle mineral?
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games 9 social mentions

  5. The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Action #MMO #RPG 9 social mentions

  6. Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games

  7. A 2D realtime strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Realtime Strategy Game 6 social mentions

  8. 8
    FreeSO is a reimplementation of The Sims Online™’s game engine, using C# and Monogame.
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Virtual Worlds #RPG 12 social mentions

  9. 9
    Open source Elderscrolls 3: Morrowind engine re-implementation.
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    • Open Source

    #Action #CMS #Games 161 social mentions

  10. Daggerfall Unity is a fan-made open source project to recreate Daggerfall in the Unity engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Action Games #Action 8 social mentions

  11. Minetest is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 12 social mentions

  12. Spring is a versatile 3D RTS game engine.
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    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #Games 24 social mentions

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