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RimWorld

RimWorld - A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to RimWorld

0 A.D. DayZ Minecraft The Battle for Wesnoth OpenMW Warzone 2100 Daggerfall Unity Minetest FreeCiv FreeSO

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to RimWorld are 0 A.D., DayZ, and Minecraft. 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.
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    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. 2
    DayZ is an open world multiplayer survival game that tosses you in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Action Games #Adventure Games 3 social mentions

  3. A block-building game that allows you to create and explore entire worlds from scratch.
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    • Open Source

    #Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 62 social mentions

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

    #Action #MMO #RPG 9 social mentions

  5. 5
    Open source Elderscrolls 3: Morrowind engine re-implementation.
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    • Open Source

    #Action #CMS #Games 161 social mentions

  6. 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

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

    #Games #Action Games #Action 8 social mentions

  8. 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

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

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games 19 social mentions

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

    #Games #Virtual Worlds #Virtual Reality 12 social mentions

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    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

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

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games

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