Self-hosted Games software

Multiplayer game servers and browser games.

20 apps, ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.

Mindustry

Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities.

Actively maintained ★ 29.6k GPL-3.0 ~$10/mo

Luanti

Voxel game engine (formerly Minetest). Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.

Actively maintained ★ 13.8k LGPL-2.1, MIT, Zlib ~$3.5/mo

OpenTTD

Transport tycoon simulation game.

Actively maintained ★ 8.5k GPL-2.0 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

The Battle for Wesnoth

Turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.

Actively maintained ★ 7k GPL-2.0 ~$3.5/mo

Lila

Ad-less chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps.

Maintained ★ 18.9k AGPL-3.0 ~$10/mo

Veloren

Multiplayer RPG. Inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.

Actively maintained ★ 2.4k GPL-3.0 ~$3.5/mo

Hypersomnia

Competitive top-down shooter blending Counter-Strike with Hotline Miami. Runs on Linux, Windows, MacOS and the Web.

Actively maintained ★ 1.7k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

Razzia

Quiz game platform, designed for smaller events (alternative to Kahoot!).

Actively maintained ★ 1.1k MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Zero-K

Traditional real time strategy game on the Springrts engine, with a focus on player creativity through terrain manipulation, physics, and a large roster of unique units - all while being balanced to support competitive play.

Actively maintained ★ 881 GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

DDraceNetwork

Cooperative platformer version of DDRace, a Teeworlds modification featuring unique cooperative gameplay.

Actively maintained ★ 860 Zlib ~$3.5/mo

Scribble.rs

Web-based pictionary game.

Actively maintained ★ 667 BSD-3-Clause 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

Suroi

2D battle royale game inspired by surviv.io.

Actively maintained ★ 513 GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

MTA:SA

Add network play functionality to Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionality is not originally found.

Maintained ★ 1.9k GPL-3.0 ~$3.5/mo

piqueserver

Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world.

Actively maintained ★ 237 GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Red Eclipse 2

Arena first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament.

Maintained ★ 544 Zlib, MIT, CC-BY-SA-4.0 ~$3.5/mo

A Dark Room

Minimalist text adventure game for your browser.

Slowing down ★ 8.4k MPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

0 A.D.

Cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.

Health unknown MIT, GPL-2.0, Zlib ~$3.5/mo

Digibuzzer

Create a virtual game room around a connected buzzer (documentation in French).

Health unknown AGPL-3.0 ~$20/mo

Posio

Geography multiplayer game.

Possibly unmaintained ★ 699 MIT ~$5/mo

Cubiks-2048

Clone of 2048 game in 3D.

Possibly unmaintained ★ 26 CC-BY-NC-4.0 ~$5/mo

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