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==Free first-person shooter game engines== |
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The following game engines are free to use. They exclude game ports that require commercially released data to function ([[Doom WAD|doom.wad]] for a [[Doom source port]], for example). |
The following game engines are free to use. They exclude game ports that require commercially released data to function ([[Doom WAD|doom.wad]] for a [[Doom source port]], for example). |
Revision as of 22:57, 9 January 2008
This is a select list of free first-person shooters ( FPS )''.
Title | Developer, Publisher | Release date | OS (Operating System) | Engine | License | Notes |
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.kkrieger | .theprodukkt | 2004 | Windows | Uses only 97 kilobytes of disk space. | ||
AssaultCube | Rabid Viper Studios | 2007 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Cube engine | Zlib license (code), Individual licenses (media) | Team based shooter, includes Cube's map maker. Single/Multiplayer. |
CodeRED: Alien Arena | COR Entertainment, LLC | 2004–2007 | Windows, Linux | CRX Engine id Tech 2 | A Sci-Fi themed shooter. | |
America's Army | MOVES Institute | July 4, 2002 | Windows, version 2.5 and under: Mac OS X (PPC), Linux | Unreal engine 2.5 | Proprietary license | Developed for and owned by the U.S. government. Multiplayer/Training mode. |
BZFlag | Chris Schoeneman, Tim Riker | 1993–2007 | Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac OS X | LGPL | Tank combat. | |
Cube | Wouter van Oortmerssen | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, some Pocket PCs | Cube engine | Zlib license | Quake style multiplayer deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer. | |
D-Day: Normandy | D-Day Team | 2002 | Windows | id Tech 2 | Fomer Quake II mod, team based multiplayer ww2 shooter. | |
The Dinohunters | Kuma Reality Games | 2006 | Windows | Source engine | Proprietary license | Also a machinima series. Single/Multiplayer. |
F.E.A.R Combat | Monolith Productions, Vivendi Universal | 2006 | Windows | Lithtech: Jupiter EX engine | Proprietary license | The multiplayer component of commercial game F.E.A.R. |
FreeDoom | FreeDoom team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Doom engine | A Doom WAD file intended to be used instead of the copyrighted file from the original Doom and Doom II. | ||
Hidden & Dangerous | Illusion Softworks, Take-Two Interactive | 1999 | Windows | Insanity Engine | Proprietary license | Released free to promote its sequel, Hidden & Dangerous 2. Single/Multiplayer. |
The Kill Point: Game | Kuma Reality Games | 2007 | Windows | Source engine | Proprietary license | Episodic First person shooter
Based on the television show The Kill Point. |
Kuma\War | Kuma Reality Games | 2004 | Windows | Source engine | Proprietary license | Tactical episodic shooter. Single/Multiplayer. |
Marathon | Bungie Studios | 1994–1996 | Apple Macintosh | Released as freeware and source code. | ||
Nexuiz | Alientrap | May 31, 2005 | X Window System (running under Linux, UNIX), Windows, Mac OS X 10.4 or newer | DarkPlaces Quake engine | GNU GPL | Quake style deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer. |
OpenArena | OpenArena team | 2007 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | ioquake3 id Tech 3 | GNU GPL | Free software content remake of Quake III Arena. Single/Multiplayer. |
Purge | Freeform Interactive | April 15, 2003 | Windows | Lithtech: Talon engine | Proprietary license | RTS hybrid |
Sauerbraten | Wouter van Oortmerssen | 2004 | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X | Cube 2 engine | Partially open source (ZLIB license | Quake style deathmatch, includes built in level editor. Single/Multiplayer. |
Savage: The Battle for Newerth | S2 Games | 2003 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Commercial) | Silverback Engine | Hybrid FPS/RTS with both ranged and melee combat | |
Shootout the Game | Kuma Reality Games, The History Channel | 2006 | Windows | Source engine | Proprietary license | With the History Channel TV show. Single/Multiplayer. |
Starsiege: Tribes | Dynamix, Sierra Entertainment | 2004 (free release) | Windows | Darkstar engine | Proprietary license | Futuristic team based combat, released for free to promote Tribes: Vengeance. Single/Multiplayer. |
Tremulous | Dark Legion Development | 2006 | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X (Non-official) | ioquake3 id Tech 3 | GPL | Aliens vs Humans multiplayer team combat with some RTS elements. |
Urban Terror | Silicon Ice Development / Frozen Sand | April 1, 2007 | Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS | ioquake3 id Tech 3 | Originally a Quake 3 mod, now a standalone Counter strike style game. | |
War§ow | Windows and Linux | Qfusion id Tech 2 | GPL | Quake style deathmatch. Single/Multiplayer. | ||
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | Activision, id, Splash Damage | May 29, 2003 | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | id Tech 3 | Proprietary license | Former expansion pack turned freeware. WW2 multiplayer team combat |
World of Padman | April 1, 2007 | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | ioquake3 id Tech 3 | A Free Quake 3 Like Comical FPS Game | ||
X Operations | Team MITEI | 2003 | Microsoft Windows | Proprietary license. | Single/Multiplayer. | |
Soldier Front | Dragonlfy | 2004 | Microsoft Windows | Free ONline Multiplayer (may also purchase coins to buy special items) |
Free first-person shooter game engines
The following game engines are free to use. They exclude game ports that require commercially released data to function (doom.wad for a Doom source port, for example).
Engine | Developer, Publisher | Release date | OS | Licence | Notes |
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Aleph One | January 17, 2000 | Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, BSD, BeOS, others | GNU General Public License | Aleph One is an open-source project based on the Marathon 2: Durandal code, which was released to the public by Bungie Software. | |
Doom Engine | id Software | 1999 | Windows | GNU General Public License | |
Quake Engine | id Software | December 21, 1999 | Windows | GNU General Public License | Currently known as id Tech 1 Engine. |
id Tech 2 | id Software | December 22, 2001 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | GNU General Public License | |
id Tech 3 | id Software | August 19, 2005 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | GNU General Public License | |
Retribution Engine | APGSoftware | 2001 | Windows | GPL | Quake style single player games and levels. |
Cube | Wouter van Oortmerssen | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Zlib license | ||
Sauerbraten (Cube 2) | Wouter van Oortmerssen | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Zlib license |
See also
- First-person shooter
- MMOFPS
- List of commercial games released as freeware
- List of open source games
- List of freeware games