Interesting Open Source games that you can enjoy on Linux

We must admit that it is not the most common but, why not, Linux users also like games. Nor is it a secret that the vast majority of PC games, if not all, are available for Windows and many of them also appear for macOS, but the Microsoft operating system is the best option for the most demanding gamers. For occasional players, here is a list of the best games available for Linux.

Before starting with the list I would like to clarify that only open source or open source titles will appear on it. Logically, these games can not compete with large studios unless we are looking to spend some time entertaining. Explained this, we talked about these 11 games that can not be missing in any PC with Linux of any occasional player.

11 open source games for Linux

SuperTuxKart

I think it's clear where the idea of ​​this car racing game comes from. If I'm not mistaken, the first game of this type was created by Nintendo and the protagonist was, like almost everything, the famous plumber Mario Mario (yes, same surname as name). The original game, I keep saying that if I'm not mistaken, it's Super Mario Kart, so the name of the open source version for Linux was clear: SuperTuxKart.

For those who do not know any game of this type, this is a car racing game, but not normal racing in which we have to focus on being faster than our opponents, but in a race in which we will also have to damage to our enemies with weapons and advantages that we will achieve in the races.

Xonotic

When I bought my first PC, I remember that among the first things I did was to see how the Quake world had evolved. I had already played Quake on a brother's PC and Quake 2 on a friend's, so I set out to try the Quake 3 Arena. Well, a good game that brings together all the good of that title, and even more, is Xonotic.

In fact, Xonotic includes up to 16 different game modes, including Deathmatch and Flag Capture. The weapons included in Xonotic are quite futuristic, which assures us that everything will be quite spectacular.

0 A.D.

If yours are the strategy games, the best (free) to what you can play in Linux is called 0 A.D. In this case it is a game set in historical moments, but I think that everything else is very similar to the other strategy games that are on the market.

Hedgewars

I remember a couple of decades ago, when I still did not have my first PC, playing a title in which there were two teams of 4 worms that had to kill each other. I'm talking about Worms, where we controlled a team of worms that had to eliminate other teams of 4 worms using all kinds of weapons, from bombs, explosive goats, punches or even air attacks.

Like many of the games in which Tux appears, Hedgewars is the open source version of another game, in this case the aforementioned Worms. The main difference is that the protagonists of Hedgewars are Helen (Hedgehog in English, hence their name).

 The Dark Mod

The Dark Mod is a game in which we will have to control a thief who has to use different tools to avoid threats and move forward through the scenarios. What we see is a first-person image of everything that is happening, something we are used to seeing in FPS games or first person shooting.

Voxelands

Following a little with the clones, the next game on this list is Voxelands, in this case a title based on the famous (although I personally do not understand very well why) Minecraft.

The Battle for Wesnoth

I, who have to admit that I am not a big fan of strategy games, have enjoyed at least two games of this type: the Warcraft II and the XCOM. I myself have been surprised with the amount of hours I have spent playing a turn-based strategy title as it is the second of the two I mentioned, mainly due to the fact that the action takes turns, as if it were a chess game it will be

Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game, but with fantastic ambience. The players have to control a series of characters, each with their own characteristics, until we achieve the objective of the scenario or defeat the enemy.

OpenTTD

OpenTTD is a remake of the 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe game in which we will have to manage a metropolitan transport system. The objective of the game is to build a transport network using various types of vehicles, such as trains, ships, airplanes and trucks. In addition, we will get money by making some deliveries, a money that we can use to build a better and more efficient infrastructure.

Secret Maryo Chronicles

In the title of this game appears the word "Secret", but it is no secret that has been based on the saga of Mario Bros. The good thing about this title with respect to others is that it offers a better platform experience and much more puzzles worked than other similar games.

Pingus

Pingus is a clone of another very famous PC game called Lemmings. Both in Pingus and in the game on which this title is based, our goal is to get the penguins to do what is required in each level. We will act as a kind of "god" that has to guide you to achieve your goals.

AstroMenace

And we could not finish this list without adding a set of ships. AstroMenace is very reminiscent of the ship games we could find in the recreational games of the 90s, but with important differences that come in the form of improvements of all kinds, something that is especially noticeable in the graphics and sound.