I’ve been trying to track down some interesting games that fall under foss philosophy. No preferences on genre, I just want to hear it all :)

  •  rnd   ( @rnd@beehaw.org ) 
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    Here are some popular choices:

    • Xonotic, an arena FPS in the style of Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament that has a thriving online scene – including non-standard modes like Defrag
    • Hedgewars, an artillery game that’s basically “Worms: Armageddon”, but with some annoyances removed (like stray solid pixels get automatically removed, jumping is easier to do, etc.)
    • Teeworlds, a fast-paced 2D multiplayer action game
    • The Battle for Wesnoth, a turn-based strategy that (unusually for a PC title) adopts a gameplay structure more reminiscent of console TBSs (comparable to Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, but not a clone of either)
    • Minetest, an attempt to make a Minecraft clone that has since turned into a very flexible engine for block-based games

    And personal suggestions:

    • Mindustry and shapez.io have already been mentioned by another person here, they’re worth checking out
    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a newbie-friendly roguelike
    • speaking of roguelikes, NetHack is a classic, although not as user-friendly and way more difficult
    • Simon Tatham’s Puzzles, a collection of small games that all implement classic puzzles (Solo is sudoku, Pattern is “Japanese crosswords” aka Picross, etc.)
    • LAN Master (video, download), a legit public-domain open-source homebrew NES game where your goal is to connect all computers into a network by rotating pieces – obviously you’ll need an NES emulator for that, FCEUX, Mesen, Mednafen, ares and Retroarch are good FOSS choices for that