Open Source C Turn Based Strategy Games

"Shane's Chess Information Database" is a huge chess toolkit with extensive database, analysis and chess-playing features. Scid vs. PC is a usability and bug-fix fork of Scid. It has many interface fixes and improvements, and is fully compatible with Scid's .si4 databases. New features include a rewritten Gamelist, Computer Tournament, and FICS, Tree, Book and Graph improvements.

Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: to become (or subvert) the greatest civilization.

It is the year 2084. You control a secret organisation charged with defending Earth from a brutal alien enemy. Build up your bases, prepare your team, and dive head-first into the fast and flowing turn-based combat.

NetHack is a popular single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems.

Scorched3D incorporates lively, fully destructible 3D landscapes that include animated jets, naval vessels, water and even birds, with detailed tanks and projectiles and stunning visual effects. A simple turn-based artillery game and also a real-time strategy game in which players can counter each others' weapons with other creative accessories, shields and tactics. Test your skill in timing, aiming and judgement of distance, move around on the landscape, or outsmart your opponent economically.

This was the official home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game in 1993 and a CD-ROM in 1994. This location houses the prior release of the game, v. 1.1 released in 2013. There is now a v.2.0.0, which can be downloaded from https://github.com/raceintospace/raceintospace/releases/tag/v2.0.0. News and updates are available on our Mastodon account at https://mstdn.games/@raceintospace

Scidb is an open-source chess database application for Windows, Unix/Linux. It is a new development inspired by Scid.

Pioneers is an emulation of the board game The Settlers of Catan, which can be played over the internet.

LGeneral is a turn-based strategy game heavily inspired by the classic Panzer General.

Space - A DirectX Game, is a DirectX, C, C++ based game that can be runned on any OS system. Needs DirectX in order to run effectively and cleanly. Peer-to-Peer, LAN, games as well as international gaming is available. Runs with 2+ players.

Atanks is a multi-platform Scorched Earth clone similar to the Worms series of games. Annihilate the other tanks to earn money, then spend it on bigger and better shields and weapons to wipe out the opposition.

TempleOS is a 64-bit kernel with compiler, graphics library and tools. It is not a Unix. It was made from scratch.

Xconq is an engine for turn-based strategy games. Variety of game genres run under Xconq: historical, sci-fi, fantasy, and modern. AIs. Network games. Multiple UIs and platforms. Easy-to-learn game design language. Large games library available

Faile is a free chess program which plays a fairly strong game of chess (Expert strength or better). One of the main goals of Faile is to provide a full featured chess program with source code which is tidy, well documented, and easy to understand.

Rogue Clone IV is an open-source reproduction of everybody's favorite role-playing game: rogue. There are currently ports to 16-bit DOS and 32-bit Windows.

GNU Backgammon (gnubg) plays and analyses backgammon games and matches. It is currently a work-in-progress.

FSC is a game of colonization, research, diplomacy and trade. A 4X approach.It is played on randomly generated maps, the aim is to build an empire and rule most of the galaxy. For rule details see the project docs. It needs SDL and OpenGL to run.

A networked battleship game. Support for multiples players and robots at the same time (one against the others). Support for IPv6 and GGZ

A text-mode (curses) multiplayer game like Konquest (a turn based strategy; you send ships from planet to planet to conquer them). Has better interface usability (e.g. it already has an auto-send feature and save/load functionality). Made in Israel.

netToe is an enhanced version of the classic Tic Tac Toe. It is playable against a second player over a network (LAN, Internet etc..), against computer AI, or against another player on the same machine.

A turn based strategy game featuring isometric graphic, original plot, original soundtrack and much more. The player leads a mercenery team hired to go on Mars and fight with different factions using mechs and others military vehicles.

Annchienta is a 2D isometric game engine for RPG games, but can be used for other games as well. We also release the games here as well. These games are mostly set in a fantasy world, combining an epic and tragic quest with fun and challenging gameplay.

Space game of galactic conquest. Real time/turn based strategy with civilization type colonization of worlds. Influences include: Civ, Master of Orion, emperor of the Fading Suns, Dune. Universe a future dark age with noble houses vying for control. Forum for comments: http://spacesimcentral.com/ssc/forum/59-ad-infinitum/ Video link of game running: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oloUoFRk4WE

Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game. Copyright (C) 1986-2013, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster

Gambit is a cross-platform chess game. There are binaries for Windows users. Users of Unix-like operating systems can check the web site for build instructions (it should be easy to follow).