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.

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

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.

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: https://spacesimcentral.com/viewforum.php?f=44 Video link of game running: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oloUoFRk4WE

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

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.

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.

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.

This project hosts client software for the play-by-email strategy game Eressea. 2007-03-07: NEW! Magellan has moved to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/magellan-client/

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.

The Endless Dungeons is an 8-bit style random dungeon game consisting of 10 character classes, hundreds of monster types, and 99 randomly generated dungeon levels. You must level your character from 1 to 99, collect items and equipment to make him or her more powerful, and finally confront the boss of the game, Xantos, on the 99th floor of the dungeon. Don't forget to download the manual if you want more info: http://sourceforge.net/projects/endlessdungeons/files/The%20Endless%20Dungeons.pdf/download There is also an FAQ on the forums here: https://sourceforge.net/p/endlessdungeons/discussion/general/thread/6ba973f6/ This game differs from a lot of other roguelikes in that it's largely GUI- and menu based (similar to old console RPGs) and has turn-based battles.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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).

Savegame Editor for Jagged Alliance Back in Action Languages: German and English

Omega is a roguelike game originally written by Laurence Brothers in the late 80s. It was the first roguelike game with a large "countryside", plot development, quotable quotes, and a sense of humor.