Game engine recreations and source ports

For list of demakes, see List of notable ports#Demakes.

For a list of game engines, see Game engines.

Game engine recreations and source ports can be better than emulation on a game-by-game basis, adding improvements to the original, better performance and ports to less powerful systems were emulation is impractical/slow. This is especially true when a developer only wants to get one game (or a number of games that use the same engine) working. In that case, re-implementing that game alone would save more time than implementing the platform it runs on. These kinds of projects are common when abandonware has large communities; when the original developer has disbanded and can no longer support or update it, an effort is then made to get it running natively on newer versions of-- and/or entirely different-- operating systems and platforms. Examples are OpenMW for Morrowind.

• game engine recreations (AKA game engine re-implementations), when the developer only has a binary to work with (and not the source code), they recreate the engine rather than port it, hence the term. How the developers go about this process depends on their philosophy; they may opt to de-compile the original executable and have their own program rely on the original until all of its functions have been remade, at which point the original binary is no longer needed. Alternatively, they can be remade based on a clean-room design, in which the project implements the abstract features without having to disassemble the original, going by how components are expected to be used rather than how the game uses them. Some engines come about simply because they were inspired by the original game, and the programmer felt confident enough that no reverse engineering was necessary to make an engine that does the same thing.

• source ports, in rare cases, games release the source code by the publishers themselves, allowing developers to perform a port of the source code. This skips the step of figuring out how the game works. The most common example that is often used is id Software's release of Doom in 1997. It led to so many ports being released that the community began to joke about what devices haven't gotten it running yet (see the Doom Wiki for a list). Examples are GZDoom, vkQuake, Kex Engine.

• disassemblies - a type of reverse engineering that turns machine code language into Assembly code language. It's more common on pre-fifth generation consoles. A disassembler is needed.

• decompilations - another type of reverse engineering that turns machine code language from an existing program (in this case, a game) into human-readable code language (like C). However, it's tricky, due to the fact that you don't get the same code extracted, and every line needs to be painstakingly translated via guesstimates and trials-by-fire. This type takes a long time to get it done 100%, just to match code with non-matched code (or linking code with data). A decompiler is needed.

• (static) recompilations - even another type of reverse engineering where the existing machine code language gets instantly translated into a targeted platform/architecture code language. While it might sound like an "end-all be-all" method to make old games run on platforms without having to rely that much on emulation, it's still considered just as hard as decompilations, because in order to make the game fully run on the platform, every instruction needs to be identified, applied and executed to do so. Supposedly, this method is considered less time consuming than decompilations, however, if said completed decompilation exist, it also helps out quite a lot in the progress of a recompilation. A recompiler is needed.

• collections - these collect different engine types, an example being ScummVM that contains many recreations and source ports.

Some projects are implemented in ways that the original developer did not intend; for example, for a platform other than which publishers marketed it for. And they're not just limited to game engines either; Webamp is a JavaScript application that re-implements Winamp in the web browser. These projects are almost always open-source, which also allows new programmers to fix bugs that could have been difficult to track down during development (alternatively, the bugs may be emulated to allow old mods to continue to safely exploit them). When most of the effort is on programming, the project will usually require the original game's assets (such as files in the installation directory or ROMs) until those ever get remade. This lets the developers claim they aren't infringing the game's copyrights since the player must obtain the original to use it; if the game is still being sold, this could allow the publisher to even earn revenue from the project. This aspect is debatable however, as some source code recreations did result in cease-and-desist letters and even lawsuits from companies such as in the case of re3 and reVC for the 3D-era Grand Theft Auto games, with Take-Two Interactive alleging that the source ports were made to facilitate piracy and that "the work is not licensed in any way"; some have speculated that the suit among others was to keep fan-made mods from getting in the way of their much-maligned Definitive Edition remasters.

For the sake of brevity, most of these projects often refer to themselves under some variety of fan remakes. The External links section has lists for a number of known and available projects.

On Linux downloading and using game engines is easy with Luxtorpeda - a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton) that allows you to run games from Steam using various different game engines and re-implementations. Alternatively some package managers/app stores, such as flatpak and snap include source ports.

For macOS, Mac Source Ports provides many of the games below but built for Apple Silicon (or as a Universal Binary where possible), with the apps signed and notarised. For the majority of the games, you will have to provide your own game data. The data for most of the games can be purchased on GOG or Steam (The game data from Windows versions usually work ok).

For a work-in-progress list of source ports that work on macOS see the Source ports on macOS page.

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Multi-game engine

Action-adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
OpenLara		git SailfishOS	✓	~	~	PC: Tomb Raider 1–4 Handhelds: Tomb Raider 1
OpenTomb		git	✗	✗	✓	Tomb Raider 1–5
Tomb Raider Automated Fix		TR1 TR2	✗	✗	~	Tomb Raider 1 & 2 + expansions
Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Classic Collection		git VitaDB	✗	~	✓	Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Classic (Android versions)
TRX		git	✗	✓	✓	Tomb Raider 1 & 2 + expansions
CroftEngine		git	✗	~	?	Tomb Raider 1
TR2Main		git	✗	✗	?	Tomb Raider 2

Bullet Hell

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
ReC98: The Touhou PC-98 Restoration Project	Multi-platform	git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 1–5 (PC-98)

FPS

See also Game engine recreations and source ports/FPS for more in-depth description sorted by engine

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
BuildGDX		Website	✗	✓	✓	Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Powerslave/Exhumed, Redneck Rampage, Redneck Rampage Rides Again, Rock 'n' Shaolin/Legend of the Seven Paladins 3D, Shadow Warrior, TekWar, Witchaven, Witchaven II
EDuke32 VoidSW		Website	✗	✓	✓	EDuke32: Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury, NAM, World War II GI VoidSW: Shadow Warrior
Metaforce		Dev builds git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Retro Games (Metroid Prime 1–3 & Donkey Kong Country Returns)
Nuclide		Website git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	GoldSrc Games (Half-Life, Counter-Strike 1.5, Team Fortress etc..)
openDarkEngine		git	✗	✗	✗	Thief 1-2, System Shock 2
Raze		git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Redneck Rampage, Shadow Warrior and Exhumed/Powerslave, Nam, WW2 GI
RedNukem		git NotBlood fork	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem 64, Redneck Rampage, Redneck Rampage Rides Again, NAM, World War II GI
Serious Sam Classic VK		git	✗	✓	✓	Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Surreal Engine		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament 99
Xash3D FWGS		0.99 git	✗	✓	✓	Half-Life 1 engine games
Xash3DS		git	✗	✗	✓	Half-Life 1 engine games
XLEngine		git	✗	✗	✗	Star Wars: Dark Forces, Daggerfall Later: Outlaws, Blood, Shadow Warrior

Horror

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Free In The Dark		git	✗	~	✗	Alone in the Dark 1-3
OpenAWE		git	✗	✓	✗	Alan Wake, Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Platform

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Commander Genius		3.6.1	✗	✓	✓	Commander Keen 1-6, Cosmos Cosmic Adventure 1-3, Keen Dreams
MBHaxe		git	✗	✓	✓	Marble Blast Gold, Platinum & Ultra
OpenGOAL		0.2.31	✗	✓	✓	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, Jak 3, Jak X
RSDKv5		Sonic 1 & 2 Sonic CD Sonic Mania Sonic Origins fork	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 1–2, Sonic CD and Sonic Mania. (Retro Engine v5)

Point & Click Adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
ScummVM		2026.3.0	✓	✓	✓	Adventure games and RPGs (LucasArts, Sierra, Activision, Humongous & more. Over 250 games.)

Racing

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
OpenDriver		git	✗	~	✗	Driver 1-2
OpenNFS		git	✗	✓	✗	Need for Speed I–III, Need for Speed: High Stakes, Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
ProjectR		Website	✗	✓	✓	San Francisco Rush: The Rock, San Francisco Rush 2049

RPG

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
BaKGL		git	✗	✓	~	Betrayal at Krondor
EasyRPG		0.8.1.1	✓	✓	✓	RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
Exult		git	✗	✓	✓	Ultima VII: The Black Gate, Ultima VII Part Two: The Serpent Isle, Ultima VI: Remake
Falltergeist		git	✗	✗	✗ (WIP)	Fallout 1-2
GemRB		git	✗	✓	✓	Infinity Engine (Baldur's Gate series (1998–2001), Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale series (2000–2002))
JoiPlay		1.20.023 RPG Maker Plugin Ren'Py Plugin Ruffle Plugin	✗	✓	✓	RPG Maker XP/VX/VA/MV/MV games/Ren'Py/TyranoBuilder/HTML based games
MKXP		2023 Builds	✗	✗	✗	RPG Maker XP/VX/VX Ace games
MKXP-Z		2.4.2	✗	✓	✓	RPG Maker XP/VX/VX Ace games
Neko RPGXP Player		2.01	✗	✗	~	RPG Maker XP/VX/VA/MV games
UnderworldGodot		git	✗	✓	✗	Ultima Underworld 1-2
xoreos		0.0.6	✗	~	✗ (WIP)	BioWare's Aurora engine & derivatives (BioWare's 7 PC/console RPGs, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, The Witcher)

RTS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
openage		git	✗	✓	~	Genie Engine (Age of Empires, AoE II (HD), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds)
OpenRA		git	✗	✓	✓	Early Westwood games (Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). Soon: 2nd-gen C&C (C&C: Tiberian Sun).
OpenSAGE		git	✗	~	✗ (WIP)	EA's Command & Conquer games (C&C: Generals, C&C: Generals - Zero Hour) Soon: The Battle for Middle-earth series (2004–2006), C&C 3 + expansion.
Stratagus		3.3.2	✗	✓	✓	Wargus (v3.3.2): Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness + Beyond the Dark Portal, Aleona's Tale War1gus (v3.3.2): Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Stargus (v3.3.0): StarCraft (partially playable as of v2.4.1) Games natively made on the Stratagus engine: Aleona's Tale (Wargus), Astroseries, Bos Wars, Wyrmsun
Vanilla Conquer		git	✗	✓	✓	Early Westwood games (Command & Conquer, C&C: Red Alert, Dune 2000). Based on the official source code release by EA, with the goal of serving as a portable drop-in replacement for the original executables as well as a platform for mod developers.

Visual Novel

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Impacto		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	MAGES. Engine (Science Adventure games)
Xsystem35		2.17.1	✗	✓	✓	Alicesoft. System35 Engine (RPG and strategy games)

Various

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
DREAMM*		4.0.0	✗	✓	✓	LucasArts: Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Indiana Jones (Last Crusade & Fate of Atlantis & Infernal Machine & Desktop Adventures), Loom, Monkey Island (1 & 2 & Curse & Escape), Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, The Dig, Grim Fandango, Rebel Assault (1 & 2), X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, Dark Forces, Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Shadows of the Empire, Yoda Stories, Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion, Outlaws (+13 more in the 3.0 beta)
Jorio's ports of Pangea Software games		depending on game	✗	✓	✓	Billy Frontier, Bugdom, Bugdom 2, Cro-Mag Rally, Mighty Mike (Power Pete), Nanosaur, Nanosaur II: Hatchling, Otto Matic
OpenGMK		git	✗	✓	✓	GameMaker game engines
M-HT SR / SRW		depending on game	✗	✓	✓	Albion (1995), X-Com: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown), X-Com: Terror from the Deep, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator, Battle Isle 3: Shadow of the Emperor (Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor)
MegaZeux		2.93d	✗	✓	✓	MegaZeux games

Single game engine

Action-adventure

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
2 Ship 2 Harkinian		git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Bomberman 64: Recompiled		git	✗	✓	✓	Bomberman 64
Dinosaur Planet: Recompiled		0.2.0	✗	✓	✓	Dinosaur Planet
donut		git	✗	✗	✗	The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Dusk		1.0.1 git	✗	✓	TBD	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube)
The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX HD - PC Port		1.5.8	✗	✓	TBD	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Link's Awakening DX HD		git	✗	~ *	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
MegaMan64 Recompiled		git	✗	✓	✓	Mega Man 64
Mystical Ninja Recompilation		git	✗	✓	✓	Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Open Ocarina		git	✗	✗	✗	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
OpenDrakan		git	✗	~	✗	Drakan: Order of the Flame
Redguard Unity		git	✗	✓	✗	The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Ship of Harkinian		9.0.2 Nightly builds git	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time + Master Quest
sm		git	✗	✓	~	Super Metroid
Starfox64Recomp		1.0.2	✗	✓	✓	Star Fox 64
Starship		2.0.0	✗	✓	✓	Star Fox 64
tmc (pc port)		git	✗	✓	~	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Twilight Princess: Courage Reborn		TBA	✗	✓	✗	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Zelda3		git Android Xbox One Vita	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Zelda 64: Recompiled		1.2.2	✗	✓	✓	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)

FPS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Aleph One		1.11	✗	✓	✓	Marathon (1994), Marathon 2: Durandal, Marathon Infinity, Pathways Into Darkness
BStone		1.3.3	✗	✓	✓	Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, Blake Stone: Planet Strike
BetterSpades		git	✗	✓	✓	Ace of Spades
D2X-XL DXX-Rebirth		1.18.77 git	✗	✓	✓	Descent, Descent II
Descent Wii		1.12 git (forked)	✗	✗	✓	Descent
DXX-3DS		git	✗	✗	✗	Descent, Descent II
DXX-Retro		git	✗	✗	✓	Descent, Descent II
DXX-Switch		git	✗	✗	?	Descent, Descent II
Duke Nukem Zero Hour: Recompiled		Alpha 0.0.3	✗	✓	?	Duke Nukem Zero Hour
EDuke32 Wii		Website	✗	✗	✓	Duke Nukem 3D
Librelancer		git	✗	✓	?	Freelancer
Freespace 2 Wii		beta 3	✗	✗	?	Freespace 2
Freespace 2 Source Code Project		Knossos installer and mod manager	✗	✓	✓	Freespace 2, also includes Freespace 1 and expansion Silent Threat through fanmade ports to the FS2 engine.
LithTech Jupiter System		git	✗	✓	?	No One Lives Forever 2
NakedAVP		1.2.2	✗	✓	✓	Aliens Vs Predator Gold
NBlood		git	✗	✓	✓	Blood + expansion
OpenJK		Build git	✗	✓	~	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
OpenJKDF2		git	✗	✓	~ (WIP)	Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
OpenMoHAA		git	✗	✓	✓	Medal of Honour: Allied Assault + expansions
OpenXRay		git	✗	✓	✓	S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series
PCExhumed		git	✗	✓	✓	Powerslave (PC)
Powerslave EX		git	✗	✗	✓	Powerslave (console)
Perfect Dark		git	✗	✓	✓	Perfect Dark
Shockolate		git	✗	✓	✓	System Shock 1
The Force Engine		1.22.42	✗	✓	✓	Current: Star Wars: Dark Forces Future: Outlaws
Surreal 98 (DXU24)		Modders channel	✗	✓	~ (WIP)	Deus Ex
xGreed		1.1.12.55	✗	✗	✓	In Pursuit of Greed
Portal: Still Alive		ModDB	✗	✗	✓	Portal: Still Alive
id Tech Engines
dhewm3		git dhewm3-amigaos4	✓	✓	✓	Doom 3 (Original)
Doom64 EX		2.5	✗	✗	✓	Doom 64 (Original)
Doom64 EX Plus		[5.2] [Ultra fork]	✗	✗	✓	Doom 64 (Original)
ECWolf		1.4.2	✓	✓	✓	Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Super 3D Noah’s Ark
Hammer of Thyrion		1.5.9	✗	✓	✓	Hexen II
Heretic Wii		0.5	✗	✗	?	Heretic
Hexen Wii HHexen (Wii)		1.0 0.5	✗	✗	?	Hexen
HHeretic		0.2.4	✗	✗	?	Heretic
HHexen		1.6.4	✗	✗	?	Hexen
ioquake3		1.36	✗	✓	✓	Quake III: Arena
iortcw		git Salted fork	✗	~	✓	Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Linux Hexen		0.6.0	✗	✗	✗	Hexen
PrBoom		git	✓	~	✓	Doom I–II, Final Doom
PsyDoom		git	✓	~	✓	Doom, Final Doom
q2repro		git	✗	~	✓	Quake 2 Remastered
Quake GameCube/QuakeGX		0.0.5-2 (GX)	✗	✗	?	Quake 1
Quake Rev PAK		release 4	✗	✗	?	Quake 1–2, ThreeWave CTF mod for Quake 2, QuakeWorld
Quakespasm vkQuake		0.96.3 Ironwail fork	✗	✓	✓	Quake 1 (The Ironwail fork supports the Remastered version)
RBDOOM-3-BFG		git	✗	✓	✓	Doom 3 (BFG Edition)
realrtcw		ModDB page	✗	✓	✓	Return to Castle Wolfenstein (based on iortcw)
Rise of the Triad for Linux		1.1.2	✗	✗	✗	Rise of the Triad: Dark War
rottexpr		git Barrett fork	✗	✗	✓	Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Tyrquake		git	✓	✓	✓	Quake 1
vitaQuake II		git PS Vita	✓	~	✓	Quake 2
WiiDoom WiiDoom-Fork (music support)		0.4.5 Fork	✗	✗	✓	Doom I–II, Final Doom, Chex Quest I–II (forked version only but with some conversion issues)
Wii-DOOM Wii-HERETIC Wii-HEXEN Wii-STRIFE		r33	✗	✗	✓	Wii-DOOM: Doom I–II, Final Doom Wii-HERETIC: Heretic Wii-HEXEN: Hexen Wii-STRIFE: Strife: Quest for the Sigil
Wolfenstein 3D Wii		1.31	✗	✗	✓	Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny
Yamagi Quake II		8.51	✗	✓	✓	Quake 2

Horror

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux		git	✗	~	~	Amnesia: The Dark Descent
FNaF 1 3DS -old/obsolete- FNaF 1 3DS -remastered-		0.2.3 0.3.1-pre1	✗	✗	✓	Five Nights at Freddy's
FNaF 1 PSP		1.3.1 Fix 1	✗	✗	✓	Five Nights at Freddy's
FNaF 2 3DS		beta 1.0	✗	✗	✗	Five Nights at Freddy's 2
FNaF 3 3DS		beta 0.1.3	✗	✗	✗	Five Nights at Freddy's 3
FNaF 4 3DS		beta 0.3	✗	✗	~	Five Nights at Freddy's 4
MikuPan		git	✗	✓	~	Fatal Frame
OpenBiohazard2		git	✗	~	✗	Resident Evil 2
sh3redux		git	✗	✗	✗	Silent Hill 3
silent-hill-decomp (pc port)		git	✗	✓	~	Silent Hill

MMO

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
2009scape		website	✗	✓	✓	Runescape
AzerothCore		website	✗	✓	?	World of Warcraft
ClassicUO		website git	✗	✓	?	Ultima Online
CrossUO		git	✗	✓	?	Ultima Online
Darkflame Universe		git	✗	✓	?	LEGO Universe
TrinityCore		git	✗	✓	?	World of Warcraft
WoWee		git	✗	✓	?	Word of Warcraft

Platform

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Abe's Amazing Adventure Wii		r3	✗	✗	?	Abe's Amazing Adventure
Abuse 2025		git	✗	~	✓	Abuse
Abuse Wii		0.8.684.2	✗	✗	?	Abuse
Banjo: Recompiled		1.0.1	?	✓	✓	Banjo-Kazooie (N64)
BMHeroRecomp		git	?	✓	✓	Bomberman Hero
Cave Story Engine 2		git archive Wii, NDS, PS2	✗	✗	✓	Cave Story
doukutsu-rs		git	✗	✓	✓	Cave Story
C1		git	✗	✗	~	Crash Bandicoot
C2C		git	✗	✗	~	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Ghostship		git	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario 64
hodex		binaries source code SDL fork	✗	✗	~	Heart of Darkness
Jazz² Resurrection		git	✗	✓	✓	Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jump 'n Bump		0.3.1	✗	✗	?	Jump 'n Bump
katam		git	✗	✓	?	Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
OpenMBU		git	✗	~	~	Marble Blast Ultra
Maze of Galious 3DS		1.0	✗	✗	?	The Maze of Galious remake
MazeOfGaliousWii		0.63.3	✗	✗	?	The Maze of Galious remake
NXEngine nxengine-evo		1.0.0.6 git	✓	✓	✓	Cave Story
OpenCrashWOC		git	✗	✓	?	Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex
OpenHCL		git	✗	~	✓	Hydra Castle Labyrinth
OpenJazz		git	✗	~	✓	Jazz Jackrabbit 1
OpenMadoola		git	✗	✓	✓	The Wing of Madoola
R.E.L.I.V.E.		git	✗	✓	✓	Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
rawgl		git	✗	✗	✓	Another World/Out of This World
ReDuke		Beta 4	✗	✗	✓	Duke Nukem (Duke Nukum)
REminiscence		0.5.5	✓	✓	✓	Flashback (Another World's spiritual sequel)
Rigel Engine		git	✗	✓	✓	Duke Nukem II
sa2		git	✗	✓	?	Sonic Advance 2
SDLPoP		git	✗	✓	✓	Prince of Persia (1989)
Sonic the Hedgehog Forever		1.5.1	✗	~	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Absolute		1.2.1	✗	~	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic-2-CE		1.10	✗	~	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited)		git	✗	✓	✓	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic Mania 3DS		Build	✗	✓	~	Sonic Mania 3DS
srb32x		v0.2a	✗	✓	~	Sonic Robo Blast 2
smw		git Switch	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario 64 Port	Multi-platform	Depends on port	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario 64 (N64)
Super Mario Bros. Remastered		1.0.2	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario World Remastered Plus		1.1	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario World
Unleashed Recompiled		git	✗	✓	✓	Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360)
xrick		#021212	✓	✗	✓	Rick Dangerous
TheXTech		1.3.7.2-hotfix1	✗	✓	✓	Super Mario Bros. X

Racing

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
CannonBall		git	✓	✗	✓	OutRun
CannonBall (Wii)		git	✗	✗	✓	OutRun
CTRPC		✗ (WIP)	✗	✓	~	Crash Team Racing
Dethrace		git	✗	✓	~	Carmageddon
DRally		git	✗	✓	?	Death Rally
MarioKart64Recomp		git	✗	✓	✓	Mario Kart 64
Moto Racer		git	✗	✗	✓	Moto Racer
NFSIISE		git	✗	~	✓	Need for Speed II: SE
Open Test Drive Unlimited / OpenTDU		git	✗	✓	TBD	Test Drive Unlimited
Open1560		git	✗	✓	✓	Midtown Madness 1
OpenC1		1.4 git	✗	✗	✓	Carmageddon
OpenLGR		git	✗	✗	✗	Lego Racers
OpenMC2	(via Wine)	git	✗	~	✓	Midnight Club II
OpenSWE1R		git	✗	~	✗ (WIP)	Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
REDriver2		git	✗	✓	✓	Driver 2
RoadFighterWii		1.0	✗	✗	✓	Road Fighter remake
RVGL		23.1030a1	✗	✓	✓	Re-Volt
SpaghettiKart		git	✗	✓	✓	Mario Kart 64
stuntcarremake		Build 08	✗	✓	✓	Stunt Car Racer (Amiga / AtariST)
Wipeout Phantom Edition		git	✗	~	✓	Wipeout
Wipeout Rewrite		git	✗	✓	✓	Wipeout

Real-time

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
OpenVic		git	✗	✓	✗	Victoria 2	Grand Strategy
Project Alice		1.3.0	✗	✓	✓	Victoria 2
CorrinoEngine		git	✗	✗	✗	Emperor: Battle for Dune	Real-time strategy
Dune Dynasty		1.5	✗	✗	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Dune II: The Maker		0.7.0 Nightly	✗	✓	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Dune Legacy		0.99.5	✗	✓	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
KaM Remake		Build git	✗	✓	✓	Knights and Merchants
KeeperFX		1.3.1	✗	✓	✓	Dungeon Keeper
OpenDUNE		git	✗	~	✓	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
OpenKeeper		git	✗	✓	✗	Dungeon Keeper 2
TA3D		git	✗	✗	✗	Total Annihilation
WarsmashModEngine		git	✗	✓	~	Warcraft III
wkbre2		git	✗	✓	✗	Warrior Kings: Battles
FreeSynd		0.9	✗	✗	✗	Syndicate (1993)	Real-time tactics
Syndicate Wars Port		0.3.3 Fan Expansion fork	✗	~	✓	Syndicate Wars
OpenApoc		git	✗	✓	~	X-COM: Apocalypse	Selectable real-time or turn-based tactics

RPG

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
Ambermoon.net		git	✗	✓	✓	Ambermoon
Arx Libertatis		git	✗	✓	✓	Arx Fatalis
Daggerfall Unity		git Android git	✗	✓	✓	The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
DevilutionX		git	✗	✓	✓	Diablo
Fallout CE		git 3DS git Vita git	✗	✓	✓	Fallout 1
Fallout 2 CE		git 3DS git Vita git	✗	✓	✓	Fallout 2
Freeablo		git	✗	✗	~	Diablo
Infinity Blade 1 & 2 for Windows		IF1 Archive.org page IF2 Archive.org page	✗	✗	✓	Infinity Blade
Memoria		git	✗	✓	✓	Final Fantasy IX
Noah		git	✗	✓	✗(WIP)	Xenogears
NorseWorld: Ragnarok		git	✗	✗	✗	Ragnarok / Valhalla
OpenEnroth		git	✗	✓	✓	Might and Magic VII
OpenDiablo2		git	✗	✗	✗	Diablo II
OpenGothic		git	✗	✓	✓	Gothic II
OpenMW		0.50.0	✗	✓	✓	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
OpenTESArena		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	The Elder Scrolls I: Arena
OpenVIII		git	✗	✗	✗	Final Fantasy VIII
OpenNox		git	✗	~	✓	Nox
pokeemerald		git	✗	✓	?	Pokémon Emerald
Quest 64: Recompiled		git	✗	✓	~	Quest 64
REGoth		git	✗	✗	✓	Gothic, Gothic II
reone		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1-2
Riiablo		git	✗	✓	?	Diablo II
sdlpal		git	✗	✓	~	The Legend of Sword and Fairy (PAL)
Severed Chains		git	✗	✓	✓	Legend of Dragoon
UndertaleDecomp		git	✗	✓	✓	Undertale
Undertale Mobile Mod for iOS and Android		ModDB page	✗	✗	✓
Undertale Yellow Android Port		1.1.1	✗	✗	?	Undertale Yellow
Undertale Yellow Remastered / Undertale Justified (+ mobile port)		0.1.0	✗	✗	?

Sandbox

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
CavEX		0.3.0	✗	✗	✗	Minecraft b1.7.3
ClassiCube		1.3.7	✗	✓	✓	Minecraft 0.30
IsleDecomp		git Portable git Play in browser	✗	✓	✓	LEGO Island
Minecraft PSP		3.4.2	✗	✗	✓	Minecraft
OpenRW		git	✗	~	~	Grand Theft Auto III
PSP Minecraft		3.0.0	✗	✗	✗	Minecraft
re3 reVC		git (re3) git (reVC) re3 (3DS) re3 (Switch) reVC (Switch) ReVC (Vita) re3 (Wii U) reVC (Wii U)	✗	✗	✓	Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
San Andreas Unity		git	✗	✗	~	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Wiicraft (2020)		git	✗	✗	?	Minecraft v1.2.5
WoxelCraft		git	✗	✗	?	3D Voxel Engine (Minecraft)

Sim

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
Akhenaten		git	✗	✓	~	Pharaoh	City-building
CaesarIA		0.5 (2016)	✗	✗	✗	Caesar III
eZeus		git	✗	✓	~	Zeus
FreeSerf		git Forkserf git	✗	✗	✓	The Settlers
Freeserf.net		git	✗	✓	?	The Settlers
JSettlers		git	✗	✓	?	The Settlers 3
Julius Augustus (Gameplay changes)		1.8.0 4.0.0	✗	✓	✓	Caesar III
Ozymandias		git	✗	~	✗	Pharaoh
Return To The Roots		git	✗	✓	✓	The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
CorsixTH		git	✗	✓	✓	Theme Hospital	Construction/Management
OpenLoco		git	✗	✓	✓	Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
OpenRCT2		git OpenLauncher	✗	✓	✓	RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (with RCT1 and expansions from both games being importable) or RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (as of v0.4.2)
OpenTTD		git	✗	✓	✓	Transport Tycoon Deluxe
OpenTTD (Wii)		1.3.2	✗	✗	?	Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Pizza Legacy		git	✗	✓	?	Pizza Tycoon
RCT Classic Vita		git	✗	?	~	RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (Android)
TiP-Recomp		git	✗	✓	~	Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
terminal-recall		git Nightly Builds	✗	✓	✓	Terminal Velocity, Fury3	Flight Combat
Openblack		git	✗	✓	✗	Black & White	God Game
LainTSX		git	✗	✓	✓	Lain PSX	Interactive fiction
Lain Bootleg Remake		git	✗	✓	✓	Lain Bootleg
ACGC PC Port		git	✗	✓	?	Animal Crossing	Life Sim
FreeSims		git	✗	✓	?	The Sims
FreeSO		git	✗	~	✗	The Sims Online
Simitone		git	✗	~	~	The Sims

TBS

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
1oom		git	✗	✗	✓	Master of Orion
Civ2-clone		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Sid Meier's Civilization 2
civctp2		git ctp2 for Linux/Pandora/Pyra	✗	~	✓	Call to Power II
CivOne		git	✗	✗	✗ (WIP)	Sid Meier's Civilization
DopeWars		1.1	✗	✗	?	DopeWars (Palm OS)
fheroes2		git	✗	✓	✓	Heroes of Might and Magic II
FreeHeroes		git	✗	✓	?	Heroes of Might and Magic III
GLSMAC		git	✗	✓	✓	Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
JA2-Stracciatella		git	✗	✓	✓	Jagged Alliance 2
OpenCiv1		git	✗	✓	?	Sid Meier's Civilization
OpenXcom		git	✗	✓	✓	UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep
OpenXcom CE		8.5	✗	✓	✓	UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep
OpenXcom CE Brutal		2026-02-26	✗	✓	✓	UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense), X-COM: Terror From the Deep
VCMI		git	✗	✓	✓	Heroes of Might and Magic III

Visual Novel

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)
DDLC-LOVE		1.2.3 (PSP, Vita) 1.1.9 (PS3, 3DS, Switch)	✗	✗	✓	Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki-Doki-Literature-Club-Vita		git	✗	~	✓	Doki Doki Literature Club!
Katawa Shoujo Re-Engineered		Build git	✗	✓	✓	Katawa Shoujo

Miscellaneous

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	libretro	Active	Recommended	Supported game(s)	Genre
remc2		git HD Fork	✗	~	~	Magic Carpet 2	Action
PyTouhou		Website	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 6	Bullet Hell
Th06		git	✗	✓	✗ (WIP)	Touhou 6
uth05win		git	✗	✗	✗	Touhou 5
LSD: Revamped		0.3.0	✗	✓	✓	LSD: Dream Emulator	Exploration
3SX		github	✗	✓	?	Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike	Fighting
BattleShip		git	✗	✓	✓	Super Smash Bros.
Ikemen GO		0.99.0 Nightly	✗	✓	✓	Remake of the Ikemen engine that supports Mugen resources.
Party Board		git	✗	✓	~	Mario Party 4	Party
SpaceCadetPinball		git	✗	✓	✓	3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet	Pinball
Jewels		1.01	✗	✗	?	gljewel	Puzzle
Lemmini		git	✗	✗	✓	Lemmings
Dr. Mario 64 Recomp		v1.0.0	✗	✓	~	Dr. Mario 64
OpenTyrian		git Opentyrian2000 fork	✗	✓	✓	Tyrian	Shoot 'em up
OpenTyrianWii		1.7	✗	✗	?	Tyrian
Future Cop: MIT		git	✗	✓	?	Future Cop: LAPD	Third Person Shooter
max vita		git	✗	✓	✓	Max Payne

Developers tools

Worth mentioning utilities for those who want to create their own port or recreation. Useless for those who just want to play, as they still require a lot of extra work to run games. If the latter fact is suddenly no longer true, such a project will be moved to a more appropriate part of the list.

Name	Game(s)	Latest version	Active	Target platform(s)	Known projects based	Notes
N64: Recompiled	Nintendo 64 (whole library)	git	✓	Theoretically, any	Bomberman 64: Recompiled Dinosaur Planet: Recompiled Goemon 64: Recompiled MarioKart 64: Recompiled Quest64: Recompiled Zelda 64: Recompiled
PSRetrox	PlayStation 2 (whole library)	git	✗	PC	✗
XenonRecomp XenosRecomp	Xbox 360 (whole library)	git (XenonRecomp) git (XenosRecomp)	✓	Declared, any	Unleashed Recompiled	Currently known supported platforms are: x86 and ARM64 with Direct3D 12 and Vulkan

See also

• List of notable ports

Game engine recreations and source ports specifically for

Current computers and operating system(s):

• macOS, Android

Consoles:

• Nintendo: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
• Sony: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita

Legacy systems:

• BeOS, DOS, OS/2, Windows 9x, Pocket PC, IRIX, Atari ST

External links

• Open Source Game Clones (Likely the best and most complete list.)
• Games on GitHub by Lee Reilly (Master list in wider view. This list from leereilly contains Table of Contents and categories with highlighted links to Git repos.)
• Open Source Games on GitHub by Trilarion (Master list. As good as OSGC site above & frighteningly far larger list than leereilly's Git list. Over 1200 game entries!)
• Game engine recreation on Wikipedia (Has links to lists of: 1) commercial video games with source code; 2) source ports; and 3) game engine recreations.)
• List of games with reconstructed source code on Wikipedia
• List of open-source video games on Wikipedia (Not very complete, and the different categories are somewhat confusing.)
• LibreGameWiki (Small learning curve applies for navigating around the wiki. Tends to focus more on indigenous open-source engines.)
• Game category of the Free software directory (Wiki with fairly basic content. Tends to focus more on indigenous open-source engines.)
• Resetera forum thread: Decompilation Projects

Curated Lists:

• Tuncay D.'s recommendations for OS, DRM-free games (thingsiplay.game.blog. Mar 13, 2020. Not for game recreations. Some selections have similarities to old commercial games.)
• Tuncay D.'s recommendations for OS & alike games (thingsiplay.game.blog. May 19, 2020. Focused on game recreations and engines similar to other games.)

Specific gaming systems

• Wii - Category of open source applications game for Wii on WiiBrew including source ports, game recreations, and more

News:

• GamingOnLinux.com (For the latest news on releases and updates of game recreations and source ports that work on Linux)
• Reddit feed (Aggregation quality is a little bit spotty. You have to wade through the news posts a bit for the relevant software.)
• List of Open Source Games on Reddit (Thread by u/AMD_CEO. Wed Jul 1, 2020. Had added recommendations to links also seen above.)

Videos:

• Nerrel: Recompilation - An Incredible New Way to Keep N64 Games Alive
• Digital Foundry: Zelda 64 Recompiled - A Revolution In N64 Native Ports For PC
• James Lambert: How I optimized Portal to run on the Nintendo 64 (Portal64 Project)