[Fediverse.games] Five Free & Open Source Games to Try in 2026

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• CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mindustry has an interesting commercial model - the entire game is available for free and is fully open source - with players able to download from itch.io or build from source themselves. They can also purchase it for a reasonably nominal cost on Steam to support the developer. They don’t get any additional in-game functionality, but do get automated updates and access to the Steam Workshop for managing their mods.

  This is a cool model. You can still play the whole game, but now the dev doesn’t have to write an auto-updater and people who truly can’t afford to pay can still get the full functionality.

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  • Lightcrater@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Mindustry is amazing I highly recomend

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  • Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dwarf fortress has a similar model, the steam version includes a graphic interface

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  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    mindustry is also on android on f-droid. I remember playing a bit when I took a lot of long airline flights.

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