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Self-hosted Games

19 projects

19 self-hostable, open-source games tools you can run on your own hardware — no SaaS lock-in. Ranked by our Recommended score, a quality blend of deployability, maintenance, security signals, popularity and metadata confidence (not raw stars). Each listing shows exactly how hard it is to self-host and what it depends on.

Mindustry

Games·Java

Factorio-like tower defense game.

Manual setup
29kActive

Lila

Games·Scala

Ad-less chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps.

Manual setup
19kActive

Luanti

Games·C++

Voxel game engine (formerly Minetest).

Manual setup
14kActive

The Battle for Wesnoth

Games·C++

The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, feat…

Manual setup
6.9kActive

MTA:SA

Games·C++

Add network play functionality to Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionalit…

Manual setup
1.9kActive

Hypersomnia

Games·C++

Competitive top-down shooter blending Counter-Strike with Hotline Miami.

Docker Compose
1.7kActive

Suroi

Games·JavaScript

2D battle royale game inspired by surviv.io.

Manual setup
508Active

Zero-K

Games·Lua

Open Source on Springrts engine.

Manual setup
855Active

DDraceNetwork

Games·C++

Cooperative platformer version of DDRace, a Teeworlds modification featuring unique cooperative gameplay.

Manual setup
834Active

piqueserver

Games·Python

Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world.

Manual setup
235Active

Razzia

Games·JavaScript

Quiz game platform, designed for smaller self-hosted events (alternative to Kahoot!).

Docker Compose
1.0kActive

Red Eclipse 2

Games·C

Arena first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament.

Manual setup
534Active

OpenTTD

Games·C++

Transport tycoon simulation game.

Docker Compose
8.3kActive

Scribble.rs

Games·Go

A web-based pictionary game.

Docker Compose
663Active

Veloren

Games·Rust

Multiplayer RPG.

Manual setup
2.4kUnknown

A Dark Room

Games

Minimalist text adventure game for your browser.

Manual setup
8.3kStale

0 A.D.

Games·C++

Cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.

Manual setup
0Unknown

Digibuzzer

Games·JavaScript

Create a virtual game room around a connected buzzer (documentation in French).

Manual setup
0Unknown

Posio

Games·Python

Geography multiplayer game.

Manual setup
691Stale

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