Some Free Games For Linux

Sathya | October 20th, 2007 - 10:28 am


A round-up of fun Linux diversions.

When people talk about computer gaming these days, they invariably mean commercial games running on a Windows platform. Few people realize that Linux can be more than just a very good Web or file server. Even fewer people are aware of the many open-source or otherwise freely available games available for Linux.

Some of the games I highlight in this article require OpenGL in order to run. Others have multiplayer capability. A few will run on a quite modest Linux workstation. All of them are fun and worth installing and playing.

These Include

  • AstroMenace
  • Deadly Rooms of Death
  • WarZone 2100
  • The Battle For Wesnoth
  • Torcs
  • BZFlag
  • SauerBraten

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2 Responses to “Some Free Games For Linux”

  1. ReyCazador says:

    sounds interesting, I’ll try some of these games, but I still wonder if they can compete against the likes of EA

  2. Manu says:

    Open Arena and Nexuiz , both are fantastic games

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