unknown-horizons vs 0ad

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unknown-horizons		0ad
	Project
11	Mentions	142
1,391	Stars	2,650
0.5%	Growth	1.8%
5.6	Activity	9.1
4 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Python	Language	C++
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

unknown-horizons

Posts with mentions or reviews of unknown-horizons. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-13.

Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Feb 2024
Any free base builders on pc?
3 projects | /r/BaseBuildingGames | 13 Mar 2023

Open Horizons (Anno-like?)
Starting an open-source re-implementation of an old game
5 projects | /r/REGames | 18 Nov 2022

In case you didn't know about it you might be interested in contributing to https://unknown-horizons.org/
Alternative to Banished
4 projects | /r/opensourcegames | 1 Sep 2022

Unknown Horizons is inspired by the Anno series. Not exactly the same, but also a city builder with resource management.
Ask HN: Favourite Open Source Game?
69 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Jun 2022

Not mentioned yet:
Unknown Horizons https://unknown-horizons.org/
Is there a way to buy a pc game that will allow me to make a high number of accounts? Say ~100?
3 projects | /r/pcgaming | 11 Mar 2022

I suggest you google for "open source [genre]" or something like that. There are games like FreeCiv (Civilization 2 clone), FreeCol (Colonization clone), 0AD (medieval but maybe too much strategy oriented), Unknown Horizons (Anno clone) or Wildelands (Settler 1/2 clone).
game recommendations for a low-end laptop?
1 project | /r/gamingsuggestions | 18 Feb 2022

OpenRCT2 UnReal World Unknown Horizons Freeciv Haven & Hearth
Games for an outdated potato.
1 project | /r/BaseBuildingGames | 1 Feb 2022

Unknown Horizons
Very low end linux games ?
3 projects | /r/lowendgaming | 21 Dec 2021

0 A.D. , Unknown Horizons , NetHack , FreeOrion , Minetest
Don't neglect Open Source Games! They'll be great on Steam Deck!
5 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 2 Nov 2021

0ad

Posts with mentions or reviews of 0ad. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-10.

Lessons from Open-Source Game Projects
76 projects | dev.to | 10 Apr 2024

0. A.D. - RTS. C++, C
Finally found an AOE alternative with online multiplayer – The Fertile Crescent!
1 project | /r/macgaming | 29 Nov 2023

We play 0 A.D. when we're together under one roof — it's a top-notch game, I highly recommend it, but I haven't been able to get non-local online multiplayer to work with it.
Dungeon KeeperFX 1.0.0 has been released
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Nov 2023

Here is another one:
https://play0ad.com/
Ad announces retirement of John M. Burns
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Oct 2023

For the unenlightened:
2000 A.D. is a British comic magazine; not to be mistaken with 0 A.D., the FOSS strategy game: https://play0ad.com
Looking for a game I can play with my students
2 projects | /r/RealTimeStrategy | 31 May 2023

0 A.D. - been a long time since I played but it was pretty good and I think it's still free. Can't remember if it has multiplayer though but I think so.
PSA, si quieren un buen RTS estilo Age of Empires. 0ad es totalmente gratis y es excelente (screenshots de gameplay en el post)
1 project | /r/ArgenGaming | 28 May 2023
0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 years
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 26 May 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 26 May 2023

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 26 May 2023
Ad, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 years
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 May 2023

28,827 commits. GitHub mirror of the code:
https://github.com/0ad/0ad

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