Top 23 Java Game Projects

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1. libGDX

   1 62 23,999 9.3 Java

   Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

   

2. InfluxDB

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3. Mindustry

   2 272 23,830 9.9 Java

   The automation tower defense RTS

   

4. shattered-pixel-dungeon

   3 136 5,215 9.9 Java

   Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use. It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou.

   

   Project mention: The Story of Rogue | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-04

   What a coincidence that this should be posted on the 12th anniversary of Pixel Dungeon, which is an entertaining free and open source roguelike for Android. There's an actively developed fork called Shattered Pixel Dungeon developed by Even Debenhams. It looks splendid and still gets new gameplay mechanics from time to time.

   https://shatteredpixel.com/shatteredpd/

   PS. This isn't a paid advert - I've just wasted a lot of time dying to sewer crabs in this game and want to make sure you have the opportunity to waste your time too ;)

5. Terasology

   4 18 3,720 6.7 Java

   Terasology - open source voxel world

   

6. ByteLegend

   5 11 3,708 2.3 Java

   Enjoy programming while playing a game.

   

7. mage

   6 117 2,088 10.0 Java

   XMage - Magic Another Game Engine (by magefree)

   

8. triplea

   7 42 1,392 9.4 Java

   TripleA is a turn based strategy game and board game engine, similar to Axis & Allies or Risk.

   

9. SaaSHub

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10. PretendYoureXyzzy

    8 8 1,247 0.0 Java

    A web clone of the card game Cards Against Humanity.

    

11. jforgame

    9 0 988 7.4 Java

    jforgame是一个一站式游戏服务器开发框架。包含游戏服务器开发所需要的各种组件，比如网关，socket服务端与客户端，自定义高效消息编解码，游戏热更新，游戏通用工具等等。包含游戏服，跨服，匹配服，后台管理系统等实现，同时提供大量业务案例以供学习。亦可用于其他socket应用，例如及时聊天等。

    

12. riiablo

    10 3 977 7.1 Java

    Diablo II remade using Java and LibGDX

    

13. android-basic-samples

    11 0 975 0.0 Java

    Google Play game services - Android samples

    

14. maptool

    12 29 834 9.9 Java

    Virtual Tabletop for playing roleplaying games with remote players or face to face.

    

15. opsu

    13 1 772 0.0 Java

    opsu! ~ an open-source osu! client

    

16. LGame

    14 0 670 9.0 Java

    A cross-platform Java game Engine (Framework) , support JavaFX / Android / IOS / HTML5 / Linux / MAC / Windows

    

17. freecol

    15 2 619 8.9 Java

    FreeCol: FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.

    

    Project mention: Ask HN: What old video games did you love that haven't left a large footprint? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-06

18. C2ME-fabric

    16 14 573 9.6 Java

    A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.

    

19. Railcraft

    17 1 513 0.0 Java

    The Railcraft Mod for Minecraft, source and development.

    

20. Cosmic

    18 2 508 7.3 Java

    MapleStory Global v83 server emulator (by P0nk)

    

21. OpenKeeper

    19 6 455 8.0 Java

    Dungeon Keeper II remake

    

22. xonotic

    20 12 444 7.2 Java

    Mirror of https://gitlab.com/xonotic - Xonotic (superproject containing build scripts and tools to download other repositories and assets)

    

    Project mention: Riven | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-19

    I looked it up: Xonotic was the answer!

    It was actually quite fun, even though I had to compile from source to play on an outdated office server :)

    https://xonotic.org/

23. pcgen

    21 11 443 9.3 Java

    Main code and data development for pcgen program release

    

24. pixelwheels

    22 7 429 8.4 Java

    A top-down retro racing game for PC (Linux, macOS, Windows) and Android.

    

25. magarena

    23 2 417 5.2 Java

    Magarena is a single-player fantasy card game played against a computer opponent.

    

26. SaaSHub

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