100 Best Free and High Quality Linux Games, Chapter 3.

21. Naev

Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. Naev is played from a top-down perspective, featuring fast-paced combat, many ships, a large variety of equipment and a large galaxy to explore. The game is highly open-ended, letting you proceed at your own pace.

Genre: Action, Flying

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://code.google.com/p/naev/

22. Chromium B.S.U.

Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter.

Genre: Arcade

License: Free/Open source/Artistic

Cost: Free

Website: http://www.reptilelabour.com/software/chromium/

23. Glaxium

Glaxium is an OpenGL-based space-ship "shoot-em-up" styled game. It is designed to provide the same feel as the old 2D games of that type, but with 3D for the special effects.

Genre: Arcade

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://xhosxe.free.fr/glaxium/

24. Danger from the Deep

Danger from the Deep (known as dangerdeep or DftD) is a free, Open Source World War II german submarine simulator.

Genre: Simulation, Navigate

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/

25. Rigs of Rods

Rigs of Rods is an open source vehicle simulator licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. What makes Rigs of Rods different to most simulators is its unique soft-body physics: vehicles, machines, objects, etc. are simulated in real-time as flexible soft-body objects, giving the simulation an extremely accurate behavior which entirely depends on the physical construction of the vehicles or objects you create.

Genre: Simulation, Navigate, Flying, Driving

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://www.rigsofrods.com/

26. Vdrift

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. It's powered by the excellent Vamos physics engine. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2. It is currently available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows (Cygwin).

Genre: Simulation, Driving

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://vdrift.net/

27. Ultimate Stunts

Ultimate Stunts is a remake of the famous DOS-game stunts. Racing in Ultimate Stunts involves some really spectacular stunts, like loopings, corkscrews, bridges to jump over, etc., but the best thing is that you can design your own tracks!

Genre: Simulation, Driving

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://www.ultimatestunts.nl/

28. Tile Racer

Tile Racer is a freeware 3D stunt racing game which features realistic car physics and an in game track editor to create new maps to race on.

Genre: Simulation, Driving

License: Proprietary/Closed Source

Cost: Free

Website: http://tileracer.model-view.com/tl/index.php/news.html

29. ManiaDrive

ManiaDrive is a free clone of Trackmania, the great game from Nadéo studio, and is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nervous gameplay (tracks almost never exceed one minute), and features a network mode, as the original.

Genre: Simulation, Driving

License: Free/Open source

Cost: Free

Website: http://maniadrive.raydium.org/index.php/

30. TORCS

TORCS is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing game and as research platform.

Genre: Simulation, Driving
License: Free/Open source
Cost: Free
Website: http://torcs.sourceforge.net/

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