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Free Software and Open Source games

Links to projects that do not provide access to game source (and ideally asset source as well) will be removed.

19k subscribers73 posts / mo in Sep 202658 authors / mosince 2009

r/opensourcegames has 19k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 73 posts a month from 58 people. Top topics: RTS Strategy Games, Space Games and Linux Games Support & Releases.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +7.8% in 3 months · +3.7% in 1 month
Oct 202619k
Growing19k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+143%vs Sep 2025 · +66% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202673
BusierPeaked at 129 in Aug 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/opensourcegames

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. RTS Strategy Games2.1%
  2. Space Games2.1%
  3. Linux Games Support & Releases1.9%
  4. RPG Early Access Games0.8%
  5. Flight Simulators0.8%

Brands people mention

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Timing and removals

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research