widelands/widelands
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Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. observed · 2026-10-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 32
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 231.5
- age_days: 2598
- days_rel: 240
- days_push: 19
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
3072 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-10-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game inspired by Settlers II, featuring singleplayer campaigns and multiplayer modes. It is written in C++ with Lua scripting and builds on SDL2 across Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.
Use cases
- play a free open-source real-time strategy game
- play a Settlers II inspired RTS on Linux
- play singleplayer RTS campaigns offline
- play multiplayer RTS matches with friends
- find a cross-platform strategy game for macOS Apple Silicon
- mod or extend an open-source RTS game with Lua
When to choose
- you want a free, actively developed Settlers II-style economy RTS
- you need a game that runs natively on Linux, Windows, macOS, or BSD
- you want singleplayer campaigns plus LAN/online multiplayer
- you want to mod game logic via Lua scripts
When to avoid
- you want fast-paced combat-focused RTS like StarCraft rather than economy-building
- you need a polished commercial AAA experience
- you want a mobile or browser game
- you prefer turn-based strategy
Facets
application · maturity active
game-engine gui gaming-tools entertainment cross-platform windows bsd cpp cross-platform real-time-strategy open-source-game settlers-ii-inspired singleplayer-campaigns multiplayer sdl2 lua-scripting game-development linux macos desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/widelands/widelands · fetched 2026-10-03 · b91bfc112b24
- homepage: https://www.widelands.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · daa5879be82c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| widelands/widelands | main | 75 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="widelands/widelands")
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