Best self-hosted games
Multiplayer game servers and [browser games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_game).
We track 20 self-hosted games projects. The median health score in this category is 51, against 6 projects rated healthy or better and 6 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mindustry Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities. | Thriving · 93 | 29k | Java | 20 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Luanti Voxel game engine (formerly Minetest). Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or pla | Thriving · 86 | 14k | C++, Lua | 20 Aug 2026 | |
| 3 | OpenTTD Transport tycoon simulation game. | Thriving · 86 | 8.3k | C++, Docker | 20 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both si | Healthy · 74 | 6.9k | C++, deb | — | |
| 5 | Lila Ad-less chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps. | Healthy · 73 | 19k | Scala | 31 Aug 2017 | |
| 6 | DDraceNetwork Cooperative platformer version of DDRace, a Teeworlds modification featuring unique cooperative gameplay. | Healthy · 68 | 834 | C++ | — | |
| 7 | MTA:SA Add network play functionality to Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionality is not orig | Slowing · 51 | 1.9k | C++ | 16 Jun 2023 | |
| 8 | Hypersomnia Competitive top-down shooter blending Counter-Strike with Hotline Miami. Runs on Linux, Windows, MacOS and the Web. | Slowing · 51 | 1.7k | C++, Docker | — | |
| 9 | Zero-K Open Source on Springrts engine. Zero-K is a traditional real time strategy game with a focus on player creativity throu | Slowing · 51 | 855 | Lua | — | |
| 10 | Suroi 2D battle royale game inspired by surviv.io. | Slowing · 51 | 508 | Nodejs | 31 Dec 2025 | |
| 11 | Razzia Quiz game platform, designed for smaller self-hosted events (alternative to Kahoot!). | Slowing · 49 | 1k | Nodejs, Docker | 5 Jul 2026 | |
| 12 | Scribble.rs A web-based pictionary game. | At risk · 35 | 663 | Go, Docker | 31 May 2026 | |
| 13 | piqueserver Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world. | At risk · 31 | 235 | Python, C++ | 8 Jul 2026 | |
| 14 | A Dark Room Minimalist text adventure game for your browser. | At risk · 16 | 8.3k | Javascript | 9 Jun 2023 | |
| 15 | Red Eclipse 2 Arena first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament. | At risk · 11 | 534 | C, C++ | 19 Dec 2019 | |
| 16 | Posio Geography multiplayer game. | At risk · 7 | 691 | Python | — | |
| 17 | Cubiks-2048 Clone of 2048 game in 3D. | At risk · 2 | 25 | Javascript | — | |
| 18 | Veloren Multiplayer RPG. Inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. | Unrated | — | Rust | 23 Jan 2026 | |
| 19 | 0 A.D. Cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. | Unrated | — | C++, C | — | |
| 20 | Digibuzzer Create a virtual game room around a connected buzzer (documentation in French). | Unrated | — | Nodejs | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Mindustry is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 93/100. Luanti is the closest runner-up (86/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.