OpenTTD vs The Battle for Wesnoth

Both are self-hosted games projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

OpenTTD scores 86 against The Battle for Wesnoth's 74, putting it ahead on the strength of more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — The Battle for Wesnoth may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
OpenTTDThe Battle for Wesnoth
Health score 86/100 74/100
Commits (11 mo) 1308 1618
Commits (last 3 mo) 401 412
Stars 8.3k 6.9k
Latest release 20 Sept 2026 none tagged
Licence GPL-2.0 GPL-2.0
Built with C++, Docker C++, deb
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

OpenTTD

Transport tycoon simulation game.

86/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 34/40
Releases 25/25
Community 15/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 84% of tracked projects; popularity more than 76%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 39 commits 2025-11: 82 commits 2025-12: 140 commits 2026-01: 150 commits 2026-02: 159 commits 2026-03: 77 commits 2026-04: 138 commits 2026-05: 122 commits 2026-06: 217 commits 2026-07: 120 commits 2026-08: 64 commits

The Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.

74/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 35/40
Releases 13/25
Community 15/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 87% of tracked projects; popularity more than 73%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 88 commits 2025-11: 231 commits 2025-12: 148 commits 2026-01: 163 commits 2026-02: 157 commits 2026-03: 158 commits 2026-04: 105 commits 2026-05: 156 commits 2026-06: 123 commits 2026-07: 156 commits 2026-08: 133 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted games.