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24 alternatives to Superpowers

2D+3D game making for indies. Free and open source, finally.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Superpowers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Digital Superpowers, a free book highlighting various FOSS tools▲91

   I wrote this intermediate-level book as a showcase of various FOSS, mostly command line tools. I'm a nuclear engineer and found myself teaching other nuclear, mechanical, and electrical engineers these tools again and again, so I wanted to package them into book form. I attempted to make it even broader interest, so it's not just about engineering. In the end, it's a fairly eclectic set of topics. Anyway, after selling for a few years, I just decided to release a slightly updated version of it in full for free. You'll find full HTML, PDF and ePub versions (all built with Sphinx) at the link.

   2024 · digitalsuperpowers.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Gamewheel▲73

   Empowering creators in the digital world

   2015 · gamewheel.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Artificial Superintelligence▲106

   Build the world’s first sentient supercomputer

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pirate Power▲71

   Storm and conquer the world!

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Super Dangerous Dungeons▲77

   A retro-inspired platformer

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Steamroll▲68

   A steampunk adventure and puzzle game

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Super Markup World▲112

   Use code to create your own platformer

   2016 · supermarkupworld.daggasoft.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Open Game Art▲74

   Free Art, Music (even Code) for Indie Game Devs

   2015 · opengameart.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Endless Sky▲76

   A 2D space trading and combat game

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Roguelands▲66

    A pixelated multiplayer RPG

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Axiom Verge▲74

    An edgy Metroidvania game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    DiscoRunner▲71

    Programming the oldschool way! Hack 1000+ Apple II apps!

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Star Command Galaxies▲60

    The open world (galaxy?) version of a really great iOS game!

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic▲76

    An RPG with random generated elements.

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    BattleTech▲61

    From the creators of the Shadowrun Series!

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Powerbots▲82

    Prepare BUDD-E, KABOOM and FROSTY to war

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    No Mario's Sky▲131

    A fan-made mashup of Mario and No Man's Sky

    2016 · asmb.itch.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Dungeon League▲60

    Everything awesome about RPG's without the boring bits

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rising World▲73

    A voxel based open-world sandbox game

    2015 · rising-world.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Superpowerbut▲68

    Superpower road trip game

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Starbound▲67

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · playstarbound.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Super World!▲71

    Old-school adventure game packed with handcrafted graphics!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wings.io▲73

    Another fast paced multiplayer game

    2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

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    MegaSphere▲80

    A sci-fi themed action platformer with a big shiny gun

    2015 · antonkudin.me · its alternatives →

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