List of commercial video games with available source code

The games in this list of commercial computer games to published source code originally developed as a commercial, proprietary software product and the source code was available later. The available source code allows the user community technical support (bug fixes, compatibility adjustments to new hardware and operating systems) to take over itself, such as with unofficial patches and ports to new operating systems. This source code is released under a variety of software licenses: free, semi-free, proprietary, commercial and non- commercial licenses. Artwork (for example, graphics and audio) and the performance data are usually not released because on the one hand the copyright situation there is often more complicated than in the source or is purposely omitted to allow further commercialization of the Digital Distribution, such B. Arx Fatalis at.

Among the first companies that published the source code of commercial games on a larger scale at the end of the support, include id Software and 3D Realms; they were a pioneer for other development companies. At the end of the commercial product life cycle (end of life of these games ), the source code to the public or the user community was provided, instead of letting them become abandonware. Many other developers have subsequently published by individual game titles the source code. As surprising as Microsoft can be considered as a game developer, not usually associated as an open -source related parties, which has released at least two games in its history.