

OpenArena 2005
- Shooter, Action, Science fiction
OpenArena is a free, community-developed first-person shooter, similar to Quake III: Arena as it is based on the source code of the game along with the ioquake3 engine, and it is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
ShooterActionScience fictionpvpopen-sourcefreewarearena shootercapture the flagdeath matchteam deathmatchlast man standingLinux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Released
- August 19, 2005
- Modes
- Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- id Tech 3
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