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Anarch RE

Old-school minimalist FPS.

  • Completely free
  • Linux and Android
  • Open source

Overview

Gameplay elements described in its F-Droid listing and in its Flathub listing: controller support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “It fixes some bugs, adds touch and controller support, and makes it easier to package for modern systems but remains faithful to the original gameplay.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Anarch RE is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

It is in the public domain (CC0-1.0): no reuse conditions.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

"Near future, capitalist hell, Macrochip corp has enslaved man via proprietary OS. But its new AI revolts, takes over and starts producing robot tyrants. We see capitalism was a mistake. Is it too late?" Anarch is a unique suckless FPS game written by Miloslav "drummyfish" Číž. Collect weapons and items, and destroy robot enemies in your way in order to get to the level finish. Some doors are locked and require access cards. Good luck! old-school "pseudo 3D" raycasting rendering in 256 colors 10 levels, both interior and exterior, 16 wall textures varying floor and ceiling heights, ability to jump 6 weapons using 3 types of ammo 7 types of enemies bosses a few hidden secrets/easter eggs Anarch RE is an unofficial port of the original Anarch to the SDL3. It fixes some bugs, adds touch and controller support, and makes it easier to package for modern systems but remains faithful to the original gameplay.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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