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fheroes2

Fheroes2 is a recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

fheroes2 is a turn-based strategy game, available on Linux.

Gameplay elements described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: turn-based play.

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
  • “This open source multiplatform project, written from scratch, is designed to reproduce the original game with significant improvements in gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics,…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “This open source multiplatform project, written from scratch, is designed to reproduce the original game with significant improvements in gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics,…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of fheroes2 is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

This open source multiplatform project, written from scratch, is designed to reproduce the original game with significant improvements to the gameplay, graphics and logic (including support for high-resolution graphics, improved AI, numerous fixes and UI improvements), breathing new life into one of the most addictive turn-based strategy games.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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