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OpenMW

Reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

  • Completely free
  • Linux and Android
  • Open source

Overview

OpenMW is a role-playing game, available on Linux and Android.

Gameplay elements described in its Flathub listing and in its F-Droid listing: mod support and open world.

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 aims to be a fully playable (and improved!), open source implementation of the game's engine and functionality (including mods).” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “OpenMW is an open-source, free-software game engine that reimplements the one powering Bethesda Softworks' 2002 open-world role-playing game Morrowind.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “OpenMW is an open-source, free-software game engine that reimplements the one powering Bethesda Softworks' 2002 open-world role-playing game Morrowind.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) 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
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: source code unavailable since a release

About

OpenMW is a new engine for 2002's Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable (and improved!), open source implementation of the game's engine and functionality (including mods). You will still need the original game data to play OpenMW.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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