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Sauerbraten

Sauerbraten is a first-person shooter, available on Linux: level editor.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Sauerbraten is a first-person shooter, available on Linux.

Gameplay elements described in its Debian package description: level editor.

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
  • “Free fast paced arena shooter” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Free fast paced arena shooter” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “The game client also works as the map editor.” — Debian, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (Zlib) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer & singleplayer first person shooter, the successor of the Cube FPS. Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is fun, old school deathmatch gameplay and also to allow map/geometry editing to be done cooperatively in-game.

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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