Free games

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Spring RTS-based
- Open-source engine
- Runs on Windows, GNU/Linux, OS X
- Balanced Annihilation
  - Free
  - Most played Spring-based game
  - Not free of TA (Total Annihilation) IP (Intellectual Property), copyright issues
  - See here for download: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=44
  - Units with harder edges
- Complete Annihilation
  - Free
  - Working towards being free of TA IP
  - Flat technology tree
  - Rounder units
- Spring: 1944
  - Free
  - WWII
- Star Wars: Imperial Winter
  - Free
  - Not yet released
- For others, see:
  - http://springrts.com/wiki/Games
  - http://www.moddb.com/engines/spring/games
0 AD
- Free, open-source
- Currently in alpha
- Runs on Windows, GNU/Linux, possibly OS X
Ground Control
- Free
- Downloadable here: http://www.fileplanet.com/217370/210000/fileinfo/Ground-Control-%28Free-Game%29
- Or google for Ground_Control_GSI.exe
- Windows only
- Non-traditional RTS: no base, no resources, just a set amount of units brought in by dropship
- No single-player skirmish mode by default, although you can download maps that have this feature (SK1)
Warzone 2100
- Free, open-source
- Runs on GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows