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Widelands
- Release Date
2006-10-01 - License
GPL - External Links
Official Site
- Genres
Strategy - Platform
Native Linux
About this game:
Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II but has significantly more variety and depth to it. Still, it is easy to get started through playable tutorials.
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