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Open-source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V

20 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 3 stories, 17 comments · first 2020-01-15 · latest 2026-03-18

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  1. …vs Civ 5 differences, any experiancing hosting Unciv vs Freeciv? https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv https://github.com/yairm210/unciv
  2. I encourage people to try Unciv. It is the best open-source Civ clone for desktop/mobile. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  3. …played". In my experience, that's pretty true (Still stuck on V ). [1] https://www.freeciv.org/ [2] https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv / https://freecivweb.com https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simutrans / https://www.simutrans.com/en/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenTTD / https://www.openttd.org…
    comment by LargoLasskhyfv · 2025-08-10 · in Ask HN: Which Do you know any open source games?
  5. Free Open Source??? Unciv https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  6. …source clone of 5/6 is pretty fast, games take less time when it's less flashy and more responsive: https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  7. …year). Space Haven is from 2020 with over 6k reviews on Steam. (Open Source) Unciv has 6k stars: https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  8. Link https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
    comment by Spellman · 2022-08-11 · in Freeciv – open-source Civilization clone
  9. If you're interested in F/OSS Civ 5, there's a decent F/OSS mobile-first implementation called Unciv. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv I've played a terrifying number of hours of it in bed on my phone. edit: on AI, since I'm…
  10. …desktop environments and is very actively maintained and improved. Freeciv is based on Civ1/2. [1] https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  11. I've been enjoying Unciv on my phone recently. It's a FOSS port of Sid Maier's Civilization V. https://github.com/yairm210/UnCiv
    comment by CivBase · 2022-06-02 · in Ask HN: Favourite open source game?
  12. There is an open source clone of Civ 5 called Unciv. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
    comment by salamandersauce · 2021-06-24 · in Show HN: Freeciv-Web
  13. There's UnCiv, also on the FDroid store. FOSS CivV on Android and desktop. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
    comment by spazx · 2021-03-09 · in Ask HN: Best free games to play on PC?
  14. …of a game. I'd be ashamed to have my name on the credits. edit 2: I actually had lots of fun with https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv on the surface. and for newcomers to the series, play the original ones or even the Nes one on an emulator.
    comment by laksdjfkasljdf · 2020-09-10 · in Why ‘Civilization’ is a political masterpiece
  15. For a reimplementation of Civ 5, I would recommend you to take a glance at Unciv ( https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv ). The development is quite active. It's made for Android, but runnable using Java in the terminal.
  16. …I'm keeping an eye on. It could be improved, but it's quite fun already. It's a civilization clone. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
  17. …be a 10 minutes playtest ended up taking most of my afternoon, it was surprisingly compelling. [1] https://github.com/yairm210/UnCiv
    comment by MayeulC · 2020-01-15 · in Video Gaming Will Take Over