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Hedgewars

Turn-based artillery strategy game with servers

Game Servers ★ 567 stars Easy setup GPL-2.0

Hedgewars is a free, open-source turn-based strategy and artillery game similar to Worms. It includes a network server for hosting online multiplayer battles.

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Key features

  • Turn-based artillery battles
  • Network multiplayer server
  • Many weapons and themes
  • Map editor

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Fun Worms-like gameplay
  • Lightweight server

Trade-offs

  • Small online community
  • Dated engine

Is Hedgewars secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Hedgewars's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Hedgewars replaces

Self-hosted Worms alternatives

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