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Naev

Open-source 2D space trading and combat game

Game Servers ★ 940 stars Easy setup GPL-3.0

Naev is a free, open-source 2D space exploration, trading, and combat game with a large open universe. While primarily single-player, it can be deployed as a shared server-hosted build for communities.

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Key features

  • Open-universe exploration
  • Trading and combat
  • Branching missions
  • Cross-platform

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in C
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Naev secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Naev'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.

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