List of video games derived from mods


This is a list of standalone video games that have been ported from a modification of another video game, and/or that are entirely based on a modification of another video game. A game is considered standalone when it does not require the purchase or installation of any other game in order to run.

List

GameOriginal dependencyMod releaseStandaloneNotes
0 A.D.Age of Empires II20002 April 2010The standalone version is under development by Wildfire Games and using the Pyrogenesis engine.
Alien SwarmUnreal Tournament 200428 May 200419 July 2010The standalone version was developed by Valve and ported to the Source engine.
'Unreal Tournament 320 October 20081 October 2015
AntichamberUnreal Tournament 3200931 January 2013The mod was originally known as Hazard: The Journey of Life.
Auto ChessDota 2January 4, 2019May 30, 2019The standalone remake of the Dota Auto Chess mod from within Dota 2, developed by Drodo Studio.
The BallUnreal Tournament 3200826 October 2010
Black MesaHalf-Life 214 September 20126 March 2020The game is the remake of Valve's game Half-Life.
Chex QuestDoom1996A total conversion of The Ultimate Doom, Chex Quest was a Chex cereal promotion aimed at children aged 6–9 and up. It was the first video game ever to be included in cereal boxes as a prize.
'Half-Life 210 September 201116 October 2012The original mod was called Age of Chivalry. The standalone version did not use the Source Engine like Half-Life 2. Instead, it was developed for Unreal Engine 3.
Counter-StrikeHalf-Life19 June 19998 November 2000The game received multiple sequels and a Source Engine remake named '.
Cry of FearHalf-Life22 February 201225 April 2013
D-Day: NormandyQuake II20002002
The Dark ModDoom III17 October 200914 April 2013Several demo missions were released before the mod was made available, the first of which went up for download on 18 January 2008, nearly two years before the mod was actually released.
Day of DefeatHalf-Life20011 May 2003The game received a Source Engine remake named '.
Day of InfamyInsurgency16 January 201623 March 2017A WWII remake of Insurgency.
DayZARMA 221 February 201316 December 2013The standalone version has been released as a full version on 13 December 2018.
Dear EstherHalf-Life 2200814 February 2012
Dota 2'20039 July 2013The rights to the original mod were acquired by Valve and a derived standalone game was developed in the Source Engine and later ported to Source 2.
Falcon BMSFalcon 4.02003unreleasedThe mod is under development by Benchmark Sims.
Fistful of FragsHalf-Life 221 December 20079 May 2014
Garry's ModHalf-Life 224 December 200429 November 2006The standalone release originally required that the player own a game made by Valve that runs on the Source engine; this requirement was later dropped as assets for Half-Life 2 are now included with the game.
Gunman ChroniclesHalf-Life20 November 2000The mod was originally under development for the Quake engine, but switched twice: first to the Quake II engine and finally to GoldSrc, the engine used by Half-Life, which it remained using for its standalone release.
Hacx: Twitch 'n KillDoom IISeptember 19979 October 2010
Half-Life: ThreewaveQuake1996unreleasedThe creator of the original Threewave CTF mod Dave "Zoid" Kirsch was hired by Valve to port it to the GoldSrc engine. However, the game was never released, and its unfinished code was found years later in a leak and polished by community members to allow for public play.
The Haunted: Hell's ReachUnreal Tournament 3201025 October 2011
Heroes of the StormStarCraft II2010June 2, 2015The game originated as a custom map called Blizzard DOTA, as a part of the arcade feature for .
'Half-Life 22007January 22, 2014
Killing FloorUnreal Tournament 2004200514 May 2009The game received a sequel in 2015.
Natural Selection 2Half-Life31 October 200231 October 2012Natural Selection 2 is a sequel to the original mod named Natural Selection.
NexuizQuake200131 May 2005The game received a sequel with the same name by IllFonic and the project was forked by its community and renamed Xonotic.
No More Room in HellHalf-Life 231 October 201131 October 2013
Nuclear DawnHalf-Life 226 September 2011
PlayerUnknown's BattlegroundsARMA 39 April 201520 December 2017
Project Reality: BF2Battlefield 28 July 200530 May 2015A sequel was announced in 2009 based initially on C4 Engine then shifted to CryEngine 3 but was never released. On October 10, 2014 Project Reality:BF2 developers announced Squad, based on Unreal Engine 4, which is still in early access.
Red Alert: A Path Beyond'29 July 200414 September 2007Original mod was called Renegade Alert.
'Unreal Tournament 200310 October 200314 March 2006The original mod was called '. The game has also received.
Renegade XUnreal Tournament 3September 200928 January 2012
26 February 2016.
The game has not been fully released.
Smokin' GunsQuake III Arena20015 January 2009Smokin' Guns was originally developed by Iron Claw Interactive under the name Western Quake 3 until 2005. A new team, going under the name of Smokin' Guns Productions, released Smokin' Guns 1.0 as a standalone version based on the open-source Quake III engine in January 2009.
The Stanley ParableHalf-Life 231 July 201117 October 2013
Sven Co-opHalf-Life19 January 199922 January 2016This game had the longest delay between its mod release and its standalone release compared to all other games on this list: just over seventeen years.
'Unreal Tournament23 December 199924 April 2002
Team Fortress ClassicQuake19967 April 1999The original mod was a mod for Quake, but it was acquired by Valve and ported to GoldSrc for its standalone release as Team Fortress Classic. The game has also received a sequel.
Tiberian Sun Reborn'20081 June 2013Original mod was called CnC Reborn.
Tower UniteGarry's Mod7 July 20098 April 2016Tower Unite is the standalone version of GMod Tower by Pixeltail Games, which was a mod for Garry's Mod. Garry's Mod, in turn, was a mod for Half-Life 2.
TremulousQuake III Arena11 August 200531 March 2006Inspired by the Quake II modification Gloom, which also features alien vs human teams with distinct user classes. Following the release of the Quake III Arena source code under the GPL on August 19, 2005, the developers decided to rework Tremulous into a standalone, free and open source game.
Urban TerrorQuake III ArenaSeptember 1999April 2007Urban Terror is a freeware multiplayer first-person shooter total conversion of id Software's Quake III Arena. Released as a free standalone game in 2007 utilizing ioquake3. While the engine is open source, Urban Terror's assets and code are closed source.
The WastesHalf-Life12 April 2000
3 June 2003
12 April 2018Began as a modification for the game Half-Life titled Wasteland Half-Life created in the year 2000. The mod would change the name to The Wastes sometime in the year 2002.
Wings of DawnFreespace 28 April 2015
World of PadmanQuake III Arena19 June 20041 April 2007Began as modification for the game Quake III Arena titled PadMod created in the year 2004. After the source code for Quake III Arena was released, the game became standalone. The idea is based on the Padman comic strip for the magazine PlayStation Games created by the professional cartoon artist Andreas 'ENTE' Endres, who is also the man who made many of the maps included with the game in 1998. Later versions run on an enhanced version of the ioquake3 engine.
WreckageCrysis Warhead22 December 20114 May 2012
'Quake30 November 19972006Despite being officially licensed by Marvel Comics, the game required Quake to be installed in order to play. In 2006, it was released as freeware and modified to not require Quake.