Real-time strategy game

by Wildfire GamesVerified

GameStrategyFree softwareFeatured on the Snap Store14+
Flathub (Flatpak): ★ 4.4 (400)349.7K installsUpdated 8 months agoSlowing down
Flatpak (recommended, ✓ verified) Snap Arch Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE Void Linux Solus Nixpkgs LutrisStandard: Stable Other builds: Flatpak, AppImage

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About

0 A.D. is a real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It's a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of fifteen ancient civilizations, each depicted at their peak of economic growth and military prowess. The fifteen factions are: Three of the Hellenic States (Athens, Sparta and Macedonia), two of the kingdoms of Alexander the Great's successors (Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egyptians), two Celtic tribes (Britons and Gauls), the Germans, the Romans, the Persians, the Iberians, the Carthaginians, the Han, the Mauryas and the Kushites. Each civilization is complete with substantially unique artwork, technologies and civilization bonuses.

Changelog

Wildfire Games proudly announces the release of 0 A.D. 0.28.0: "Boiorix". - A new faction: the German tribes. - Gendered Civilians replace Female Citizens. - In some places JavaScript-Modules can be used to write mods. - Font Rendering: CJK languages are bundled with the game, not as separate mods.

Required configuration

Requires: a screen with its shortest side at least 1024 px. Supports: mouse or touchpad, keyboard, touch screen, offline use only.

Additional information

Project

Developer
Wildfire Games
License
GPL-2.0+ and CC-BY-SA (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage
play0ad.com
Latest release
February 16, 2026 (8 months ago)Slowing down · 1 release in the last year
Release history
Last 3 releases
  • 0.28.0February 16, 2026
  • 0.27.1July 13, 2025
  • 0.27.0January 30, 2025

Install

Size
1.8 GB
Installs
349,747 on Flathub990 in the last 7 days
Available via
Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs · Lutris (2)
All 15 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Nightly build), AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build), Lutris (Flatpak build), Lutris (AppImage build)

Flatpak sandbox
Limited access

Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.

What it can access
  • Uses the internet
  • Plays and records audio

About this data

Sources
Sources disagree on the name: 0ad / zeroad
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (16)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)0 A.D.0.28.0Official buildGPL-2.0+ and CC-BY-SAReal-time strategy game
Snap Store0ad0.28.0—GPL-2.0+Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Snap Store (Nightly build)0ad0.29.0-dev—GPL-2.0+Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
AUR (Git build)0ad-git1:a26.r2110.g14a5ccee52-1—GPL-2.0-or-laterCross-platform, 3D and historically-based real-time strategy game (git version)
Debian0ad0.27.0-2+b1Distribution build—Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Ubuntu0ad0.28.0-3Distribution build—Real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Fedora0ad0.28.0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD AND LicenseRef-Callaway-MIT AND IPL-1.0 AND MPL-2.0Cross-Platform RTS Game of Ancient Warfare
Arch Linux0ad0.28.0-3Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterCross-platform, 3D and historically-based real-time strategy game
Nixpkgszeroad0.28.0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1 AND MIT AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND ZlibFree, open-source game of ancient warfare
Nixpkgs0ad0.28.0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1 AND MIT AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND ZlibFree, open-source game of ancient warfare
openSUSE0ad0.28.0Distribution buildBSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT AND ISC AND MPL-2.0A real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Void Linux0ad0.27.1_6Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND MPL-2.0 AND MITHistorically-based real-time strategy game
Solus0ad0.27.1Distribution buildBSD-2-Clause AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND ISC AND MIT AND Zlib0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare
Gentoo (Candidate build)0ad0.28.0-r1Distribution buildBitstreamVera AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LPPL-1.3c AND MIT AND ZlibA free, real-time strategy game
Lutris (Flatpak build)0 A.D.———Official Flatpak Version
Lutris (AppImage build)0 A.D.———Official AppImage Version
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