Yes. widelands is released under Open Source (GPL-2.0) and costs nothing to download or play. It meets PlayBound's value criterion: no trial masquerading as a full game, no paywalled core content, and no paid competitive advantage. Optional cosmetics and premium extras are allowed.

How big is the widelands download?

About small. The minimum system requirements are See official site.

Do I need an account to play widelands?

No account is required to download or play.

Is widelands still active in 2026?

Yes. widelands met PlayBound's "actively maintained" criterion when last checked on 2026-08-24 — it had a release or meaningful commit within the preceding twelve months.

Is widelands open source?

Yes. The source code is published at github.com/widelands/widelands under Open Source (GPL-2.0). Open source is a nice property when it is present — it is not required to clear the PlayBound Bar.

Widelands — Free Strategy

500 MB

Releases

GitHub Release9/7/2026

Development Builds

These builds are automatically generated from master. ## Latest changes - e1e8a3bb: Updated translations catalogs and statistics. (2026-09-07 07:13:49 +0000) (The Widelands Translations Bot) - b59ed382: Fetched translations and updated data. (2026-09-07 07:01:41 +0000) (The Widelands Translations Bot) - c05349ea: Fix rtl enzyclopedia (CB #5418 / GH #7059) (2026-09-06 20:23:41 +0200) (hessenfarmer) - e9fb0ea7: add qoole to developers (2026-09-06 16:30:08 +0200) (hessenfarmer) - ff90f940: Validate server-supplied paths in add-on downloads (GH #7045 / CB #5404) (2026-09-06 14:32:29 +0100) (Alex

GitHub Release2/22/2026

1.3.1

The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the stable point release Widelands 1.3.1. Windows installer [Intel 64 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1/Widelands-1.3.1-x64.exe) · [Intel 32 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1/Widelands-1.3.1-x86.exe) · [ARM 64 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1/Widelands-1.3.1-arm64.exe) Mac packages (64 bit) [MacOS ≥ 12 Intel](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1/Widelands-1.3.1-macOS12_x86.dmg)

GitHub Release2/15/2026

1.3.1~rc1

The release candidate for Widelands 1.3.1.  --- <details><summary>This release has 7 assets:</summary> - [Widelands-1.3.1-rc1-x86.exe](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1-rc1/Widelands-1.3.1-rc1-x86.exe) (455.5 MB) - [Widelands-1.3.1-rc1-x64.exe](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1-rc1/Widelands-1.3.1-rc1-x64.exe) (458.7 MB) - [Checksums-and-Signatures.zip](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3.1-rc1/Checksums-and-Signatures.zip) (5.0 kB) - [Widelands-1.3.1-rc1-macOS12_arm64.dmg](http

GitHub Release12/21/2025

1.3

The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the stable release Widelands 1.3. Windows installer [Intel 64 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3/Widelands-1.3-x64.exe) · [Intel 32 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3/Widelands-1.3-x86.exe) · [ARM 64 bit](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3/Widelands-1.3-arm64.exe) Mac packages (64 bit) [MacOS ≥ 15 Intel](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3/Widelands-1.3-macOS15_x86.dmg) · [MacOS ≥ 15 ARM](http

GitHub Release12/14/2025

1.3~rc1

The release candidate for Widelands 1.3.  --- <details><summary>This release has 8 assets:</summary> - [Checksums-and-Signatures.zip](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3-rc1/Checksums-and-Signatures.zip) (5.7 kB) - [Widelands-1.3-rc1-x86_64.AppImage](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3-rc1/Widelands-1.3-rc1-x86_64.AppImage) (476.0 MB) - [Widelands-1.3-rc1-x86.exe](https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.3-rc1/Widelands-1.3-rc1-x86.exe) (455.4 MB) - [Widelands-1.3-rc1-macOS14_arm64.dmg](https: