FROM THE ARCHIVE11 Oct 2026

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Official Warzone 2100 screenshot of a battlefield base

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Real-time strategy · Free

Warzone 2100

Meet your next obsession.

AND SOMETHING FOR YOUR EVERYDAYFossify Calendar

Calendar · Android

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Warzone 2100

By Warzone 2100 Project

Warzone 2100 is a free 3D real-time strategy game from the Warzone 2100 Project. You lead the forces of The Project after nuclear missiles have nearly destroyed humanity, taking ground, gathering resources, and growing bases through production and research. Matches can be played alone or with other people on a local network or online. Installers are published for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

F7 INSIGHTThe base-building loop is tied to a world that has to be rebuilt, so expansion feels like recovery rather than a generic skirmish. For F7, it is a clear example of a fully free strategy game that still offers large multiplayer battles.

Newly discoveredWindows · macOS

Action RPGFree

Flare: Empyrean Campaign

By Flare team

Flare: Empyrean Campaign is a free 2D action role-playing game by the Flare team. The story starts with exile from Empyrean and follows a journey back through several regions and optional side quests. The team describes the fantasycore art as dark fantasy, with violence and some blood. Windows, macOS, and Linux downloads include both the engine and the game.

F7 INSIGHTExile gives the combat a destination: each region is a step toward getting home, and the side quests let that journey wander. F7 likes that the same team ships both the engine and a complete campaign other people can still mod.

Newly discoveredWindows · macOS

Arena shooterFree

Red Eclipse

By Quinton Reeves and Lee Salzman

Red Eclipse is a free arena shooter by Quinton Reeves and Lee Salzman. Movement is the main skill: parkour, impulse boosts, and dashing sit alongside arena combat. Players can change matches with a large set of mutators, and maps can be built together in a real-time cooperative editor. Packages are offered for Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS.

F7 INSIGHTMost arena shooters ask you to aim first. Red Eclipse asks you to arrive first, then aim. That parkour-led pace, plus a cooperative map editor, makes it a strong find for players who want a match they can also reshape.

Newly discoveredWindows · Linux

Arena shooterFree

Xonotic

By Team Xonotic

Xonotic is a free arena shooter from Team Xonotic for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It ships with a large weapon set, each gun having a primary and secondary fire, and modes that run from deathmatch and capture the flag to race, Nexball, and freeze tag. Twenty-five official maps are included, and an editor ships with the game. Player statistics through XonStat are optional and do not require an account.

F7 INSIGHTXonotic keeps the arena-shooter promise of fast rooms, distinct weapons, and modes you can learn in one match, while leaving statistics off until a player asks for them. F7 sees a complete shooter that does not hide those modes behind a store page.

Newly discoveredWindows · macOS

CalendarCheck price

Fossify Calendar

By Fossify

Fossify Calendar is an Android calendar for events and reminders stored on the device. It offers day, week, month, year, and event-list views, plus recurring events, holidays, and home-screen widgets. You can import and export calendar data. The app does not request Android's Internet permission, and Fossify does not run its own calendar sync service.

F7 INSIGHTA calendar that can show the whole month and still export the data is the practical pair. F7 likes that reminders and widgets are here without a Fossify account sitting in the middle.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play

KeyboardCheck price

Fossify Keyboard

By Fossify

Fossify Keyboard is an Android keyboard that types offline. It includes multiple languages and layouts, numbers, symbols, emoji, and clipboard snippets for text you reuse. Typed text is delivered to the app you are using and is not sent to Fossify. The current release is marked beta, and the app does not request Internet permission.

F7 INSIGHTA replacement keyboard is present in every app, so an offline design matters. F7 would rather keep snippets and layouts on the device than send typing to a suggestion service.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play

MusicCheck price

Fossify Music Player

By Fossify

Fossify Music Player plays music files already stored on an Android device. You can browse by album, artist, genre, and folder, then use a queue, shuffle, repeat, an equalizer, and a sleep timer. Home-screen widgets and lock-screen controls are included. It does not require a streaming account, and it does not request Internet permission.

F7 INSIGHTA local library still needs a queue and a sleep timer, not only a file list. Music Player covers that path for people who already keep the songs on the device.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play

NotesCheck price

Fossify Notes

By Fossify

Fossify Notes keeps text notes and checklists on Android, with home-screen widgets so a list stays visible. Individual notes can be locked, and the app can import, export, or automatically back up its data. There is no account to create. The release is marked beta, and the app does not request Internet permission.

F7 INSIGHTA shopping list should not require an account. Fossify Notes stays on the phone, puts the list on the home screen, and still gives you a file you can export.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play

MessagingCheck price

Fossify Messages

By Fossify

Fossify Messages is an Android SMS and MMS app. It handles one-to-one and group conversations, search, blocking, and importing or exporting blocked numbers. You can back up and restore message history, schedule a message, and send a quick reply. The stable release is linked from Google Play, F-Droid, and GitHub.

F7 INSIGHTSearch and a backup matter once a message history gets long. F7 likes that scheduling and blocking sit in the same local SMS app.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play

VideoFree

NewPipe

By Team NewPipe

NewPipe is a free Android app for YouTube and PeerTube. It avoids proprietary Google APIs, lets you choose a resolution, and can save video, audio, or captions for offline playback. Videos can keep playing in the background or in a movable popup. Subscriptions, playlists, bookmarks, and history stay on the device. Team NewPipe distributes it on F-Droid and through GitHub releases.

F7 INSIGHTBackground audio and a popup player cover the two ways people keep a video going while doing something else. F7 likes that those tools sit next to on-device subscriptions, so the useful parts do not depend on a store account.

Newly discoveredF-Droid

SyncPaid on Google Play; free F-Droid builds

DAVx⁵

By bitfire web engineering

DAVx⁵ syncs contacts, calendars, and tasks between Android and CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV servers. Address books can include photos, groups, and shared read-only books. Calendars keep recurring events, invitations, and time zones. WebDAV folders can be browsed and edited directly, including more than one cloud. bitfire charges a fee on Google Play and also points to free F-Droid builds.

F7 INSIGHTPhone calendars and address books are more useful when they can live on a server you choose. DAVx⁵ is that bridge, including shared books and recurring events, while the phone's own calendar and contacts apps stay in place.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play