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Privacy-focused games alternatives

Browse privacy-focused games alternatives curated from awesome-privacy, with editorial guidance for choosing tools that respect your data.

Privacy Risk

Why people switch

Nintendo collects user data, and if you disable it, they can turn it back on. Also, it has a paid plan that is not accessible to everyone economically.

Subtopics Covered

What this category includes

  • Mario Kart
  • Minecraft
  • Plugins for Minecraft
  • Pokemon
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
Popular Apps To Replace

Default choices that deserve a second look

Editorial Shortlist

Privacy-focused options worth evaluating

These are not every option in the source list. They are the clearest starting points for people who want better privacy, portability, and control.

Mario Kart

SuperTuxKart

A 3D open-source arcade racer with a variety characters, tracks, and modes to play.

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Mario Kart

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart

SRB2Kart is a classic styled kart racer, complete with beautiful courses, and wacky items.

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Minecraft

Luanti

An open source voxel game engine with many features.

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Minecraft

Mineclonia

Survival sandbox game inspired by Minecraft. Fork of MineClone2 with focus on stability, multiplayer performance and features.

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Plugins for Minecraft

No-Chat-Reports

A spigot plugin strips cryptographic signatures from player messages, but it breaks any chat plugin by design.

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Plugins for Minecraft

FreedomChat

A great alternative to No-Chat-Reports, since it does not break any chat plugin by design.

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Plugins for Minecraft

No-Telemetry

Mod that disables the usage data collection, aka telemetry, introduced in Minecraft 1.18 (snapshot 21w38a).

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Pokemon

Pokete

A small terminal based game in the style of a very popular and old game by Gamefreak.

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Evaluation Criteria

What to look for

  • Prefer products with clear data ownership, export options, and transparent retention policies.
  • Look for local-first, end-to-end encrypted, or self-hosted options when the workflow handles sensitive material.
  • Check whether the product depends on trackers, mandatory accounts, or hidden cloud processing before rolling it out broadly.
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