SuperTux

free and open-source two-dimensional platform game published under the GNU General Public License
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Summary

SuperTux is a video game[1]. SuperTux has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free software[3]
  • Genre: platform game[4]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0[5]
  • Programmed in: C++[6]
  • Operating system: Unix-like operating system[7]
  • Software version identifier: 0.4.0[8], 0.1.3[9], 0.3.5[10], 0.5.0[11], 0.5.1[12], 0.3.4[13], 0.3.3[14], 0.3.5a[15], 0.6.0[16], 0.6.1[17], 0.6.1.1[18], 0.6.2[19], 0.0.0[20], 0.0.1[21]
  • Commons category: SuperTux[22]
  • Platform: BeOS[23], Pandora[24], PlayStation Portable[25], Android[26], macOS[27], Linux[28], Microsoft Windows[29]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[30]
  • Language of work or name: multiple languages[31]
  • Distribution format: digital download[32], digital distribution[33]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[34], gamepad[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: April 2, 2003[37], May 11, 2004[38], January 12, 2022[39]
  • Characters: Tux[40], Nolok[41]
  • Distributed by: itch.io[42], Steam[43], Flathub[44]
  • Official website: http://supertuxproject.org/[45], http://supertux.github.io[46], https://supertux.org[47]
  • Topic's main category: Category:SuperTux[48]
  • Commons gallery: SuperTux[49]
  • Inspired by: Super Mario Bros.[50], The Great Giana Sisters[51], Sonic the Hedgehog[52], Turrican[53]
  • Readable file format: SuperTux World Map File (with rem)[54], SuperTux World Map[55], SuperTux Saved Game[56], SuperTux Level[57], SuperTux Sprite[58], SuperTux Level (with rem)[59]

Why It Matters

SuperTux is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . forum.freegamedev.net. Retrieved . forum.freegamedev.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . supertuxproject.org. Retrieved . supertuxproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . transifex.com. transifex.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . store.steampowered.com. Retrieved . store.steampowered.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 31
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'be', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', '
    Alpine linux package → supertux
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: supertux, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324962400|supertux (#324962400)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package"
  2. 5w ago · KittyTeggie · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → SuperTux v0.7.0 promotion picture.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: SuperTux v0.7.0 promotion picture.png"
  3. 12w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 3709, 3363
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P11701|P11701]]"
  4. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 3709, 3363
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 192940, Adding [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier for [[P:P14470|P14470]]"
  5. 13w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 3709, 3363
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Tasvideos game id: 3709"
  6. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software quality assurance → continuous integration
    Netbsd package id → games/supertux
    Aur package → supertux-git
    Speedrun.com game id → st
    + 107 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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