OpenRA is a project that recreates and modernizes the classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games. We have developed a flexible open source game engine (the OpenRA engine) that provides a common platform for rebuilding and reimagining classic 2D and 2.5D RTS games (the OpenRA mods).

To znači da OpenRA nije ograničen tehničkim ograničenjima izvornih igara zatvorenog koda: uključuje izvornu podršku za moderne operativne sustave i rezolucije zaslona (uključujući Windows 10, macOS i većinu distribucija Linuxa) bez oslanjanja na emulaciju ili binarne hakove, te ima integrirani online multiplayer.