diff --git a/pkgs/games/darkplaces/default.nix b/pkgs/games/darkplaces/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7b70036cdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/darkplaces/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, zlib
+, libjpeg
+, SDL2
+, libvorbis
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "darkplaces";
+  version = "unstable-2022-05-10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DarkPlacesEngine";
+    repo = "darkplaces";
+    rev = "f16954a9d40168253ac5d9890dabcf7dbd266cd9";
+    hash = "sha256-5KsUcgHbuzFUE6LcclqI8VPSFbXZzBnxzOBB9Kf8krI=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    libjpeg
+    SDL2
+  ];
+
+  buildFlags = "release";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -m755 darkplaces-sdl $out/bin/darkplaces
+    install -m755 darkplaces-dedicated $out/bin/darkplaces-dedicated
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    patchelf \
+      --add-needed ${libvorbis}/lib/libvorbisfile.so \
+      --add-needed ${libvorbis}/lib/libvorbis.so \
+      $out/bin/darkplaces
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/";
+    description = "A quake 1 engine implementation by LadyHavoc";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A game engine based on the Quake 1 engine by id Software.
+      It improves and builds upon the original 1996 engine by adding modern
+      rendering features, and expanding upon the engine's native game code
+      language QuakeC, as well as supporting additional map and model formats.
+    '';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ necrophcodr ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 72a7e29afb85..0fac8725178d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31611,6 +31611,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cuyo = callPackage ../games/cuyo { };
 
+  darkplaces = callPackage ../games/darkplaces {};
+
   deliantra-server = callPackage ../games/deliantra/server.nix {
     stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat;
   };