diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix b/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b99c9f2b8e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobwars/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkg-config, gettext, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, SDL2_ttf, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "blobwars";
+  version = "2.00";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "c406279f6cdf2aed3c6edb8d8be16efeda0217494acd525f39ee2bd3e77e4a99";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config gettext ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_net SDL2_ttf zlib ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error" ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "RELEASE=1" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm755 $out/games/blobwars -t $out/bin
+    rm -r $out/games
+    cp -r {data,gfx,sound,music} $out/share/games/blobwars/
+    # fix world readable bit
+    find $out/share/games/blobwars/. -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
+    find $out/share/games/blobwars/. -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Platform action game featuring a blob with lots of weapons";
+    homepage = "https://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/games/metalBlobSolid/";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus free ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iblech ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 755851f8bcf7..4ab0db233709 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26503,6 +26503,8 @@ in
 
   blobby = callPackage ../games/blobby { };
 
+  blobwars = callPackage ../games/blobwars { };
+
   boohu = callPackage ../games/boohu { };
 
   braincurses = callPackage ../games/braincurses { };