diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
index 2e7efbd71690..fb6d78e1046c 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 - `iroh` has been removed and split up into `iroh-dns-server` and `iroh-relay`.
 
+- `python3Packages.pygame` has been been renamed to `python3Packages.pygame-original`, the attribute `python3Packages.pygame` will from python 3.14 default to the more actively maintained `python3Packages.pygame-ce`
+
 - `python3Packages.gradio` has been updated to version 6. See upstream's migration guide at https://www.gradio.app/main/guides/gradio-6-migration-guide.
 
 - `vicinae` has been updated to v0.17. Version 0.17 contains a complete overhaul of the configuration system. For update instructions, see the [release notes for v0.17.0](https://github.com/vicinaehq/vicinae/releases/tag/v0.17.0) and the [upstream configuration documentation](https://docs.vicinae.com/config).
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/br/brutalmaze/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brutalmaze/package.nix
index fd7341aae392..1266b4cce2a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/br/brutalmaze/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brutalmaze/package.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromSourcehut,
-  python3Packages,
+  python312Packages,
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python312Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "brutalmaze";
   version = "1.1.1";
   format = "pyproject";
-  disabled = python3Packages.pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = python312Packages.pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromSourcehut {
     owner = "~cnx";
@@ -17,14 +17,19 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "1m105iq378mypj64syw59aldbm6bj4ma4ynhc50gafl656fabg4y";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "pygame" "pygame-ce"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python312Packages; [
     flit-core
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python312Packages; [
     loca
     palace
-    pygame
+    pygame-ce
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # there's no test
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/endgame-singularity/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/en/endgame-singularity/package.nix
index 21fd5c4faff5..daa9143f5051 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/en/endgame-singularity/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/endgame-singularity/package.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   srcs = [ main_src ] ++ lib.optional enableDefaultMusicPack music_src;
   sourceRoot = main_src.name;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "pygame>=2.5.2" "pygame-ce"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ]; # The music is zipped
 
   build-system = with python3.pkgs; [
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   ];
 
   dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
-    pygame
+    pygame-ce
     numpy
     polib
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_HasSurfaceRLE-when-available.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0001-Use-SDL_HasSurfaceRLE-when-available.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_HasSurfaceRLE-when-available.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0001-Use-SDL_HasSurfaceRLE-when-available.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0002-Don-t-assume-that-touch-devices-support-get_num_fing.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0002-Don-t-assume-that-touch-devices-support-get_num_fing.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0002-Don-t-assume-that-touch-devices-support-get_num_fing.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/0002-Don-t-assume-that-touch-devices-support-get_num_fing.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/default.nix
similarity index 94%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/default.nix
index d4a4c92f89c8..58e869518086 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   replaceVars,
   fontconfig,
   python,
+  pythonAtLeast,
 
   # build-system
   cython,
@@ -128,11 +129,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygame" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Python library for games";
+    description = "Python library for games (original distribution)";
     homepage = "https://www.pygame.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pygame/pygame/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ emilytrau ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    # https://github.com/pygame/pygame/issues/4706
+    broken = pythonAtLeast "3.14";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/fix-dependency-finding.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/fix-dependency-finding.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/fix-dependency-finding.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/fix-dependency-finding.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-mixer-test.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/skip-mixer-test.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-mixer-test.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/skip-mixer-test.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/skip-rle-tests.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-original/skip-rle-tests.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fcb0a5310058..b9f0fc43bfae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13443,12 +13443,15 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pygal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygal { };
 
-  pygame = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame { };
+  # pygame-ce is better maintained upstream, the breaking point was https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/475917#issuecomment-3706940043
+  pygame = if pythonAtLeast "3.14" then pygame-ce else pygame-original;
 
   pygame-ce = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame-ce { };
 
   pygame-gui = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame-gui { };
 
+  pygame-original = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame-original { };
+
   pygame-sdl2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame-sdl2 { };
 
   pygatt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygatt { };