diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/span-lite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/span-lite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1af8466a4d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/span-lite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "span-lite";
+  version = "0.10.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "martinmoene";
+    repo = "span-lite";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-WfoyyPLBqXSGGATWN/wny6P++3aCmQMOMLCARhB+R3c=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A C++20-like span for C++98, C++11 and later in a single-file header-only library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd1;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ icewind1991 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c884c39dafa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, SDL2
+, cmake
+, libpng
+, libzip
+, openal
+, pkg-config
+, span-lite
+, yaml-cpp
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "openloco";
+  version = "23.02";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "OpenLoco";
+    repo = "OpenLoco";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-35g7tnKez4tnTdZzavfU+X8f3btFG6EbLkU+cqL6Qek=";
+  };
+
+  # the upstream build process determines the version tag from git; since we
+  # are not using a git checkout, we patch it manually
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/#define NAME "OpenLoco"/a#define OPENLOCO_VERSION_TAG "${version}"' src/OpenLoco/src/Version.cpp
+  '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=null-dereference";
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DOPENLOCO_BUILD_TESTS=NO"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    libpng
+    libzip
+    openal
+    yaml-cpp
+    span-lite
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An open source re-implementation of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/OpenLoco/OpenLoco";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ icewind1991 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 615361633af8..c35469aa8f0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23431,6 +23431,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   soundtouch = callPackage ../development/libraries/soundtouch {};
 
+  span-lite = callPackage ../development/libraries/span-lite { };
+
   spandsp = callPackage ../development/libraries/spandsp {};
   spandsp3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/spandsp/3.nix {};
 
@@ -35622,6 +35624,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   openjk = callPackage ../games/openjk { };
 
+  openloco = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../games/openloco { };
+
   openmw = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/openmw { };
 
   openmw-tes3mp = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/openmw/tes3mp.nix { };