diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anarch/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/anarch/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  SDL2,
+  xorg,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "anarch";
+  version = "1.0-unstable-2023-09-08";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "drummyfish";
+    repo = "anarch";
+    rev = "6f90562161200682459e772f1dacb747f23c5f95";
+    hash = "sha256-KmuJruzQRFunhwUGz3bHhXgtD2m4+5Vk0n7xhzVBMWs=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    xorg.libXcursor
+    xorg.libXrandr
+    xorg.libXfixes
+    xorg.libXext
+    xorg.libXi
+    xorg.libXScrnSaver
+  ];
+
+  # upstream is an error-prone make/build script
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    $CC -O3 -o anarch main_sdl.c $(sdl2-config --cflags --libs)
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 anarch $out/bin/anarch
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://drummyfish.gitlab.io/anarch/";
+    description = "Suckless FPS game";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ethancedwards8 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "anarch";
+  };
+})