Popular Engines for Games

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1

RPG Maker MV

6 Released 2015 Commercial licence

RPG Maker was born to fulfill the desire of creating an original RPG without programming knowledge. Four years have passed since the release of the previous...

2

Unity

16 Released 2005 Commercial licence

Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity just happens...

3

RPG Maker XP

2 Released 2004 Commercial licence

The Ultimate RPG MAKER for Windows! Introducing RPG MAKER™ XP, the latest Windows entry in the RPG MAKER series that gives you the power to create your...

4

ShiVa3D

5 Released 2010 Commercial licence

ShiVa3D is the developers’ tool of choice for easily creating amazing 3D real-time applications and games for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iPhone, Android...

5

Raycasting Game Maker

9 Released 2007 Public Domain licence

The Raycasting Game Maker is a free easy to use game editor that creates simple raycasting games in the style of Wolf3D. The finished game needs only...

6

Unreal Engine 2

9 Released 2000 Commercial licence

Unreal Engine 2 is a complete game development framework targeted at today's mainstream PC's, Microsoft's Xbox game console, and Sony's PlayStation 2.

7

RPG Maker VX Ace

15 Released 2012 Commercial licence

Simple Enough for a Child; Powerful Enough for a Developer RPG Maker VX Ace improves every aspect of RPG creation, making it not only the latest, but...

9

GameMaker Studio

41 Released 1999 Commercial licence

GameMaker Studio caters to entry-level novices and seasoned game development professionals equally, allowing them to create cross-platform games in record...

10

Godot

70 Released 2014 MIT licence

Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed, game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to...

11

GameMaker Studio 2

67 Released 2017 Commercial licence

GameMaker Studio 2 is the latest and greatest incarnation of GameMaker! It has everything you need to take your idea from a concept to a finished game...

12

Venom Platformer Engine v3.0

278 Released 2009 Creative Commons licence

A crudely preogrammed, but extremely reliable Flash CS3 platformer game engine. Helps you get started fast, and easily.

13

Unreal Development Kit

9 Released 2009 Commercial licence

UDK is Unreal Engine 3 – the complete professional development framework. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and...

14

Blender Game Engine

6 Released 2009 GPL licence

The Blender Game Engine is a component of Blender, a free and open-source comprehensive 3D production suite, used for making real-time interactive content...

15

Unreal Engine 5

2 TBD Commercial licence

The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool, Unreal Engine 5 will be available in preview in early 2021, and in full release late...

16

Unreal Engine 4

3 Released 2014 Commercial licence

The most world-class game engine to date, Unreal Engine 4 gives you the power to do more than ever before. Bring your creative visions to life directly...

17

RPG in a Box

3 Early Access 2019 Commercial licence

RPG in a Box is a tool for easily creating 3D grid-based, voxel-style RPGs and adventure games—everything you will need for building and sharing your...

18

Cyclone Game Engine

6 TBD Public Domain licence

The Cyclone Game Engine is a cross-platform 2D/3D game engine built upon MonoGame and the XNA Framework to help make it easier and save time creating...

19

id Tech 4

7 Released 2003 Commercial licence

Previously referred to as the 'Doom 3 Engine', Tech 4 is id Software's current licensing platform. Powering games such as Doom 3, Quake 4 and Enemy Territory...

20

HTML5

17 Released 2014 Commercial licence

This markup language allows developers to create cross-browser and cross-platform games, supports 2D and 3D graphics, multiplayer, audio API, and also...

21

Anvil

18 Released 2007 Proprietary licence

Anvil (also known by its development name Scimitar) is a game engine created by video game developer Ubisoft for use on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation...

22

Source

19 Released 2004 Commercial licence

The Source engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven...

23

DarkPlaces engine

30 Released 2000 GPL licence

Highly evolved engine based on id Software technology, available under dual license (GPL, proprietary licensing for commercial use available).

24

id Tech 3

31 Released 1999 GPL licence

Previously called the "QUAKE 3 Engine" and one of the most successful licensed engines in history, id Tech 3 was the engine used to create games such...

25

S2ENGINE HD

61 Released 2011 Commercial licence

S2 ENGINE HD is a complete general-purpose software kit for developing and running videogames or other virtual-reality applications such as architectural...

26

Spring

64 Released 2005 GPL licence

This page is merely a hub for spring projects listed on moddb. For more information about the spring engine head on over to spring website. You will notice...

27

Prospekt Source

75 Released 2013 MIT licence

Did you ever wanted fully featured engine what will have everything what real ORPG needs? So your waiting ends right now, it is here. Prospekt Source...

28

Construct 2

77 Released 2011 Commercial licence

Construct 2 is an exciting new program that lets you make games — no programming knowledge required! Bundled with over 120 sound effects, loads of original...

29

id Tech 2

95 Released 1997 GPL licence

Formerly the "QUAKE 2 Engine", with pioneering innovation in 3D environments, a few of id Tech 2's most notable features were out-of-the-box support for...

30

Cube 2

97 Released 2004 Zlib licence

cube 2 is a complete redesign of the cube engine developed by Wouter "Aardappel" van Oortmerssen.

31

Bright Life

102 TBD Commercial licence

Bright Life is an upcoming 3D flora generation toolkit to allow indie game developers to create flourishing ecosystems instantly.

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