Popular Engines for Games

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1

Cube

471 Released 2002 Zlib licence

Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of...

2

Unreal Engine 5

90 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...

3

001 Game Creator

83 Released 2003 Commercial licence

001 Game Creator is a Graphically Assisted Scripting engine for beginners and advanced users alike. Developers can quickly prototype ideas, test complex...

4

RPG Maker XP

3 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...

5

GameGuru

237 Released 2015 Commercial licence

GameGuru offers you a game maker that's open to non-programmers and designers/artists, or anyone who aspires to create their own 3D game. It also has...

6

ShiVa3D

56 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...

7

Eclipse Origins

6 Released 2013 Commercial licence

Eclipse Origins is a windows based 2D MMORPG game creation suite. In a matter of minutes you can download Eclipse and be designing your own online RPG...

8

OEngine

6 Released 2012 Commercial licence

OEngine is a multiplatform C++ engine with an WYSIWIG editor. It's made to be very flexible, and has been used in many internal prototypes, and is currently...

9

CryENGINE 3

20 Released 2011 Commercial licence

CryENGINE®3 is the first PC, Playstation®3, and Xbox 360™ all-in-one game development solution that is Next-Gen ready with scalable computation and...

10

Blender Game Engine

34 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...

11

CryENGINE 2

102 Released 2007 Commercial licence

Real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows and a dynamic music system are just some...

12

Chrome Engine 6

33 Released 2014 Proprietary licence

Chrome Engine is a proprietary 3D game engine developed by Techland. The current version, Chrome Engine 6, supports Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation...

13

jMonkeyEngine

165 Released 2009 BSD licence

jMonkeyEngine is a game development suite made especially for game developers who want to create 3D games with modern technology standards. The software...

15

Unity

6 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...

16

GameMaker Studio 2

11 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...

17

Ren'py

2 Released 2004 MIT licence

Ren'Py is a free, 2D, and cross-platform engine that helps you make story-based games including visual novels and simulation games. It uses a scripting...

18

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...

19

Godot

31 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...

20

LithTech

37 Released 1998 Commercial licence

The LithTech Engine was initially developed by Monolith in collaboration with Microsoft, until LithTeh Inc was formed to continue development on the engine...

21

Eclipse

311 TBD Commercial licence

Eclipse engine, a BioWare developed, data-driven, next-gen RPG engine.

22

Super Smash Flash 2 Engine

338 TBD Proprietary licence

Proprietary fighting game engine powering Super Smash Flash 2. Built in Adobe AIR and targets Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops. Also runs in the browser...

23

id Tech 4

50 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...

25

id Tech 3

162 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...

26

Source

53 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...

27

WOLF RPG Editor

20 Released 2015 GPL licence

WOLF RPG Editor is a game construction tool that can create complex role playing games. It is often regarded as being aimed at advanced users, so keep...

28

Unreal Engine 3

5 Released 2007 Commercial licence

Unreal Engine 3 is a complete game development framework for next-generation consoles and DirectX9-equipped PCs, providing the vast array of core technologies...

29

Unreal Engine 2

26 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.

30

Wave Engine

50 Released 2013 Proprietary licence

Wave Engine was born on February 21, 2013 with the exciting mission of developing an engine to help the mobile game developers’ community.

31

UPBGE

66 Released 2016 Commercial licence

UPBGE (Uchronia Project Blender Game Engine) is a fork of Blender created by Porteries Tristan (a Blender Game Engine developer) and some of his friends...

32

Unreal Engine 4

73 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...

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