Popular Engines for Games

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1

Raycasting Game Maker

24 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...

3

CryENGINE

140 Released 2004 Commercial licence

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

4

PhyreEngine

17 Released 2008 Commercial licence

PhyreEngine (also known as Phyre Engine) is a free to use, cross platform (Windows PC, PSP, Xbox 360, PS Vita and PS3) game engine from Sony Computer...

5

Godot

103 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...

7

WOLF RPG Editor

3 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...

8

Genesis3D

316 Released 1999 Creative Commons licence

Created by Eclipse Entertainment between 1996 and 1999 and later acquired by WildTangent in the year 2000, Genesis3D was one of the first open-source...

9

Xash3D Engine

7 Released 2011 GPL licence

Xash3D is the powerful independent open-sourced 3D-engine, aimed for high compatibility with GoldSource engine formats (maps, models, textures, sounds...

10

Unreal Engine 3

8 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...

11

2D Fighter Maker 2nd

45 TBD Commercial licence

2D Fighter Maker was released by ASCII's successor company, Enterbrain. An update to the original version, FM2K allowed for a greater amount of expansion...

12

Ren'py

43 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...

13

CryENGINE 3

11 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...

14

RenderWare

50 Released 1997 Commercial licence

RenderWare is a 3D API and graphics rendering engine used in computer games, Active Worlds, and some VRML browsers. RW is developed by Criterion Software...

15

Cube 2

121 Released 2004 Zlib licence

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

16

RPG Maker XP

15 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...

17

Xash3D FWGS Engine

0 Released 2015 GPL licence

Fork of Xash3D engine that ported to many different platforms, such as Linux, *BSD, OS X, Haiku, Emscripten, Android and iOS. Allows play Half-Life out-of-the-box...

18

MANU Video Game Maker

472 Early Access Sep 30, 2023 Commercial licence

MANU is an AI-powered no-code game engine that allows users to create games of any known game genres from scratch. Now in Beta, MANU supports various...

19

RPG Maker MV

13 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...

20

id Tech 3

6 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...

21

Brahma

92 Early Access Dec 31, 2023 Proprietary licence

Brahma is a 3D game engine with a rather retrofuturistic design, intended for small studios and solo developers. It's being written from scratch in C...

23

RPG Maker VX Ace

26 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...

24

HeroEngine

39 Released 2020 Proprietary licence

Making live collaboration across the globe possible. HeroEngine is an MMO development team’s dream come true - it streamlines the entire process of...

25

Anvil

53 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...

26

Core

233 Released 2020 Proprietary licence

Core is an endless universe of games to play and worlds to explore designed by a global community of creators. It’s a radically accessible game construction...

27

Source

17 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...

28

Unreal Development Kit

13 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...

29

Smile Game Builder

73 Released 2016 Commercial licence

SMILE GAME BUILDER is a software for Windows that enables you to create role playing games (RPGs) without programming. no programs or scripts need to...

30

Doom Engine

36 Released 1993 GPL licence

The Doom engine is the game engine that powers the id Software games Doom and Doom II, as well as Raven Software's titles Heretic and Hexen, then finally...

31

Unity

28 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...

32

GoldSrc

41 Released 1998 Commercial licence

This QuakeWorld-based engine powered some of the most critically acclaimed engine's of it's day, like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and many...

33

GameMaker Studio 2

77 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...

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