Popular Engines for Games

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1

Drag[en]gine

7 Released 2020 L-GPL licence

The Drag[en]gine is a fully customizable game engine and game development environment designed with modularity and extensibility in mind not requiring...

2

Dungeons 3D

655 Released 2006 GPL licence

Dungeons 3D is a free homebrew 3D engine for PSP, suited for creating first-person shooter games. Also available on PC.

3

id Tech 4

35 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...

4

Anvil

6 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...

5

Unity

1 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...

6

RPG Maker XP

5 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...

7

GDevelop 5

382 Released 2018 Creative Commons licence

GDevelop is a 2D and 3D cross-platform, free and open-source game engine, which mainly focuses on creating PC and mobile games, as well as HTML5 games...

8

WOLF RPG Editor

9 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...

9

Unreal Development Kit

15 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...

10

Unreal Engine 3

52 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

Frostbite 3

5 Released 2013 Proprietary licence

In development since 2011, Frostbite 3 is an improvement of Frostbite 2 and will debut with Battlefield 4 in 2013. It only supports DirectX 11 on PCs...

12

Wave Engine

131 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.

14

Raycasting Game Maker

11 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...

15

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.

16

OEngine

7 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...

17

Ren'py

10 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

Brahma

7 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...

19

Ego Game Technology Engine

37 Released 2007 Commercial licence

Ego Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO) is a video game engine developed by Codemasters. Ego is a modified version...

20

jMonkeyEngine

159 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...

21

Unreal Engine 4

119 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...

22

PhyreEngine

20 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...

23

Ogre Engine

53 Released 2005 MIT licence

OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive...

24

SugarBombEngine

90 TBD GPL licence

Gamebryo engine (Bethesda's branch) reimplementation based on OpenMW and id Tech 4 sources

25

Adobe Flash Professional

160 Released 2010 Commercial licence

More a platform than an engine, Adobe® Flash® Professional is the industry standard for interactive authoring and delivery of immersive experiences...

26

RPG Maker VX Ace

11 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...

27

Multimedia Fusion

0 Released 2006 Commercial licence

Multimedia Fusion is the perfect tool for creating applications, multimedia applications and exciting games. MMF continues the amazingly powerful graphical...

28

GoldSrc

2 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...

29

GameMaker Studio

115 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...

30

Shoot 'Em Up Kit

279 Released 2012 Commercial licence

The Shoot 'Em Up Kit allows users to create their own professional quality 2D and 3D videogames without programming using a simple drag-and-drop interface...

31

Chrome Engine 6

2 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...

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