Popular Engines for Games

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1

Unity

4 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...

2

WOLF RPG Editor

4 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...

3

GoldSrc

268 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...

4

RPG Maker MV

1 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...

5

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...

6

GameMaker Studio

13 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...

7

Blender Game Engine

14 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...

8

Unreal Engine 2

29 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.

11

S2ENGINE HD

114 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...

12

Open Game Engine

72 Released 2007 GPL licence

The Open Game Engine (OGE) is a project to create a fully featured game engine, including graphics, physics, input, networking, scripting and much more...

16

PhyreEngine

2 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...

17

Kirikiri2

13 Released 1998 GPL licence

Kirikiri is a scripting engine for the creation of visual novel games. It utilizes the KAG (KiriKiri Adventure Game System) framework and an object-oriented...

18

Drag[en]gine

10 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...

19

Unreal Development Kit

1 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...

20

Unreal Engine 3

10 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...

21

ZDoom

55 Released 2013 Public Domain licence

ZDoom 2.7.1 (Requires a DOOM, DOOM 2, HERETIC, HEXEN, or STRIFE IWAD) ZDoom is an enhanced port of the official DOOM source code to Win32. As such, it...

22

Bright Engine

110 Early Access 2017 Commercial licence

Bright Engine is a Light-Weight C++ Rendering platform aimed towards, Real-time rendering for both Video Games and Cinematic Animations.

23

CryENGINE 2

112 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...

24

Eclipse Origins

0 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...

25

K2

249 Released 2008 Proprietary licence

K2 is the engine that powers Savage 2: A Tortured Soul.

26

Pyrogenesis

301 TBD GPL licence

Pyrogenesis is the nickname given to the custom built engine developed for 0 A.D. Featuring an enriched 3D environment, a particle system, OGL graphics...

27

HPL1

436 Released 2010 GPL licence

Frictional Games' HPL1 engine used to create the Penumbra series.

28

Schmetterling

126 TBD Proprietary licence

EXOR Studios' proprietary game engine. X-Morph: Defense is the first game using this engine.

30

Lumberyard

367 Released 2016 Commercial licence

Amazon Lumberyard is a free, cross-platform, 3D game engine for you to create the highest-quality games, connect your games to the vast compute and storage...

31

CryENGINE 3

24 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...

32

Xash3D Engine

28 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...

33

001 Game Creator

11 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...

34

RPG Maker VX Ace

66 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...

35

Clausewitz Engine

22 Released 2007 Proprietary licence

Originally developed for Europa Universalis III, it has been used in every game developed by Paradox Development Studio since. The engine provides a 3D...

36

GameGuru

90 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...

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