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Unity
A cross-platform game engine with support for 3D and 2D graphics
unity3d.com
244k projects
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588 this week
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Godot
Cross platform & open-source 2D and 3D game creation platform
www.godotengine.org
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47.1k projects
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408 this week
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Construct
A user-friendly 2D game creation application
www.construct.net/en
45.2k projects
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82 this week
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Twine
An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
twinery.org
19.6k projects
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48 this week
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GameMaker
An all-in-one 2D game development studio
gamemaker.io/en
22.1k projects
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44 this week
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Ren'Py
A cross-platform visual novel engine
www.renpy.org
8,070 projects
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41 this week
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Unreal Engine
A 3D game engine developed by Epic Games
www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4
9,911 projects
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38 this week
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GDevelop
Open-source, cross-platform game creator designed to be used by everyone - no programming skills required
gdevelop-app.com
13.8k projects
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33 this week
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RPG Maker
A series desktop applications for creating JRPG style games
www.rpgmakerweb.com
9,594 projects
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31 this week
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bitsy
a little engine for little games, worlds, and stories
bitsy.org
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9,566 projects
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20 this week
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PICO-8
PICO-8 is a fantasy console powered by Lua. Games are distributed as cartridges which double as PNG images.
www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
7,851 projects
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19 this week
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LÖVE
2D game engine powered by Lua
love2d.org
2,414 projects
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5 this week
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PuzzleScript
PuzzleScript is an open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine.
www.puzzlescript.net
2,287 projects
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2 this week
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Clickteam Fusion
User-friendly drag-and-drop game creation software
www.clickteam.com/clickteam-fusion-2-5
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1,493 projects
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3 this week
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GB Studio
A free and easy to use retro adventure game creator for your favourite handheld video game system
www.gbstudio.dev
1,320 projects
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2 this week
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Flickgame
An easy to use point and click game engine
www.flickgame.org
795 projects
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3 this week
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TIC-80
A fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games
tic.computer
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933 projects
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1 this week
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TyranoBuilder
A cross platform visual novel studio
tyranobuilder.com
1,085 projects
libGDX
Desktop/Android/iOS/HTML5 Java game development framework
libgdx.com
1,020 projects
Defold
A professional tool for 2D game development
defold.com
778 projects
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1 this week
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AppGameKit
AppGameKit is an easy to learn game development engine, ideal for Beginners, Hobbyists & Indie developers.
www.appgamekit.com
341 projects
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1 this week
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p5.js
p5js.org
325 projects
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1 this week
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Stencyl
A game engine and development environment for creating 2D games https://www.stencyl.com/
www.stencyl.com
399 projects
Adventure Game Studio
An all-in-one application for making adventure style games
www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
330 projects
ct.js
Create cool 2D games with a free game editor
ctjs.rocks
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261 projects
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1 this week
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Processing
Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts.
processing.org
237 projects
DragonRuby GTK
2D game engine that allows you to build games in a programming language called Ruby.
dragonruby.org
233 projects
EasyRPG
easyrpg.org
114 projects
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2 this week
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CryEngine
www.cryengine.com
91 projects
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2 this week
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RPG in a Box
Bring your stories and ideas to life!
www.rpginabox.com
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102 projects
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1 this week
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Multimedia Fusion
www.clickteam.com/multimedia-fusion-2
98 projects
Superpowers
The HTML5 2D+3D game maker. Open source and collaborative.
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55 projects
Impact
A JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop HTML5 Games for desktop and mobile browsers
impactjs.com
42 projects
M.U.G.E.N
36 projects
melonJS
melonjs.org
30 projects
OGRE
Since 2001, OGRE has grown to become one of the most popular open-source graphics rendering engines, and has been used in a large number of production projects...
www.ogre3d.org
27 projects
Torque 3D
www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d
16 projects
Amulet
A Lua-based audio/visual toolkit for small games and experimentation
www.amulet.xyz
12 projects
ADLENGINE
Multiplayer Text Adventure Engine
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12 projects
Torque 2D
www.garagegames.com/products/torque-2d
9 projects
Pixel Vision 8
All the tools you need to design, code, and play Pixel Vision 8 games.
View on itch.io
9 projects
ScummVM
www.scummvm.org
Orx
Orx is a 2.5D data-driven game development engine. It is open source, ultra-fast, multi-platform and full-featured for C
orx-project.org
