Popular Engines for Games

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1

Xash3D Engine

4 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...

2

Unreal Engine 4

11 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...

3

RPG Maker MV

40 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...

4

RPG Maker XP

2 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

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

Unreal Engine 3

4 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...

7

Chrome Engine 6

1 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...

8

id Tech 4

56 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...

9

ZDoom

83 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...

10

WOLF RPG Editor

7 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...

11

RPG in a Box

7 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...

12

id Tech 3

146 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...

13

Unreal Development Kit

6 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...

14

Unreal Engine 5

45 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...

15

Multimedia Fusion

98 Released 2006 Commercial licence

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

16

FPSC

5 Released 2005 Commercial licence

This engine is the code behind "The game Creator's" FPS Creator development tool, A powerful, yet rough FPS engine.

17

jMonkeyEngine

6 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...

18

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...

19

Formabble

62 Early Access Jul 1, 2024 Commercial licence

Formabble is both a game engine and a game platform, meaning that users can create and play games in the same place. We stand out with our collaborative...

20

DarkPlaces engine

108 Released 2000 GPL licence

Highly evolved engine based on id Software technology, available under dual license (GPL, proprietary licensing for commercial use available).

21

Imperial Game Engine 2

20 Early Access 2007 Commercial licence

Imperial Game Engine 2- academicall class of an game engine.'Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt' (by the ancient-roman poet Juvenal)AAA...

22

Drag[en]gine

3 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...

23

Godot

4 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...

24

RPG Maker VX Ace

10 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...

25

Brahma

46 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...

26

Eclipse

187 TBD Commercial licence

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

27

Custom

83 Released 2007 Commercial licence

The engine used to build this game was a once-off creation, designed explicitly to run this particular title. This is not a _real_ game engine, this is...

28

CryENGINE 3

13 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...

30

CoolBasic

85 Released 2005 Proprietary licence

CoolBasic is a 2D game engine for Windows that comes with its own BASIC like scripting language. The product consists of a code editor, user manual and...

31

Ren'py

11 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...

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