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Godot
Cross platform & open-source 2D and 3D game creation platform
www.godotengine.org
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152k projects
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1,128 this week
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Unity
A cross-platform game engine with support for 3D and 2D graphics
unity3d.com
359k projects
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781 this week
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Ren'Py
A cross-platform visual novel engine
www.renpy.org
13.8k projects
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157 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
19.9k projects
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76 this week
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GameMaker
An all-in-one 2D game development studio
gamemaker.io/en
30.5k projects
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63 this week
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RPG Maker
A series desktop applications for creating JRPG style games
www.rpgmakerweb.com
13.5k projects
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63 this week
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Construct
A user-friendly 2D game creation application
www.construct.net/en
56k projects
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48 this week
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Twine
An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
twinery.org
25.9k projects
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49 this week
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Unreal Engine
A 3D game engine developed by Epic Games
www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4
14.2k projects
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43 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
10.5k projects
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43 this week
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Flickgame
An easy to use point and click game engine
www.flickgame.org
1,191 projects
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32 this week
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Defold
A professional tool for 2D game development
defold.com
1,220 projects
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26 this week
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bitsy
a little engine for little games, worlds, and stories
bitsy.org
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12.2k projects
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17 this week
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LÖVE
2D game engine powered by Lua
love2d.org
3,677 projects
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15 this week
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Scratch
A high level block-based coding program.
scratch.mit.edu
1,416 projects
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10 this week
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PuzzleScript
PuzzleScript is an open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine.
www.puzzlescript.net
3,015 projects
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2 this week
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TyranoBuilder
A cross platform visual novel studio
tyranobuilder.com
1,365 projects
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6 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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1,846 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
1,731 projects
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2 this week
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TIC-80
A fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games
tic.computer
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1,165 projects
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2 this week
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libGDX
Desktop/Android/iOS/HTML5 Java game development framework
libgdx.com
1,189 projects
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1 this week
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Bevy Engine
A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
bevyengine.org
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414 projects
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3 this week
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Adventure Game Studio
An all-in-one application for making adventure style games
www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
454 projects
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2 this week
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DragonRuby Game Toolkit
An intuitive 2D game engine. Fast, cross-platform, tiny, hot
dragonruby.org
434 projects
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2 this week
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p5.js
p5js.org
445 projects
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1 this week
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EasyRPG
easyrpg.org
336 projects
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2 this week
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ct.js
Create cool 2D games with a free game editor
ctjs.rocks
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328 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
406 projects
Stencyl
A game engine and development environment for creating 2D games https://www.stencyl.com/
www.stencyl.com
362 projects
Processing
Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts.
processing.org
293 projects
CryEngine
www.cryengine.com
176 projects
Multimedia Fusion
www.clickteam.com/multimedia-fusion-2
137 projects
Impact
A JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop HTML5 Games for desktop and mobile browsers
impactjs.com
72 projects
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2 this week
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RPG in a Box
Bring your stories and ideas to life!
rpginabox.com
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95 projects
KAPLAY (formerly Kaboom)
KAPLAY is a JavaScript library that helps you make games fast and fun!
kaplayjs.com
86 projects
Superpowers
The HTML5 2D+3D game maker. Open source and collaborative.
View on itch.io
85 projects
M.U.G.E.N
68 projects
melonJS
melonjs.org
64 projects
Torque 2D
www.garagegames.com/products/torque-2d
42 projects
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1 this week
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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
50 projects
Torque 3D
www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d
44 projects
ADLENGINE
Multiplayer Text Adventure Engine
41 projects
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
39 projects
Amulet
A Lua-based audio/visual toolkit for small games and experimentation
www.amulet.xyz
38 projects
Pixel Vision 8
All the tools you need to design, code, and play Pixel Vision 8 games.
View on itch.io
22 projects
ScummVM
www.scummvm.org
13 projects
