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Game engines are tools available for game designers to code and plan out a video game quickly and easily without building one from the ground up. Whether they are 2D or 3D based, they offer tools to aid in asset creation and placement.

Engines

Note: The following list is not exhaustive. Also, it mixes game engines with rendering engines as well as API bindings without any distinctions.

Name Primary programming language Scripting Cross-platform 2D/3D oriented Target platform Notable games License Notes and references
4A Engine C++ Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Google Stadia Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, Metro Exodus Proprietary
A-Frame (VR) JavaScript JavaScript Yes 3D Cross-platform MIT Open source Entity component system WebVR framework
Adventure Game Interpreter C style Yes 2D DOS, Apple SOS, ProDOS, Classic Mac OS, Atari TOS List Proprietary
Adventure Game Studio C++ AGSScript Yes 2D Windows, Linux Chzo Mythos, Blackwell Artistic 2.0 Mostly used to develop third-person pre-rendered graphic adventure games, one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games
Alamo Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Xbox 360 Star Wars: Empire at War, Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, Universe at War: Earth Assault Proprietary
Aleph One C++ Lua, Marathon markup language Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS Aleph One (Marathon remake) GPL-3.0-or-later FPS engine
Antiryad Gx C, Assembler C, C++, Gel Yes 2D, 3D Windows, DOS, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, Android, AmigaOS, AROS, MorphOS, NACL Proprietary
Anura C++, FFL[1] FFL[1] Yes 2D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10 Frogatto & Friends zlib [citation needed], feature freeze
Anvil C++, C# Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Google Stadia List Proprietary
AppGameKit C++, BASIC C#, C++, AGK BASIC Yes 2D, 3D Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, HTML5, Raspberry Pi Proprietary
Ardor3D Java Yes 3D Cross-platform zlib Fork of jMonkeyEngine 2.0
Aurora toolset C++ NWScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Neverwinter Nights Proprietary
Babylon.js JavaScript, TypeScript JavaScript, TypeScript Yes 3D Cross-Platform Apache License 2.0
BigWorld Python Yes 3D Windows, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 List Proprietary
Blend4Web JavaScript, Python, C, C++ JavaScript Yes 3D WebGL, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android Experience Curiosity GPLv3 or commercial Game content, including graphics, animation, sound, and physics, is authored in the 3D modeling and animation suite Blender[2]
Blender Game Engine C, C++ Python Yes 2D, 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris Yo Frankie!, Sintel The Game, ColorCube GPL-2.0-or-later 2D/3D game engine packaged in a 3D modelar with integrated Bullet physics library[3][4]
Bork3D Game Engine C++ Yes 3D IOS, macOS, Windows List BSD
BRender Yes 3D Windows, DOS, PlayStation Carmageddon, FX Fighter, I-War (Independence War). Proprietary
Build engine C Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood, Redneck Rampage Custom, free non-commercial use FPS engine; 2.5D, 2D grid base geometry
Buildbox C++ Optional

(JavaScript)

Yes 2D, 3D Windows, macOS, iOS, Android Proprietary 2D/3D game builder with drag and drop functionalities, coding optional (not required), FREE license available
C4 Engine C++ C++, Visual Script Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One List Proprietary
Cafu Engine C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS MIT Includes map editor and networking[5]
CPAL3D No 3D Windows Memento Mori Proprietary
Chrome Engine C++ Yes 3D Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One List Proprietary
ClanLib C++ Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS zlib
Clausewitz C++ Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux All Paradox Development Studio games since 2007 Proprietary
Clickteam Fusion Yes 2D Windows, iOS, Android, HTML5, Adobe Flash Five Nights at Freddy's, Baba Is You Proprietary
Cocos2d, Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d-html5 C++, Python, Objective-C, JavaScript C++, JavaScript, Java, Lua Yes 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Tizen Geometry Dash MIT Android target binds to Java; iOS target uses Objective-C
Codea Lua No 2D iOS Apache 2.0
Coldstone Yes 2D Mac OS 9, macOS, Windows Pillars of Garendall Proprietary
Construct C++ JavaScript, Event System Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Wii U, HTML5 capable internet browsers Proprietary, GPL Classic version
CopperCube C++ JavaScript Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Android, WebGL, Adobe Flash Proprietary
CraftStudio Lua Yes 2D, 3D Windows, macOS, Linux Free use Used to create voxel-based games.
Creation Engine C++ Papyrus Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 Proprietary
CryEngine C++ C++, C# Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android List Proprietary
Crystal Tools Yes 3D PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii List Proprietary
Crystal Space C++ Java, Perl, Python Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Keepsake, Yo Frankie! LGPL-2.0-or-later
Cube Engine C++ CubeScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS AssaultCube, Cube zlib Prior generation (means it has a successor), 2D grid-based system, optimized for outdoor not indoor maps
Cube 2 Engine C++ CubeScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Cube 2: Sauerbraten zlib Efficient 6-directional height map based geometry (versus traditional Polygon soup model), hence the name Cube, FPS engine
Dagor Engine Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, macOS List Proprietary
Dark Engine C++ No 3D Windows Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Thief II: The Metal Age Proprietary Advanced AI and sound features (full control of sound propagation). Edited with DromEd.
Decima Yes 3D PlayStation 4, Windows Death Stranding, Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Until Dawn, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Proprietary
Defold Lua Lua Yes 2D, 3D iOS, Android, HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch Defold License 1.0 Scene Editor, Particle Fx editor, Tilemap Editor, Code Editor, Debugger. Extend the engine with your own native code (C/C++, Obj-C, Java, JavaScript).
Delta3D C++ Python Yes 2.5D Cross-platform LGPL-2.1-or-later
Dim3 C++ JavaScript Yes 3D Cross-platform MIT
DimensioneX Multiplayer Engine Java Java, VBScript Yes 2.5D Cross-platform GPL Produces browser games with pseudo-3D views; games can be made into Facebook Apps; intended for beginners
DX Studio C++ JavaScript No 3D Windows proprietary, Freeware
Dunia Engine C++ Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One List Proprietary Based on CryEngine
ego Yes 3D PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, macOS, Wii, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 List Proprietary Primarily used for racing games
Electron toolset C# NWScript No 3D Windows Neverwinter Nights 2 Proprietary
Enforce No 3D Windows Shade: Wrath of Angels, Alpha Prime, Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, Take On Mars Proprietary
Enigma Engine Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg 2 Proprietary
Essence Engine No 3D Windows List Proprietary
Exult C++ Yes 2D Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD GPL-2.0-or-later Free software re-implemented Ultima VII game engine
Flare3D ActionScript 3 Yes 3D Web, Windows, iOS, Android, BlackBerry List Proprietary
Flixel ActionScript Yes 2D Various games by Gregory Weir MIT Boilerplate code for Flash games
Forgelight Engine No 3D Windows Free Realms, PlanetSide 2, Landmark, EverQuest Next, H1Z1: Just Survive, H1Z1: King of the Kill Proprietary
Fox Engine Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One List Proprietary
Freescape Freescape Command Language Yes 3D Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST List Proprietary
Frostbite C++ Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One,Google Stadia List Proprietary Used originally for Battlefield (series) video games
Future Pinball No 3D Windows Freeware
Gamebryo C++ Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One List Proprietary
Game Editor Custom (C styled) Yes 2D iPhone, iPad, macOS, Windows (95-Windows 7), Linux, Windows-based smartphones, GP2X, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs GPL, Proprietary
GameMaker Studio GML Game Maker Language, JavaScript, C++, GLSL, HLSL Yes 2D, 3D Windows, Windows 8, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, macOS, Ubuntu, HTML5, Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Tizen, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch List of GameMaker Studio games Proprietary Limited 3D abilities
GameSalad Lang Script Yes 2D iOS, Android Proprietary
Gamestudio C-Script, Lite-C No 3D Windows List Proprietary Games can be published royalty-free
Gamvas JavaScript JavaScript Yes 2D HTML5 MIT HTML5 canvas game engine with Box2D integration
GDevelop C++, JavaScript Events editor, JavaScript (Optional) Yes 2D Windows, Linux, Mac, HTML5, Android, iOS, Facebook Instant Games Examples of Released games MIT Drag-and-drop game engine for everyone, almost everything can be done from the GUI, no coding experience required to make games
Godot C++ GDScript, C#, Visual Script, GDNative Yes 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, UWP, iOS, Android, HTML and Web Assembly Cruelty Squad, Hardcoded, Kingdoms of the Dump, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams (Nintendo Switch port only) MIT 3.0+ adds C# scripting plus other languages via modules and GDNative. PBR and Global Illumination.
Gold Box Assembly, Pascal, C, C++ Yes 2D Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128, DOS, Macintosh, Nintendo Entertainment System, PC-9801, Sega Genesis Pool of Radiance, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Champions of Krynn, Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday, Neverwinter Nights, Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace Proprietary SSI's engine for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games
GoldSrc C, C++, Assembly Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Dreamcast Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Counter-Strike, Ricochet, Deathmatch Classic, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Day of Defeat, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike Neo, Counter-Strike Online Proprietary Highly modified Quake engine
HeroEngine C++, C# HeroScript Language No 3D Windows Star Wars: The Old Republic Proprietary
Horde3D C++ Yes 3D Windows, Linux EPL Small 3D rendering engine for large crowds of animated characters
HPL Engine C++ AngelScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague, Penumbra: Requiem, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Soma Proprietary, GPL-3.0-or-later (version 1[6] and 2[7]) Cross-platform, compatible with OpenGL, OpenAL, and Newton Game Dynamics libraries; defining features include ability for advanced object interaction via use of Newton's physics code
id Tech 0 C Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, Corridor 7: Alien Invasion, Blake Stone: Planet Strike, Operation Body Count GPL-2.0-or-later Also termed the Wolfenstein 3D engine
id Tech 1 C ACS Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Chex Quest GPL-2.0-or-later 1999-10-03. 2D-based level geometry, sprites, and particles, uses clever methods to give illusion of 3D depth.
id Tech 2 C QuakeC Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Quake GPL-2.0-or-later 1999-12-21. Also termed the Quake engine. First true 3D id Tech engine.
id Tech 2.5 C C Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Quake II GPL-2.0-or-later 2001-12-22. Also termed the Quake II engine. Improvements to the id Tech 2 engine.
id Tech 3 C C Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Quake III Arena, Quake Live GPL-2.0-or-later 2005-08-19. Also termed the Quake III engine.
id Tech 3.5 C C Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory GPL-3.0-or-later 2010-08-12. Improvements to the id Tech 3 engine.
id Tech 4 C++ C++ via DLLs Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Wolfenstein, Brink GPL-3.0-or-later 2011-11-22. Also termed the Doom 3 engine; features advanced: lighting, shadows, interactive GUI surfaces.
id Tech 4.5 C++ C++ via DLLs Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Doom 3: BFG Edition GPL-3.0-or-later 2012-11-26. Improvements to the id Tech 4 engine.
id Tech 5 C++, AMPL, Clipper, Python Script Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Rage, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, The Evil Within Proprietary First id Tech engine to feature MegaTexture technology, starting with Rage
id Tech 6 C++ Yes 3D Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia Doom (2016), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Proprietary
id Tech 7 C++ Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia Doom Eternal Proprietary
iMUSE — — Integrated with other engines Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, all LucasArts adventure games afterwards Proprietary Dynamic music system
Infinity Engine Yes 2D Windows, Mac OS, macOS, AmigaOS 4 Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Icewind Dale II Proprietary
Irrlicht C++ C++ Yes 3D Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Windows CE List of Irrlicht games zlib Open source, audio with extension
ioquake3 C Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Urban Terror GPL-2.0-or-later
Iron Engine No 3D Windows Sins of a Solar Empire, Sins of a Dark Age Proprietary
IW engine C++ Custom (C styled) (derived from Quake-C) Yes 3D Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Wii Call of Duty series Proprietary Originally built from id Tech 3
Jade C++ Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary
Jake2 Java Yes 3D Cross-platform GPL Java port of Quake II game engine
Java 3D Java Yes 3D Cross-platform BSD Community-centric project. Used by many schools as part of course work
Jedi C Yes 2.5D DOS, Windows Star Wars: Dark Forces, Outlaws Proprietary Rumored to have been reverse-engineered from Doom engine
jMonkeyEngine Java Yes 3D Cross-platform BSD Community-centric project, used by several commercial game studios
Kinetica No 3D PlayStation 2 List Proprietary
Kivy (framework) Python Kv Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android MIT For rapid development, can make multi-touch apps
LayaAir ActionScript 3, JavaScript, TypeScript Yes 2D, 3D WebGL, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android GPL or commercial 2D/3D game engine and also VR mode, provide free tools to convert 3d assets content from FBX files or Unity scene.
Leadwerks C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows, Linux Proprietary
LibGDX Java, Kotlin Yes 2D, 3D Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Java applet, WebGL Ingress Apache 2.0 Java game development framework, provides a unified API that works across all supported platforms
LithTech Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary
Lumberyard C++ Lua Yes 3D PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows New World Proprietary The software is free to download and use, however, it works closely with Amazon services.
Luminous Studio Yes 3D PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Google Stadia Final Fantasy XV Proprietary
LyN Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary Intended to scale effectively on 7th and 8th generation consoles
LÖVE 2D C++ Lua Yes 2D iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and all platforms supported by pkgsrc[8] Mari0, Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne, Move or Die[9] zlib [10]
M.U.G.E.N C Yes 2D Linux, DOS, Windows, macOS Freeware Used Allegro initially, now uses on SDL
Marmalade C++, Lua, Objective-C, HTML5 Lua, 2DKit Yes 2D, 3D iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows 10, Amazon, macOS, Windows, Tizen, Roku, Chromecast Proprietary High-performance, cross-platform, with authoring tools and asset store
Moai SDK C++ Lua Yes 2D Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux Broken Age CPAL
MT Framework C++ Yes 3D PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita List Proprietary Intended to be 7th generation console engine, replaced by Panta Rhei
MonoGame / XNA C# C# Yes 2D, 3D Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, Windows Store, Ouya, BSD, Google Stadia Skulls of the Shogun, Terraria, Bastion, TowerFall, Transistor, Fez, Axiom Verge Microsoft Public
Nebula Engine No 3D Windows Drakensang: The Dark Eye, Drakensang: The River of Time Proprietary [citation needed]
NScripter No 2D Windows Freeware
O3DE C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, Android
3D rendering engine used by New World and several other games
Odyssey Engine Yes 3D Windows, macOS Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Proprietary
OGRE C++ C++ Yes 3D Linux, Windows (all major versions), macOS, NaCl, WinRT, Windows Phone 8, iOS and Android Torchlight, Kenshi MIT 3D rendering engine used by several games
OHRRPGCE FreeBASIC HamsterSpeak Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, Android GPL-2.0-or-later Role-playing game creation system; use of scripting is optional
ONScripter NScripter NScripter Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, Dreamcast, PSP, iOS Narcissu, Saya no Uta, Tsukihime GPL-2.0-or-later Used to develop visual novels and first-person adventure games
OpenClonk C++ C4Script Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS OpenClonk ISC Engine for 2D action/strategy platformers with 3D graphics
OpenMW C++ mwscript, Lua Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS GPL-3.0-or-later Reimplementation of the Morrowind game engine
OpenSimulator C# LSL Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD BSD Server platform to host virtual worlds, compatible with Second Life clients
ORX C/C++ Custom Yes 2.5D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android zlib 3D accelerated
Panda3D C++, Python Python Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS Toontown Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Online BSD
Panta Rhei Yes 3D PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows Deep Down Proprietary Successor to MT Framework for 8th generation consoles
Phaser JavaScript JavaScript Yes 2D Cross-platform MIT
PhyreEngine C++ Yes 3D PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 List Proprietary, Freeware
Pico-8 Lua Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, HTML5, Google Stadia Celeste, UFO Swamp Odyssey, Pico Racer, P.Craft Proprietary Strict limitations to game design: 32kB cartridge size, 16 colours, 4 channel wavetable sound, 128x128 pixels, 256 sprites of 8x8 pixels.[11]
Pie in the Sky C Yes 2.5D DOS, Windows, macOS List Proprietary
Pixel Game Maker MV JavaScript JavaScript, CoffeeScript Yes 2D Windows, Nintendo Switch Proprietary
PlayCanvas JavaScript JavaScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, HTML5, Android MIT Users can work on game at the same time via online browser and publish to multiple platforms; engine uses WebGL and includes physics
PlayN Java Yes 2D iOS, Android, HTML5, Windows, Linux Apache 2.0
Pygame Python Python Yes 2D Windows, MacOS, OS X, BeOS, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux List LGPL
Pyrogenesis C++ JavaScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS 0 A.D. LGPL Designed for RTS games
Q Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, PS2, PS3, Wii Proprietary
Qfusion C/C++ AngelScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, Android Warsow GPL-2.0-or-later
Real Virtuality C++ Yes 3D Windows, Xbox ARMA 2, ARMA 3, DayZ Proprietary
REDengine C++ Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Google Stadia The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077 Proprietary
Ren'Py Python Pygame Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, OpenBSD Analogue: A Hate Story, Jisei, Katawa Shoujo, Doki Doki Literature Club! MIT Used to develop visual novels and first-person adventure games
RenderWare RWX Yes 3D Windows, Mac OS, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable List of RenderWare games Proprietary RenderWare script available in version 2 only
Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One List Proprietary
RPG Maker Ruby, JavaScript Yes 2D PC-8801, MSX2, PC-9801, Super Famicom, Windows, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Alpha Kimori, Ao Oni, Aveyond series, Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Corpse Party, Eternal Eden, Laxius Force, One Night Trilogy, Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, To the Moon, Yume Nikki Proprietary Game creation system, allows users to build their own role-playing games
SAGE Yes 3D Windows, Macintosh, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 List Proprietary Used for real-time strategy games
SCUMM Yes 2D 3DO, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, CDTV, Commodore 64, FM Towns & Marty, Macintosh, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS, Windows, Sega Mega-CD, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine See Category:SCUMM games Proprietary Full name is Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion, from the first game it was used with; uses iMUSE and INSANE; ScummVM provides an open source re-creation
Shark 3D C++ Python Yes 3D Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Proprietary
ShiVa C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, WebGL Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (Mobile remake) Proprietary
Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI) Yes 2D Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, PC-9801, IBM PC Version list with games Proprietary
Silent Storm engine No 3D Windows Silent Storm, Night Watch, Hammer & Sickle, Day Watch Proprietary Used for turn-based tactics games
Snowdrop C++ Yes 3D Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia Tom Clancy's The Division, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Skull & Bones Proprietary
Solar2D Lua Yes 2D iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows Phone 8, Apple TV, Android TV, macOS, Windows MIT
Source C++ Squirrel, Lua, Python (Vampire, The Masquerade: Bloodlines, there is also a guide[12] on how to add python to your own Source game or mod) Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Android Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Left 4 Dead, Portal, Team Fortress 2, others (list) Proprietary The SDK is bundled with many Source games
Source 2 C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS[13] Dota 2 (port),[14] The Lab (limited), Artifact, Dota Underlords, Half-Life: Alyx Proprietary The first game using Source 2, Dota 2, was ported over from the original Source engine. One of The Lab's minigame Robot Repair uses Source 2 engine while rest of seven uses Unity's engine.
Spring C++ C, C++, Java/JVM, Lua, Python Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Balanced Annihilation, Zero-K GPL-2.0-or-later RTS, simulated events, OpenGL
Starling Framework ActionScript Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android Angry Birds Friends, Incredipede BSD Simplified Recreates the traditional Flash display list architecture on accelerated graphics hardware
Stencyl Haxe Haxe, VPL Yes 2D Flash, HTML5, iOS, Android, Linux, macOS, Windows Proprietary Free to publish to flash and HTML5. Subscription required for publishing to desktop or mobile.
Autodesk Stingray (Bitsquid) Lua Yes 3D Windows, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Proprietary
StepMania C++ Lua Yes 3D Cross-platform In the Groove, Pump It Up Pro, Pump It Up Infinity MIT A rhythm video game and engine that was originally developed as a simulator of Konami's DDR
Stratagus C++ Lua Yes 2D Linux Bos Wars GPL-2.0-only For real-time strategy games
Stride C# C# Yes 2D, 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One, iOS, Android, UWP MIT Built in .NET, so it always supports latest C#. Previously known as Paradox and Xenko.
Three.js JavaScript JavaScript Yes 2D, 3D HTML5, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android MIT
TOSHI Yes 3D Windows, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Nicktoons Unite!, Barnyard, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, de Blob, Marvel Super Hero Squad Proprietary
Truevision3D Visual Basic, C++ No 3D Windows Proprietary
Torque3D C++ TorqueScript Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS Marble Blast Gold, Tribes 2, Blockland MIT Includes multiplayer network code, seamless indoor-outdoor rendering engines, skeletal animation, drag and drop GUI creation, built in world editor, C-like scripting language
Turbulenz TypeScript JavaScript Yes 2D, 3D HTML5, iOS, Android MIT
Twine Css/javascript javascript Yes 2D Windows, macOS, Linux, Web application Depression Quest, The Temple of No GPL export html without server, use for text games and good idea for visual novels
UbiArt Framework C++ Yes 2.5D Cross-platform Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends, Child of Light, Valiant Hearts: The Great War Proprietary
Unigine C++ C#, UnigineScript, GLSL, HLSL, UUSL Yes 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS List Proprietary Focused on large open scenes: 64-bit precision of coordinates, support for geo coordinates, round Earth model. Mainly used in enterprise and professional simulators.
Unity C++[15] C#, Visual Scripting (Bolt)[16] Yes 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, New 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, Tizen, Unity Web Player, Windows Store, WebGL, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Google Stadia List of Unity games Proprietary Bolt was acquired by Unity Technologies in May 2020, henceforth introducing Visual Scripting in Unity
Unreal Engine C++ C++, Blueprints Yes 3D Cross-platform List of Unreal Engine games Proprietary UnrealScript was removed in version 4
V-Play Game Engine C++ QML, JavaScript Yes 2D iOS, Android, Windows, macOS List Proprietary Built on Qt
Vengeance Engine C++ No 3D Windows Tribes: Vengeance, SWAT 4 Proprietary Based on Unreal Engine version 2/2.5
Vicarious Visions Alchemy Lang Script Yes 3D Nintendo GameCube, Wii, WiiWare, WiiU, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox One, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, tvOS Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot, etc. Proprietary
Vicious Engine Lang Script Yes 3D Nintendo GameCube, Wii, WiiWare, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, Microsoft Windows List Proprietary
Virtools Yes 3D Ballance Proprietary Used for game prototyping and rapid development
Vision Lang Script Yes 3D Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, iOS, Android, PlayStation Vita, IE6 and up, Firefox 2.0 and up, Google Chrome, Opera 9 and up List Proprietary
Visual3D Game Engine C#/.NET Yes 3D Windows, Xbox 360 Proprietary Commercial successor to open-source RealmForge engine
Visual Pinball C++ VBScript No 3D Windows MAME-like pre-0.172, then BSD, GPL
VRAGE C# Yes 3D Windows, Xbox One Miner Wars 2081, Space Engineers,Medieval Engineers Proprietary Source code was released under a commercial license
Wintermute Engine C++ C-like syntax No 2.5D Windows Donationware, MIT, LGPL Lite version lacks 3D Actor function
World Builder No 2D System 3 Freeware
WorldForge C++ Lua (client), Python (server) Yes 3D GPL MMORPG framework made of libraries, server, client, media
XnGine No 3D DOS The Terminator: Future Shock, The Terminator: SkyNET, TES 2: Daggerfall, TES Legends: Battlespire, TES Adventures: Redguard Proprietary
Zillions of Games Zillions Rules No 2D Windows Proprietary

See also

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