Game Engines Database

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Best Open-Source Game Engines with Editors

Jul 10, 2024 1

Urho3D

Urho3D is a free lightweight, cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine

2D 3D Agnostic

LÖVR

A simple Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences

3D Agnostic AR/VR

CRYENGINE

A powerful game development platform to create world-class entertainment experiences

3D Agnostic Editor

Hotham

Hotham is an attempt to create a lightweight, high performance game engine for standalone VR headsets, like the Oculus Quest 2

3D Agnostic AR/VR

Irrlicht Engine

The Irrlicht Engine is an open source realtime 3D engine written in C++

3D Agnostic AR/VR

Pixel

A hand-crafted 2D game library in Go

2D Agnostic

nCine

nCine is a cross-platform 2D game framework written in C++ with an emphasis on performance, but it is also scriptable in Lua for more flexibility. You can use it to create your games and tools or to learn and experiment with its source code.

2D Agnostic Education

Stencyl

2D game engine written in Haxe, with a block based visual scripting system inspired by Scratch

2D Agnostic Visual Programming Education Editor

ZeroEngine

And engine to make simulations of any kind, ranging from simple prototypes to professional 2D and 3D games, simple physics or graphics demonstrations to robust, realistic simulations

2D 3D Agnostic Own Script Language Education Editor

Echo Engine

Echo is a game engine which uses many industry-standards for game development

2D 3D Agnostic Visual Programming

ÖbEngine

2D Game Engine with Lua Scripting made on top of SFML

2D Agnostic

Amethyst

Data-driven game engine written in Rust

2D 3D Agnostic ECS

Pixelbox.js

A combination of an editor and a simple JavaScript library to create game without the cumbersome aspects of HTML5 development

2D Agnostic Editor

Planimeter

A LÖVE-based game engine designed for multiplayer-first game experiences

2D Agnostic

Cocos2D-X

A multi-platform framework for building 2d games, interactive books, demos and other graphical applications

2D Agnostic

Liko12

An open-source fantasy computer using Lua.

2D Agnostic Fantasy Console Editor

Welder Engine

A cross platform game engine that can be used to make simulations of any kind, ranging from simple prototypes to professional 2D and 3D games, simple physics or graphics demonstrations to robust, realistic simulations.

2D 3D Agnostic Own Script Language Education Editor

Superpowers

Free and opensource 2D+3D game making for indies

2D 3D Agnostic Editor

PX8

Lightweight fantasy console for making retro inspired games

2D Agnostic Fantasy Console Editor

Polycode

Polycode is a cross-platform framework for creative code

3D Agnostic Editor

Source Engine

A 3D game engine created by Valve in 2004, and has been used by Valve, third-party companies, and countless community mods by people around the globe

3D Agnostic Visual Programming Editor

AllBinary Platform

AllBinary Game Engine is a multi-platform game engine in Java. Entire game engine is also in 100% Kotlin. Supports: Android (Without native libraries in Java or Kotlin), HTML5, J2ME (MIDP), Windows Native (Avian), and J2SE (Java or Kotlin).

2D 3D Agnostic