List of game engines

Many tools called game engines are available for game designers to code a game quickly and easily without building from the ground up.

Free and open source software

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

Name	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	C++	AGSScript	Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux	Chzo Mythos, The Blackwell Series	Artistic License 2.0	Mostly used to develop third-person pre-rendered graphical adventure games, one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games.
Aleph One	C++	Lua, Marathon markup language	Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows Linux OS X	Aleph One (Marathon remake)	GPL	FPS engine
Allegro library	C	Ada, C++, C#, D, Lisp, Lua, Mercury, Pascal, Perl, Python, Scheme	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X DOS		zlib	Graphics and audio
Angel2D	C++	Lua	Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux OS X IOS		BSD	Prototyping framework
Anura	C++		Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X iOS Android BlackBerry 10	Frogatto & Friends	zlib
Ardor3D	Java		Yes	No	3D	cross-platform		zlib	Fork of jMonkeyEngine 2.0
Axiom Engine	C#		Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X Solaris		LGPL	Its core is a port of the OGRE engine.
Blender	C++	Python	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X Solaris	Yo Frankie!, Sintel The Game, ColorCube	GPL	2D/3D game engine packaged in a 3D modeler with integrated Bullet physics library.
Build engine	C		No	No	2.5D	Windows Linux OS X DOS	Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood	Custom	FPS engine, 2.5D (2D grid base geometry.)
Cafu Engine	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X		GPL or proprietary	Includes a map editor and networking.
ClanLib	C++		Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows Linux OS X		zlib
Cocos2d, Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d-html5	C++, Python, Objective-C, JavaScript	JavaScript, Java, Lua	Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux OS X IOS Android blackberry tizen	Hardest Game Ever 2, DQMSL, Tiny Village, Badland, Small Street	MIT	iOS target uses Objective-C. Android target binds to Java.
Construct Classic	Event Based With Python Scripting		No	No	2D	Windows	Minitroid	GPL/BSD
Core3D	Objective-C		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X IOS	CoreBreach	3D Engine MIT, Source Code GPL v2
Crystal Space	C++	Java, Perl, Python	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Keepsake, The Crystal Scrolls, Yo Frankie!	LGPL
Cube	C++		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	AssaultCube, Cube	zlib	Previous generation (means it has a successor), 2D grid-based system, optimized for outdoor rather than indoor maps.
Cube 2	C++	Cubescript	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Cube 2, Red Eclipse	zlib	Efficient 6-directional height map based geometry (versus traditional Polygon soup model), hence the name Cube, FPS engine.
Delta3d	C++	Python	Yes	No	2.5D	cross-platform		LGPL
Dim3	C++	JavaScript	Yes	No	3D	cross-platform		MIT
DimensioneX Multiplayer Engine	Java	Java, VBscript	Yes	No	2.5D	cross-platform	Underworld Online	GPL	Produces browser games with pseudo-3D views. Games can be turned into Facebook Apps. Intended for beginners.
Duality	C#	Plugin-based	No	No	2D	Windows	Honourbound	MIT	Comes with WYSIWYG editor.
Eclipse Origins	Visual Basic 6		Windows only	No	2D	Windows	Crystalshire, yoomxWorld	GPL	MMORPG engine. Includes NPCs, maps, resources, dynamic sprites, animations, skills, a bank, player chat, items, and more.
ENIGMA	C++	EDL	Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux OS X		GPL	A compiler for GameMaker: Studio projects that runs cross-platform.
Env3D	Java		Yes	No	3D	cross-platform		GPL	3D game engine that creates an interface for dynamically adding EnvObjects. Built on jMonkeyEngine 2.0. Intended for educational use in teaching computer science.
Exult	C++		Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X BSD		GPL	Free software re-implementation of the Ultima VII game engine.
FLARE	C++		Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X BSD		GPL	RPG engine that supports isometric and orthogonal perspective.
Flexible Isometric Free Engine	C++	Python	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X BSD	Unknown Horizons	LGPL	Optimized for RTS or RPG games.
Flixel	ActionScript		Yes	No	2D		Various games by Gregory Weir	MIT	Boiler-plate code for flash games.
Game Closure	JavaScript		Yes	No	2D	iOS Android HTML5		MPL 2.0
GameKit (OgreKit)	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X android		MIT/zlib/BSD	Has Blender integration similar to BGE. Integrated Bullet physics library.
GamePlay3D	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X iOS BlackBerry 10 Android		Apache 2.0	Aimed at the indie game developer ecosystem with similar features to cocos2d-x.
Gamvas	JavaScript	JavaScript	Yes	No	2D	HTML5		MIT	Html5 canvas game engine with Box2D integration.
Godot	C++	GDScript	Yes	No	3D	cross-platform		MIT
Grit	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D			MIT	Optimized for Open world games like GTA.
Haaf's Game Engine (HGE)	C++	C, Go	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X	Hammerfight	zlib	Go binding Windows version ported to Haaf's Game Engine(HGE) for UNIX (hge-unix).
HGamer3D	Haskell		Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux		Apache 2.0	A Linux and Windows game engine, including bindings to Ogre, CEGUI, enet, SFML for Audio, Network, 3D Graphics, GUI and Input Device functionality.
Horde3D	C++		Yes	No	3D	Windows		EPL	Horde3D is a small 3D rendering engine designed for large crowds of animated characters.
HPL 1 engine	C++	AngelScript	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague, Penumbra: Requiem	GPLv3	HPL is a cross-platform game engine which is compatible with the OpenGL, OpenAL, and Newton Game Dynamics libraries. One of the engine's defining features is its ability for advanced object interaction through the use of Newton's physics code.
id Tech 1 (Doom)	C	ACS	Yes	No	2.5D	Windows Linux OS X	Doom, Doom II, HeXen, Heretic, Strife	GPL	2D-based geometry, sprite and particles, uses clever methods to emulate 3D graphics.
id Tech 2 (Quake)	C	QuakeC	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Quake	GPL	First true 3D id Tech engine.
id Tech 2 (Quake II)	C	C	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Quake II	GPL	Better known as the Quake II engine.
id Tech 3	C	Game Data {PK3 }	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Quake III Arena	GPL	Better known as the Quake III engine.
id Tech 4	C++	via DLLs	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Doom 3, Doom 3: BFG Edition, Quake 4	GPL	Better known as the Doom 3 engine with a set of good tools and MegaTexture.
Indielib	C++		Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows Linux OS X		LGPL	Includes entity system, sprite animations, collision detection, bitmap/TTF fonts, parallax scrolling, 3D objects, 2D Cameras, 3D Cameras, timers, alpha blending, shaders, and image filters.
ioquake3	C		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Urban Terror	GPL
IwGame Engine	C++		Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux OS X iOS Android		GPL (requires license to commercial Marmalade SDK)	IwGame is built on top of the Marmalade SDK.
Jake2	Java		Yes	No	3D	Cross-platform		GPL	Java port of the Quake II game engine.
JGame	Java, Actionscript 3		Yes	No	2D	J2ME Android		BSD
jMonkeyEngine	Java		Yes	Yes	3D	Cross-platform		BSD	A community-centric project that is used by several commercial game studios.
Jogre	Java		Yes	No	2D	Cross-platform		GPL	Used by many schools as part of the course work.
jPCT and jPCT-AE	Java		Yes	No	3D	Java Android	SpaceCat, SkyFrontier, Max the flyer	Free for personal and commercial use	jPCT-AE is an a port of jPCT to Android. OpenGL, transparency, key-frame animation, shader support, built-in primitives, lens flares support.
Kobold2D	Objective-C	Lua	Yes	No	2D	OS X iOS		MIT	Based on Cocos2d with integrated Lua, Wax, cocos2d-iPhone-extensions, cocos3d, Box2D, Chipmunk, Chipmunk SpaceManager, Google AdMob, and ObjectAL libraries.
Libgdx	Java		Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X iOS Android HTML5	Bumbledore, Apparatus, Clash of the Olympians, Ingress	Apache 2.0	Used in several commercial games.
LÖVE	Lua	Lua	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux OS X	Mari0, Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne	zlib
LWJGL	Java		Yes	Yes	3D		Minecraft	BSD
Maratis	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X iOS Android	Save Our Souls	zlib/GPL
melonJS	Javascript	Javascript	Yes	No	2.5D	HTML5	Alex4 WE, Bitzz,Neverwell Moor,Escape from Minimars	MIT	Integrates with Tiled map editor.
kivy	Python	Kv	Yes	No	2.5D	Windows OS X iOS Android	Deflectouch, FishLife	MIT	For rapid development that can make multi-touch apps.
Moai SDK	C++	Lua	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows OS X iOS Android	Crimson Steam Pirates	CPAL
Multiverse Foundation	Jython and Java	Python	No	No	3D			MIT	MMO and Virtual World Development Platform. Download includes starter assets and fully functional online world to play around with. Currently optimized for third-person RPG games.
Nebula Device	C++	Java, Python, Lua, Tcl/Tk	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux	Urban Assault, Drakensang: The River of Time	MIT
NetGore	C#		Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux		MIT	For MMORPGs
NME	Haxe		Yes	No	2D	Windows Linux OS X iOS AndroidBlackBerry		MIT	A game and application framework used to create many commercial mobile and web games.
nxPascal	Object Pascal	Delphi, Lazarus	Yes	No	3D			MIT
OpenSimulator	C#	LSL	Yes	No	3D			BSD	A server platform for hosting virtual worlds that is compatible with Second Life clients.
ORX	C/C++	Custom	Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows Linux Mac OS X iOS Android	Le Magasin des Suicides	zlib	3D accelerated
Oxygine	C++		Yes	Yes	2D	Windows Linux Mac OS X iOS Android	Elements Battle,BattlePaint(mobile), Match3Quest	MIT	OpenGLES 1/2, compressed textures, atlases, complex animations/tweens/sprites, scene graph, fonts, event handling, build tools, and others. Can be built on top of SDL2.0 or Marmalade SDK.
Panda3D	C++	Python	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X iOS	Toontown Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Online	BSD
PixelLight	C++	AngelScript, Lua, Python, Javascript/V8	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux Android		MIT	[1] OpenGL & ES 2 and D3D 9 & 11 renderers, OpenAL & FMOD sound, physics, Database, & GUI.
Polycode	C++	Lua	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X		MIT	A self-described "Framework for creative code"
PLIB	C++		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X		LGPL
Pyrogenesis	C++	JavaScript	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows	0 A.D.	GPL	Designed for RTS games.
Retribution Engine	C++		No	No	3D	Windows		GPL	For first person shooter games.
SFML	C++		Yes	No	2D			Zlib	Tool kit providing access to graphics, audio, scripting, and networking.
Sge2d	C		Yes	Yes	2D	cross-platform		MIT
Spring	C++	C, C++, Java/JVM, Lua, Python	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Balanced Annihilation, Zero-K	GPL	RTS, simulated events, OpenGL
Starling Framework	ActionScript		Yes	No	2D	Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, iOS, Android	Angry Birds Friends, Incredipede	Simplified BSD	Recreates the traditional Flash display list architecture on top of accelerated graphics hardware.
StepMania	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	cross-platform	In the Groove, Pump It Up Pro	MIT	A rhythm video game and engine that was originally developed as a simulator of Konami's DDR.
Stratagus	C	Lua	Yes	Yes	2D	Linux	Bos Wars	GPL	For real-time strategy games
Torque3D	C++	TorqueScript	No	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X	Tribes 2	MIT	Includes multiplayer network code, seamless indoor/outdoor rendering engines, skeletal animation, drag and drop GUI creation, a built in world editor, and a C-like scripting language.
Turbulenz	TypeScript	JavaScript	Yes	No	3D and 2D	HTML5 iOS Android	Polycraft, Save the Day, Score Rush	MIT
Wire3D	C++		Yes	No	3D	Windows Wii		LGPL
WorldForge	C++	Lua(client), Python(server)	Yes	Yes	3D			GPL	MMORPG framework consisting of Libraries, Server, Client, and Media.
ZenGL	Pascal	C, C++	Yes	No	2D	GNU/Linux Windows, Mac OS X iOS Android		zlib	Designed to provide necessary functionality for rendering 2D graphics, handling input, sound output, etc.
ZGameEditor	Delphi	Custom	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux OS X Android		MIT	A lightweight game engine and IDE.
Name	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references

Proprietary

Commercial

• Alamo — The engine used in Star Wars: Empire at War by Petroglyph Games.
• AGI- Used in Sierra adventure games.
• Aurora Engine — For Role-playing games.
• BatteryTech Engine — Modern Lua-driven 2D/3D game engine specializing in iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10 using OpenGL ES 2.0 - develop in Windows or OSX.
• BatteryTech SDK — High performance cross-platform library for C++ games, engines and applications targeting iOS, Android, BB10, Windows, and OSX.
• BigWorld — Server, client, and development tools for the development of MMOG for games that run on Windows, Xbox 360, and PS3.
• Bork3D Game Engine — A cross-platform game engine mostly for iPhone and iPad.
• BRender — A real-time 3D graphics engine for computer games, simulators and graphic tools.
• C4 Engine — A cross-platform game engine developed by Terathon Software for Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, and PS3.
• Cafu Engine — A game engine with development tools for creating multiplayer, cross-platform, real-time 3D games and applications.
• Chameleon — A game engine developed by Criterion Games, used in their Need for Speed installments.
• Chrome Engine — A 3D WYSIWYG game engine developed by Techland.
• Cocos2d iPhone RPG Engine - A 2D, top-down, orthogonal RPG engine for iPhone and iPad.
• Coffee, the engine — A game development kit using enhanced C++ scripting.
• Coldstone game engine — An old game creation suite for Macintosh/Windows to create role-playing or adventure-style games.
• Construct 2 — An HTML5 2D game engine with a free edition available. Multiple export options available for mobile devices.
• CopperCube — A game creation engine with authoring tool to produce 3d real time applications for the Web, Windows and Mac OS X.
• Corona SDK — A cross-platform, Lua-based game engine that can build games to the iPhone, iPad, or Android devices from the same set of code.
• CPAL3D — Game creation tools with scene editor, IDE and text server.
• CryEngine, CryEngine 2, CryEngine 3 — The game engine used for the first-person shooter computer game Far Cry. CryEngine 2 is a new generation engine developed by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis. CryEngine 3 is a new generation engine developed by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis 2 and Crysis 3.
• Crystal Tools — Square Enix's proprietary seventh generation game engine.
• Dunia Engine — Engine (heavily modified version of the CryEngine) made especially for Far Cry 2 by Ubisoft Montreal.
• Earth-4 Engine — The graphics engine used in Earth 2160.
• EGO — Ego Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO, stylized ego) is a video game engine developed by Codemasters.
• Ecstasy Engine — 3D, The graphics engine used in Slave Zero.
• Electron engine — Developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their game Neverwinter Nights 2, based on the Aurora engine.
• Elflight Engine — Cross-platform 3D streaming game engine designed from the ground up for use over the Web. Games can play in a web browser window, in a separate window or full-screen. Java and OpenGL based.
• Enigma Engine — A real-time tactics game engine, used in Blitzkrieg.
• Esenthel Engine — A game development suite supporting a wide array of rendering, animation, physics, memory management, and networking features.
• Esperient Creator — A 3D modeler and engine, used world wide for training, simulation, architecture, and games. Built-in Scripting, C/C++, CScript, or Lisp, Shader Editor, import 50+ 3D formats.
• Euphoria — This is a biomechanical Ragdoll engine by NaturalMotion.
• Flare3D — Is a platform for creating interactive 3D content for Adobe Flash and AIR. With a powerful Stage3D rendering engine and an intuitive IDE.
• Forgelight Engine — Engine developed by SOE for Planetside 2 and EverQuest Next.
• FPS Creator — A game engine primarily aimed at the creation of First-person shooter style games. Created by The Game Creators
• Freescape (1986) — Incentive Software; One of the first proprietary 3D game engines, used in Driller and 3D Construction Kit.
• Frostbite Engine — Game engine used for the title Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3 and Need for Speed: The Run.
• Gamebryo — Cross-platform game middleware for professional developers, notable for its rapid development. Used by Bethesda Game Studios for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim under the name "Creation Engine" after the closure of the original studio behind the Gamebryo. Previously the NetImmerse engine created by Numeric Design, Ltd before being taken over by Emergent.
• GameSalad — A 2D game engine mostly for the iPhone and an Apple Safari Web-plugin developed by Gendai Games. Has a visual programming interface to aid rapid development.
• Gamestudio — A 2D and 3D game engine for beginners. Uses the Gamestudio development system and the lite-C programming language.
• GIANTS Engine — A 3D cross-platform game engine. Mainly known for its use in the Farming Simulator series.
• Gideros Mobile — A 2D mobile development environment and game engine for iPhone, iPad and Android.
• Glacier, Glacier 2 — Developed by Io-Interactive and used for the Hitman series of games. Glacier 2 is a new generation engine currently used in Hitman: Absolution.
• GrimE — Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games starting with Grim Fandango.
• Hedgehog Engine — Created by the Sonic Team with the capability of rendering high quality graphics at high speed. It's used in Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions) and in Sonic Generations (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions).
• HeroEngine — 3D game engine by Simutronics for building MMOs in a live collaborative environment.
• HPL Engine 2 — Used in Frictional Games survival horror games. Earlier versions are free software.
• id Tech 5 — As of 2011 in development by id Software as engine for their games, esp. Doom 4 and Rage, and other ZeniMax titles.
• IMUSE — Specifically designed to synchronize music with visual action.
• Infinity Engine — Developed by Bioware in the mid 90s. Best known for its use in many beloved CRPG titles, including Baldur's Gate and, by Black Isle Studios, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment.
• INSANE — Used in LucasArts games.
• IW Engine — Created by Infinity Ward its used in Call of Duty series.
• Jade engine — Developed by Ubisoft, originally for Beyond Good & Evil.
• Jedi — A game engine developed by LucasArts for Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws.
• K2 Engine — An engine used in Heroes of Newerth and Savage2 by S2 Games.
• Kaneva Game Platform — A MMOG engine for independent and professional game development.
• Kinetica — A game engine developed by Sony for PlayStation 2.
• KRASS Engine — A game engine developed for Aquanox and Aquanox 2 by Massive Development. Used also in Spellforce.
• Leadwerks Engine — A 3D engine for rendering, sound, and physics in real-time games and simulations.
• Lemon Engine — Lemon Engine is a modular set of libraries for all aspects of game development across all major platforms.
• Lithtech Jupiter Ex — Developed by Monolith Productions to create the game F.E.A.R..
• Luminous Studio — An engine developed by Square Enix.
• LyN engine — Developed by Ubisoft, originally for Rabbids Go Home and Beyond Good & Evil 2.
• M.U.G.E.N — 2D Fighting Engine, created by Elecbyte made for any fighting game genres.
• Maker3D — 3D RPG engine with editor, scripting, large built-in content, character creation, team management and battle system with modern graphics.
• Medusa — A C++ 3D game engine developed by Palestar and used in the DarkSpace MMO. It features distributed world simulation, single tool version control and asset realization, cross-platform compatibility, and an integrated client/server network system.
• Monumental Technology Suite — A MMOG platform, including server and client technology and development / live management tools.
• MT Framework — Game engine created by Capcom and used for their games on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and PC.
• Multimedia Fusion 2 — A 2D game development system that can compile a Windows executable, Java applet, Flash file, Mac OS X App, or iOS app.
• NeoAxis Game Engine — Windows and Mac OS X multi-purpose 3D Engine with Web deployment. For simulation, visualization and games.
• Odyssey Engine — Used to create three-dimensional computer role-playing games, used in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
• Onyx Engine — Developed by Ubisoft.
• PhyreEngine — A cross platform (PC & PS3) graphics engine from Sony Computer Entertainment.
• Pie in the Sky — Used in two internal games by Pie in the Sky Software and then in the 3D Game Creation System and the games made with it.
• ProudNet — Developed by Nettention. A multi-player (server and network) engine for online PC and mobile games supporting Unity, Native Android/iOS, Flash and Marmalade.
• Q (game engine) — A fully pluggable, extensible and customisable framework and tools from Qube Software for PC, Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP, iPhone etc. created by the team behind Direct3D.
• Rapid2D — A 2D game engine and editor targeted at Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Free version available.
• REDengine — Developed by CD Projekt RED exclusively for nonlinear role playing video games.
• RelentENGINE — An FPS engine supporting massive destructable city environments and realistic vehicle control, makes extensive use of shader model 3.
• RenderWare — A 3D API and graphics rendering engine, created by Criterion Games.
• Revolution3D — A 3D graphics engine developed by X-Dream Project.
• RGSS — An engine made by enterbrain to create RPGs using RPG Maker XP. RGSS2 was used for RPG Maker VX.
• RAGE — A game engine created by Rockstar Games to power their upcoming video games on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The system was first introduced in Rockstar Table Tennis and later in Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption.
• RPG Maker — A 2D engine to make top-down and isometric-style role-playing games for Windows.
• S2 Engine HD — A 3D game engine to produce real-time applications and video games for Windows.
• SAGE engine — Used to create real-time strategy games.
• Scaleform — A vector graphics rendering engine used to display Adobe Flash-based user interfaces, HUDs, and animated textures for games in PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and Wii.
• SCI — Used in Sierra's adventure games.
• SCUMM engine — Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games.
• Serious Engine — The engine by Croteam used in Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter.
• Shark 3D — A middleware solution from Spinor for computer, video games, and real-time 3D applications.
• ShiVa — A game engine with an authoring tool to produce 3D real-time applications for the Web, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, WebOS, Android, and iPhone.
• Silent Storm engine — A turn-based tactics/tactical RPG game engine, used in Silent Storm.
• Sith — A game engine developed by LucasArts for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
• SunBurn XNA Game Engine — 2D/3D XNA game engine developed by Synapse Gaming.
• SuperCollider — 2D game engine developed by Cyborgs Anonymous.
• Infernal Engine — Created by Terminal Reality, provides rendering, physics, sound, AI, and metrics for game development. Used in several games such as Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, Bass Pro Shops: The Strike and Roogoo: Twisted Towers.
• Torque Game Engine Advanced — A 3D game engine support modern GPU hardware and shaders.
• Torque Game Engine — A modified version of a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2.
• TOSHI — A fourth-generation cross-platform game engine designed by Blue Tongue Entertainment.
• Traktor Engine — A modern and cross-platform game engine with focus on performance and efficient workflow by Doctor Entertainment.
• Truevision3D — A 3D game engine using the DirectX API.
• Unigine — A 3D engine for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS. Supports DirectX9/10/11 and OpenGL/OpenGL ES.
• V-play — A cross-platform 2D game engine based on Qt supporting iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, Symbian, MeeGo, Windows, Mac, Linux.
• Vengeance engine — A video game engine based on the Unreal Engine 2/2.5
• Vicious Engine — Available for Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation Portable.
• Virtools — A 3D engine combined with high-level development framework, used for game prototyping and rapid developments. Available for Windows, Macintosh, Xbox, PSP. Can publish standalone or for the 3DVia Web Player browser plugin.
• Vision Engine — A cross-platform game engine, developed by Trinigy (later acquired by Havok). Used in games such as Orcs Must Die!, Arcania: A Gothic Tale, The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom, Dungeon Hero, Cutthroat, and Three Investigators.
• Visual3D.NET Game Engine — A 3D game engine and tool set, fully written in C#/.NET for Windows. A browser player is roadmapped for v1.1.
• WGAF — The game engine developed by Guild Software which powers their MMORPG Vendetta Online.
• X-Ray — The game engine developed by GSC Game World which powers their FPS series, "S.T.A.L.K.E.R".
• XnGine — Developed by Bethesda Softworks, one of the first true 3D engines.
• Zillions of Games — Used to develop games that happen on a grid, like chess.

Freeware

These engines are available for free use, but without the source code being available under an open source license. Many of these engines are commercial products which have a restricted edition available free of cost:

• Arcade Game Studio — 2D engine focused on the creation of arcade games with the look and feel of old '80s classic games like Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins and 1942.
• BYOND — A 2D engine for making top-down, isometric, or side scroller games for Windows.
• CryEngine 3 SDK — CryEngine 3 is an engine developed by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis 2. The engine has been released with a royalty bearing license model that is similar as with the UDK release of the Unreal Engine 3.
• Defold — Cross-platform 2D game engine with built-in collaboration. Support for iOS, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
• DX Studio — A 3D game engine with complete tools for 3D video game development. Upgrading to paid licenses would unlock extra features.
• Future Pinball — A pinball engine.
• Game Editor — A 2D game engine capable of making games for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, GP2X, Smartphone, Pocket PC, Box2D, and Android Beta. Also uses C as a scripting system.
• GameMaker: Studio — A game engine that uses its own scripting language, GML. A paid upgrade unlocks Direct3D support along with the ability to run native code.
• Linderdaum Engine — Cross platform engine that supports 3D features such as mesh skinning, raycasting.
• Murl Engine — A lightweight C++ multimedia framework supporting Windows, OSX, Android, and iOS as target platforms.
• NeoAxis Game Engine — Windows and Mac OS X multi-purpose 3D engine with Web deployment. For simulation, visualization, and games. Free for noncommercial projects.
• Polygon Movie Maker / MikuMikuDance — A proprietary 3D animation program written by Japanese developer Yu Higuchi. Notable for including several models of Vocaloid characters, but lacking any features to create new models.
• Papaya Social Game Engine — A cross-platform 2D OpenGL game engine developed by PapayaMobile for Android and iOS.
• PlayCanvas — A cloud-hosted game development and publishing platform powered by HTML5 and WebGL.
• Project Anarchy — Project Anarchy is a mobile game engine for iOS, Android, and Tizen. It includes Havok’s Vision Engine along with Havok Physics, Havok Animation Studio, and Havok AI. It has an extensible C++ architecture, optimized mobile rendering, a flexible asset management system, and Lua scripting and debugging. There are also complete game samples included with the SDK along with extensive courseware on the Project Anarchy site that game developers can use to quickly get up to speed with the engine and bring their game ideas to life.
• Real Library — An Irllicht, Irrklang, Havok, Lua, LuaBind wrapper engine.
• Source engine SDK — Based on the game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2. The SDK is bundled with any Source game.
• Stencyl — A Windows, Mac, and Linux development tool for 2D games. Physics support is provided through Box2D integration. Stencyl can publish a single project to multiple target platforms, including Flash, iOS, and Android. Certain publishing options are available via yearly subscriptions.
• Unity — A game engine not tailored to a specific game style for web, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and mobile platforms. The free version is feature limited compared to the Pro version. Support for Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360, and Adobe Flash player is available as add-on licenses.
• Unreal Engine 3 / UDK — Epic games released a free edition, called UDK (a binary release of the engine), which allows use of the engine for non-commercial games and applications for free. Commercial titles are also allowed under specific terms.
• Vanda Engine 1 — A COLLADA-based development platform for games and interactive 3D on Windows.
• Visual Pinball — A pinball game engine.
• World Builder — A classic Mac OS game engine.
• Wintermute Engine — Development tools for creating 2D and 2.5D point'n'click adventure games (Windows). A "lite" version is also available, but without the 3D Actor function (Windows, Mac, Linux).

With related games

Game engine	Games	Company
NeL 3D MMORPG Game Engine	Ryzom The Saga of Ryzom	Nevrax
Alamo	Empire at War Forces of Corruption Universe at War: Earth Assault	Petroglyph
Adventure Game Studio	Chzo Mythos Soviet Unterzoegersdorf The Blackwell Series Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator	Ben Croshaw monochrom Wadjet Eye Games
Anvil	Assassin's Creed II Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassin's Creed III (as AnvilNext)	Ubisoft
BigWorld	Twin Skies Stargate Worlds	Meteor Games Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
Chrome Engine 1	Chrome Chrome: SpecForce FIM Speedway Grand Prix	Techland
Chrome Engine 2	Xpand Rally Xpand Rally Xtreme	Techland
Chrome Engine 3	Call of Juarez	Techland
Chrome Engine 4	Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Sniper: Ghost Warrior Nail'd	Techland City Interactive
Chrome Engine 5	Call of Juarez: The Cartel Dead Island	Techland
Clausewitz Engine	Europa Universalis III Hearts of Iron III Victoria II Crusader Kings II	Paradox Interactive
CPAL3D	Memento Mori Numen: Contest of Heroes Pound of Ground Alternativa	Centauri Production First Reality CINEMAX, Ltd.
CryEngine	Far Cry Aion: The Tower of Eternity	Crytek NCsoft
CryEngine 2	Crysis Crysis Warhead Blue Mars Entropia Universe Merchants of Brooklyn The Day	Crytek MindArk Avatar Reality Paleo Entertainment Reloaded Studios
CryEngine 3	Crysis 2 ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds ArcheAge Cabal 2 State of Decay Forged by Chaos Nexuiz Ryse Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Tour Golf Online Warface	Crytek Polygon Games XL Games ESTsoft Undead Labs Panzar Studio Xaviant IllFonic City Interactive OnNet
Crystal Tools	Final Fantasy XIII Final Fantasy Versus XIII Final Fantasy Agito XIII Final Fantasy XIV	Square Enix
Dunia Engine	Far Cry 2 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game	Ubisoft
Dunia Engine 2	Far Cry 3	Ubisoft
Enforce	Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Take On Mars	Bohemia Interactive
Essence Engine	Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2	Relic Entertainment
Europa Engine	Europa Universalis Hearts of Iron	Paradox Entertainment
Flare3D	FarmVille 2	Zynga
Frostbite	Battlefield: Bad Company Battlefield 3 Battlefield 4	DICE Electronic Arts
Gamebryo	Divinity II Dark Age of Camelot The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Fallout 3 Fallout: New Vegas	Larian Studios Mythic Entertainment Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Game Studios Obsidian Entertainment
GIANTS Engine	Farming Simulator 2008 Farming Simulator 2009 Demolition Company Farming Simulator 2011 Ski Region Simulator 2012 Farming Simulator 2012 3D	GIANTS Software GIANTS Software GIANTS Software GIANTS Software GIANTS Software GIANTS Software
GoldSrc	Half-Life Gunman Chronicles	Valve Rewolf Software
HeroEngine	Hero's Journey (video game) Star Wars: The Old Republic	Simutronics Bioware
HPL Engine	Penumbra: Overture Penumbra: Black Plague Penumbra: Requiem Amnesia: The Dark Descent	Frictional Games
id Tech 4	Doom 3 Quake 4 Prey Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Wolfenstein	id software Raven Software Human Head Studios Splash Damage
Infernal Engine	Ghostbusters: The Video Game Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars Bass Pro Shops: The Strike Roogoo: Twisted Towers	Terminal Reality Threewave Software Escalation Studios Streamline Studios Namco Bandai Games Red Fly Studio Wideload Games Piranha Games SpiderMonk Entertainment High Voltage Software
Infinity Engine	Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Planescape: Torment Icewind Dale Icewind Dale II	Bioware Black Isle Studios
Iron Engine	Sins of a Solar Empire	Ironclad Games
Jade engine	Beyond Good & Evil Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Rayman Raving Rabbids TMNT Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Naruto: The Broken Bond James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Wii version) Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii and PSP versions)	Ubisoft
K2 Engine	Savage 2 Heroes of Newerth	S2 Games
M.U.G.E.N	Battle Killer Fighter Battle Killer Fighter Ultimate	WhItE HaCkEr Community Cartoon Picture Studio Indo (Lord of D-Geims)
Nebula Device 3	Drakensang: The Dark Eye Drakensang: The River of Time	Radon Labs
NeoAxis Engine	Homura Combat Beyond the Voyage Elementary My Dear Majesty KitiCat Sacraboar Coocard I'm Lulu King! Adventures of Mopol Project FPTD HitMania! Capoeira Legends: Path to Freedom Pulse Shift SickBrick Incognito Episode 0 Incognito Episode 1 Incognito Episode 2 Incognito Episode 3 IonRealms MMOG Project Warcry Stunford Transportando o Brasil Blood: Butcher's Block Plyushkin Syndrome Raidho	OHBA BFK Dream Dale BKF Makivision Games Evolution Studio Indiegm Hell Entertainment Original Estudio Donsoft Entertainment 3 Core Studio MisfitVillager Magrathean Technologies IonGFX Studio Elseware Entertainment Inc. Regis Cajet Fr Dynamic Games Entertainment Pacific Gold Entertainment Clockwork Brains GP Studio
Neon Engine	Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising Race Driver Grid	Codemasters
Onyx Engine	Dungeon Siege III	Obsidian Entertainment
Panda3D	Toontown Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Online Code3D, MSA's Thermal Enforcer Full list	Disney Sim Ops Studios Many
PhyreEngine	Full list on main entry Many	Many
RAGE	Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis Grand Theft Auto IV Midnight Club: Los Angeles Red Dead Redemption Max Payne 3 Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games
Real Virtuality	ARMA: Armed Assault ARMA: Queen's Gambit ARMA 2 Operation Arrowhead ARMA 3 Resistance Operation Flashpoint Take On Helicopters 'VBS1 VBS2 DayZ Iron Front: Liberation 1944	Bohemia Interactive X1 Software AWAR
Riot Engine	Drakan: Order of the Flame Drakan: The Ancients' Gates The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Suffering The Suffering: Ties That Bind	Surreal Software
RPG Maker	Alpha Kimori Corpse Party	Sherman3D Team GrisGris 5pb.
RPG Maker 2000	Super Columbine Massacre RPG!	Danny Ledonne
RPG Maker 2003	Yume Nikki	Kikiyama
RPG Maker VX	Eternal Eden Legionwood: Tale of the Two Swords One Night Trilogy Arevan	Blossomsoft Dark Gaia Studios Dark Gaia Studios Over Cloud 9
RPG Maker XP	Aveyond Laxius Force To the Moon	Amaranth Games Aldorlea Games Freebird Games
S2Engine HD	Power of Destruction I'm Not Alone	Profenix
SAGE engine	Red Alert 3 Generals Tiberium Wars The Battle for Middle-earth II	EA Los Angeles
Scimitar	Assassin's Creed Prince of Persia Shaun White Snowboarding	Ubisoft
ShiVa3D	Voodoo Dice Pinball Yeah! Texting Of The Bread Pirate Wings Graviton	Stonetrip
Silent Storm engine	Silent Storm Silent Storm: Sentinels Hammer & Sickle Night Watch Day Watch Heroes of Might and Magic V Jagged Alliance 3	Nival Interactive
Source engine	Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Day of Defeat: Source, Dota 2, Alien Swarm Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Sin Episodes Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Zeno Clash Vindictus / Mabinogi: Heroes KOS Secret Operations Postal III The Stanley Parable	Valve Troika Games Ritual Entertainment Arkane Studios ACE Team devCat (Nexon) YNK Interactive Running with Scissors, Inc. Galactic Cafe
SunBurn	Salty Jim's Putt Putt Island AvaGlide UpAway	Synapse Gaming Haiku Interactive Munomic
TGEA	Marble Blast Ultra Fallen Empire: Legions Dreamlords Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness	GarageGames Lockpick Entertainment Hothead Games FXLabs Studios
UbiArt Framework	Rayman Origins Rayman Legends Child of Light Valiant Hearts: The Great War	Ubisoft
Unigine	OilRush Syndicates of Arkon Dilogus - The Winds of War	Unigine Corp MCM Online Digital Arrow
Unity	ARMA Tactics Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online GooBall Global Conflicts: Palestine Off-Road Velociraptor Safari WolfQuest Dead Frontier Battlestar Galactica Online Rochard	Bohemia Interactive Cartoon Network Electronic Arts Over The Edge Entertainment Serious Games Interactive Flashbang Studios Eduweb Mikesgames Productions Bigpoint and Artplant Recoil Games
Unreal Engine 2.x	America's Army BioShock Exteel Lineage II Killing Floor The Chronicles of Spellborn Unreal Tournament 2004 Ragnarok Online 2	2K Games NCsoft Tripwire Interactive Spellborn International Epic Games Gravity Corporation
Unreal Engine 3.x	America's Army 3 Batman: Arkham Asylum Borderlands Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway BlackSite: Area 51 Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Unreal Tournament 3 Rainbow Six Vegas Lost Odyssey Mass Effect Mass Effect 2 Mass Effect 3 The Last Remnant Medal of Honor: Airborne Blade & Soul Bulletstorm Dungeon Defenders	Eidos Interactive Gearbox Software Midway Games Epic Games Ubisoft Mistwalker BioWare Square-Enix NCsoft People Can Fly Trendy Entertainment Rocksteady Studios
Unreal Engine 4	Daylight (video game)	Zombie Studios
Vision Engine 8	Arcania: A Gothic Tale The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom DIZZEL Dungeon Hero Arena Morte Cutthroat	JoWood, Spellbound Ubisoft Neowiz Corp. Firefly Studios Frontline Studios Nitro Games
X-Ray Engine	S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	GSC Game World
4A Engine	Metro 2033 Metro: Last Light	4A Games

See also

• Physics engine
• Game engine recreation
• List of open-source video games