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

Engines

Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	Game creation system	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	Game engine	C++	Lua, Marathon markup language	Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Aleph One (Marathon remake)	GPL	FPS engine
Allegro	Software development kit	C	Ada, C++, C#, D, Lisp, Lua, Mercury, Pascal, Perl, Python, Scheme	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Raspberry Pi, DOS		zlib	Graphics, audio and input
Ardor3D	Game engine	Java		Yes	No	3D	Cross-platform		zlib	Fork of jMonkeyEngine 2.0
Blend4Web	Game engine	JavaScript, Python, C, C++	JavaScript	Yes	No	3D	HTML5	Pyatigor's Tale	GPLv3 or commercial	Game content, including graphics, animation, sound and physics, is authored in the 3D modeling and animation suite Blender.^[1]
Blender	Game engine	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.^[2]^[3]
Build engine	Game 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	Game engine	C++	Lua	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X		GPL or proprietary	Includes a map editor and networking.^[4]
ClanLib	Software development kit	C++		Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows, Linux, OS X		zlib
Cocos2d, Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d-html5	Software framework	C++, Python, Objective-C, JavaScript	JavaScript, Java, Lua	Yes	No	2D, 2.5D, 3D	Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Tizen	Hardest Game Ever 2, DQMSL, Tiny Village, Badland, Small Street, Tiny Tower, Pocket Planes, Hill Climb, Star Thief	MIT	iOS target uses Objective-C. Android target binds to Java.
Codea	Source code editor	Lua		No	No	2D	iOS	Cargo-Bot	Apache 2.0
Crystal Space	Game engine	C++	Java, Perl, Python	Yes	Yes	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Keepsake, The Crystal Scrolls, Yo Frankie!	LGPL
Cube	Game engine	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	Game engine	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	Game engine	C++	Python	Yes	No	2.5D	Cross-platform		LGPL
Dim3	Game engine	C++	JavaScript	Yes	No	3D	Cross-platform		MIT
DimensioneX Multiplayer Engine	Game 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.
Env3D	Game engine	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	Game engine	C++		Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, Linux, OS X, BSD		GPL	Free software re-implementation of the Ultima VII game engine.
Flexible Isometric Free Engine	Game engine	C++	Python	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, Linux, OS X, BSD	Unknown Horizons	LGPL	Optimized for RTS or RPG games.
Flixel	Software library	ActionScript		Yes	No	2D		Various games by Gregory Weir	MIT	Boiler-plate code for Flash games.
GamePlay3D	Game engine	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	Game engine	JavaScript	JavaScript	Yes	No	2D	HTML5		MIT	HTML5 canvas game engine with Box2D integration.
Godot	Game creation system	C++	GDScript	Yes	No	3D/2D	Cross-platform		MIT
Horde3D	Graphics rendering engine	C++		Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux		EPL	Horde3D is a small 3D rendering engine designed for large crowds of animated characters.
HPL 1 engine	Game 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)	Game engine	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)	Game engine	C	QuakeC	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Quake	GPL	First true 3D id Tech engine.
id Tech 2 (Quake II)	Game engine	C	C	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Quake II	GPL	Better known as the Quake II engine.
id Tech 3	Game engine	C	C	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Quake III Arena	GPL	Better known as the Quake III engine.
id Tech 4	Game engine	C++	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.
ioquake3	Game engine	C		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Urban Terror	GPL
Jake2	Game engine	Java		Yes	No	3D	Cross-platform		GPL	Java port of the Quake II game engine.
jMonkeyEngine	Game engine	Java		Yes	Yes	3D	Cross-platform		BSD	A community-centric project that is used by several commercial game studios.
Jogre	Game engine	Java		Yes	No	2D	Cross-platform		GPL	Used by many schools as part of the course work.
Kivy	Application framework	Python	Kv	Yes	No	2.5D	Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Android	Deflectouch, FishLife	MIT	For rapid development that can make multi-touch apps.
LibGDX	Application framework	Java		Yes	No	2D/3D	GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android		Apache 2.0	Libgdx is a Java game development framework that provides a unified API that works across all supported platforms.
Moai SDK	Game engine	C++	Lua	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, OS X, iOS, Android	Crimson Steam Pirates	CPAL
OGRE	Graphics rendering engine	C++	C++	Yes	No	3D	Linux, Windows (all major versions), OS X, NaCl, WinRT, Windows Phone 8, iOS and Android	Torchlight	MIT	3D rendering engine used by several games.
ONScripter	Game engine	NScripter	NScripter	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Dreamcast, PSP, iOS	Narcissu, Saya no Uta, Tsukihime	GPL	Used to develop visual novels and first-person adventure games.
OpenClonk	Game engine	C++	C4Script	Yes	No	2.5D	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X	OpenClonk	ISC	Engine for 2D action/strategy platformers with 3D graphics.
OpenSimulator	Game server	C#	LSL	Yes	No	3D			BSD	A server platform for hosting virtual worlds that is compatible with Second Life clients.
ORX	Game engine	C/C++	Custom	Yes	Yes	2.5D	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, Android	Le Magasin des Suicides	zlib	3D accelerated
Panda3D	Game engine	C++	Python	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS	Toontown Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Online	BSD
PlayCanvas	Game engine	JavaScript	JavaScript	Yes	No	3D	Windows Linux Mac OS X iOS HTML5 Android	Swoop, Zombie Pac-man	MIT	Users can work on a game at the same time via online browser and publish to multiple platforms. Engine uses WebGL and includes physics.
PlayN	Software framework	Java		Yes	No	2D	iOS, Android, HTML5, Windows, Linux	Angry Birds Chrome	Apache 2.0
PLIB	Software library	C++		Yes	Yes	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X		LGPL
Ren'Py	Game engine	Python	Pygame	Yes	Yes	2D	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, OpenBSD	Analogue: A Hate Story, Jisei, Katawa Shoujo	MIT	Used to develop visual novels and first-person adventure games.
Retribution Engine	Game engine	C++		No	No	3D	Windows		GPL	For first person shooter games.
SFML	Software library	C++		Yes	No	2D, but with OpenGL contexts			Zlib	Tool kit providing access to graphics, audio, scripting, and networking.
Sge2d	Game engine	C		Yes	Yes	2D	Cross-platform		MIT
Spring	Game engine	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	Software 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	Game engine	C++	Lua	Yes	No	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	Game engine	C	Lua	Yes	Yes	2D	Linux	Bos Wars	GPL	For real-time strategy games
Torque3D	Game engine	C++	TorqueScript	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X	Marble Blast Gold, ThinkTanks, Tribes 2, Villagers and Heroes	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.
WorldForge	Game engine	C++	Lua (client), Python (server)	Yes	Yes	3D			GPL	MMORPG framework consisting of Libraries, Server, Client, and Media.
ZGameEditor	Game engine	Delphi	Custom	Yes	No	3D	Windows, Linux, OS X, Android		MIT	A lightweight game engine and IDE.
Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references

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Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	Game creation system	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.

Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	Game creation system	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.

Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	Game creation system	C++	AGSScript	Yes	No	no	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.

Name	Engine Type	Primary programming language	Scripting	Cross-platform	SDL	2D/3D oriented	Target platform	Notable games	License	Notes and references
Adventure Game Studio	Game creation system	C++	AGSScript	yes	no	no	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.

Proprietary

Commercial

4A Engine — A 3D game engine developed by 4A Games to power their game series, "Metro". The 4A Engine makes use of multiple third-party middleware such as Nvidia's PhysX for physics support, PathEngine for AI navigation, RakNet for networking and FaceFX for facial animations.
AGI — Used in Sierra adventure games.
Antiryad Gx - Unified cross platform and multi core 2d and 3d game engine by Arkham Development.
Anvil/Scimitar — Developed and used by Ubisoft, mainly for the Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia franchises.
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, PS4, and PS3.
Cafu Engine — A game engine with development tools for creating multiplayer, cross-platform, real-time 3D games and applications.
Chrome Engine — A 3D WYSIWYG game engine developed by Techland.
Cocos2d - A 2D, top-down, orthogonal RPG engine for iPhone and iPad.
Coldstone game engine — An old game creation suite for Macintosh/Windows to create role-playing or adventure-style games.
Construct — 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.
Creation Engine - A replacement for the Gamebryo engine developed by Bethesda Game Studios and first used with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
CryEngine — The game engine developed by Crytek and used for the first-person shooter computer game Far Cry. CryEngine 2 and CryEngine 3 were later developed.
Crystal Tools — Square Enix's proprietary seventh generation game engine.
Dunia Engine — A heavily modified version of the CryEngine made especially for Far Cry 2 by Kirmaan Aboobaker at Crytek and then Ubisoft Montreal.
EGO — Ego Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO, stylized ego) is a video game engine developed by Codemasters.
Electron engine — Developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their game Neverwinter Nights 2, based on BioWare's 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.
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.
Fox Engine — 3D game engine developed by Kojima Productions and Konami.
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, Battlefield 4, Battlefield Hardline and Need for Speed: The Run etc.
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 for iOS, Android, Macintosh, and HTML5 developed by GameSalad (company). 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.
HeroEngine — 3D game engine by Simutronics for building MMOs in a live collaborative environment.
HPL Engine — Used in Frictional Games survival horror games. Earlier versions are free software.
id Tech 5 — As of 2011^[update] 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.
Kinetica — A game engine developed by Sony for PlayStation 2.
Leadwerks Engine — A 3D engine for rendering, sound, and physics in real-time games and simulations.^[5]
LithTech Jupiter Ex — Developed by Monolith Productions to create the game F.E.A.R..
Luminous Studio — An engine developed by Square Enix, mainly used for Final Fantasy XV.
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.
Marmalade SDK — 2D and 3D game development system, used for commercial cross-platform mobile development. Works with Visual Studio or Xcode. Includes Hub for applying ad, analytics, payments and other integrations and services, setting platform specifications, tools, screen resolutions, accelerometer, location. Users can also debug and compile store specific builds from the Marmalade Hub.
Mizuchi — 3D graphics engine developed by Silicon Studio.
MT Framework — Game engine created by Capcom and used for their games on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and PC.
Odyssey Engine — Used to create three-dimensional computer role-playing games, used in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Panta Rhei — 3D game engine developed by Capcom.
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.
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.
Real Virtuality — C++ game engine developed by Bohemia Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Xbox, originally called Poseidon.
REDengine — Developed by CD Projekt RED exclusively for nonlinear role playing video games.^[6]
RenderWare — A 3D API and graphics rendering engine, created by Criterion Games.
Revolution3D — A 3D graphics engine developed by X-Dream Project.
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 — An engine to make role-playing video games. Windows versions use a 2D engine for top-down and isometric-style RPG's, while the PlayStation 2 versions use a 3D engine.
SAGE — Used to create real-time strategy games.
SCI — Used in Sierra's adventure games.
SCUMM engine — Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games.
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.
SuperCollider — 2D game engine developed by Cyborgs Anonymous.
Torque Game Engine — A modified version of a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2. Newer versions support modern GPU hardware and shaders.
TOSHI — A fourth-generation cross-platform game engine designed by Blue Tongue Entertainment.
Truevision3D — A 3D game engine using the DirectX API.
UbiArt Framework — A 2.5 engine for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS. Supports DirectX9/10/11 and OpenGL/OpenGL ES.
Unigine — A 3D engine for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS. Supports DirectX9/10/11 and OpenGL/OpenGL ES.
Unreal Engine — Developed by Epic Games, a full game engine first released in 1998, now on its fourth iteration.
V-Play Game Engine — A cross-platform 2D game engine based on Qt supporting iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, Symbian, MeeGo, Windows, Mac, Linux.
VRAGE — Proprietary voxel 3D game engine developed in C# by Keen Software House. Source code is available on GitHub.
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 Game Engine — A 3D game engine and tool set, fully written in C#/.NET for Windows. A browser player is roadmapped for v1.1.
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 without monetary charge, 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:

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.
Marmalade SDK — A game development tool for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Store, Tizen, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire, Roku, LG, Android TV, Windows, Mac OS X. The free version is feature limited compared to the Community, Indie, Plus and Pro versions of the SDK.
NScripter — A 2D engine used to develop visual novels and adventure games.
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.
PlayCanvas — A cloud-hosted game development and publishing platform powered by HTML5 and WebGL.
Source 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.
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).^[7]^[8]

With related games

Game engine	Games	Company
4A Engine	Metro 2033 Metro: Last Light	4A Games
Adventure Game Studio	Chzo Mythos Soviet Unterzoegersdorf The Blackwell Series Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator	Ben Croshaw monochrom Wadjet Eye Games
Antiryad Gx	Dark Area My body coach Hidden path of faery Cocoto Festival Carmen Sandiego	Arkham Development Bigben Interactive BigBen Interactive BigBen Interactive Mindscape
Alamo	Empire at War Forces of Corruption Universe at War: Earth Assault	Petroglyph
Anvil	Assassin's Creed II Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassin's Creed III Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin's Creed Unity	Ubisoft
Arsys Engine	Plazma Line Wibarm Star Cruiser Star Cruiser 2	Technosoft Arsys Software
BigWorld	Twin Skies Stargate Worlds World Of Tanks World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition World of Warplanes	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 Crysis 3	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
Dagor Engine^[9]^[10]	War Thunder Blades of Time Birds of Steel Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp Apache Air Assault X-Blades Wings of Prey IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey	Gaijin Entertainment
Dunia Engine	Far Cry 2 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game	Ubisoft
Dunia Engine 2	Far Cry 3 Far Cry 4	Ubisoft
Enforce	Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Take On Mars	Bohemia Interactive
Essence Engine	Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	Relic Entertainment
Europa Engine	Europa Universalis Hearts of Iron	Paradox Entertainment
Flare3D	FarmVille 2	Zynga
Flixel	Canabalt	Adam "Atomic" Saltsman
Fox Engine	Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Silent Hills	Kojima Productions
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 Demolition Company Ski Region Simulator 2012	GIANTS Software
GoldSrc	Half-Life Gunman Chronicles	Valve Rewolf Software
Havoc	Heavy Rain The Saboteur	Quantic Dream Pandemic Studios
HeroEngine	Hero's Journey Star Wars: The Old Republic	Simutronics BioWare
HPL Engine	Penumbra: Overture Penumbra: Black Plague Penumbra: Requiem Amnesia: The Dark Descent Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs SOMA	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^{[dead link]}	WhItE HaCkEr Community Cartoon Picture Studio Indo (Lord of D-Geims)
Marmalade SDK	Hasbro Arcade (iOS & Android) The Activision Decathlon (iOS, Android & BlackBerry) Kingdom Clash (Android) Tap Paradise Cove (Android) Plants vs. Zombies (Android, BlackBerry, LG Smart TV) Big Action Mega Fight (iOS & Android) GODUS (PC & Mac) Dead Ahead (iOS) Revolt-2 (Android)	Hasbro Activision Storm8 Pocket Gems EA PopCap Games DoubleStallion Games 22Cans EA Chillingo WeGo Interactive
MT Framework	Dead Rising Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Devil May Cry 4 Resident Evil 5 Lost Planet 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Dragon's Dogma Resident Evil 6 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Resident Evil Revelations Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Mega Man Legends 3	Capcom Cavia Dimps Eighting Tose
Nebula Device 3	Drakensang: The Dark Eye Drakensang: The River of Time	Radon Labs
NeL 3D MMORPG Game Engine	Ryzom The Saga of Ryzom	Nevrax
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^[11]	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
Panta Rhei	Deep Down	Capcom
PhyreEngine	Full list on main entry Many	Sony Computer Entertainment 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	Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden 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	Ao Oni Aveyond Corpse Party Laxius Force To the Moon	Amaranth Games Aldorlea Games Freebird Games
RuneTek	RuneScape	Jagex
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	Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal 1&2, Left 4 Dead 1&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 Titanfall Insurgency	Valve Troika Games Ritual Entertainment Arkane Studios ACE Team devCat (Nexon) YNK Interactive Running With Scissors Galactic Cafe Respawn Entertainment
SunBurn^[12]	Salty Jim's Putt Putt Island^[13] AvaGlide^[14] UpAway^[15]	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	Oil Rush 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 ori and blind forest GooBall Global Conflict: Palestine Off-Road Velociraptor Safari WolfQuest Dead Frontier Battlestar Galactica Online Rochard Rust	Bohemia Interactive Cartoon Network Electronic Arts Over The Edge Entertainment Serious Games Interactive Flashbang Studios Eduweb Mikesgames Productions Bigpoint and Artplant Recoil Games Facepunch
Unreal Engine 2.x^[16]	America's Army BioShock Exteel Lineage II Killing Floor The Chronicles of Spellborn Unreal Tournament 2004 Ragnarok Online 2^{[disambiguation needed]}	2K Games NCSOFT Tripwire Interactive Spellborn International Epic Games Gravity Corporation
Unreal Engine 3.x^[16]	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 TERA: Rising Medal of Honor: Airborne Blade & Soul Bulletstorm Dungeon Defenders Singularity	Eidos Interactive Gearbox Software Midway Games Epic Games Ubisoft Mistwalker BioWare Square Enix NCSOFT People Can Fly Trendy Entertainment Rocksteady Studios Raven Software
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

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