Popular Engines for Games

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1

Xash3D Engine

0 Released 2011 GPL licence

Xash3D is the powerful independent open-sourced 3D-engine, aimed for high compatibility with GoldSource engine formats (maps, models, textures, sounds...

2

WOLF RPG Editor

0 Released 2015 GPL licence

WOLF RPG Editor is a game construction tool that can create complex role playing games. It is often regarded as being aimed at advanced users, so keep...

3

Source

0 Released 2004 Commercial licence

The Source engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven...

4

X-Ray Engine

14 Released 2007 Commercial licence

The X-ray Engine is a DirectX 8.1/9 Shader Model 3.0 graphics engine. Up to a million polygons can be on-screen at any one time. The engine features HDR...

5

Unreal Engine 1

26 Released 1998 Commercial licence

The first generation, Unreal Engine integrated rendering, collision detection, AI, visibility, networking and file system management into one complete...

6

Xash3D FWGS Engine

2 Released 2015 GPL licence

Fork of Xash3D engine that ported to many different platforms, such as Linux, *BSD, OS X, Haiku, Emscripten, Android and iOS. Allows play Half-Life out-of-the-box...

7

iSDGE

416 TBD MIT licence

iSDGE is an open source 3D game engine for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It is based on iOS 4 and under steady developement. Currently it only features...

8

DarkBASIC Professional

193 Released 2004 Commercial licence

DarkBASIC Professional is the most advanced games development package built on the BASIC language currently available. No other package out there makes...

9

Doom Engine

4 Released 1993 GPL licence

The Doom engine is the game engine that powers the id Software games Doom and Doom II, as well as Raven Software's titles Heretic and Hexen, then finally...

10

id Tech 3

9 Released 1999 GPL licence

Previously called the "QUAKE 3 Engine" and one of the most successful licensed engines in history, id Tech 3 was the engine used to create games such...

11

ArcadeBox

167 Released Apr 1, 2024 GPL licence

ArcadeBox is an easy to use, codeless, open source and cross platform game engine developed by hanisoftwares and cutawayshot games for their games, its...

12

Unreal Engine 2

1 Released 2000 Commercial licence

Unreal Engine 2 is a complete game development framework targeted at today's mainstream PC's, Microsoft's Xbox game console, and Sony's PlayStation 2.

13

id Tech 4

55 Released 2003 Commercial licence

Previously referred to as the 'Doom 3 Engine', Tech 4 is id Software's current licensing platform. Powering games such as Doom 3, Quake 4 and Enemy Territory...

14

Unreal Engine 4

48 Released 2014 Commercial licence

The most world-class game engine to date, Unreal Engine 4 gives you the power to do more than ever before. Bring your creative visions to life directly...

15

Clausewitz Engine

0 Released 2007 Proprietary licence

Originally developed for Europa Universalis III, it has been used in every game developed by Paradox Development Studio since. The engine provides a 3D...

16

Unreal Development Kit

0 Released 2009 Commercial licence

UDK is Unreal Engine 3 – the complete professional development framework. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and...

18

IW Engine

6 Released 2005 Commercial licence

The IW Engine is a game engine developed by Infinity Ward, based on id Tech 3, which was first used on the highly successful game Call of Duty 2. Since...

19

2D Fighter Maker 2nd

16 TBD Commercial licence

2D Fighter Maker was released by ASCII's successor company, Enterbrain. An update to the original version, FM2K allowed for a greater amount of expansion...

20

Build

10 Released 1993 Proprietary licence

BUILD engine is the game engine behind Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood, and many other titles of the 90s. It was one of the most popular engines...

21

id Tech 6

54 Released 2016 Proprietary licence

id Tech 6 or "idtech666" is an upcoming OpenGL/Vulkan based game engine under preliminary development by id Software, which will tentatively follow id...

22

GEM 2

72 Released 2009 Commercial licence

GEM 2 is the latest middleware from the Ukrainian game developers Best Way. Their engine is already well known in Eastern Europe and multiple titles were...

23

HeroEngine

187 Released 2020 Proprietary licence

Making live collaboration across the globe possible. HeroEngine is an MMO development team’s dream come true - it streamlines the entire process of...

24

RAGE

17 Released 2006 Proprietary licence

Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) is a game engine developed by the RAGE Technology Group at the video game developer Rockstar San Diego with contributions...

25

Kapow Systems 3D

31 TBD Proprietary licence

Kapow Systems 3D is RenderWare big modification. Kapow engine relase games: Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico, Chili Con Carnage, Watchmen...

26

GrimE

73 Released 1998 Commercial licence

Games using a version of the GrimE engine (original or modified) created by Bret Mogilefsky at LucasArts using the Free Software scripting language Lua...

27

Unity

6 Released 2005 Commercial licence

Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity just happens...

28

ZDoom

19 Released 2013 Public Domain licence

ZDoom 2.7.1 (Requires a DOOM, DOOM 2, HERETIC, HEXEN, or STRIFE IWAD) ZDoom is an enhanced port of the official DOOM source code to Win32. As such, it...

29

GoldSrc

23 Released 1998 Commercial licence

This QuakeWorld-based engine powered some of the most critically acclaimed engine's of it's day, like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and many...

30

XNA

150 Released 2006 Public Domain licence

Microsoft XNA is a set of tools with a managed runtime environment provided by Microsoft that facilitates video game development and management. XNA attempts...

31

Creation Engine

3 TBD Commercial licence

The Creation Engine was created specifically for the new game, The Elder Scrolls V, Skyrim. It allows the game to have farther draw distances than any...

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