Name(Alternate name) Primary programming language Release year Scripting Cross-platform 2D/3D oriented Target platform Notable games License Notes and references 4A Engine C++ 2010 None (native C++ development) Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Linux , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One Metro 2033 , Metro: Last Light , Metro Exodus Proprietary Developed by 4A Games ; renowned for its advanced rendering techniques. A-Frame (VR) JavaScript 2015 JavaScript Yes 3D Cross-platform Primarily experimental VR experiences (e.g., projects like Mozilla Hubs ) MIT Open source Entity component system WebVR framework Adventure Game Interpreter C 1984 C style Yes 2D DOS , Apple SOS , ProDOS , Classic Mac OS , Atari TOS List Proprietary The engine behind many early Sierra adventure titles, made specifically for adventure games . Adventure Game Studio C++ 1997 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 Aleph One C++ 1999 Lua , Marathon markup language Yes 2.5D Windows , Linux , macOS Aleph One ( Marathon remake ) GPL-3.0-or-later FPS engine Amazon Lumberyard C++ 2015 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. Anvil C++ , C# 2009 Custom proprietary scripting system Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita , Wii U , Xbox 360 , Xbox One List Proprietary Developed by Ubisoft and uses a custom scripting framework tailored for complex game logic and AI AppGameKit C++ , BASIC 2016 C# , C++ , AGK BASIC Yes 2D, 3D Windows , Mac , iOS , Android , HTML5 , Raspberry Pi N/a Proprietary Designed for rapid game development specifically for beginners and indie game developers. Ardor3D Java 2008 None (native Java development ) Yes 3D Cross-platform Mainly academic projects/simulations; no major commercial titles zlib Fork of jMonkeyEngine 2.0 Aurora toolset C++ 2002 NWScript Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Neverwinter Nights Proprietary Originally developed by BioWare, it provided a framework for creating rRPGs. Babylon.js JavaScript , TypeScript 2013 JavaScript , TypeScript Yes 3D Cross-Platform Various browser-based 3D experiences Apache License 2.0 A powerful open source 3D engine for the web, Babylon.js simplifies development of interactive 3D so it can run on WebGL . Blend4Web JavaScript , Python , C , C++ 2018 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 [ 1] Blender Game Engine C , C++ 2000 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 [ 2] [ 3] Build engine C 1995 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++ 2014 OptionalJavaScript ) 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++ 2015 C++ , Visual Script Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 5 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One List Proprietary Chrome Engine C++ 2002 Yes 3D Windows , Linux , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One List Proprietary ClanLib C 1999 Yes 2.5D Windows , Linux , macOS zlib Clausewitz C++ 2007 Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Linux All Paradox Development Studio games since 2007 Proprietary Clickteam Fusion (Event-based Scripting w/ C++ Support) 1994 Yes 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows , iOS , Android , HTML5 , Adobe Flash Five Nights at Freddy's , Baba Is You Proprietary Cobra Engine C++ , C# 1988 Lua Yes 3D Windows , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , iOS , Android RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 , Planet Coaster , Planet Zoo , Jurassic World Evolution , Elite Dangerous Proprietary Cocos2d, Cocos2d-x, Cocos2d-html5 C++ , Python , Objective-C , JavaScript 2010 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 2011 No 2D, 3D iOS Apache 2.0 CraftStudio C# 2015 Lua Yes 2D, 3D Windows , macOS , Linux Free use Used to create voxel -based games. Construct C++ 2007 JavaScript , Event System Yes 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows , macOS , Wii U , HTML5 capable web browsers Hypnospace Outlaw Proprietary , GPL Classic version Coretech C++ 2009 Lua Yes 3D Cross-platform Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr , King Arthur: Knight's Tale Proprietary Developed in-house by NeocoreGames Creation Engine C++ 2011 Papyrus Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , Fallout 4 , Fallout 76 Proprietary CryEngine C++ 2002 C++ , C# Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Linux , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Wii U , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , iOS , Android Crysis , Far Cry Proprietary Crystal Tools C++ 2007 Yes 3D PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Windows , Wii List Proprietary Crystal Space C++ 1997 Java , Perl , Python Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Keepsake , Yo Frankie! LGPL-2.0-or-later Cube Engine C++ 2001 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++ 2004 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 C++ 2017 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Linux , macOS List BSD Dark Engine C++ 1995 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 C++ 2013 Yes 3D PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows Death Stranding , Horizon Zero Dawn , Killzone: Shadow Fall , Until Dawn , Until Dawn: Rush of Blood , Horizon Forbidden West Proprietary Defold C++ 2016 Lua Yes 2D, 3D iOS , Android , HTML5 , Windows , macOS , Linux , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 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++ 2004 Python Yes 2.5D Cross-platform LGPL-2.1-or-later Dim3 C++ 2014 JavaScript Yes 3D Cross-platform MIT DimensioneX Multiplayer Engine Java 2001 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++ 2008 JavaScript No 3D Windows Proprietary , Freeware Dunia Engine C++ 2007 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One List Proprietary Based on CryEngine EGO C++ 2008 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# 2013 NWScript No 3D Windows Neverwinter Nights 2 Proprietary Enforce C# 1999 No 3D Windows Shade: Wrath of Angels , Alpha Prime , Carrier Command: Gaea Mission , Take On Mars Proprietary Enigma Engine C++ Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Blitzkrieg , Blitzkrieg 2 Proprietary Essence Engine C++ No 3D Windows List Proprietary Exult C++ Yes 2D Windows , Linux , macOS , BSD Ultima VII GPL-2.0-or-later Free software re-implemented Ultima VII game engine Flame Dart 2016 Dart Yes 2D Android , iOS , Web , Windows , macOS , Linux Idle Horizons , Tomb Toad , Gunslinger and Gigabull MIT 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 C++ 2009 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One Free Realms , PlanetSide 2 , Landmark , EverQuest Next , H1Z1: Just Survive , H1Z1: King of the Kill Proprietary Fox Engine C++ 2013 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One List Proprietary Freescape C 1987 Freescape Command Language Yes 3D Amstrad CPC , ZX Spectrum , IBM PC , Commodore 64 , Amiga , Atari ST List Proprietary FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project C++ 2002 Yes 3D Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , FreeBSD FreeSpace 2 ; several projects, including games based on the Babylon 5 and 2004 Battlestar Galactica universes. Freeware for non-commercial use Frostbite C++ 2008 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One List Proprietary Used originally for the Battlefield video games Future Pinball No 3D Windows Freeware Gamebryo C++ 1997 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One List Proprietary Game Editor C++ 2003 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 Game Maker Language 1999 Game Maker Language , JavaScript , C++ , GLSL , HLSL Yes 2D 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 AM2R , Deltarune , Hotline Miami , Hyper Light Drifter , Minit , Nuclear Throne , Pizza Tower , Undertale , VA-11 Hall-A , Wandersong Proprietary Limited 3D abilities GameSalad Lang Script Yes 2D iOS , Android Proprietary Gamestudio C++ CScript , Lite-C No 3D Windows List Proprietary Games can be published royalty-free GDevelop C++ , JavaScript 2008 Events editor, JavaScript (Optional) Yes 2D, 3D Windows , Linux , Mac , HTML5 , Android , iOS , Facebook Instant Games MIT Drag-and-drop game engine for everyone, almost everything can be done from the GUI, no coding experience required to make games Genie Engine C++ Yes 2D Windows , PlayStation 2 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X/S Age of Empires , Age of Empires II , Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds , Age of Empires II: HD Edition , Age of Empires: Definitive Edition , Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Proprietary Godot GDScript 2014 GDScript (like Python ), 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 , Cassette Beasts , Brotato 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 Half-Life engine C , C++ , Assembly 1998 Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Linux , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , Dreamcast Half-Life , Opposing Force , Team Fortress Classic , Sven Co-op , Counter-Strike , Ricochet , Day of Defeat 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 Offroad Legends , Timelines: Assault on America EPL Small 3D rendering engine for large crowds of animated characters HPL Engine C++ 2007 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 [ 4] and 2 [ 5] ) 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 Wolfenstein 3D engine C 1992 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 , Super 3D Noah's Ark GPL-2.0-or-later Also termed the Wolfenstein 3D engine id Tech 1 Doom engine C 1995 ACS Yes 2.5D Windows , Linux , macOS Doom , Doom II , Heretic , Hexen , Strife , Chex Quest GPL-2.0-or-later 2D-based level geometry, sprites, and particles, uses clever methods to give illusion of 3D depth. id Tech 2 Quake engine C 1999 QuakeC Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Quake Hexen II , Wrath: Aeon of Ruin GPL-2.0-or-later Also termed the Quake engine. First true 3D id Tech engine. id Tech 2.5 Quake II engine C 2001 C Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Quake II , Heretic II , SiN , Daikatana , Gravity Bone GPL-2.0-or-later Also termed the Quake II engine. Improvements to the id Tech 2 engine. id Tech 3 Quake III Arena engine C 2005 C Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Quake III Arena , Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 , American McGee's Alice , Call of Duty , Quake Live GPL-2.0-or-later Also termed the Quake III engine. id Tech 3.5 C 2005 C Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Return to Castle Wolfenstein , Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory GPL-3.0-or-later Improvements to the id Tech 3 engine. id Tech 4 Doom 3 engine C++ 2011 C++ via DLLs Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Doom 3 , Quake 4 , Prey , Enemy Territory: Quake Wars , Wolfenstein , Brink , Quadrilateral Cowboy , Skin Deep GPL-3.0-or-later Also termed the Doom 3 engine; features advanced: lighting, shadows, interactive GUI surfaces . id Tech 4.5 C++ 2011 C++ via DLLs Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Doom 3: BFG Edition GPL-3.0-or-later Improvements to the id Tech 4 engine. id Tech 5 C++ , AMPL , Clipper , Python 2011 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++ 2016 None (native C++ only) Yes 3D Windows , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch Doom (2016) , Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Proprietary id Tech 7 Motor C++ 2020 None Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch Doom Eternal , Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Proprietary id Tech 8 C++ 2025 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X/S Doom: The Dark Ages Proprietary iMUSE C++ 1991 N/a — N/a — N/a Integrated with other engines Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge , all LucasArts adventure games afterwards Proprietary Dynamic music system Infinity Engine C++ 1992 None (custom scripting not publicly disclosed.) 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++ 2003 C++ Yes 3D Windows , Mac OS , Linux , Windows CE List of Irrlicht games zlib Open source, audio with extension ioquake3 C 2005 None Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS Urban Terror , OpenArena GPL-2.0-or-later Iron Engine C++ 2008 None (native C++ integration) No 3D Windows Sins of a Solar Empire , Sins of a Dark Age Proprietary IW engine C++ 2003 Custom (C styled) (derived from QuakeC ) 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++ 2003 Custom proprietary scripting Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary Jake2 Java 2006 None Yes 3D Cross-platform GPL Java port of Quake II game engine Java 3D Java 1998 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 2004 Yes 3D Cross-platform Grappling Hook BSD Community-centric project, used by several commercial game studios Kinetica No 3D PlayStation 2 List Proprietary Kivy (framework) Python 2011 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 2014 Yes 2D, 3D Linux , Windows , macOS , iOS , Android , Java applet , WebGL Mindustry , Ingress , Slay the Spire Apache 2.0 Java game development framework, provides a unified API that works across all supported platforms LithTech Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary Luminous Engine Yes 3D PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Windows Final Fantasy XV Proprietary LyN Yes 3D Cross-platform List Proprietary Intended to scale effectively on 7th and 8th generation consoles LÖVE C++ 2008 Lua Yes 2D iOS , Android , Windows , Linux , macOS , NetBSD , FreeBSD , OpenBSD , Solaris , and all platforms supported by pkgsrc [ 6] Mari0 , Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne , Move or Die , [ 7] Balatro zlib [ 8] 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 , FireOS , macOS , Windows , Tizen , Roku , Chromecast Angry Birds POP! , Cut the Rope , Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies , Doodle Jump , Draw Something , Godus , Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light , Metal Gear Solid Mobile Proprietary High-performance, cross-platform, with authoring tools and asset store Messiah C++ 2013 Lua Yes 3D PlayStation 5 , Windows , iOS , Android Diablo Immortal , Where Winds Meet Proprietary Developed by NetEase . 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 Monkey X Monkey, C++ , C# , Java , JavaScript , ActionScript Yes 2D Windows , macOS , Linux Crypt of the NecroDancer MIT MonoGame / XNA C# 2009 C# Yes 2D, 3D Windows , macOS , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita , Windows Phone , iOS , Android , Windows Store , Ouya , BSD Skulls of the Shogun , Terraria , Bastion , TowerFall , Transistor , Fez , Axiom Verge , Celeste , Stardew Valley Microsoft Public C# game development framework, successor to Microsoft XNA. Northlight C++ , D D Yes 3D Windows , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X and Series S Control , CrossfireX (Story Mode) , Quantum Break , Alan Wake 2 Proprietary Quantum Break was the first commercial AAA game to ship with bits implemented in D programming language. [ 9] NScripter No 2D Windows HaniHani , Tsukihime Freeware O3DE C++ , Python 2021 Lua , Script Canvas Yes 3D Windows , macOS , iOS , Linux , Android Apache 2.0 MIT License 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++ 2005 C++ Yes 3D Linux , Windows (all major versions), macOS , NaCl , WinRT , Windows Phone 8 , iOS and Android Torchlight , Kenshi , Zombie Driver , X-Morph Defense 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++ 2009 Custom Yes 2.5D Windows , Linux , macOS , iOS , Android zlib 3D accelerated Panda3D C++ , Python 2002 Python Yes 3D Windows , Linux , macOS , iOS , Android 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 Vampire Survivors MIT PhyreEngine C++ Yes 3D PC , PlayStation Portable , PlayStation Vita , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 List Proprietary , Freeware Pico-8 Lua 2015 Yes 2D Windows , macOS , Linux , HTML5 Celeste Classic , 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. [ 10] 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 2000 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 2008 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 REDengine C++ Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X/S , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 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 C++ 1993 RWX Yes 3D Windows , Mac OS , GameCube , Wii , Xbox , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable Grand Theft Auto III , Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , Sonic Heroes , SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom , SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! , The Incredibles , The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Proprietary RenderWare script available in version 2 only Roblox C++ Lua Yes 3D Windows , macOS , iOS , Android , Xbox , PlayStation 4 Adopt Me! , Brookhaven , Tower of Hell , Frontlines , Sonic Speed Simulator Proprietary Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) C++ 2006 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Wii , Xbox 360 , Xbox One List Proprietary RPG Maker 1992 (As RPG Tsukūru Dante 98) Ruby , JavaScript Yes 2D PC-8801 , MSX 2, PC-9801 , Super Famicom , Windows , PlayStation , Game Boy Color , PlayStation 2 , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS , macOS , Linux , iOS , Android , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch Alpha Kimori , Ao Oni , Aveyond series , Corpse Party , Eternal Eden , Laxius Force , Omori , One Night Trilogy , Super Columbine Massacre RPG! , To the Moon , Yume Nikki Proprietary Series of game creation systems, allows users to build their own role-playing games S&box C++ 2021 C# No 2D, 2.5D, 3D Windows List MIT Based on a heavily modified version of Valve 's Source 2 on the Half-Life: Alyx branch 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 Scratch 2007 Yes 2D Cross-platform GPL-2.0-or-later Serious Engine Yes 3D Serious Sam series Proprietary Shark 3D C++ Python Yes 3D Windows , Xbox , Xbox 360 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 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 Tom Clancy's The Division , South Park: The Fractured but Whole , Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle , Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora , Star Wars Outlaws Proprietary Solar2D Lua Yes 2D iOS , Android , Kindle , Windows Phone 8 , Apple TV , Android TV , macOS , Windows , Linux MIT Source C++ 2004 Squirrel , Lua , Python 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++ 2015 Lua Yes 3D Windows , macOS , Linux , Android , iOS [ 11] Dota 2 (port), [ 12] The Lab (limited), Artifact , Dota Underlords , Half-Life: Alyx , Counter-Strike 2 , Deadlock 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. 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 Cat Bird 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 Escape Dead Island , Hamilton's Great Adventure , Krater , Gauntlet , Helldivers , Helldivers 2 , Magicka 2 , The Showdown Effect , War of the Vikings , War of the Roses , Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide , Warhammer: Vermintide 2 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++ 1998 Lua Yes 2D Linux Bos Wars GPL-2.0-only For real-time strategy games Stride C# C# Yes 2D, 3D Windows , 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 2010 JavaScript Yes 2D, 3D HTML5 , Windows , Linux , macOS , iOS , Android MIT TIC-80 Lua , JavaScript , Ruby , others 2017 Yes 2D HTML5 , Windows , Linux , macOS , Raspberry Pi , Nintendo 3DS MIT Intentionally limited specifications, including a 240x136 display; a 16 color palette; 256 8x8 sprites; and 4-channel sound. TOSHI Yes 3D Windows , GameCube , Wii , PlayStation 2 , Xbox Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis , Nicktoons Unite! , Barnyard , El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera , Marvel Super Hero Squad , de Blob Proprietary Torque3D C++ 2012 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 Treyarch NGL 2002 Yes 3D Windows , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Xbox , Xbox 360 , GameCube , Wii Spider-Man , Spider-Man 2 , Call of Duty 2: Big Red One , Call of Duty 3 Used by Treyarch for their Call of Duty games until 2008 when they replaced it for the IW Engine Turbulenz TypeScript JavaScript Yes 2D, 3D HTML5 , iOS , Android MIT Twine CSS /JavaScript 2009 JavaScript Yes 2D Windows , macOS , Linux , Web application Depression Quest , The Temple of No GPL Exports HTML without server. Used for text games and 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++ 2005 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++ [ 13] 2005 C# , Visual scripting (Bolt) [ 14] 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 Pokémon Go , Monument Valley , Call of Duty: Mobile , Beat Saber , Cuphead , Genshin Impact , Subnautica , The Forest Proprietary Bolt was acquired by Unity Technologies in May 2020, henceforth introducing Visual Scripting in Unity Unreal Engine C++ 1998 C++ , Blueprints Yes 3D Cross-platform Unreal series Fortnite , Gears of War , Valorant 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 2002 Script Yes 3D 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 Proprietary Virtools C++ 1999 VSL, Visual Scripting Yes 3D Windows , Xbox , PlayStation 2 , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , PSP , Wii , IE6 , Google Chrome Ballance , Syberia , Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves , Lazy Raiders , Online Chess Kingdoms , Deer Avenger , Art of Murder , Demolition Champions , Jack the Ripper , Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart Proprietary Spearheaded visual scripting and rapid game prototyping 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++ 2010 C -like syntax No 2.5D Windows The White Chamber , Ghost in the Sheet , Dark Fall: Lost Souls , Face Noir Donationware , MIT , LGPL Lite version lacks 3D Actor function World Builder 1986 No 2D System 3 Lost Crystal Freeware WorldForge C++ 1998 Lua (client), Python (server) Yes 3D Cross-platform 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 1998 Zillions Rules No 2D Windows Proprietary Zero [ 15] 1999 Yes 3D Windows , macOS , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 2 , Xbox 360 , Xbox , GameCube , Nintendo DS List Proprietary