List of C game engines and frameworks
This is a list of game engines, frameworks and libraries that offer a C API to program our games in pure C without C++. Worth note here, most game engines, frameworks and libraries are moving to C++ away from C, so it is highly recommended to consider C++. But in case you prefer programming in pure C then this is the options you have.

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SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) is a portable and easy-to-use API for multimedia programming.
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- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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raylib is a game development library highly inspired by Borland BGI graphics lib and by XNA framework. Made as a simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy game programming.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming. They handle common, low-level tasks such as creating windows, accepting user input, loading data, drawing images, playing sounds, etc.
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- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
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Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the...
- Graphics Library
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows Mobile
- iPhone
- Symbian S60
- BSD
- iPad
- Haiku