Cheat Engine Alternatives for Linux

Cheat Engine is not available for Linux but there are a few alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is scanmem & GameConqueror, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Cheat Engine and three of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Cheat Engine are PINCE and MemSed.

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Open source tool for modifying single player games with memory scanning and debugging, featuring a speedhack, trainer...

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Cheat Engine alternatives page was last updated Feb 19, 2025
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  1. scanmem & GameConqueror icon

    scanmem & GameConqueror

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    GameConqueror is a GUI for scanmem.

    scanmem is a game hacking tool, supporting variant types of scan on different types of data.

    It is a simple interactive debugging utility for linux, used to locate the address of a variable in an executing process. This can be used for the an.

    11 scanmem & GameConqueror alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Memory Editor

    scanmem & GameConqueror Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Debugging

    scanmem & GameConqueror VS Cheat Engine

     
    Comments about scanmem & GameConqueror as an Alternative to Cheat Engine
    Tired Rabbit
    Positive Nov 30, 2023
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    Best alternative availible for linux, even if it is not originally meant for cheating, but rather for debugging.

    Guest
    Negative May 12, 2023
    0

    Can´t use Scripts for games. only scaning

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    • Most users think scanmem & GameConqueror is a great Cheat Engine alternative.

    • scanmem & GameConqueror is the most popular Linux alternative to Cheat Engine.

    • scanmem & GameConqueror is the most popular Open Source alternative to Cheat Engine.

    • scanmem & GameConqueror is Free and Open SourceCheat Engine is also Free and Open Source
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    PINCE

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    Reverse engineering tool with a variety of build in tools. Heavily inspired by cheat engine and is meant to handle the same kind of work.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • PyQt

    PINCE Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Disassembler

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  4. MemSed

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    MEMory Search and EDit for Linux, inspired by Cheat Engine.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenGL
    MemSed screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fast

    MemSed VS Cheat Engine

     
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