Cheat Engine
Open source tool enhancing single player games with features like memory scanning, speedhack, and trainer maker, offering a tutorial for ease of use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
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- Bundleware
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Wine
The default installer contains Installcore.
Features
- Speedhacking
- Hex Editor
- Built-in search engine
- Automated speed adjustments
- Embedded debugger
- Auto assembler
- Memory Monitoring
- Real-time traffic
- Debugging
- Modify filesystem timestamps
- Programming tasks
Cheat Engine News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
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What is Cheat Engine?
Cheat Engine is an open source tool designed to help you with modifying single player games running under window so you can make them harder or easier depending on your preference (e.g: Find that 100hp is too easy, try playing a game with a max of 1 HP), but also contains other usefull tools to help debugging games and even normal applications.
It comes with a memory scanner to quickly scan for variables used within a game and allow you to change them, but it also comes with a debugger, disassembler, assembler, speedhack, trainer maker, direct 3D manipulation tools, system inspection tools and more.
For new users it is recommended to go through the tutorial(The one that comes with Cheat Engine, you can find it in your programs list after installing) and at least reach step 5 for basic understanding of the usage of Cheat Engine.
Cheat Engine information
Developed by
Dark Byte Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 3.5Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
In my opinion, it's the most complete gamehacking suite I've ever used. Good functions and macros. The only con for me is that it is available only on Windows. It could be cross-platform as well. (I.e. such as available on Linux.)
It is not infected by any malware as of this date, just adware and other bloatware. It does however has some dodgy and fishy behavior like scanning if you have AV software installed, what else is on your machine, where you are and so on. So, privacy is out of the window when using this tool. The forks AND the official release on GitHub don't have as much dodgy stuff, if you need to use this than build it yourself from GitHub, but the official installer seems to get worse each day.
P.S. It is still the best at what it does.
PINCE is the best alternative for (Arch) Linux
Installs additional software regardless of what the user selects during installation. The developer's been called out for this numerous times, and has censored or ignored them. All the while they continue to make $11,000+ on Patreon.
https://github.com/cheat-engine/cheat-engine/issues/2105
I would rate higher, but the default installer is "malicious". Please be careful and SLOWLY install, don't just hit next. Make sure to not click any crap that's bundled with it.
Great tool for use as a PC game trainer or editor. Commonly flagged as a hacking tool by AV/malware scanning software, since it works by modifying other applications as they run.
Fantastic program. The biggest issue is that the installer tries to make you install some malware, and Windows Defenders sometimes picks up Cheat Engine as malware itself. It's really easy to compile from source, and by doing that, you'll avoid all the shit you get with the installer.
It was good software until they started bundling adware in their installers. Unfortunate.