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Cheat Engine

 177 likes

Open source tool enhancing single player games with features like memory scanning, speedhack, and trainer maker, offering a tutorial for ease of use.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Wine  [https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2567](https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2567)
Bundleware

The default installer contains Installcore.

3.8 / 5 Avg rating (13)
177 likes
13comments
0 news articles

Features

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  1.  Speedhacking
  2.  Hex Editor
  3.  Auto assembler
  4.  Embedded debugger
  5.  Built-in search engine
  6.  Automated speed adjustments
  7.  Memory Monitoring
  8.  Real-time traffic
  9.  Debugging
  10.  Modify filesystem timestamps
  11.  Programming tasks

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  • ver and BabaAfrica liked Cheat Engine
    13 days ago
  • renosifanapaksi added Cheat Engine as alternative to MemSed
    about 1 month ago
  • Maoholguin updated Cheat Engine
    about 1 month ago
  • ty9a15b and spx300 liked Cheat Engine
    about 2 months ago
  • kendofriendo reviewed Cheat Engine  
    3 months ago

    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

  • A_Metal_Penguin reviewed Cheat Engine  
    3 months ago

    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.

  • Maikoli reviewed Cheat Engine  
    3 months ago

    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 windows 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...

  • A_Metal_Penguin liked Cheat Engine
    3 months ago
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Cheat Engine information

  • Developed by

    Dark Byte
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.8 (13 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    15 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Spanish
    • Korean
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Polish
    • Chinese
    • German
    • French

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GitHub repository

  •  15,840 Stars
  •  2,297 Forks
  •  1165 Open Issues
  •   Updated Aug 25, 2024 
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Our users have written 13 comments and reviews about Cheat Engine, and it has gotten 177 likes

Cheat Engine was added to AlternativeTo by kale on Apr 3, 2010 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2025. Cheat Engine is sometimes referred to as CheatEngine, CE.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Cheat Engine is a powerful tool for game hacking and memory editing, praised for its features like Speedhack. It is widely appreciated for being free and user-friendly. However, users express concern about bundled adware and potential malware in its installer. While not infected by malware, privacy issues such as system scanning have been reported. Many users recommend compiling the program from source to avoid bundled software.
K0media
  
Top positive commentFeb 10, 2019

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.)

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Maik
  
Top negative commentMar 2, 2024
• Edited Mar 13, 2024

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 windows 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.

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kendo friendo
  
Negative commentJan 1, 2025

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

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A_Metal_Penguin
  
Positive commentDec 20, 2024

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.

0
jethro_tull
  
Positive commentJan 5, 2024

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.

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Ituaf
  
Positive commentNov 3, 2023

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.

0
Jan Klass
  
Negative commentJan 7, 2023

It was good software until they started bundling adware in their installers. Unfortunate.

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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.

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