The Best GDevelop AlternativesTop Game Development Tools and other similar apps like GDevelop

GDevelop is described as 'Open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events' and is a very popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GDevelop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best GDevelop alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GDevelop are Unity, Wick Editor, Scratch and Construct 2.

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  1. Godot Engine icon

    Godot Engine

     593 likes

    Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

    178 Godot Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Epic Games Store
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
    • itch.io
    • Meta Quest
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    Godot Engine vs GDevelop Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    14

    Godot IS a 2D and 3D or both development. I don't know why people say is only for 3D

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Godot is not for everybody, especially if they do not like coding. But as an engine it certainly is far more feature-packed than Gdevelop. As a plus, Godot can do both 2D and 3D, while Gdevelop is limited to 2D only.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -27

    Godot Engine is mainly for 3D games, GDevelop for 2D ones.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • Godot Engine is Free and Open SourceGDevelop is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Unity icon

    Unity

     357 likes

    Unity's real-time 3D engine fosters collaboration among artists, designers, and developers, offering tools for immersive, interactive experiences. Unity 6 enhances rendering, lighting, and AI, supports AR, VR, mobile, desktop, and includes detailed multiplayer workflows.

    135 Unity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Unity vs GDevelop Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    10

    Unity requires scripting knowledge and Gdevelop is codeless so everyone can make games easily.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Arthur Pacay
    Negative
    6

    It's complicated and requires much coding.

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    With 3rd party plugins we can extend the tool with a visual programming solution that is just as easy to use as the event system of GDevelop and we can export our games to desktop, mobile, HTML5 and game consoles.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Unity is Freemium and ProprietaryGDevelop is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Wick Editor icon

    Wick Editor

     80 likes

    The Wick Editor is a free and open-source tool for creating games, animations, and everything in-between. It's designed to be the most accessible tool for creating multimedia projects on the web. Your creations can run on any device with a web browser - that means mobile too.

    99 Wick Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Wick Editor vs GDevelop Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Free and open-source. No subscriptions. Easy coding

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Wick Editor is Free and Open SourceGDevelop is Freemium and Open Source
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    Scratch

     119 likes

    Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas...

    75 Scratch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Scratch vs GDevelop Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    It can't export as exe and even it can't be exported to .dmg, app store, and apk

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Arthur Pacay
    Positive
    0

    because it's basiclz the same but in simpler and without the main funcinalities of GDevelop

    • Scratch is Free and Open SourceGDevelop is Freemium and Open Source
  7. Construct 2 icon

    Construct 2

     168 likes

    Scirra Construct is a 2D game development engine with a focus on building games visually. No programming is required though the software uses a visual method for event handling that relies on programming concepts like variables, loops and conditions.

    76 Construct 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. LÖVE icon

    LÖVE

     98 likes

    Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

    104 LÖVE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • FreeBSD
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  10. Defold Engine icon

    Defold Engine

     38 likes

    The completely free and source-available game engine Defold solves the technical issues we all have in common when making games. That way, you can focus on being creative and building a great game.

    65 Defold Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Redot Engine icon

    Redot Engine

     18 likes

    Redot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform fork of the Godot game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

    64 Redot Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. GameMaker icon

    GameMaker

     47 likes

    Welcome to the home of GameMaker, the fastest and friendliest cross-platform game development technology out there. GameMaker has been completely redeveloped with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games within a single code base and then publish...

    77 GameMaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
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    GameMaker vs GDevelop Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    -2

    No coding required, we can develop games using visual programming and export our games to desktop, mobile, HTML5 and even game consoles. In case the event system would be not good enough we can even use it own scripting language called GML

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • GameMaker is Freemium and ProprietaryGDevelop is Freemium and Open Source
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    Fibbo

     15 likes

    Fibbo is a free and open-source web-based game engine that allows you to create interactive experiences using JavaScript, right in your browser.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • npm
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