Alternatives to GameMaker: Studio for all platforms with any license

Godot Engine

Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to PC, Mobile and Web...
- A very important Enigine to take into account to replace the vast majority of 2d and 3d engines, such as Unity 3d or Game Maker, for example. A superb Engine. Guest • Feb 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Haiku FreeBSD
GdScript 2D Game Creation 2D Game Engine Efficiency ... Intuitive Nodes Lightweight Portable Scene Management Visual Programming 2D Game 3D Game Engine 3d renderer Asset Pipeline Export to HTML Modular System Multiplayer Scene System Scripting Support for Windows Hello Add a feature

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Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture...

Free Mac Windows Linux
Blueprint Function Cloth physics Destructible geometry Hair simulation ... Photorealism Scripting 3D Game Engine Apple Metal support Architecture Visualization Chaos Engine Develop in VR Materials Editor No coding required Node Based Particle Engine Performance analysis Profiling Tool Quixel Megascans Ray Tracing Virtual Reality Visual Programming Well documented Add a feature

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GDevelop

GDevelop is an 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...
- Gdevelop gives you a event-editor with which lets you describe your game's logic without writing a single line of code, it has piskel integrated in it which makes it extra easy to edit the spites. And of course, since it's open-source, it always gives us the best it can without having to 'upgrade the license' lounes-tb • Nov 2019
- Very good alternative, which ended up beating Game Maker, Construct 2 or Stencyl. Guest • Feb 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD ... iPad
Visual Programming No coding required Material design Event management ... Multiple languages Multiplatform Multiplatform Export 2D and 3D physics Clean design HTML5 Support IDE Support for Javascript Meta-Search No coding required Particle Engine Add a feature

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Scratch

Drag-and-drop visual programming language and platform for learning, creating and sharing code and interactive projects.
- Far too simplistic, near impossible to make a full-size game, no written-code option. Great for teaching or introducing people to coding, but definitely not an alternative to GameMaker. Guest • Apr 2020
- It has original Block-Based enviorment! Guest • Apr 2020
- too simplistic: this engine is an introductory one, definitley not an alternative to gamemaker Guest • Mar 2020
- It can be modifed and uploaded to scratch's forums,Scratch 3.0 Is GREAT,kids can use it too. and the fact that you can install any version of scratch,scratch 3.0 also gives back merieos of scratch 1.4 and oldeer. Guest • Sep 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web
Blocks Drag n drop Visual Programming 2D Game Creation ... Cross-platform Kid friendly Web-Database Add a feature

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Wick Editor

A free and open-source tool for creating games, animations and everything in-between!.

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
HTML5 Support Support for Layers Movie clips Tweening ... Vector Drawing Frame by frame Frame by frame animation Support for Javascript Keyframe animation Saving a copy of every URL you visit Add a feature

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Construct 2

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...
- It's like Construct 3, but popular! Guest • Apr 2020
Freemium Windows
Drag n drop 2D Game No coding required Portable ... Visual Programming Web-Based Add a feature

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Cocos2d-x

cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Windows Mobile Android ... iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10
Lightweight OPENGL Add a feature

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Construct 3

Construct 3 is a powerful 2D game development engine which uses Scirra's intuitive event system to allow its users to build all kinds of games and apps.
- Because you can make your own game without coding on any HTML5 supportable browser, even on the phone! Guest • Apr 2020
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad
Browser based Multiplayer Animations Visual Programming ... 2D Game Support for Android Things Cloud sync Drag n drop Sync with Dropbox Export to HTML Frame by frame animation Full text search Sync with Google Drive HTML5 Support Integrated Web Browser Intuitive Nodes Keyframe animation Support for Layers Live Preview No coding required Online Multiplayer Plugin Photo effects Portable Realtime filter effects Upload directly to Google Drive User behavior simulation Visual Editing Webcam Effects Add a feature

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Stencyl

Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. We take care...

Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Drag n drop Drag n drop editor No coding required Visual Programming Add a feature

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MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games. The spiritual successor to XNA with 1000's of titles shipped across desktop, mobile, and console platforms....

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web
3D Game Engine 2D Game Engine C# Scripting Cross-platform Add a feature

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TOP 10 FREE GAME ENGINES

GDevelop - Freemium & Open-Source
Has a premium service.
Only runs on 64-bit.
Languages: GDevelop Visual, JavaScript
Windows, Mac, Linux, Browser
Cocos2d-x - Free & Open-Source
Languages: C++, JavaScript, Lua
Windows, Mac, HTML5
Godot - Freemium & Open-Source
Has a Patreon for exclusive rewards.
Languages: GDScript, Visual Script, C#, C++
Windows, Mac, Linux
Scratch - Free
Does not allow exporting.
Languages: Block Code
Windows, Max, Linux, Browser
Unity - Freemium
Games that cost money or have ads are not allowed to be published without a membership.
You must have premium if your company makes $100K or more in a year.
You must you Unity Plus if your game makes $200K or more in a year.
Languages: C#, UnityScript
Windows, Mac
Unreal Engine - Freemium & Open-Source
After you make $3000 on a game, you have to pay royalties and fees.
It works on 32-bit and 64-bit, but it runs better on 64-bit.
Languages: Blueprints, C++
Windows, Mac
Construct Classic - Free
Requires DirectX to use.
Languages: List Code
Windows
Stencyl - Freemium
You need to have a subscription to make applications.
Languages: Block Code
Windows, Mac, Linux
Amazon Lumberyard - Free & Open-Source
It is AAA.
It works on 32-bit and 64-bit, but it runs better on 64-bit.
Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby
Windows
WaveEngine - Free & Open-Source
Languages: C#
Windows, Mac Linux

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