Heaps.io AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Heaps.io

Heaps.io is described as 'Heaps is a cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games. It's designed to leverage modern GPUs that are commonly available on desktop, mobile and consoles' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Heaps.io for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Heaps.io alternative is Unity, which is free. Other great apps like Heaps.io are LÖVE, HARFANG 3D, Pyxel and FreeBASIC.

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  1. 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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Unity is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Heaps.io.

    • Unity is the most popular free alternative to Heaps.io.

    • Unity is Freemium and ProprietaryHeaps.io is Free and Open Source
  2. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • FreeBSD
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    • LÖVE is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Heaps.io.

    • LÖVE is the most popular Open Source alternative to Heaps.io.

    • LÖVE is Free and Open SourceHeaps.io is also Free and Open Source
    • LÖVE is LightweightHeaps.io is not according to our users
  4. HARFANG 3D icon

    HARFANG 3D

     13 likes

    HARFANG®3D is a cross-platform & multi-language solution to integrate with embedded systems, existing environments & combining features to meet the industrial standards of 3D imaging.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • HARFANG 3D is the most popular Web-based alternative to Heaps.io.

    • HARFANG 3D is Free Personal and Open SourceHeaps.io is Free and Open Source
    • HARFANG 3D is LightweightHeaps.io is not according to our users
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    Unity

    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...

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  6. Pyxel icon

    Pyxel

     8 likes

    Pyxel is a retro game engine for Python. Inspired by fantasy consoles like PICO-8, Pyxel imposes graphic and sound limits that provide a retro aesthetic while also greatly simplifying development.

    27 Pyxel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. FreeBASIC icon

    FreeBASIC

     26 likes

    FreeBASIC is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with syntax similar to MS-QuickBASIC, that adds new features such as pointers, unsigned data types, inline assembly, object orientation, and many others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Pygame icon

    Pygame

     25 likes

    Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing video games. Pygame adds functionality on top of the excellent SDL library. This allows you to create fully featured games and multimedia programs in the python language.

    71 Pygame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • HP webOS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AmigaOS
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    • Pygame is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Heaps.io.

    • Pygame is Free and Open SourceHeaps.io is also Free and Open Source
  10. Tilengine icon

    Tilengine

     3 likes

    Tilengine is an open source, cross-platform 2D graphics engine for creating classic/retro games with tile maps, sprites and palettes. Its unique scanline-based rendering algorithm makes raster effects a core feature, a technique used by many games running on real 2D graphics...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. batari-Basic icon

    batari-Basic

     5 likes

    batari Basic (bB) is a BASIC-like language for creating Atari 2600 games. It creates a binary file that can be run on an Atari 2600 emulator or the binary file may be used to make a cartridge that will operate on a real Atari 2600.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. nCine icon

    nCine

     8 likes

    nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine in C++ for fast and performant game development.

    68 nCine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Emscripten
    ncParticleEditor
     
  13. Evergine icon

    Evergine

     9 likes

    The Graphics Development Engine for Business and Industry. Build high-quality 3D solutions and deploy to any platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. LÖVR icon

    LÖVR

     2 likes

    Virtual Reality for Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  15. HaxeFlixel icon

    HaxeFlixel

     6 likes

    HaxeFlixel is a 2D Game Engine that lets you create cross-platform games easier with free, open source technology!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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