LÖVE Alternatives

LÖVE is described as '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' and is a popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to LÖVE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android apps. The best LÖVE alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LÖVE are GDevelop, Wick Editor, Ren'Py and Defold Engine.

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  1. Amulet icon
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    Amulet is a free Lua-based audio/visual toolkit suitable for small games and experimentation. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5 and iOS.

    78 Amulet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. SpriteKit icon
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    SpriteKit is a general-purpose framework for drawing shapes, particles, text, images, and video in two dimensions. It leverages Metal to achieve high-performance battery-efficient rendering and 2d games and other graphics-intensive apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
     
  3. melonJS icon
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    melonJS is an open source HTML5 game engine that empowers developers and designers to focus on content.

    54 melonJS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  4. GamePlay is an open-source, cross-platform, C++ game framework/engine for creating 2D/3D mobile and desktop games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. DragonRuby Game Toolkit is a professional grade 2D game engine. It's tiny (~3.5MB), fast, and cross-platform (including consoles and mobile).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. HARFANG 3D icon
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    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.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Codea icon
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    Codea for iPad lets you create games and simulations — or any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPad
     
  8. Cerberus X icon
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    Cerberus X is a cross-platform, easy to learn object-oriented programming language focusing on game development with a powerful set of APIs that make it easy to draw lightning fast graphics on all supported platforms To achieve this, Cerberus X translate our code to the target...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  9. Flax Engine icon
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    Flax Engine is claimed the most agile game engine. It's open source, cross-platform and it lets you write scripts in C++ and C# seamlessly. Also focused on lightweight development. A true game changer.

    111 Flax Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Moai SDK icon
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    Moai SDK is an embeddable cross-platform game development SDK written in C++ and scriptable in Lua. You can use Moai to write games or apps, or you can embed Moai in other programs. You can also use Moai as an overlay in your apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  11. Moddio icon
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    Moddio is a Multiplayer-First Game Engine. It has a built-in server-authoritative netcode, including snapshot interpolation and client-side reconciliation. It can support 50+ concurrent players or 300+ moving entities hosted on a $5/month VM.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
     
  12. Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers, or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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