MonoGame Alternatives

MonoGame is described as '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. MonoGame is a fully managed .NET open source game framework without any black boxes' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MonoGame for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android apps. The best MonoGame alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MonoGame are Unity, Unreal Engine, GDevelop and Wick Editor.

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  1. Cocos Creator icon
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    Cocos Creator is a complete package of game development tools and workflow, including a game engine (based on Cocos2d-x), resource management, scene editing, game preview, debug and publish one project to multiple platforms.

    113 Cocos Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. batari-Basic icon
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    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
     
  3. Glicode icon
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    GLICODE TM turns every packet of Pocky into a bite-sized coding lesson. By laying out Pocky in the right order, you can use Japan’s (and the world's) favourite snacks to learn algorithmic thinking in a fun and engaging way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. nCine icon
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    nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine in C++ for fast and performant game development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Emscripten
     
  5. Evergine icon
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    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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. FlatRedBall icon
     2 likes

    Free and open-source, cross-platform 2D game engine written entirely in C# and based on MonoGame/XNA with additional features on top such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  7. Making games as the '80s arcade games. Includes Run'n'Gun, vertical & horizontal Shooters or Platform, makes games as Pac-Man, Commando, 1942, Ghosts 'n' Goblins or Gauntlet, with sprite sheets, pixel art, sound fx, & music. You get arcade feel.

    66 Arcade Game Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Gameeky icon
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    Gameeky lets young learners and educators create and explore cooperative games and learning experiences.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  9. LÖVR icon
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    Virtual Reality for Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. 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
     
  11. Torque 2D icon
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    Torque 2D is an extremely powerful, flexible, and fast open source engine dedicated to 2D game development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  12. AppGameKit is a simple cross platform game development tool that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and Raspberry Pi. A version to run on Android and iOS is also available. With AppGameKit you can use a simple Basic like programming language to develop cross platform applications, 2D...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • HTML
     
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