Pygame Alternatives

Pygame is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Pygame for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Pygame alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pygame are Unity, LÖVE, microStudio and Bevy Game Engine.

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Pygame alternatives page was last updated Nov 8, 2024
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    Mycosm is a platform for creating 3D applications, designed to be used by a broad range of developers for many industries. For example, games, engineering simulation, education, visualization, decision support etc. Mycosm consists of a studio tool and freely distributable player.

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    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

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    • Windows

    Mycosm Studio VS Pygame

     
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    GameplayKit is an object-oriented framework that provides foundational tools and technologies for building games in iOS, macOS, and tvOS using the Swift programming language and 3rd party rendering and multimedia libraries such as SpriteKit.

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    • FreeProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV

    GameplayKit Features

    1.  Swift

    GameplayKit VS Pygame

     
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    A 2D game engine based on ECS and written in 100% Swift for iOS, macOS and tvOS.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV

    OctopusKit Features

    1.  Swift
    2.  2D Game Engine

    OctopusKit VS Pygame

     
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    BlitzMax is a strongly-typed, garbage-collected, open-source, cross-platform programming language with built-in support for advanced 2D graphics, sound, unicode and is ideally suited to making all kinds of apps and games.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Nintendo Switch

    BlitzMax NG VS Pygame

     
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    Educational 2D-Engine based on pygame.

    This engine is a higher-level 2D Engine based on pygame. The goal is to program game as easy and as fast as possible, with as few lines of code as possible, without dealing with low-level graphics programming.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1.  Pygame

    MiniWorldMaker VS Pygame

     
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    Ursina makes it easier to develop games, visualizations and other kinds software. The concise API combined with the power of the Python programming language, makes life easier for the developer so they can focus on what they are making.

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    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ursina VS Pygame

     
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    The Forge is a cross-platform rendering framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, Switch and Stadia. Particularly, the graphics layer of The Forge supports cross-platform descriptor management, multi-threaded and asynchronous resource loading, shader...

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    The Forge VS Pygame

     
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    Simurban® is a 3D simulation software suite that allows users to create, view and interact with accurate and photorealistic models of any built environment. Ideal for development assessment, strategic planning and design.

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Simurban VS Pygame

     
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    Cave Engine is a Simple, easy to use, 3D desktop Game Engine that is scriptable in Python.

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    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • BR flagBrazil

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Cave Engine Features

    1.  3D Game Engine

    Cave Engine VS Pygame

     
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    Solar2D is a Lua based cross-platform framework with focus on ease of iterations and usage. ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Solar2D VS Pygame

     
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