Solarus AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Solarus

Solarus is described as 'Free and open-source Action-RPG game engine, licensed under GPL v3, and written in C++. It runs quests in Lua, and can work on a great number of platforms. Solarus also features a game editor and a game launcher' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Solarus for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Solarus alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Solarus are microStudio, Bevy Game Engine, RPG Paper Maker and RPG Maker.

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  1. Godot Engine icon

    Godot Engine

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    Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

    178 Godot Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Epic Games Store
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
    • itch.io
    • Meta Quest
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    • Godot Engine is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Solarus.

    • Godot Engine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Solarus.

    • Godot Engine is Free and Open SourceSolarus is also Free and Open Source
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    RPG Paper Maker

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    RPG Paper Maker is a free game maker engine including a 3D universe with many 2D sprites and some simplified 3D objects. Pretty close to the RPG Maker series, RPG Paper Maker finally give a way to create RPGs in a totally 3D universe as easy as it is in 2D!

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  6. RPG Maker icon

    RPG Maker

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    Suite for building 2D top-down role-playing games with detailed map, tile, and sprite editors, traditional turn-based mechanics, dialog and encounter tools, custom scripting, asset support, and publishing options, suitable for both beginners and advanced users.

    75 RPG Maker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    RPG Maker VX Ace
     

    • RPG Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to Solarus.

    • RPG Maker is Paid and ProprietarySolarus is Free and Open Source
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    UPBGE

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    A extremely powerful application to make games in python as well as in visual programming

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Blender
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    Joiplay

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    JoiPlay is a game launcher for Ren'Py, RPG Maker XP/VX/VX Ace/MV/MZ, TyranoBuilder and HTML5 based games

    28 Joiplay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  10. EasyRPG icon

    EasyRPG

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    EasyRPG is a project aimed at producing a free and open source role playing game interpreter and editor compatible with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003.

    30 EasyRPG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    EasyRPG Player for Android with custom on screen button mapping
     

    • EasyRPG is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Solarus.

    • EasyRPG is Free and Open SourceSolarus is also Free and Open Source
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    Wicked Engine

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    Wicked Engine is an open-source game engine written in C++. The main focus is to be easy to set up and use, light weight, high performance, and graphically advanced. The full source code is provided with the MIT license, which means, anyone is free to use it for anything without...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
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  12. G3D Innovation Engine icon

    G3D Innovation Engine

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    The G3D Innovation Engine is a commercial-grade C++ 3D engine available as Open Source (BSD License). It is used in commercial games, research papers, military simulators, and university courses. G3D supports hardware accelerated real-time rendering, off-line rendering like ray...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  13. Open RPG Maker icon

    Open RPG Maker

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    Open RPG Maker is a free and open source clone of features from the RPG Maker series (i.e. rpgmaker200, rpgmaker2003, rpgmakerxp), as well as many other features. All of the data files are in XML format and are easily editable with any text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    fgmk

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    fgmk is a Python based editor for making retro, 2D RPG games. Games are composed of plain text files, images and a index.html file containing the engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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