The Forge AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like The Forge

The Forge is described as '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' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to The Forge for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best The Forge alternative is Torque 3D, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like The Forge are OGRE, Pygame, Zmodeler and Grit Game Engine.

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  1. Torque 3D icon
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    Torque 3D is a easy-to-use game creation platform. Architected from the ground up for maximum flexibility and performance across a wide range of hardware and built upon the Frontline award-winning Torque Game Engine Advanced, Torque 3D comes equipped with a full suite of tools...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    • Torque 3D is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to The Forge.

    • Torque 3D is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Forge.

    • Torque 3D is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  2. OGRE icon
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    OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • OGRE is the most popular Mac alternative to The Forge.

    • OGRE is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  3. Pygame icon
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    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.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • HP webOS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AmigaOS
     
    • Pygame is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to The Forge.

    • Pygame is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  4. Zmodeler icon
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    ZModeler (or Zanoza Modeler) is a 3D modeling application. It is aimed at modelers who model for computer games such as 18 Wheels of Steel, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed, Midtown Madness or similar video games.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    The Grit Game Engine is an MIT-Licensed Open Source Game Engine that is highly scriptable via Lua. It supports huge open world maps and dynamically streams assets from disk. The Grit Game Engine is a community project to build a free game engine (and toolchain) for implementing...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Intrinsic icon
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    Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine.

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    • Windows
     
  7. Awakening icon
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    Awakening is a powerful professional real-time 3D solution. With it, you can easily create eye-catching interactive 3D presentations, brief films, games...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  8. irrlicht icon
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    The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers, and has all of the state-of-the-art features which can be found in commercial 3d engines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. JMonkeyEngine icon
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    JMonkeyEngine3 it’s a free, open source game engine, made especially for Java game developers who want to create 3D games using modern technology. The software is programmed entirely in Java, intended for wide accessibility and quick deployment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. Arianne icon
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    Arianne is a multiplayer online games framework and engine to develop turn based and real time games. It provides a simple way of creating games on a portable and robust server architecture. The server is coded in Java and you may use Python for your game description, provides a...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Project Anarchy is a complete end to end game engine and state-of-the-art toolset for mobile. Project Anarchy includes an entirely free license to ship your game on iOS, Android and Tizen platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  12. UNIGINE icon
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    Unigine Engine is a proprietary cross-platform middleware, developed by Unigine. It is used as either a game engine or as an engine for VR systems. The middleware is aimed to the wide market, so there are various licenses of Unigine, including special ones for independent...

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
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