Free Unity Alternatives

The best free alternative to Unity is Godot Engine, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Unity and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Unity are Unreal Engine, GDevelop, Candlestick and Stride Game 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.

    79 Amulet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. Limon Engine icon
     1 like

    Limon is a multi platform 3D game engine mainly focusing on first person games. Focus of its development is ease of use and ease of study. It has builtin editor for maps, animations and GUIs.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. MAGE icon
     2 likes

    MAGE stands for MAKE A GAME EXPERIENCE

    The goal for MAGE is to make it as easy as possible for people to create their own 3D universes, adventures and stories. PLAY WHILE YOU CREATE!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Verge 3 icon
     2 likes

    VERGE is a Game Creation Engine: A progam that exists to help you make games in 16bits like super nintendo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  5. Boardgame.io icon
     4 likes

    Open-Source Game Engine for Board Games / Card Games / Tabletop Games. Write simple functions that describe how the game state changes when a particular move is made. This is automatically converted into a playable game complete with online multiplayer features, all without...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Glide Engine icon
     1 like

    Glide is a SpriteKit and GameplayKit based engine for building 2d games easily, with a focus on side scrollers. Glide is developed with Swift and works on iOS, macOS and tvOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
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  7. On-Boardy icon
     1 like

    Build your Boards, share it, and let others interact and engage with it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
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