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. Stencyl icon
     69 likes

    Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. We take care of the essentials, so you can focus on what's important - making your game yours.

    109 Stencyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. An open-source 3D/2D game engine for ObjectPascal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. Cocos Creator icon
     13 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  4. Floptle icon
     Like

    Floptle: a lightweight rust-based game engine focused on fast and easy implementation of multiplayer, and making powerful gamedev tools accessible like raymarched terrain, shader editing, pathfinding, and more.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Arch Linux
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  5. Felgo icon
     7 likes

    Felgo is a Cross-Platform Development SDK based on the popular Qt framework. Felgo Apps and Games are created within the Qt Creator.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  6. Blend4Web icon
     12 likes

    Blend4Web is an Open Source tool for interactive 3D visualization on the Internet. It provides Free and Commercial licenses.

    27 Blend4Web alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. A feature-rich, production-ready, general purpose 2D/3D game engine written in Rust with a scene editor. Formerly known as rg3d.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. The Mirror icon
     2 likes

    The Roblox & UEFN alternative giving you freedom to own what you create. An all-in-one, real-time, collaborative game development platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • itch.io
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  9. HARFANG 3D icon
     13 likes

    HARFANG®3D is a cross-platform & multi-language solution to integrate with embedded systems, existing environments & combining features to meet the industrial standards of 3D imaging.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  10. Banquise icon
     5 likes

    Banquise is a global community of players and creators. Create any games or other interactive content in no-code and share it with the whole community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
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  11. Blitz3D icon
     20 likes

    Create 2D and 3D Games for Windows.

    If you've been yearning to create games but have been frustrated by the complexity of programming languages such as C++ or Java, you've come to the right place!

    Blitz3D provides a simple yet powerful environment for game creation - s.

    86 Blitz3D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Pygame icon
     25 likes

    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.

    73 Pygame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • HP webOS
    • AmigaOS
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