Unity Alternatives

Unity is described as 'Real-time 3D engine enabling collaboration to create immersive, interactive experiences on Windows, Mac, and Linux, with extensive platform support' and is a very popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Unity for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Unity alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unity are Unreal Engine, Stride Game Engine, GDevelop and CRYENGINE.

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Unity alternatives are mainly Game Development Tools, but if you're looking for 3D Modelers or Role-playing Games you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Open Source, Linux, Open Source, Online, Free and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Unity.
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  1. Whitestorm.js icon
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    Whitestorm.js is a framework for 3D web apps built with Three.js technology. It implements a core for fast development of a 3D scene with physics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Angel2D icon
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    A cross-platform 2D game prototyping framework based on OpenGL and C++.

    Angel balances the speed and flexibility of native code with an eye towards rapid iteration and out-of-the-box functionality. In a world of web games and memory-managed scripting engines, sometimes you still.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OpenGL
     
  3. Viz4D icon
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    Viz4D helps you create top-performing web-based 3D viewer that works great on mobile and VR. It is tailored for real-time Archviz walkthrough, 3D product configurator and presentation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. QICI Engine icon
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    QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Orx icon
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    Orx is an open source, portable, lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine. Orx is mostly written in C, but allows you to develop with it with any language that can interface to C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Game Guru icon
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    Welcome to GameGuru, the easy game maker. Our mission is to create the easiest and most enjoyable game creator. Join us and our great & enthusiastic community on this journey.

    38 Game Guru alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Appcelerator icon
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    The Appcelerator platform is everything you need to create great, native mobile apps—all from a single JavaScript code base.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
     
  9. Open RPG Maker icon
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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.

    86 Open RPG Maker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Boardgame.io icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Bitmelo icon
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    Bitmelo is a game editor and engine for making small pixel art games. The editor has everything you need to develop a game in one convenient location. You can code, draw tiles and tilemaps, design sound effects, view the documentation, and playtest your game, all without having...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. GameCraft icon
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    GameCraft (formerly Robocraft X) is a game maker where you can build your own physics games from blocks and components without the need to write code. You can also play many games that have been created and shared by others in the community.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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