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 Candlestick.

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  1. SmartShape icon
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    Your project’s smart 3D digital twin as a Service. SmartShape (formerly Minko) is a technology to develop and design rich, interactive and universal 3D applications targeting computers, web browsers and mobile platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Heaps.io icon
     3 likes

    Heaps is a cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games. It's designed to leverage modern GPUs that are commonly available on desktop, mobile and consoles.

    19 Heaps.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. AuraJS icon
     1 like

    Write JavaScript 2D and 3D games, compile to native. Create, play, and publish from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • npm
    • cURL
    • PowerShell
     
  5. Verus Engine icon
     1 like

    Verus Engine is a modern, platform-agnostic 3D game engine. It is developed using C++ and HLSL. It is based on Direct3D 12 and Vulkan graphics APIs. The code is user friendly and well optimized.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. SceneKit icon
     Like

    SceneKit is a high-level 3D graphics framework that helps you create animated 3D content, scenes and effects in your app and games. Combines a high-performance rendering engine with a descriptive API for import, manipulation, and rendering of 3D assets also incorporates a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
     
  7. LÖVR icon
     2 likes

    Virtual Reality for Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Rogue Engine icon
     2 likes

    Rogue Engine is a full featured environment for game development using WebGL. Create projects in an intuitive and familiar 3D environment using configurable components made with TypeScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Gameeky icon
     1 like

    Gameeky lets young learners and educators create and explore cooperative games and learning experiences.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  11. Drag[en]gine icon
     1 like

    A free software game engine focusing on developing games faster, more modular and stable with true -1 day portability support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Haiku
     
  12. Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is an open source free game maker, free RPG Maker, free sidescroller maker, free Machinima creator, and game design tool that makes it easy for kids and adults to create video games, maps and worlds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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