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The best IDE alternative to Unreal Engine is GDevelop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Unreal Engine and three of them are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Unreal Engine are Defold Engine and Project Anarchy.

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  1. GDevelop icon

    GDevelop

     193 likes

    GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events.

    121 GDevelop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    The new editor interface, which now supports 3D editing.
     
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    Comments about GDevelop as an Alternative to Unreal Engine
    Michael
    Negative
    3

    Allows for creating 2D games only.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    simple visual code despite the fact that it is only 2D

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • GDevelop is Freemium and Open SourceUnreal Engine is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GDevelop is LightweightUnreal Engine is not according to our users
  2. Defold Engine icon

    Defold Engine

     38 likes

    The completely free and source-available game engine Defold solves the technical issues we all have in common when making games. That way, you can focus on being creative and building a great game.

    65 Defold Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Defold Engine screenshot 1
     
  4. Project Anarchy icon

    Project Anarchy

     5 likes

    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    vForge
     
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