Top 31 C++ Game Engines Compared
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| Engine | Languages | Platforms | Cost | Ease | Visits | GH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 // 2D + 3D // | C++, Blueprint | mobile, desktop, console, browser, vr, ar | Royalty ($1M+) | 3 | 3.8m | - | |
2014 // 2D + 3D // | GDScript, C#, C++, VisualScript | mobile, desktop, console, browser | Free | 3 | 1.1m | 78.1k | |
2021 // 2D + 3D // | C++, Lua | desktop, console | Free | 4 | 99.9k | 7.0k | |
2018 // 2D + 3D // | C#, C++ | desktop, console, mobile, vr, ar | Royalty ($250k+) | 3 | 69.0k | 5.1k | |
2010 // 2D | C++, Python, Javascript | mobile, desktop, browser | Free | 4 | 62.2k | 17.6k | |
2002 // 3D // | C++, C# | desktop, console, vr | Royalty | 4 | 31.3k | - | |
2000 // 3D | C++ | mobile, desktop, browser | Free | 4 | 22.4k | 1.9k | |
2002 // 2D + 3D | Python, C++ | desktop, browser, mobile | Free | 3 | 15.1k | 4.1k | |
2D + 3D // | C#, C++ | mobile, desktop, console, browser, vr, ar | SaaS | 4 | 7.0k | - | |
2007 // 3D | C++, Lua | desktop | Free | 5 | 4.6k | 3.3k | |
2022 // 3D // | C++, Lua | desktop, browser, console | Free | 3 | 1.9k | 5.0k | |
2011 // 2D + 3D // | AppGameKit Script, C++ | mobile, desktop, console, vr | Flat Fee | 3 | 1.5k | - | |
2D | C++, GML | desktop, browser | Free | 3 | 1.3k | 305 | |
1995 // 2D | C, C++ | mobile, desktop | Free | 3 | 824 | 1.7k | |
2D + 3D // | C++ | desktop, mobile, browser | Free | 3 | 117 | 1.1k | |
| C++ | desktop | Free | 3 | - | 3.2k | ||
2D + 3D // | C++, JavaScript, TypeScript | desktop, mobile, browser | Free | 3 | - | 3.1k | |
| C++ | desktop | Free | 3 | - | 2.6k | ||
1999 // 3D // | C++ | desktop, console | Flat Fee | 4 | - | - | |
2D + 3D // | C++, AngelScript | mobile, desktop, browser, console | Free | 4 | - | 4.4k | |
| C++ | desktop, console | Free | 3 | - | 3.4k | ||
| C++ | desktop, vr | Free | 4 | - | 1.0k | ||
3D // | C++ | mobile, desktop, console | Free | 4 | - | 2.0k | |
| C++ | desktop, console, vr | Free | 4 | - | 1.9k | ||
3D // | C++, Lua | desktop, browser | Free | 3 | - | - | |
3D // | C++, Lua | desktop | Paid | 3 | - | - | |
| C++ | desktop | Free | 3 | - | 181 | ||
| C++, Lua | desktop, web | NA | 2 | - | 92 | ||
| C++, ActionScript | desktop, browser, mobile | Free | 3 | - | 900 | ||
| C++ | desktop | Free | 3 | - | 225 | ||
2D + 3D // | C++, C# | desktop, mobile, browser | Free | 3 | - | 685 |
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