GDevelop AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like GDevelop

GDevelop is described as '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' and is a very popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GDevelop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best GDevelop alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GDevelop are Unity, Scratch, Wick Editor and LÖVE.

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  1. Godot Engine icon
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    Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

    184 Godot Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Epic Games Store
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
    • itch.io
    • Meta Quest
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  2. Unity icon
     364 likes

    Unity's real-time 3D engine fosters collaboration among artists, designers, and developers, offering tools for immersive, interactive experiences. Unity 6 enhances rendering, lighting, and AI, supports AR, VR, mobile, desktop, and includes detailed multiplayer workflows.

    139 Unity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Unity screenshot 1
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  3. Scratch icon
     123 likes

    Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas...

    80 Scratch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. Wick Editor icon
     80 likes

    The Wick Editor is a free and open-source tool for creating games, animations, and everything in-between. It's designed to be the most accessible tool for creating multimedia projects on the web. Your creations can run on any device with a web browser - that means mobile too.

    100 Wick Editor alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. LÖVE icon
     100 likes

    Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • FreeBSD
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  6. Candlestick icon
     16 likes

    Open-source editor runs in browser for making games, animations, and interactive content, offering vector drawing, timeline tools, asset import/export, JavaScript scripting, onion-skinning, plug-ins, and no installation or feature restrictions required.

    65 Candlestick alternatives

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    • Online
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  7. GameMaker icon
     50 likes

    Welcome to the home of GameMaker, the fastest and friendliest cross-platform game development technology out there. GameMaker has been completely redeveloped with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games within a single code base and then publish...

    81 GameMaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  8. microStudio icon
     23 likes

    microStudio is a free game engine online. Create games, learn programming, play, share, prototype and jam!.

    178 microStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
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  9. Defold Engine icon
     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.

    67 Defold Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. GABE icon
     5 likes

    Offers an integrated Gradle build environment for compiling, building, and testing Godot game projects natively on Android, supporting seamless on-device workflows without a PC. Facilitates game development using open-source tools within the Android editor environment.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Meta Quest
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  11. Stride (formerly Xenko) is an open-source C# game engine designed for the future of gaming. It comes with a full toolchain and is especially well suited to create realistic games but allows you much more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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