raylib Alternatives

raylib is described as 'Game development library highly inspired by Borland BGI graphics lib and by XNA framework. Made as a simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy game programming' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to raylib for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best raylib alternative is LÖVE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like raylib are Ren'Py, Fibbo, Polly2D and SDL.

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  1. LibGDX icon
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    Java framework providing unified API for building 2D or 3D games across desktop, mobile, and browser platforms, with hot code swapping, rapid prototyping, modular architecture, integrated physics, input, asset tools, and support for desktop-native debugging.

    58 LibGDX alternatives

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  2. Cerberus X icon
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    Cerberus X is a cross-platform, easy to learn object-oriented programming language focusing on game development with a powerful set of APIs that make it easy to draw lightning fast graphics on all supported platforms To achieve this, Cerberus X translate our code to the target...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  3. Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers, or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. nCine icon
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    nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine in C++ for fast and performant game development.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Emscripten
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  5. AppGameKit is a simple cross platform game development tool that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and Raspberry Pi. A version to run on Android and iOS is also available. With AppGameKit you can use a simple Basic like programming language to develop cross platform applications, 2D...

    59 AppGameKit Classic alternatives

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    • HTML
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  6. Glide Engine icon
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    Glide is a SpriteKit and GameplayKit based engine for building 2d games easily, with a focus on side scrollers. Glide is developed with Swift and works on iOS, macOS and tvOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Apple TV
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  7. Oxygine icon
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    Oxygine is completely free and open source (MIT license) 2D game engine, available on GitHub. It is written in C++ and runs on MacOSX, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
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  8. UrhoSharp icon
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    UrhoSharp is a lightweight Game Engine suitable for using with C# and F# to create games and 3D applications. The game engine is available as a portable class library, allowing your game code to be written once and shared across all platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. AGKSharp icon
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    AGKSharp is a free implementation of AppGameKit to be used with C# and .NET.

    53 AGKSharp alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Windows
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  10. A modular game engine written in Rust, built for performance, ergonomics and cross platform development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  11. NasNas icon
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    NasNas is a lightweight modular 2D game framework with a focus on pixel art style games. It is entirely written in modern C++17, and doesn't have any dependency other than SFML2. It provides a clean and easy to use API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  12. 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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
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