Torque 2D Alternatives

Torque 2D is described as 'Extremely powerful, flexible, and fast open source engine dedicated to 2D game development' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Torque 2D for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Torque 2D alternative is Cocos2d-x, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Torque 2D are MonoGame, Mini Micro, Allegro and SFML.

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  1. Cocos2d-x icon
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    cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Blackberry 10
     
    • Cocos2d-x is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Torque 2D.

    • Cocos2d-x is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Torque 2D.

    • Cocos2d-x is Free and Open SourceTorque 2D is also Free and Open Source
    • Cocos2d-x is LightweightTorque 2D is not according to our users
  2. MonoGame icon
     31 likes

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games. The spiritual successor to XNA with 1000's of titles shipped across desktop, mobile, and console platforms. MonoGame is a fully managed .NET open source game framework without any black boxes.

    104 MonoGame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • MonoGame is the most popular Web-based alternative to Torque 2D.

    • MonoGame is Free and Open SourceTorque 2D is also Free and Open Source
    • MonoGame is LightweightTorque 2D is not according to our users
  3. Mini Micro icon
     3 likes

    Mini Micro is an easy-to-learn environment for game programming, all based on MiniScript, a new language explicitly designed to be simple, syntax-light, and easy to use while still having all the power and expressiveness you need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Allegro icon
     12 likes

    Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming. They handle common, low-level tasks such as creating windows, accepting user input, loading data, drawing images, playing sounds, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
     
  5. SFML icon
     13 likes

    SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) is a portable and easy-to-use API for multimedia programming.

    14 SFML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. LibGDX icon
     20 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. nCine icon
     8 likes

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

    68 nCine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Emscripten
     
  8. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • HTML
     
  9. Glide Engine icon
     2 likes

    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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  10. Oxygine icon
     2 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  11. AGKSharp icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Lite-C icon
     1 like

    Lite-C is a programming language for multimedia applications and personal computer games, using a syntax subset of the C language with some elements of the C++ language. Its main difference to C is the native implementation of multimedia and computer game related objects like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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