Unity Alternatives

Unity is described as 'Real-time 3D engine enabling collaboration to create immersive, interactive experiences on Windows, Mac, and Linux, with extensive platform support' and is a very popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Unity for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Unity alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unity are Unreal Engine, Stride Game Engine, GDevelop and Candlestick.

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Unity alternatives are mainly Game Development Tools, but if you're looking for 3D Modelers or Role-playing Games you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Open Source, Linux, Online, Open Source, 3D Game Engine, Free and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Unity.
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  1. Angel2D icon
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    A cross-platform 2D game prototyping framework based on OpenGL and C++.

    Angel balances the speed and flexibility of native code with an eye towards rapid iteration and out-of-the-box functionality. In a world of web games and memory-managed scripting engines, sometimes you still.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OpenGL
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  2. QICI Engine icon
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    QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. LittleJS icon
     1 like

    LittleJS is a fast lightweight open source HTML5 game engine for modern web development. Its small footprint is packed with a comprehensive feature set including hybrid rendering, physics, particles, sound effects, music, and input handling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
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  4. Appcelerator icon
     5 likes

    The Appcelerator platform is everything you need to create great, native mobile apps—all from a single JavaScript code base.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. FPS Creator icon
     8 likes

    FPS Creator is a complete drag-and-drop game-making tool that lets you build your own first-person shooter games without writing a line of code.

    69 FPS Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Orx icon
     14 likes

    Orx is an open source, portable, lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine. Orx is mostly written in C, but allows you to develop with it with any language that can interface to C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
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  8. If you like playing 3D games, you might like to create your own game with custom scenes, characters, weapons and design your own gameplay. Silent Walk FPS Creator is a tool which helps you design and build your dream 3D game - without a single line of code!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Game Guru icon
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    Welcome to GameGuru, the easy game maker. Our mission is to create the easiest and most enjoyable game creator. Join us and our great & enthusiastic community on this journey.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. GameCraft icon
     1 like

    GameCraft (formerly Robocraft X) is a game maker where you can build your own physics games from blocks and components without the need to write code. You can also play many games that have been created and shared by others in the community.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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  11. A 2D game engine based on ECS and written in 100% Swift for iOS, macOS and tvOS.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
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  12. AGKSharp icon
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    AGKSharp is a free implementation of AppGameKit to be used with C# and .NET.

    53 AGKSharp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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