Unreal Engine Alternatives

Unreal Engine is described as 'Professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower-end systems' and is a very popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Unreal Engine for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Unreal Engine alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unreal Engine are Unity, GDevelop, Candlestick and CRYENGINE.

filter to find the best alternatives

Unreal Engine 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 Free, Raspberry Pi, Open Source 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 Unreal Engine.
More about Unreal Engine
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Unreal Engine alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. AuraJS icon

    AuraJS

     1 like

    Write JavaScript 2D and 3D games, compile to native. Create, play, and publish from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • npm
    • cURL
    • PowerShell
     
  2. Coppercube icon

    Coppercube

     8 likes

    CopperCube is a 3D editor for creating interactive 3D applications or simple games for Flash / Stage 3D, WebGL or as application. No programming is necessary for this. Simply import your 3D models, specify camera controllers and behaviors, and hit 'publish'.

    32 Coppercube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    Coppercube screenshot 1
     
  4. GeeXLab icon

    GeeXLab

     5 likes

    GeeXLab is a cross-platform demotool for 3D programming, demos creation, game development, interactive applications, creative coding and prototyping.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  5. Ad
    Screenshot
    Unity icon
    Unity

    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...

    https://unity.com
    Learn More
  6. Project Anarchy icon

    Project Anarchy

     5 likes

    Project Anarchy is a complete end to end game engine and state-of-the-art toolset for mobile. Project Anarchy includes an entirely free license to ship your game on iOS, Android and Tizen platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    vForge
     
  7. Intrinsic icon

    Intrinsic

     3 likes

    Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Intrinsic screenshot 1
     
  8. Drag[en]gine icon

    Drag[en]gine

     1 like

    A free software game engine focusing on developing games faster, more modular and stable with true -1 day portability support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Haiku
    Drag[en]gine screenshot 1
     
  10. RPG Toolkit icon

    RPG Toolkit

     10 likes

    The RPG Toolkit is a free, open source project delivering a simple, flexible and powerful tool for the creation of role-playing games on your personal computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main Window
     
  11. Octave (Game Engine) icon

    Octave (Game Engine)

     1 like

    A 3D game engine for GameCube, Wii, 3DS, Windows, Linux, and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. LunarEngine icon

    LunarEngine

     1 like

    LunarEngine (formerly Librebox) is an open-source game engine powered by Luau. It delivers a sandbox-style API and development model inspired by popular sandbox engines, so existing Luau code runs with minimal changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    LunarEngine screenshot 1
     
  13. Keolot Phaser Editor icon

    Keolot Phaser Editor

     1 like

    Keolot Phaser Editor is a free visual development environment for 2D browser games on the open source Phaser engine with integrated Matter JS physics. The application has a built-in ability to visually create and edit scenes, game objects, animations, audio and keys, write game...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    Keolot Phaser Editor screenshot 1
     
  14. Esenthel Engine icon

    Esenthel Engine

     1 like

    Esenthel is a next gen, cross-platform C++ game engine that comes with a lighting fast, high performance game engine with advanced graphics and physics and support for multiplayer and UNLIMITED size worlds which is make the engine well suit even MMORPG titles.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
    Esenthel Engine screenshot 1
     
  15. Nau Engine icon

    Nau Engine

     1 like

    Nau Engine is a versatile and free game engine built on open-source principles. It's designed to be accessible to developers of all skill levels, enabling the creation of a wide range of interactive experiences.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Nau Engine screenshot 1
     
You are at page 6 of Unreal Engine alternatives