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Top Game development repositories on GitHub

Engines, libraries, sample games, and tools for game makers.

Ranked by stars across 1,584 repositories tagged game-development. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    godotengine/godot110,379 · ⑂ 25,230

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    • game-engine
    • godot
    • godotengine
    • open-source
    • multi-platform
    • gamedev
  2. 2
    ocornut/imgui73,034 · ⑂ 11,755

    Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

    • gui
    • gamedev
    • tools
    • ui
    • toolkit
    • native
  3. 3
    bevyengine/bevy45,949 · ⑂ 4,548

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    • bevy
    • gamedev
    • game-engine
    • open-source
    • rust
    • game-development
  4. 4
    phaserjs/phaser39,576 · ⑂ 7,133

    Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

    • phaser
    • phaserjs
    • javascript
    • html5-game-development
    • webgl
    • game-frameworks
  5. 5
    raysan5/raylib32,799 · ⑂ 3,078

    A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

    • raylib
    • c
    • videogames
    • programming
    • opengl
    • android
  6. 6
    emilk/egui28,979 · ⑂ 2,032

    egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

    • gui
    • rust
    • game-development
    • wasm
    • imgui
    • gamedev
  7. 7
    BabylonJS/Babylon.js25,457 · ⑂ 3,636

    Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.

    • webgl
    • webgl2
    • 3d
    • game-development
    • webvr
    • babylon
  8. 8
    libgdx/libgdx25,067 · ⑂ 6,536

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    • libgdx
    • java
    • game
    • cross-platform
    • android
    • ios
  9. 9
    leereilly/games24,728 · ⑂ 3,505

    Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.

    • game-engine
    • html5-games
    • gamedev
    • games
    • game
    • game-development
  10. 10
    clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB24,638 · ⑂ 1,013

    Development at the speed of light

    • database
    • dataoriented
    • game-development
    • relational
    • relational-database
    • mmorpg-server
  11. 11
    4ian/GDevelop22,666 · ⑂ 1,355

    🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.

    • game
    • javascript
    • gamedev
    • game-development
    • game-engine
    • html5
  12. 12

    🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

    • shaders
    • 3d
    • graphics
    • panda3d
    • game-development
    • glsl
  13. 13
    cocos2d/cocos2d-x19,000 · ⑂ 7,082

    Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

    • cocos2d
    • cocos2d-x
    • game-engine
    • c-plus-plus
    • lua
    • metal
  14. 14
    aframevr/aframe17,526 · ⑂ 4,360

    :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

    • vr
    • webvr
    • virtualreality
    • threejs
    • html
    • vive
  15. 15
    Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios17,479 · ⑂ 2,556

    Turn Claude Code into a full game dev studio — 49 AI agents, 72 workflow skills, and a complete coordination system mirroring real studio hierarchy.

    • ai-agents
    • ai-assisted-development
    • anthropic
    • claude
    • claude-code
    • game-design
  16. 16
    kitao/pyxel17,445 · ⑂ 924

    A retro game engine for Python

    • game
    • game-development
    • game-engine
    • gamedev
    • graphics
    • html
  17. 17
    ellisonleao/magictools16,602 · ⑂ 1,176

    :video_game: :pencil: A list of Game Development resources to make magic happen.

    • game-development
    • gamedev
    • awesome
    • curated
    • list
    • games
  18. 18
    playcanvas/engine14,860 · ⑂ 1,777

    Powerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF

    • webgl
    • webgl2
    • javascript
    • game-engine
    • gamedev
    • virtual-reality
  19. 19
    bulletphysics/bullet314,455 · ⑂ 3,072

    Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics, machine learning etc.

    • simulation
    • robotics
    • kinematics
    • virtual-reality
    • reinforcement-learning
    • computer-animation
  20. 20
    SFTtech/openage14,199 · ⑂ 1,238

    Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

    • game
    • engine
    • python
    • c-plus-plus
    • qt
    • nyan
  21. 21
    MonoGame/MonoGame13,848 · ⑂ 3,070

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

    • xna
    • monogame
    • game-framework
    • gamedev
    • csharp
    • cross-platform
  22. 22
    hajimehoshi/ebiten13,149 · ⑂ 764

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    • go
    • golang
    • golang-library
    • game
    • game-development
    • game-2d
  23. 23
    assimp/assimp12,918 · ⑂ 3,173

    The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data structure.

    • asset-pipeline
    • assets
    • game-development
    • c-plus-plus
    • assimp
    • patreon
  24. 24
    skypjack/entt12,625 · ⑂ 1,088

    Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more

    • header-only
    • modern-cpp
    • cpp
    • entity-component-system
    • game-development
    • game-programming
  25. 25
    mapeditor/tiled12,515 · ⑂ 1,917

    Flexible level editor

    • editor
    • level
    • qt
    • c-plus-plus
    • tile
    • java

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