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Top Game engines repositories on GitHub

2D and 3D game engines, runtimes, and authoring tools.

Ranked by stars across 922 repositories tagged game-engine. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    godotengine/godot112,846 · ⑂ 25,714

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

    • game-engine
    • godot
    • godotengine
    • open-source
    • multi-platform
    • gamedev
  2. 2
    ocornut/imgui73,980 · ⑂ 11,826

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

    • gui
    • gamedev
    • tools
    • ui
    • toolkit
    • native
  3. 3
    bevyengine/bevy46,756 · ⑂ 4,639

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    • bevy
    • gamedev
    • game-engine
    • open-source
    • rust
    • game-development
  4. 4
    raysan5/raylib33,527 · ⑂ 3,153

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

    • raylib
    • c
    • videogames
    • programming
    • opengl
    • android
  5. 5
    BabylonJS/Babylon.js25,669 · ⑂ 3,662

    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
  6. 6
    libgdx/libgdx25,166 · ⑂ 6,534

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    • libgdx
    • java
    • game
    • cross-platform
    • android
    • ios
  7. 7
    leereilly/games24,842 · ⑂ 3,520

    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
  8. 8
    4ian/GDevelop24,005 · ⑂ 1,411

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

    • game
    • javascript
    • gamedev
    • game-development
    • game-engine
    • html5
  9. 9
    cocos2d/cocos2d-x19,062 · ⑂ 7,062

    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
  10. 10
    aframevr/aframe17,561 · ⑂ 4,367

    :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

    • vr
    • webvr
    • virtualreality
    • threejs
    • html
    • vive
  11. 11
    kitao/pyxel17,551 · ⑂ 925

    A retro game engine for Python

    • game
    • game-development
    • game-engine
    • gamedev
    • graphics
    • html
  12. 12
    ellisonleao/magictools16,856 · ⑂ 1,199

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

    • game-development
    • gamedev
    • awesome
    • curated
    • list
    • games
  13. 13
    OpenRA/OpenRA16,827 · ⑂ 2,960

    Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.

    • game-engine
    • strategy-game-engine
    • csharp
    • cross-platform
    • dotnet
    • openra
  14. 14
    playcanvas/engine16,082 · ⑂ 1,921

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

    • webgl
    • webgl2
    • javascript
    • game-engine
    • gamedev
    • virtual-reality
  15. 15
    SFTtech/openage14,259 · ⑂ 1,246

    Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

    • game
    • engine
    • python
    • c-plus-plus
    • qt
    • nyan
  16. 16
    MonoGame/MonoGame14,042 · ⑂ 3,079

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

    • xna
    • monogame
    • game-framework
    • gamedev
    • csharp
    • cross-platform
  17. 17
    hajimehoshi/ebiten13,261 · ⑂ 765

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    • go
    • golang
    • golang-library
    • game
    • game-development
    • game-2d
  18. 18
    luanti-org/luanti12,998 · ⑂ 2,352

    Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation

    • c-plus-plus
    • voxel
    • voxel-engine
    • game-engine
    • lua
    • minetest
  19. 19
    skypjack/entt12,833 · ⑂ 1,095

    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
  20. 20
    boardgameio/boardgame.io12,359 · ⑂ 829

    State Management and Multiplayer Networking for Turn-Based Games

    • boardgames
    • game-engine
    • tabletop
    • react
    • react-native
    • javascript
  21. 21
    OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo211,052 · ⑂ 854

    An open source re-implementation of Diablo 2

    • game-engine
    • diablo2
    • 2d
    • diablo
    • engine
    • games
  22. 22
    flame-engine/flame10,652 · ⑂ 1,030

    A Flutter based game engine.

    • flutter
    • game-engine
    • game
    • dart
    • flame
    • hacktoberfest
  23. 23
    jrouwe/JoltPhysics10,527 · ⑂ 725

    A multi core friendly rigid body physics and collision detection library. Written in C++. Suitable for games and VR applications. Used by Horizon Forbidden West and Death Stranding 2.

    • physics
    • vr
    • game-development
    • cpp
    • c-plus-plus
    • game-engine
  24. 24
    egametang/ET9,818 · ⑂ 3,246

    Unity3D Client And C# Server Framework

    • c-sharp
    • server
    • game-engine
    • actor
    • unity
    • unity3d
  25. 25
    cocos/cocos-engine9,661 · ⑂ 2,113

    Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine. Empowering millions of developers to create high-performance, engaging 2D/3D games and instant web entertainment.

    • cocos
    • cocoscreator
    • game-engine
    • game-development
    • open-source
    • gamedev

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