Engine↕ | Developer↕ | License↕ | Notable Games↕ | First Released↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Unreal Engine | Epic Games | Free (5% royalty after $1M) | Fortnite, Gears of War, Final Fantasy VII Remake | 1998 |
Unity | Unity Technologies | Freemium (per-seat licensing) | Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Pokemon Go | 2005 |
Godot | Godot Community | MIT (fully open-source) | Cassette Beasts, Brotato, Dome Keeper | 2014 |
Source 2 | Valve | Proprietary (free for Valve titles) | Dota 2, Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike 2 | 2015 |
id Tech | id Software | Proprietary | Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein, Quake | 1993 |
CryEngine | Crytek | Pay what you want (5% royalty) | Crysis, Far Cry, Hunt: Showdown | 2002 |
Frostbite | EA DICE | Proprietary (EA internal) | Battlefield, FIFA, Star Wars Battlefront | 2008 |
REDengine | CD Projekt Red | Proprietary | The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 | 2011 |
Creation Engine | Bethesda Game Studios | Proprietary | Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starfield | 2011 |
Decima | Guerrilla Games | Proprietary (Sony internal) | Horizon Zero Dawn, Death Stranding | 2013 |
RPG Maker | Kadokawa / Enterbrain | Commercial | To the Moon, Corpse Party, OneShot | 1992 |
GameMaker | YoYo Games | Freemium (commercial license) | Undertale, Hyper Light Drifter, Katana Zero | 1999 |
Ren'Py | Tom Rothamel | MIT (open-source) | Doki Doki Literature Club, Katawa Shoujo | 2004 |
Construct | Scirra | Subscription-based | The Next Penelope, Airscape | 2007 |
Lumberyard / Open 3D Engine | Amazon / Linux Foundation | Apache 2.0 (open-source) | New World, Star Citizen (partial) | 2016 |
Snowdrop | Ubisoft Massive | Proprietary (Ubisoft internal) | Tom Clancy's The Division, Star Wars Outlaws | 2013 |
Anvil | Ubisoft Montreal | Proprietary (Ubisoft internal) | Assassin's Creed series, Prince of Persia | 2007 |
Fox Engine | Kojima Productions / Konami | Proprietary | Metal Gear Solid V, Pro Evolution Soccer | 2013 |
Luminous Engine | Square Enix | Proprietary | Final Fantasy XV, Forspoken | 2012 |
Phyre Engine | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Free (PlayStation developers) | Journey, Flower, Demon's Souls (PS3) | 2008 |
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