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Compare game engines and dev tools, side by side

Price, royalties, licence, platforms and the latest version of 35 engines and tools indie developers actually use. We update a row every time we cover a release, and every fact links to its source.

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17 engines · updated 2 Nov 2026

Game engine comparison

Price, royalties, licence, platforms and the latest version of the engines indie developers actually use, side by side. We update a row every time we cover a release.

free with no royalty
10
open source
10
ship to consoles
7

BENNE · Bevy · Construct 3 · Defold · Flax Engine · Fyrox · GameMaker · GDevelop · Godot Engine · LÖVE (Love2D) · MonoGame · O3DE (Open 3D Engine) · Phaser · RPG Maker MZ · Stride · Unity · Unreal Engine

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18 tools · updated 2 Nov 2026

Game dev tools comparison

Modelling, texturing, animation, pixel art, level design and audio tools for indie games, compared on price, licence, platforms and engine support. We update a row every time we cover a release.

free
9
open source
8
run on Linux
12

ActionForge · ArmorPaint · Aseprite · AssetHoard · Blender · FMOD Studio · Krita · LDtk · Material Maker · Mixamo · Plasticity · Quixel Mixer · Substance 3D Painter · Tiled · Ucupaint (Blender add-on) · UVgami · Wwise · ZBrush

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