Game Engine Software head-to-head

Compare any two game engine software

First tool #1 Godot Engine · 9.2 #2 PlayCanvas · 9.0 #3 GameMaker · 8.9 #4 Construct 3 · 8.8 #5 Defold · 8.7 #6 CRYENGINE · 8.6 #7 Cocos Creator · 8.5 #8 libGDX · 8.4 #9 GDevelop · 8.3 #10 Phaser · 8.2 #11 jMonkeyEngine · 8.1 #12 Stride · 8.0 #13 Cocos2d-x · 7.9 #14 Ren'Py · 7.8 #15 RPG Maker · 7.8 #16 Irrlicht Engine · 7.8 #17 Stencyl · 7.8 #18 GameSalad · 7.8 #19 MonoGame · 7.8 #20 Open 3D Engine · 7.7 #21 Bevy · 7.6 #22 Flax Engine · 7.5 #23 Babylon.js · 7.4 #24 Solar2D · 7.2 #25 UNIGINE Engine · 7.1 #26 OGRE · 6.9 #27 Evergine · 6.7 #28 LayaAir · 6.5 #29 LÖVR · 6.4 #30 GB Studio · 6.3 #31 Buildbox · 6.1 #32 Harfang 3D · 5.9 #33 Felgo · 5.8 #34 GameGuru MAX · 5.7 #35 Clickteam Fusion 2.5 · 5.6 #36 Doriax Engine · 5.5 #37 Adventure Game Studio · 5.5 #38 melonJS · 5.4 #39 Redot Engine · 5.3 #40 Wicked Engine · 5.2 #41 Visionaire Studio · 5.2 #42 Armory3D · 5.2 #43 PICO-8 · 5.1 #44 CopperCube · 5.0 #45 Kaiju Engine · 4.9 #46 Pygame · 4.9 #47 Wonderland Engine · 4.8 #48 001 Game Creator · 4.7 #49 Gideros · 4.6 #50 Unity Version Control · 4.5 #51 Fyrox · 4.5 #52 Orx · 4.4 #53 AppGameKit · 4.3 #54 HaxeFlixel · 4.2 #55 Smile Game Builder · 4.1 #56 LÖVE · 4.0 #57 Leadwerks Game Engine · 3.9 #58 RPG Paper Maker · 3.8 #59 LITIENGINE · 3.7 #60 RPG in a Box · 3.6 #61 FIFE · 3.5 #62 Castle Game Engine · 3.3 #63 Solarus · 3.2 #64 Usagi Engine · 3.1 #65 OHRRPGCE · 3.0 #66 BYOND · 3.0 #67 Lumix Engine · 3.0 #68 Platinum Arts Sandbox · 3.0 #69 Impact.js · 3.0 #70 FPS Creator · 3.0 #71 Spring Engine · 3.0 #72 MegaGlest · 3.0 #73 TyranoBuilder · 3.0 #74 Cerberus X · 3.0 #75 RPG Playground · 3.0 #76 ÖbEngine · 3.0 #77 TADS · 3.0 #78 Ada Engine · 3.0 #79 WASM-4 · 3.0 #80 Flare Engine · 3.0 #81 FTEQW · 3.0 #82 Raze · 3.0 #83 Unity · 3.0 #84 A2Engine · 3.0 #85 Ikemen GO · 3.0 #86 The Adliberum Engine (ADLENGINE) · 3.0 #87 Zelda Classic · 3.0 #88 OpenMW-CS · 3.0 #89 Inform 7 · 3.0 #90 Pixel Game Maker MV · 3.0 #91 OpenRA Resource Center · 3.0 vs Second tool #1 Godot Engine · 9.2 #2 PlayCanvas · 9.0 #3 GameMaker · 8.9 #4 Construct 3 · 8.8 #5 Defold · 8.7 #6 CRYENGINE · 8.6 #7 Cocos Creator · 8.5 #8 libGDX · 8.4 #9 GDevelop · 8.3 #10 Phaser · 8.2 #11 jMonkeyEngine · 8.1 #12 Stride · 8.0 #13 Cocos2d-x · 7.9 #14 Ren'Py · 7.8 #15 RPG Maker · 7.8 #16 Irrlicht Engine · 7.8 #17 Stencyl · 7.8 #18 GameSalad · 7.8 #19 MonoGame · 7.8 #20 Open 3D Engine · 7.7 #21 Bevy · 7.6 #22 Flax Engine · 7.5 #23 Babylon.js · 7.4 #24 Solar2D · 7.2 #25 UNIGINE Engine · 7.1 #26 OGRE · 6.9 #27 Evergine · 6.7 #28 LayaAir · 6.5 #29 LÖVR · 6.4 #30 GB Studio · 6.3 #31 Buildbox · 6.1 #32 Harfang 3D · 5.9 #33 Felgo · 5.8 #34 GameGuru MAX · 5.7 #35 Clickteam Fusion 2.5 · 5.6 #36 Doriax Engine · 5.5 #37 Adventure Game Studio · 5.5 #38 melonJS · 5.4 #39 Redot Engine · 5.3 #40 Wicked Engine · 5.2 #41 Visionaire Studio · 5.2 #42 Armory3D · 5.2 #43 PICO-8 · 5.1 #44 CopperCube · 5.0 #45 Kaiju Engine · 4.9 #46 Pygame · 4.9 #47 Wonderland Engine · 4.8 #48 001 Game Creator · 4.7 #49 Gideros · 4.6 #50 Unity Version Control · 4.5 #51 Fyrox · 4.5 #52 Orx · 4.4 #53 AppGameKit · 4.3 #54 HaxeFlixel · 4.2 #55 Smile Game Builder · 4.1 #56 LÖVE · 4.0 #57 Leadwerks Game Engine · 3.9 #58 RPG Paper Maker · 3.8 #59 LITIENGINE · 3.7 #60 RPG in a Box · 3.6 #61 FIFE · 3.5 #62 Castle Game Engine · 3.3 #63 Solarus · 3.2 #64 Usagi Engine · 3.1 #65 OHRRPGCE · 3.0 #66 BYOND · 3.0 #67 Lumix Engine · 3.0 #68 Platinum Arts Sandbox · 3.0 #69 Impact.js · 3.0 #70 FPS Creator · 3.0 #71 Spring Engine · 3.0 #72 MegaGlest · 3.0 #73 TyranoBuilder · 3.0 #74 Cerberus X · 3.0 #75 RPG Playground · 3.0 #76 ÖbEngine · 3.0 #77 TADS · 3.0 #78 Ada Engine · 3.0 #79 WASM-4 · 3.0 #80 Flare Engine · 3.0 #81 FTEQW · 3.0 #82 Raze · 3.0 #83 Unity · 3.0 #84 A2Engine · 3.0 #85 Ikemen GO · 3.0 #86 The Adliberum Engine (ADLENGINE) · 3.0 #87 Zelda Classic · 3.0 #88 OpenMW-CS · 3.0 #89 Inform 7 · 3.0 #90 Pixel Game Maker MV · 3.0 #91 OpenRA Resource Center · 3.0 Compare

Every tool in the ranking is in the list, #1 to #91.

Top matchups The top four, head-to-head

• Godot Engine#1 · 9.2 vs PlayCanvas#2 · 9.0 0 wins5 even0 wins Godot Engine leads on 0 of 5 checks, PlayCanvas on 0, and 5 are even. Godot Engine vs PlayCanvas →
• Godot Engine#1 · 9.2 vs GameMaker#3 · 8.9 0 wins4 even1 win Godot Engine leads on 0 of 5 checks, GameMaker on 1, and 4 are even. Visual scripting only on GameMaker Godot Engine vs GameMaker →
• PlayCanvas#2 · 9.0 vs GameMaker#3 · 8.9 0 wins5 even0 wins PlayCanvas leads on 0 of 5 checks, GameMaker on 0, and 5 are even. PlayCanvas vs GameMaker →
• Godot Engine#1 · 9.2 vs Construct 3#4 · 8.8 0 wins4 even1 win Godot Engine leads on 0 of 5 checks, Construct 3 on 1, and 4 are even. Visual scripting only on Construct 3 Godot Engine vs Construct 3 →
• PlayCanvas#2 · 9.0 vs Construct 3#4 · 8.8 0 wins4 even0 wins PlayCanvas leads on 0 of 4 checks, Construct 3 on 0, and 4 are even. PlayCanvas vs Construct 3 →

Every top-8 matchup 27 comparisons, grouped by tool

• Godot Engine#1 · 9.2
  • vsGodot Engine vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsGodot Engine vs GameMaker8.9
  • vsGodot Engine vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDGodot Engine vs Defold8.7
  • vsGodot Engine vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsGodot Engine vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsGodot Engine vs libGDX8.4
• PlayCanvas#2 · 9.0
  • vsPlayCanvas vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsPlayCanvas vs GameMaker8.9
  • vsPlayCanvas vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDPlayCanvas vs Defold8.7
  • vsPlayCanvas vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsPlayCanvas vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsPlayCanvas vs libGDX8.4
• GameMaker#3 · 8.9
  • vsGameMaker vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsGameMaker vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsDGameMaker vs Defold8.7
  • vsGameMaker vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsGameMaker vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsGameMaker vs libGDX8.4
• Construct 3#4 · 8.8
  • vsConstruct 3 vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsConstruct 3 vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsDConstruct 3 vs Defold8.7
  • vsConstruct 3 vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsConstruct 3 vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsConstruct 3 vs libGDX8.4
• DDefold#5 · 8.7
  • vsDefold vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsDefold vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsDefold vs GameMaker8.9
  • vsDefold vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDefold vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsDefold vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsDefold vs libGDX8.4
• CRYENGINE#6 · 8.6
  • vsCRYENGINE vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsCRYENGINE vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsCRYENGINE vs GameMaker8.9
  • vsCRYENGINE vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDCRYENGINE vs Defold8.7
  • vsCRYENGINE vs Cocos Creator8.5
  • vsCRYENGINE vs libGDX8.4
• Cocos Creator#7 · 8.5
  • vsCocos Creator vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vsCocos Creator vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vsCocos Creator vs GameMaker8.9
  • vsCocos Creator vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDCocos Creator vs Defold8.7
  • vsCocos Creator vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vsCocos Creator vs libGDX8.4
• libGDX#8 · 8.4
  • vslibGDX vs Godot Engine9.2
  • vslibGDX vs PlayCanvas9.0
  • vslibGDX vs GameMaker8.9
  • vslibGDX vs Construct 38.8
  • vsDlibGDX vs Defold8.7
  • vslibGDX vs CRYENGINE8.6
  • vslibGDX vs Cocos Creator8.5

More head-to-heads

• CRYENGINE vs Open 3D Engine
• PCRYENGINE vs Phaser
• Cocos Creator vs GDevelop
• CRYENGINE vs Flax Engine
• PGodot Engine vs Phaser
• DPDefold vs Phaser
• CRYENGINE vs GDevelop
• CRYENGINE vs Redot Engine
• DDefold vs GDevelop
• GameMaker vs Flax Engine
• GDevelop vs Flax Engine
• GDevelop vs Stride
• PCocos Creator vs Phaser
• GDevelop vs CopperCube
• GameMaker vs Redot Engine
• GameMaker vs Open 3D Engine
• GDevelop vs Open 3D Engine
• Stencyl vs CopperCube
• Godot Engine vs GDevelop
• Stride vs Open 3D Engine
• Flax Engine vs Redot Engine
• DDefold vs Redot Engine
• DDefold vs Open 3D Engine
• DDefold vs Flax Engine
• Godot Engine vs Open 3D Engine
• Godot Engine vs Flax Engine
• Open 3D Engine vs Redot Engine
• Godot Engine vs Redot Engine
• Stride vs Flax Engine
• Open 3D Engine vs Flax Engine
• Godot Engine vs Stride

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