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World Machine comparisons

Freemium#2 of 27 in Game Map Generators3D Landscape Design Software Game Texture Software 3D Modeling Software

World Machine is compared head-to-head with Heightmap Level Generator, Instant Terra and World Creator and more: 7 head-to-heads in Game Map Generators, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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World Machine vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Generation method	Map dimension	Custom assets	Engine export	Export formats	Score
2	World Machine	Yes		Procedural	Both	Yes	Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot	RAW, EXR, TIFF, PNG, TER, OBJ, glTF, GLB	9.2
1	Heightmap Level Generator	Yes	Free	Procedural	Both	Yes	Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot Terrain3D, three.js	16-bit PNG, RAW .r16, RGBA PNG, JSON, glTF .glb	9.4
3	Instant Terra	Yes	$149 one-time	Procedural	Both	Yes	Unreal Engine, Unity, Houdini, Clarisse	Heightmaps, meshes, masks, color maps, normal maps, vector maps, flow maps	9.1
4	World Creator	No	$59/yr	Hybrid	3d	Yes	Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot; Blender workflow		9.0
5	Gaea	Yes	$99 one-time						8.9
6	3D Dungeon Generator	Yes	Free	Procedural	3d	Yes	GLB-compatible 3D workflows	GLB	8.8
7	Dungeon Generator for Unreal Engine 5			Procedural	3d	Yes	Unreal Engine 5		8.7
8	Dungeon Architect	No		Procedural	Both	Yes	Unreal Engine, Unity		8.6

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