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not-fl3/macroquad

Cross-platform game engine in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#android #game-engine #ios #rust #wasm

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-08
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 347 open

4,661

stars

Forks: 427
Commits: 752 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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spring/spring

A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/

Stack

C++ CMake Maven

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #lua #opengl #real-time-strategy #rts

Updated: 2024-03-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-05-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

3,992

stars

Forks: 866
Commits: 28,426 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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AmbientRun/Ambient

The multiplayer game engine

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #multiplayer

Updated: 2025-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-12-19
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 281 open

3,906

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 4,756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 462 open

3,898

stars

Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,246 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nem0/LumixEngine

3D C++ Game Engine - yet another open source game engine

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#3d-game-engine #data-oriented-design #editor #entity-component-system #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-21
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

3,893

stars

Forks: 447
Commits: 7,650 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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OpenXRay/xray-16

Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #arm64 #cmake #cplusplus #cpp17 #d3d11

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 291 open

3,575

stars

Forks: 550
Commits: 8,570 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AtomicGameEngine/AtomicGameEngine

The Atomic Game Engine is a multi-platform 2D and 3D engine with a consistent API in C++, C#, JavaScript, and TypeScript

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #cplusplus #csharp #game-development #game-engine #ios

Updated: 2024-03-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 394 open

3,483

stars

Forks: 589
Commits: 3,398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ihhub/fheroes2

fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#cpp #game #game-development #game-engine #heroes-2 #heroes-of-might-and-magic-2

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 431 open

3,473

stars

Forks: 482
Commits: 5,979 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DescentDevelopers/Descent3

Descent 3 by Outrage Entertainment

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cplusplus #game-engine

Updated: 2026-01-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-16
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 45 open

3,005

stars

Forks: 285
Commits: 1,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ioquake/ioq3

The ioquake3 community effort to continue supporting/developing id's Quake III Arena

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#fps #fps-engine #fps-game #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-31
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

2,836

stars

Forks: 623
Commits: 3,795 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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eduard-permyakov/permafrost-engine

An OpenGL RTS game engine written in C

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c #game-engine #game-engine-3d #opengl #python #real-time-strategy

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-25
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

2,760

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 1,889 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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in0finite/SanAndreasUnity

Open source reimplementation of GTA San Andreas game engine in Unity

Stack

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gta #reimplementation #unity3d

Updated: 2023-06-16
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2020-05-31
History: 42 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

2,624

stars

Forks: 446
Commits: 2,071 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Overload-Technologies/Overload

3D game engine with lua scripting

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #3d-graphics #c-plus-plus #cpp #game-editor #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-13
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 107 open

2,495

stars

Forks: 290
Commits: 620 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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JACoders/OpenJK

Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #fps #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 282 open

2,296

stars

Forks: 727
Commits: 4,677 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rwengine/openrw

OpenRW "Open ReWrite" is an un-official open source recreation of the classic Grand Theft Auto III game executable

Stack

C++ Qt CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #gta #gta3 #linux-game #macosx-game

Updated: 2025-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-29
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 117 open

2,220

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 2,016 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

HaxeFlixel/flixel

Free, cross-platform 2D game engine powered by Haxe and OpenFL

Stack

Haxe

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #cross-platform #flixel #game-engine #haxe #haxeflixel

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-25
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 305 open

2,213

stars

Forks: 525
Commits: 6,677 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

evennia/evennia

Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system

AI dev

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework Jupyter Tornado PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#based #django #engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 136 open

2,108

stars

Forks: 770
Commits: 10,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ppy/osu-framework

A game framework written with osu! in mind.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-frameworks #hacktoberfest #osu

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 466 open

2,022

stars

Forks: 506
Commits: 26,389 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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multitheftauto/mtasa-blue

Multi Theft Auto is a game engine that turns Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas into networked multiplayer.

AI dev

Stack

C++ .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#cpp #game #game-engine #game-mod #gaming #grand-theft-auto

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-11-23
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,064 open

1,875

stars

Forks: 597
Commits: 11,794 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

BobbyAnguelov/Esoterica

Esoterica Engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#animation #ecs #game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

1,848

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

PixelVision8/PixelVision8

Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game-engine #8-bit #csharp #fantasy-console #game-development

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-22
History: 5 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,778

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenSAGE/OpenSAGE

OpenSAGE is a free, open source re-implementation of SAGE, the 3D real time strategy (RTS) engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals and other RTS titles from EA Pacific. Written in C#. Not affiliated with EA.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bfme #commandandconquer #csharp #ea-pacific #game #game-engine

Updated: 2026-03-30
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2017-06-14
History: 42 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 347 open

1,634

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 3,642 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ikemen-engine/Ikemen-GO

An open-source fighting game engine that supports MUGEN resources.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gamedev #go #golang

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-21
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 77 open

1,608

stars

Forks: 269
Commits: 6,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

axmolengine/axmol

Open-source C++ game engine with Lua for 2D and 3D games across mobile, desktop, WebAssembly, and Xbox (UWP).

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #axmol #cocos2d-x #cpp23 #cppwinrt

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

1,481

stars

Forks: 302
Commits: 5,340 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

AdamsLair/duality

a 2D Game Development Framework

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #csharp #dotnet #duality #framework #game-development

Updated: 2025-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

1,423

stars

Forks: 288
Commits: 3,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gemrb/gemrb

GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #engine #game #game-engine #isometric #python

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 183 open

1,255

stars

Forks: 224
Commits: 28,309 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asc-community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,233

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ASC-Community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,231

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gscept/nebula

Nebula is an open-source and free-to-use modern C++ game engine.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#classless-api #data-oriented-architecture #game-engine #game-engine-3d #linux #multithreading

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 35 open

1,101

stars

Forks: 63
Commits: 3,722 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

lethal-guitar/RigelEngine

A modern re-implementation of the classic DOS game Duke Nukem II

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cpp #cpp17 #cross-platform #entity-component-system #game #game-2d

Updated: 2024-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-01
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 16 open

1,002

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 2,638 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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