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inanevin/LinaEngine

Lina Engine is an open-source , modular, tiny and fast C++ game engine, aimed to develop 3D desktop games.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Conan Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2025-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

899

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 2,724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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FosterFramework/Foster

A small C# game framework

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-19
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

875

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 1,143 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ObEngine/ObEngine

2D Game Engine with Lua Scripting made on top of SFML !

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-framework #2d-game-engine #2d-game-framework #cmake #collider

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 124 open

865

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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NBlood/NBlood

Reverse-engineered ports of Build games using EDuke32 engine technology and development principles (NBlood/Rednukem/PCExhumed)

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#blood #build-engine #duke-nukem-3d #duke-nukem-64 #eduke32 #exhumed

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-04-13
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 118 open

803

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 14,387 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Zal0/ZGB

Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#engine #game-boy #game-engine #gameboy #gbdk

Updated: 2024-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

792

stars

Forks: 64
Commits: 734 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Planimeter/game-engine-2d

Planimeter Game Engine 2D - LÖVE-based game engine for Lua

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #grid-sdk #love2d

Updated: 2022-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

751

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 379 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Ancurio/mkxp

Free Software implementation of the Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS)

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-engine-2d #mkxp #rpg #rpg-maker #rpg-maker-vx

Updated: 2026-01-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 45 open

591

stars

Forks: 258
Commits: 835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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city41/breakouts

A collection of JS engine implementations of Breakout

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #javascript #javascript-game

Updated: 2023-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-04
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 17 open

542

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 236 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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redeclipse/base

Base environment for Red Eclipse and associated source files.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#game #game-engine #hacktoberfest #main-project #source-code

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 236 open

533

stars

Forks: 113
Commits: 8,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cocoatoucher/Glide

Game engine for making 2d games on iOS, macOS and tvOS, with practical examples and tutorials

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #apple #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gameplaykit

Updated: 2024-12-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

505

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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MegaGlest/megaglest-source

MegaGlest real-time strategy game engine (cross-platform, 3-d)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #free-software #game #game-engine #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-01-22
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 72 open

419

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 6,048 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenGMK/OpenGMK

A rewrite of the GameMaker Classic engine runners with additional tooling

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#emulator #game-engine #gamemaker #gamemaker8 #gm81 #gmk

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-06-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 31 open

408

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 3,625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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attackgoat/vk-graph

High-performance Vulkan driver with automated resource management and execution

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-04
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

342

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 500 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TombEngine/TombEngine

A new and modern engine for custom Tomb Raider levels incorporating classic features and new enhancements.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #game-engine #tomb-raider #tombraider #trle

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-19
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 222 open

341

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 10,377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jhasse/jngl

Easy to use cross-platform 2D game library for C++

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #cross-platform #game-engine #game-engine-2d #gamedev #ios

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-08-01
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 10 open

321

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 3,302 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

fishfolk/punchy

A 2.5D side-scroller beatemup, made in Bevy

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #fish-game #game #game-engine #multiplayer #rust

Updated: 2024-06-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-10
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 29 open

311

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 673 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

seedhartha/reone

Game engine capable of running KotOR and TSL

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #kotor #kotor2

Updated: 2025-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-02
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

311

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 3,118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

tek256/astera

A C99 Cross Platform 2D Game Library

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#2d-game-library #c #cmake #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

301

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 165 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AbyssEngine/AbyssEngine

Abyss Engine clean-room reimplementation of Diablo 2, written in C. The goal is to recreate the original game engine, but on a portable platform that can also easily be modded and extended.

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #diablo #diablo2 #game-engine

Updated: 2024-04-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-04-06
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

290

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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instead-hub/instead

INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Interpreter

AI dev

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #interactive-fiction #lua #quests

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-02-21
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

258

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 3,971 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

H-uru/Plasma

Cyan Worlds's Plasma game engine

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #hacktoberfest #myst #plasma #uru

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 137 open

236

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 6,844 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Is-Daouda/is-Engine

C++, SDL 2 and SFML game engine that allows to create games on Nintendo Switch, Web (HTML 5), Mobile and PC.

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #android-studio #box-2d #code-blocks #cplusplus #cpp

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-29
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 3 open

235

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

fredakilla/GPlayEngine

Cross-platform C++ 2D / 3D game engine.

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #bgfx #engine #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2018-11-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-22
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 9 open

230

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nidorx/ecs-lib

Tiny and easy to use ECS (Entity Component System) library for game programming

Stack

TypeScript Express React npm

GitHub topics

#data-oriented-design #ecs #ecs-framework #entity-component #entity-component-architecture #entity-component-system

Updated: 2023-03-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

216

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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papercraftgames/folded-paper-engine

A custom Blender-to-Godot addon that makes level and gameplay creation as easy as a few clicks!

AI dev

Stack

GDScript Astro React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#blender #engine #game-engine #gamedev #games #godot

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

175

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Hekbas/Luth

Data-oriented C++20 game engine with a fiber-based job system and bindless Vulkan 1.3 renderer.

Stack

C++ CMake Meson PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cpp20 #data-oriented-design #entity-component-system #game-engine #job-system #pbr

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

164

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 1,563 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

HellRok/Taylor

A simple game engine built using raylib and mruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #game #game-engine #indiegame #mruby #raylib

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-09
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

153

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vanyle/vectarine

A free cross-platform game engine focusing on fast prototyping and having fun with Luau scripting

Stack

Rust Astro React Vite Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gamedev #lua #luau #luau-lang #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-07
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

136

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

BSVogler/WurfelEngineSDK

Isometric game engine. Open world, block/voxel based and sprite rendering.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#engine #game-engine #isometric #libgdx

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-30
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

119

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Espyo/Pikifen

A Pikmin-based game/engine for fan-made content.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#allegro #c-plus-plus #dear-imgui #fangame #game #game-editor

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-07
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 2,870 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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