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Free game engines, pixel art tools and game servers for your first game or your next one.

For anyone making a first game or a next one. Pick one engine to start. The online play tools are for when you want friends to join.

8 picks in 2 sections · checked by an editor on Oct 30, 2026 · How we pick

01Engines7 picks

  1. Godot Enginegodotengine/godot

    Start here. A full 2D and 3D engine with its own editor.

    Desktop · MIT · active yesterday · ★ 119k

    84worth
  2. GDevelop4ian/GDevelop

    Pick this to make a game with no code.

    Web · Desktop · Custom (read before use) · active 2 days ago · ★ 28k

    80worth
  3. Bevybevyengine/bevy

    Pick this if you write Rust and like building from code.

    Library / SDK · Apache-2.0 · active 2 days ago · ★ 49k

    85worth
  4. Phaserphaserjs/phaser

    Pick this for 2D games that run in the browser.

    Library / SDK · MIT · active 2 months ago · ★ 41k

    70worth
  5. raylibraysan5/raylib

    Pick this to learn game programming in C, step by step.

    Library / SDK · Zlib · active 17 hours ago · ★ 36k

    84worth
  6. Pyxelkitao/pyxel

    Pick this for small retro games in Python.

    Library / SDK · Custom (read before use) · active 4 days ago · ★ 18k

    65worth
  7. luantiluanti-org/luanti

    Pick this to build voxel worlds, like Minecraft.

    Docker / self-host · Desktop · CLI · Custom (read before use) · active yesterday · ★ 14k

    80worth

02Online play1 pick

  1. nakamaheroiclabs/nakama

    Pick this when your game needs accounts, chat or multiplayer.

    Web · Docker / self-host · CLI · Apache-2.0 · active 2 days ago · ★ 14k

    79worth

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How we pick

An editor picks 6 to 12 projects for one job and writes when to choose each one. Every pick had a commit in the last 6 months. It is not archived. Its worth score is 60 or more. An editor breaks a rule only for a reason, and writes that reason in the pick's note. We check every list again each quarter. A pick goes when it breaks a rule or a clearly better project appears.