The Best 41 Hero Engine Alternatives

  • Polycode icon

    Polycode

    Polycode is a C++ and Lua framework for building interactive applications. It is free, open source and cross-platform.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Mac

  • CryENGINE icon

    CryENGINE

    The most powerful game development platform is now available to everyone. Full engine source code. All features. No royalties. No obligations. No license fee.

    Freemium Windows

  • Torque 3D icon

    Torque 3D

    Torque 3D is a easy-to-use game creation platform.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Urho3D icon

    Urho3D

    Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Raspberry Pi

  • ENIGMA - LateralGM icon

    ENIGMA - LateralGM

    enigma, the extensible non-interpreted game maker augmentation, is an open source cross-platform game development environment derived from that of the popular software gamemaker.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Superpowers

    Superpowers is an HTML5 development environment for making 2D and 3D games. It can be extended with plugins and lets you collaborate in real-time.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Atomic Game Engine icon

    Atomic Game Engine

    The Atomic Game Engine features a cross-platform editor with deployment to Windows, OSX, Linux, WebGL, Android, and iOS.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Blitz3D icon

    Blitz3D

    Create 2D and 3D Games for Windows.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • JMonkeyEngine icon

    JMonkeyEngine

    JMonkeyEngine3 it’s a free, open source game engine, made especially for Java game developers who want to create 3D games using modern technology.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Cyberix3D icon

    Cyberix3D

    Free online 3D Game Maker. Make your own 3D games online! Create Games for Web, Mobile and Desktop. Easy to use

    Free Windows Linux Chrome OS Web

  • Xenko Game Engine icon

    Xenko Game Engine

    Xenko is an open-source C# game engine designed for the future of gaming. It comes with a full toolchain and is especially well suited to create realistic games but allows you much more!.

    Freemium Windows

  • Amazon Lumberyard icon

    Amazon Lumberyard

    Amazon Lumberyard is a free AAA game engine deeply integrated with AWS and Twitch – with full source.

    Free Windows

  • Shiva icon

    Shiva

    ShiVa 3D game engine with graphical editor to create applications and games for Windows, MacOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Palm WebOS and Wii.

    Freemium Windows

  • QICI Engine icon

    QICI Engine

    QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows

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    Leadwerks

    Low-cost video game development engine for Windows platforms.

    Commercial Windows Linux

  • NeoAxis 3D Engine icon

    NeoAxis 3D Engine

    NeoAxis 3D Engine is positioned as a universal development framework for 3D projects.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows