GDevelop

GDevelop is an open source game creation software, allowing to make games for the web (HTML5) or for Windows and Linux. No programming or coding skill is required! It is easy to use and powerful enough for advanced users.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android BSD iPad

Stencyl

Stencyl is the creator of StencylWorks, a tool that has enabled creators of all all skills levels create iOS and Flash games in no time. In 2012, Stencyl will expand into Android and HTML5 game publishing.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux

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

renpy

Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and sounds to tell stories with the computer.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Construct Classic

Construct Classic is a free, DirectX 9 game creator for Windows, designed for 2D games. It uses an event based system for defining how the game behaves, in a visual, human-readable way - you dont need to program or script anything at all.

Free Open Source Windows

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

RPG Maker

The RPG Maker software series is a set of game creation suites aimed at easy 2D role playing game creation.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac

ClickTeam Fusion

[Multimedia Fusion 2 has been replaced by Clickteam Fusion 2.5.] Game and software creation has never been easier or quicker than with Clickteam Fusion 2.5! With Fusion 2.

Commercial Windows

Cocos2d-x

cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet Blackberry Windows Mobile

Game Editor

Game Editor is the open source game design software that gives you the power to create the games of your dreams, and, unlike other game creation tools, gives you the chance to get and change the source code of the game creator and design...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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

Adventure Game Studio

Adventure Game Studio provides the tools to make your own adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest. AGS provides everything you need from within one easy-to-use application.

Free Windows

Blitz3D

Create 2D and 3D Games for Windows.

Free Open Source Windows

Wintermute Engine Development Kit

Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds).

Free Open Source Windows

Gamesalad

GameSalad Creator is an authoring tool developed by GameSalad, Inc. (formerly Gendai Games) aimed primarily at non-programmers for composing games in a drag-and-drop fashion, utilizing visual editors and a behavior-based logic system.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

RPG Toolkit

The RPG Toolkit is a free, open source project delivering a simple, flexible and powerful tool for the creation of role-playing games on your personal computer. The homepage also hosts games created with rpgtoolkit.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Tululoo Game Maker

Tululoo Game Maker is a complex game creation environment that allows you to create browser based games. The program generates a Javascript code that can be played in web browsers using the next generation web standard HTML5.

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

Alice

Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

Leadwerks

Low-cost video game development engine for Windows platforms.

Commercial Windows Linux

Open RPG Maker

Open RPG Maker is a free and open source clone of features from the RPG Maker series (i.e. rpgmaker200, rpgmaker2003, rpgmakerxp), as well as many other features.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac