The Best 44 Thinking Worlds Alternatives

  • GDevelop icon

    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

  • Scratch

    Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Playir

    Create your own mobile apps & 3D multiplayer games with our super-easy design tools for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and HTML5! Less programming, more playing.

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Windows Phone

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Amazon Lumberyard

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

    Free 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

  • 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