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Game engine and editor for 2D, 3D, and interactive experiences.
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Godot
Ranking score 89.2/100
2D and 3D game engine with no royalties or seat licences.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release August 18, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 119,107
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Godot Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 2 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity119107 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Bevy
Ranking score 85.8/100
Rust game engine built around an entity-component-system model.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 8, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 49,285
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Bevy Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity49285 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Defold
Ranking score 85.4/100
Lightweight game engine for desktop, mobile, and web targets.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 12, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 6,418
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Defold Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity6418 GitHub stars 16.2 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.