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A game engine is the framework which is used to lay the groundwork for game developers by providing them with the systems and tools needed like rendering, audio management, level editing, input detection, etc.
  
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A game engine is the framework which is used to lay the groundwork for game developers by providing them with the systems and tools needed like rendering, audio management, level editing, input detection, etc.  
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In some cases you may find that one game shares the same engine as another. This usually happens due to a company licensing out their engine to be used by a development team or, in the case of an in-house engine, may not need to make a whole new engine for a game if the one they have works fine. This can lead to file formats being similar or even identical between games, which can be useful when it comes to ripping and modding.
  
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In some cases you may find that one game shares the same engine as another. This usually happens due to a company licensing out their engine to be used by a development team or in the case of an in-house engine may not need to make a whole new engine for a game if the one they have works fine. This can lead to file formats being similar or even identical between games which can be useful when it comes to ripping and modding.
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==Public Engines==
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Public engines are game engines that are availably licensed for third-party developers.
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==Public engines==
 
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Public engines are game engines that availably licensed for third-party developers.
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
−
! Name !! Developer !! Active
+
!Name
 +
!Developer
 +
!Active
 +
!Games
 +
!Notes
 +
|-
 +
|[[Adobe AIR]]
 +
|Adobe
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Adobe Director]]
 +
|Macromedia, Adobe
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Adobe Flash]]
 +
|Macromedia, Adobe
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Adventure Game Studio]]
 +
|Chris Jones
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Blazing Renderer]]
 +
|Argonaut Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Blazing Renderer#List of games using Blazing Renderer|Games list]]
 +
|Also known as BRender
 +
|-
 +
|[[Box2D]]
 +
|Erin Catto
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Build]]
 +
|Ken Silverman
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Build 2]]
 +
|Ken Silverman
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Cocos2d]]
 +
|Ricardo Quesada and Lucio Torre
 +
|?
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Construct 2]]
 +
|Scirra
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Construct 3]]
 +
|Scirra
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Construct Classic]]
 +
|Scirra
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CryEngine]]
 +
|Crytek
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CryEngine 2]]
 +
|Crytek
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CryEngine 3]]
 +
|Crytek
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CryEngine 4]]
 +
|Crytek
 +
|?
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CryEngine|CryEngine V]]
 +
|Crytek
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Id Tech 1|Doom engine / id Tech 1]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[FNA]]
 +
|Ethan Lee
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Gamebryo]]
 +
|Gamebase
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|Formerly known as NetImmerse
 +
|-
 +
|[[GameMaker]]
 +
|YoYo Games
 +
|Yes
 +
|[[GameMaker#Lists of games that run on GameMaker|Games list]]
 +
|Formerly known as Animo, Game Maker, GameMaker Studio, and GameMaker Studio 2
 +
|-
 +
|[[GB Studio]]
 +
|Chris Maltby
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Godot]]
 +
|Juan Linietsky & Ariel Manzur
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[GoldSrc]]
 +
|Valve
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Havok Vision Game Engine]]
 +
|Trinigy / Havok
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|Known as Vision Engine before acquired by Havok
 +
|-
 +
|[[id Tech 2]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[id Tech 3]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[id Tech 4]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Irrlicht Engine]]
 +
|Nikolaus Gebhardt et al.
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[LithTech]]
 +
|Monolith Productions
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[LithTech Jupiter]]
 +
|Monolith Productions
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[LithTech Jupiter EX]]
 +
|Monolith Productions
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[MonoGame]]
 +
|MonoGame Foundation
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Open 3D Engine]]
 +
|Open 3D Foundation
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Q]]
 +
|Qube Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Adobe AIR]] || Adobe || Yes
+
|[[Quake engine]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Blazing Renderer]] || Argonaut Games || No
+
|[[RenderWare]]
 +
|Criterion Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Build]] || Ken Silverman || No
+
|[[RPG Maker]]
 +
|Degica
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[FNA]] || Ethan Lee || Yes
+
|[[Serious Engine]]
 +
|Croteam
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Gamebryo]] || Gamebase || No
+
|[[Source]]
 +
|Valve
 +
|No
 +
|[[Source#List of games that run on Source|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[GameMaker]] || YoYo Games|| Yes
+
|[[Torque 2D]]
 +
|GarageGames
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Godot]] || Juan Linietsky & Ariel Manzur || Yes
+
|[[Torque 3D]]
 +
|GarageGames
 +
|Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[GoldSrc]] || Valve || No
+
|[[Torque Game Engine]]
 +
|GarageGames
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 1]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Torque Game Engine Advanced]]
 +
|GarageGames
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 2]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Torque X]]
 +
|GarageGames
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 3]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Unity]]
 +
|Unity Technologies
 +
|Yes
 +
|[[Unity#Lists of games that run on Unity|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 4]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 1]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[LithTech]] || Monolith Productions || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 2]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[LithTech Jupiter]] || Monolith Productions || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 2.5]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[LithTech Jupiter EX]] || Monolith Productions || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 3]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Quake engine]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 4]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|No
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[RenderWare]] || Criterion Software || No
+
|[[Unreal Engine 5]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|Yes
 +
|[[Unreal Engine#List of games using Unreal Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[RPG Maker]] || Degica || Yes
+
|[[Unreal Engine 6]]
 +
|Epic Games
 +
|Upcoming
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Serious Engine]] || Croteam || No
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|[[Wolfenstein 3D engine]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Source]] || Valve || No
+
|[[XNA]]
 +
|Microsoft
 +
|No
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==Middleware Engines==
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
!Name
 +
!Developer(s)
 +
!Notes
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Torque 2D]] || GarageGames || Yes
+
|[[Acroarts]]
 +
|Sega / CRI Middleware
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Torque 3D]] || GarageGames || Yes
+
|[[Bink Video]]
 +
|RAD Game Tools
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Torque Game Engine]] || GarageGames || No
+
|[[CRIWARE]]
 +
|CRI Middleware
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Torque Game Engine Advanced]] || GarageGames ||No
+
|[[FMOD]]
 +
|Firelight Technologies
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unity]] || Unity Technologies || Yes
+
|[[Granny 3D]]
 +
|RAD Game Tools
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 1]] || Epic Games || No
+
|[[Havok]]
 +
|Havok
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 2]] || Epic Games || No
+
|[[NintendoWare]]
 +
|Nintendo, HAL Laboratory
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 2.5]] || Epic Games || No
+
|[[NintendoWare Bezel Engine]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 3]] || Epic Games || No
+
|[[Scaleform GFx]]
 +
|Scaleform
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 4]] || Epic Games || Yes
+
|[[Simplygon]]
 +
|Simplygon Studios
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Unreal Engine 5]] || Epic Games || Yes
+
|[[Smacker]]
 +
|RAD Game Tools
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Wolfenstein 3D engine]] || id Software || No
+
|[[Sysdolphin]]
 +
|HAL Laboratory
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[XNA]] || Microsoft || Yes
+
|[[Wwise]]
 +
|Audiokinetic
 +
|Acronym for Wave Works Interactive Sound Engine
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==In-house engines==
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==In-house Engines==
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In-house game engines are proprietary game engines, usually made for a developer's own projects. These engines are generally not available for the public to be used. While some of these engines can be, and sometimes have been, licensed to other developers, they usually aren't.
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name !! Developer
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!Name
 +
!Developer(s)
 +
!Games
 +
!Notes
 +
|-
 +
|[[A.L.I.V.E.]]
 +
|Oddworld Inhabitants
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[A2M]]
 +
|Artificial Mind & Movement
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[ActionLibrary]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#ActionLibrary|Games list]]
 +
|Unofficial name
 +
|-
 +
|[[Amazon Lumberyard]]
 +
|Amazon Game Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Anvil]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[AnvilNext]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Apocalypse]]
 +
|Neversoft
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Asura]]
 +
|Rebellion Developments
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Atlas]]
 +
|Knowledge Adventure
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Atrophy]]
 +
|Choice Provisions
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Aurora]]
 +
|BioWare
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Autodesk Stingray]]
 +
|Autodesk
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[BANG!]]
 +
|Ensemble Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Behaviour]]
 +
|Behaviour Interactive
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[BlitzTech]]
 +
|Blitz Games
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Buddha]]
 +
|Double Fine Productions
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Carbon Engine]]
 +
|Limited Run Games
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Cobra]]
 +
|Frontier Developments
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Creation Engine]]
 +
|Bethesda Game Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Creation Engine 2]]
 +
|Bethesda Game Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Crystal Engine]]
 +
|Crystal Dynamics
 +
|
 +
|Also called Gex 3D and Foundation
 +
|-
 +
|[[Crystal Tools]]
 +
|Square Enix
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[CTG]]
 +
|Volition
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Dagor Engine]]
 +
|Gaijin Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Dawn Engine]]
 +
|Eidos Interactive
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Decima]]
 +
|Guerrilla Games
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Disrupt]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Dragon Engine]]
 +
|Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[DreamFactory]]
 +
|CyberFlix
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Dunia]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[EAGL]]
 +
|EA Canada
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Eclipse (Arktos)|Eclipse]]
 +
|Arktos Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|Nott to be confused with BioWare's game engine of the same name nor with Digital Eclipse's Eclipse Engine
 +
|-
 +
|[[Eclipse (BioWare)|Eclipse]]
 +
|BioWare
 +
|
 +
|Not to be confused with Arktos Entertainment's game engine of the same name nor with Digital Eclipse's Eclipse Engine
 +
|-
 +
|[[Eclipse Engine]]
 +
|Digital Eclipse
 +
|[[Eclipse Engine#List of games using Eclipse Engine|Games list]]
 +
|Not to be confused with Arktos Entertainment's or BioWare's game engines
 +
|-
 +
|[[EGO]]
 +
|Codemasters
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[EngineBlack]]
 +
|StudioBlack
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[EngineX]]
 +
|Eurocom Entertainment Software
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[EvilEngine]]
 +
|Heavy Iron Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Firebird Engine]]
 +
|Monolith Productions
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Fox Engine]]
 +
|Kojima Productions
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Frostbite]]
 +
|DICE
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[GbaEngine]]
 +
|Ubi Soft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[A.L.I.V.E.]] || Oddworld Inhabitants
+
|[[GbcEngine]]
 +
|Ubi Soft
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Amazon Lumberyard]] || Amazon Game Studios
+
|[[Genie]]
 +
|Ensemble Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Anvil]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[Geo-Mod]]
 +
|Volition
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[AnvilNext]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[Geo-Mod 2.0]]
 +
|Volition
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Apocalypse]] || Neversoft
+
|[[GFD]]
 +
|Atlus
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Asura]] || Rebellion Developments
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 1]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Autodesk Stingray]] || Autodesk
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 3]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[BANG!]] || Ensemble Studios
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 4]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[BFRES|Bezel Engine]] || Nintendo
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 5]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Creation Engine]] || Bethesda Game Studios
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 6]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Creation Engine 2]] || Bethesda Game Studios
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 7]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[CryEngine]] || Crytek
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 8]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Crystal Tools]] || Square Enix
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 9]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[CTG]] || Volition
+
|[[GIANTS Engine 10]]
 +
|GIANTS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Dagor Engine]] || Gaijin Entertainment
+
|[[Glacier]]
 +
|IO Interactive
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Decima]] || Guerrilla Games
+
|[[Goliath Engine]]
 +
|Beenox
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Disrupt]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[GoodEngine]]
 +
|Heavy Iron Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Dragon Engine]] || Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
+
|[[GrimE]]
 +
|LucasArts
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Dunia]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[Halo Engine]]
 +
|Bungie
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[EAGL]] || EA Canada
+
|[[Hedgehog Engine]]
 +
|Sonic Team
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[EGO]] || Codemasters
+
|[[Hedgehog Engine 2]]
 +
|Sonic Team
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[EngineBlack]] || StudioBlack
+
|[[Holistic]]
 +
|Keen Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[EngineX]] || Eurocom Entertainment Software
+
|[[id Tech 5]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[EvilEngine]] || Heavy Iron Studios
+
|[[id Tech 6]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Firebird Engine]] || Monolith Productions
+
|[[id Tech 7]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Fox Engine]] || Kojima Productions
+
|[[id Tech 8]]
 +
|id Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Frostbite]] || DICE
+
|[[Infernal Engine]]
 +
|Terminal Reality
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[GbaEngine]] || Ubi Soft Montreal
+
|[[Infinity]]
 +
|BioWare
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Genie]] || Ensemble Studios
+
|[[Insomniac Engine]]
 +
|Insomniac Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Geo-Mod]] || Volition
+
|[[IW Engine]]
 +
|Infinity Ward
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Geo-Mod 2.0]] || Volition
+
|[[Jade]]
 +
|Ubisoft
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Crystal Engine|Gex 3D / Crystal Engine / Foundation]] || Crystal Dynamics
+
|[[Jedi]]
 +
|LucasArts
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Goliath Engine]] || Beenox
+
|[[JSystem]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#JSystem|Games list]]
 +
|Unofficial name
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[GoodEngine]] || Heavy Iron Studios
+
|[[Katana Engine]]
 +
|Koei Tecmo
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[GrimE]] || LucasArts
+
|[[Kex Engine]]
 +
|Nightdive Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Halo Engine]] || Bungie
+
|[[Kinetica]]
 +
|Santa Monica Studio
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Hedgehog Engine]] || Sonic Team
+
|[[Luminous Engine]]
 +
|Luminous Productions
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Hedgehog Engine 2]] || Sonic Team
+
|[[LunchPack]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#LunchPack|Games list]]
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|Unofficial name
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 5]] || id Software
+
|[[LunchPack 2]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#LunchPack 2|Games list]]
 +
|Unofficial name
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 6]] || id Software
+
|[[Lux Engine]]
 +
|Luxoflux
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 7]] || id Software
+
|[[LyN]]
 +
|Ubisoft
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[id Tech 8]] || id Software
+
|[[Mercury Engine]]
 +
|MercurySteam
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Infernal Engine]] || Terminal Reality
+
|[[Merkury]]
 +
|Krome Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Insomniac Engine]] || Insomniac Games
+
|[[ModuleSystem]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#ModuleSystem|Games list]]
 +
|Unofficial name
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[IW Engine]] || Infinity Ward
+
|[[Mohawk]]
 +
|Brøderbund
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Jade]] || Ubisoft
+
|[[Mortar]]
 +
|Halfbrick Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Jedi]] || LucasArts
+
|[[Motor]]
 +
|MachineGames
 +
|[[Indiana Jones and the Great Circle]]
 +
|Custom fork of [[id Tech 7]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Katana Engine]] || Koei Tecmo
+
|[[MT Framework]]
 +
|Capcom
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kinetica]] || Santa Monica Studio
+
|[[Naughty Dog Game Engine]]
 +
|Naughty Dog
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Luminous Engine]] || Luminous Productions
+
|[[Neversoft Engine]]
 +
|Neversoft
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[BFRES|LunchPack]] || Nintendo
+
|[[Nintendo Web Framework]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[LyN]] || Ubisoft
+
|[[NintendoWare Bezel Engine]]
 +
|Nintendo
 +
|[[Nintendo Game Engines#Bezel Engine|Games list]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Mercury Engine]] || MercurySteam
+
|[[Nu2]]
 +
|Traveller's Tales
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Merkury]] || Krome Studios
+
|[[Objectnaut]]
 +
|5th Cell
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Mortar]] || Halfbrick Studios
+
|[[Octane]]
 +
|Firebrand Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[MT Framework]] || Capcom
+
|Octane
 +
|Avalanche Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Naughty Dog Game Engine]] || Naughty Dog
+
|[[Odyssey]]
 +
|BioWare
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Neversoft Engine]] || Neversoft
+
|[[Onyx]]
 +
|Obsidian Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Nintendo Web Framework]] || Nintendo
+
|Onyx
 +
|Ubisoft
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Nu2]] || Traveller's Tales
+
|[[OpenSpace]]
 +
|Ubi Pictures
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Objectnaut]] || 5th Cell
+
|[[PhyreEngine]]
 +
|Sony Computer Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Octane]] || Firebrand Games
+
|[[Platinum Engine]]
 +
|PlatinumGames
 +
|
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|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Onyx]] || Obsidian Entertainment
+
|[[Playground SDK]]
 +
|PlayFirst
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[OpenSpace]] || Ubi Pictures
+
|[[PopCap Games Framework]]
 +
|PopCap Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[PhyreEngine]] || Sony Computer Entertainment
+
|[[Prism3D]]
 +
|SCS Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Platinum Engine]] || PlatinumGames
+
|[[Pure3D]]
 +
|Radical Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[PopCap Games Framework]] || PopCap Games
+
|[[Quantum3]]
 +
|High Voltage Software
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Pure3D]] || Radical Entertainment
+
|[[RAGE]]
 +
|Rockstar San Diego
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Quantum3]] || High Voltage Software
+
|[[RE Engine]]
 +
|Capcom
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[RAGE]] || Rockstar San Diego
+
|[[REDengine]]
 +
|CD Projekt Red
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[RE Engine]] || Capcom
+
|[[Retro Engine]]
 +
|Christian Whitehead / Evening Star
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[REDengine]] || CD Projekt Red
+
|[[Ronin]]
 +
|LucasArts
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Retro Engine]] || Christian Whitehead / Evening Star
+
|[[Saber3D Engine]]
 +
|Saber Interactive
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ronin]] || LucasArts
+
|[[Scimitar]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Saber3D Engine]] || Saber Interactive
+
|[[SCUMM]]
 +
|LucasArts
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Scimitar]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[Sega NN Graphics Library]]
 +
|Sega
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[SCUMM]] || LucasArts
+
|[[Sith]]
 +
|LucasArts
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Sith]] || LucasArts
+
|[[Slayer]]
 +
|The Collective
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Slipspace Engine]] || 343 Industries
+
|[[Slipspace Engine]]
 +
|343 Industries
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Snowdrop]] || Massive Entertainment
+
|[[Snowdrop]]
 +
|Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft
 +
|
 +
|Also known as Ubisoft Snowdrop
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Source 2]] || Valve
+
|[[SOL-AVES]]
 +
|Bandai Namco Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[SPACKLE]] || Sucker Punch Productions
+
|[[Source 2]]
 +
|Valve
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Telltale Tool]] || Telltale Games
+
|[[SoX]]
 +
|Sega
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Tiger Engine]] || Bungie
+
|[[SPACKLE]]
 +
|Sucker Punch Productions
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Titanium]] || Radical Entertainment
+
|[[Sprint Engine]]
 +
|Presto Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Tommunism Engine]] || Team Meat
+
|[[Sysdolphin]]
 +
|HAL Laboratory
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[TOSHI]] || Blue Tongue Entertainment
+
|[[Telltale Tool]]
 +
|Telltale Games
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[UbiArt Framework]] || Ubisoft Montpellier
+
|[[Tiger Engine]]
 +
|Bungie
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ubisoft Anvil]] || Ubisoft Montreal
+
|[[Titanium]]
 +
|Radical Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Untitled Spike Chunsoft game engine]] || Spike Chunsoft
+
|[[Tommunism Engine]]
 +
|Team Meat
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Vicarious Visions Alchemy]] || Vicarious Visions
+
|[[Treyarch NGL]]
 +
|Treyarch
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Vicious Engine]] || Vicious Cycle Software
+
|[[TOSHI]]
 +
|Blue Tongue Entertainment
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[WF Engine]] || WayForward Technologies
+
|[[UbiArt Framework]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montpellier
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Zouna]] || Asobo Studio
+
|[[Ubisoft Anvil]]
 +
|Ubisoft Montreal
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Untitled Spike Chunsoft game engine]]
 +
|Spike Chunsoft
 +
|
 +
|Unofficial name
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vicarious Visions Alchemy]]
 +
|Intrinsic Graphics / Vicarious Visions
 +
|
 +
|Originally known as Intrinsic Alchemy before Intrinsic Graphics was acquired by Vicarious Visions
 +
|-
 +
|[[Vicious Engine]]
 +
|Vicious Cycle Software
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Viper]]
 +
|Velan Studios
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[WF Engine]]
 +
|WayForward Technologies
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[Zouna]]
 +
|Asobo Studio
 +
|
 +
|
 
|}
 
|}
 +
{{Game Engines}}
 +
 +
[[Category:Middleware]]

Latest revision as of 23:03, 9 October 2026

A game engine is the framework which is used to lay the groundwork for game developers by providing them with the systems and tools needed like rendering, audio management, level editing, input detection, etc.

In some cases you may find that one game shares the same engine as another. This usually happens due to a company licensing out their engine to be used by a development team or, in the case of an in-house engine, may not need to make a whole new engine for a game if the one they have works fine. This can lead to file formats being similar or even identical between games, which can be useful when it comes to ripping and modding.

Public Engines

Public engines are game engines that are availably licensed for third-party developers.

Name Developer Active Games Notes
Adobe AIR Adobe Yes
Adobe Director Macromedia, Adobe No
Adobe Flash Macromedia, Adobe No
Adventure Game Studio Chris Jones Yes
Blazing Renderer Argonaut Games No Games list Also known as BRender
Box2D Erin Catto Yes
Build Ken Silverman No
Build 2 Ken Silverman No
Cocos2d Ricardo Quesada and Lucio Torre ?
Construct 2 Scirra No
Construct 3 Scirra Yes
Construct Classic Scirra No
CryEngine Crytek No
CryEngine 2 Crytek No
CryEngine 3 Crytek No
CryEngine 4 Crytek ?
CryEngine V Crytek Yes
Doom engine / id Tech 1 id Software No
FNA Ethan Lee Yes
Gamebryo Gamebase No Formerly known as NetImmerse
GameMaker YoYo Games Yes Games list Formerly known as Animo, Game Maker, GameMaker Studio, and GameMaker Studio 2
GB Studio Chris Maltby Yes
Godot Juan Linietsky & Ariel Manzur Yes
GoldSrc Valve No
Havok Vision Game Engine Trinigy / Havok No Known as Vision Engine before acquired by Havok
id Tech 2 id Software No
id Tech 3 id Software No
id Tech 4 id Software No
Irrlicht Engine Nikolaus Gebhardt et al. Yes
LithTech Monolith Productions No
LithTech Jupiter Monolith Productions No
LithTech Jupiter EX Monolith Productions No
MonoGame MonoGame Foundation Yes
Open 3D Engine Open 3D Foundation Yes
Q Qube Software No
Quake engine id Software No
RenderWare Criterion Software No
RPG Maker Degica Yes
Serious Engine Croteam No
Source Valve No Games list
Torque 2D GarageGames Yes
Torque 3D GarageGames Yes
Torque Game Engine GarageGames No
Torque Game Engine Advanced GarageGames No
Torque X GarageGames No
Unity Unity Technologies Yes Games list
Unreal Engine 1 Epic Games No Games list
Unreal Engine 2 Epic Games No Games list
Unreal Engine 2.5 Epic Games No Games list
Unreal Engine 3 Epic Games No Games list
Unreal Engine 4 Epic Games No Games list
Unreal Engine 5 Epic Games Yes Games list
Unreal Engine 6 Epic Games Upcoming
Wolfenstein 3D engine id Software No
XNA Microsoft No

Middleware Engines

Name Developer(s) Notes
Acroarts Sega / CRI Middleware
Bink Video RAD Game Tools
CRIWARE CRI Middleware
FMOD Firelight Technologies
Granny 3D RAD Game Tools
Havok Havok
NintendoWare Nintendo, HAL Laboratory
NintendoWare Bezel Engine Nintendo
Scaleform GFx Scaleform
Simplygon Simplygon Studios
Smacker RAD Game Tools
Sysdolphin HAL Laboratory
Wwise Audiokinetic Acronym for Wave Works Interactive Sound Engine

In-house Engines

In-house game engines are proprietary game engines, usually made for a developer's own projects. These engines are generally not available for the public to be used. While some of these engines can be, and sometimes have been, licensed to other developers, they usually aren't.

Name Developer(s) Games Notes
A.L.I.V.E. Oddworld Inhabitants
A2M Artificial Mind & Movement
ActionLibrary Nintendo Games list Unofficial name
Amazon Lumberyard Amazon Game Studios
Anvil Ubisoft Montreal
AnvilNext Ubisoft Montreal
Apocalypse Neversoft
Asura Rebellion Developments
Atlas Knowledge Adventure
Atrophy Choice Provisions
Aurora BioWare
Autodesk Stingray Autodesk
BANG! Ensemble Studios
Behaviour Behaviour Interactive
BlitzTech Blitz Games
Buddha Double Fine Productions
Carbon Engine Limited Run Games
Cobra Frontier Developments
Creation Engine Bethesda Game Studios
Creation Engine 2 Bethesda Game Studios
Crystal Engine Crystal Dynamics Also called Gex 3D and Foundation
Crystal Tools Square Enix
CTG Volition
Dagor Engine Gaijin Entertainment
Dawn Engine Eidos Interactive
Decima Guerrilla Games
Disrupt Ubisoft Montreal
Dragon Engine Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
DreamFactory CyberFlix
Dunia Ubisoft Montreal
EAGL EA Canada
Eclipse Arktos Entertainment Nott to be confused with BioWare's game engine of the same name nor with Digital Eclipse's Eclipse Engine
Eclipse BioWare Not to be confused with Arktos Entertainment's game engine of the same name nor with Digital Eclipse's Eclipse Engine
Eclipse Engine Digital Eclipse Games list Not to be confused with Arktos Entertainment's or BioWare's game engines
EGO Codemasters
EngineBlack StudioBlack
EngineX Eurocom Entertainment Software
EvilEngine Heavy Iron Studios
Firebird Engine Monolith Productions
Fox Engine Kojima Productions
Frostbite DICE
GbaEngine Ubi Soft Montreal
GbcEngine Ubi Soft
Genie Ensemble Studios
Geo-Mod Volition
Geo-Mod 2.0 Volition
GFD Atlus
GIANTS Engine 1 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 3 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 4 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 5 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 6 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 7 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 8 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 9 GIANTS Software
GIANTS Engine 10 GIANTS Software
Glacier IO Interactive
Goliath Engine Beenox
GoodEngine Heavy Iron Studios
GrimE LucasArts
Halo Engine Bungie
Hedgehog Engine Sonic Team
Hedgehog Engine 2 Sonic Team
Holistic Keen Games
id Tech 5 id Software
id Tech 6 id Software
id Tech 7 id Software
id Tech 8 id Software
Infernal Engine Terminal Reality
Infinity BioWare
Insomniac Engine Insomniac Games
IW Engine Infinity Ward
Jade Ubisoft
Jedi LucasArts
JSystem Nintendo Games list Unofficial name
Katana Engine Koei Tecmo
Kex Engine Nightdive Studios
Kinetica Santa Monica Studio
Luminous Engine Luminous Productions
LunchPack Nintendo Games list Unofficial name
LunchPack 2 Nintendo Games list Unofficial name
Lux Engine Luxoflux
LyN Ubisoft
Mercury Engine MercurySteam
Merkury Krome Studios
ModuleSystem Nintendo Games list Unofficial name
Mohawk Brøderbund
Mortar Halfbrick Studios
Motor MachineGames Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Custom fork of id Tech 7
MT Framework Capcom
Naughty Dog Game Engine Naughty Dog
Neversoft Engine Neversoft
Nintendo Web Framework Nintendo
NintendoWare Bezel Engine Nintendo Games list
Nu2 Traveller's Tales
Objectnaut 5th Cell
Octane Firebrand Games
Octane Avalanche Software
Odyssey BioWare
Onyx Obsidian Entertainment
Onyx Ubisoft
OpenSpace Ubi Pictures
PhyreEngine Sony Computer Entertainment
Platinum Engine PlatinumGames
Playground SDK PlayFirst
PopCap Games Framework PopCap Games
Prism3D SCS Software
Pure3D Radical Entertainment
Quantum3 High Voltage Software
RAGE Rockstar San Diego
RE Engine Capcom
REDengine CD Projekt Red
Retro Engine Christian Whitehead / Evening Star
Ronin LucasArts
Saber3D Engine Saber Interactive
Scimitar Ubisoft Montreal
SCUMM LucasArts
Sega NN Graphics Library Sega
Sith LucasArts
Slayer The Collective
Slipspace Engine 343 Industries
Snowdrop Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft Also known as Ubisoft Snowdrop
SOL-AVES Bandai Namco Games
Source 2 Valve
SoX Sega
SPACKLE Sucker Punch Productions
Sprint Engine Presto Studios
Sysdolphin HAL Laboratory
Telltale Tool Telltale Games
Tiger Engine Bungie
Titanium Radical Entertainment
Tommunism Engine Team Meat
Treyarch NGL Treyarch
TOSHI Blue Tongue Entertainment
UbiArt Framework Ubisoft Montpellier
Ubisoft Anvil Ubisoft Montreal
Untitled Spike Chunsoft game engine Spike Chunsoft Unofficial name
Vicarious Visions Alchemy Intrinsic Graphics / Vicarious Visions Originally known as Intrinsic Alchemy before Intrinsic Graphics was acquired by Vicarious Visions
Vicious Engine Vicious Cycle Software
Viper Velan Studios
WF Engine WayForward Technologies
Zouna Asobo Studio
Game Engines
Public enginesAdobe AIR - Adobe Director - Adobe Flash - Adventure Game Studio - Blazing Renderer - Box2D - Build - Build 2 - Cocos2d - Construct 2 - Construct 3 - Construct Classic - CryEngine - CryEngine 2 - CryEngine 3 - CryEngine 4 - CryEngine V - id Tech 1 - FNA - Gamebryo - GameMaker - GB Studio - Godot - GoldSrc - Havok Vision Game Engine - id Tech 2 - id Tech 3 - id Tech 4 - Irrlicht Engine - LithTech - LithTech Jupiter - LithTech Jupiter EX - MonoGame - Open 3D Engine - Q - Quake engine - RenderWare - RPG Maker - Serious Engine - Source - Torque 2D - Torque 3D - Torque Game Engine - Torque Game Engine Advanced - Torque X - Unity - Unreal Engine - Wolfenstein 3D engine - XNA
MiddlewareAcroarts - Bezel Engine - Bink Video - CRIWARE - FMOD - Granny 3D - Havok - NintendoWare - Scaleform GFx - Simplygon - Smacker - Sysdolphin - Wwise
In-house enginesA.L.I.V.E. - A2M - ActionLibrary - Amazon Lumberyard - Anvil - AnvilNext - Apocalypse - Asura - Atlas - Atrophy - Aurora - Autodesk Stingray - BANG! - Behaviour - BlitzTech - Buddha - Carbon Engine - Cobra Engine - Creation Engine - Creation Engine 2 - Crystal Engine - Crystal Tools - CTG - Dagor Engine - Dawn Engine - Decima - Disrupt - Dragon Engine - DreamFactory - Dunia - EAGL - Eclipse (Arktos, BioWare) - Eclipse Engine - EGO - EngineBlack - EngineX - EvilEngine - Firebird Engine - Fox Engine - Frostbite - GbaEngine - GbcEngine - Genie - Geo-Mod - Geo-Mod 2.0 - GFD - GIANTS Engine - Glacier - Goliath Engine - GoodEngine - GrimE - Halo Engine - Hedgehog Engine - Hedgehog Engine 2 - Holistic Engine - id Tech 5 - id Tech 6 - id Tech 7 - id Tech 8 - Infernal Engine - Infinity - Insomniac Engine - IW Engine - Jade - Jedi - JSystem - Katana Engine - Kex Engine - Kinetica - Luminous Engine - LunchPack - LunchPack 2 - Lux Engine - LyN - Mercury Engine - Merkury - ModuleSystem - Mohawk - Mortar - Motor - MT Framework - Naughty Dog Game Engine - Neversoft Engine - Nintendo Web Framework - NintendoWare Bezel Engine - Nu2 - Objectnaut - Octane - Odyssey - Onyx - OpenSpace - PhyreEngine - Platinum Engine - Playground SDK - PopCap Games Framework - Prism3D - Pure3D - Quantum3 - RAGE - RE Engine - REDengine - Retro Engine - Ronin - Saber3D Engine - Scimitar - SCUMM - Sega NN Graphics Library - Sith - Slayer - Slipspace Engine - Snowdrop - SOL-AVES - Source 2 - SoX - SPACKLE - Sprint Engine - Sysdolphin - Telltale Tool - Tiger Engine - Titanium - Tommunism Engine - Treyarch NGL - TOSHI - UbiArt Framework - Ubisoft Anvil - Untitled Spike Chunsoft game engine - Vicarious Visions Alchemy - Vicious Engine - Viper - WF Engine - Zouna
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