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