Game engines

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
The 3D Gamemaker	The Game Creators	No
Adobe AIR	Adobe	Yes
Adobe Director	Macromedia, Adobe	No
Adobe Flash	Macromedia, Adobe	No
Adventure Game Studio	Chris Jones	Yes
Amazon Lumberyard	Amazon Game Studios	No
AppGameKit Classic	The Game Creators	No
AppGameKit Studio	The Game Creators	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
FPS Creator	The Game Creators	No		Also known as FPS Creator Classic
FPS Creator x10	The Game Creators	No
Gamebryo	Gamebase	No		Formerly known as NetImmerse
GameGuru	The Game Creators	Yes?		Also known as GameGuru Classic
GameGuru Max	The Game Creators	Yes
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
4A Engine	4A Games
A.L.I.V.E.	Oddworld Inhabitants
A2M	Artificial Mind & Movement
ActionLibrary	Nintendo	Games list	Unofficial name
AEGIS	Gravity
AGI	Sierra On-Line
Angel Game Engine	Angel Studios
Angel Real Time Simulation	Angel Studios
Animotion	Shiny Entertainment
APETEC Engine	Atomic Planet Entertainment
Apocalypse	Neversoft
Asura	Rebellion Developments
Atlas	Knowledge Adventure
Atrophy	Gaijin Games
Aurora	BioWare
Autodesk Stingray	Autodesk
BANG!	Ensemble Studios
Beelzebub	Stainless Games
Behaviour	Behaviour Interactive
Bitsquid	Autodesk
BlitzTech	Blitz Games
Bluepoint Engine	Bluepoint Games
Buddha	Double Fine Productions
Carbon Engine	Limited Run Games
Cathode	Creative Assembly
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
Diesel	GRIN
Diesel Power	Appaloosa Interactive, AndNow
Disrupt	Ubisoft Montreal
Dragon Engine	Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
DreamFactory	CyberFlix
Dunia	Ubisoft Montreal
EAGL	EA Canada
Eclipse	Arktos Entertainment		Not 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
Falcom Development Kit	Nihon Falcom
Firebird Engine	Monolith Productions
ForzaTech	Turn 10 Studios
Fox Engine	Kojima Productions
Frostbite	DICE
Fusion Engine	Hangar 13
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
Glaiel Game Engine	Tyler Glaiel
GODS	Data Design Interactive
Goliath Engine	Beenox
GoodEngine	Heavy Iron Studios
GrimE	LucasArts
Halo Engine	Bungie
Hedgehog Engine	Sonic Team
Hedgehog Engine 2	Sonic Team
HeroEngine	Simutronics
Holistic	Keen Games
id Tech 5	id Software
id Tech 6	id Software
id Tech 7	id Software
id Tech 8	id Software
Illusion Engine	2K Czech
Infernal Engine	Terminal Reality
Infinity	BioWare
Insomniac Engine	Insomniac Games
IW Engine	Infinity Ward
Jade	Ubisoft
Jedi	LucasArts
Jet Engine	Gameloft Barcelona
JSystem	Nintendo	Games list	Unofficial name
Kaleido ADV Workshop	M2
Katana Engine	Koei Tecmo
Kex Engine	Nightdive Studios
Kinetica	Santa Monica Studio
Kt Engine	Kylotonn
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
Panda3D	Disney's Virtual Reality Studio
Panoramic	Insomniac Games
Phoenix	Ensemble Studios
Phoenix	Micro Forté
Phoenix3D	4X Technologies
Phoenix Engine	Relic Entertainment
Phoenix VR	4X Technologies
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
RapidFire	Empty Clip Studios
RE Engine	Capcom
REDengine	CD Projekt Red
Retro Engine	Christian Whitehead / Evening Star
Rockstar Leeds 3D Engine	Rockstar Leeds
Ronin	LucasArts
RuneTek	Jagex
Saber3D Engine	Saber Interactive
SCI	Sierra On-Line
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
Speed	EA Canada
Sprint Engine	Presto Studios
Sumo Engine	Sumo Digital
Sunshine Engine	Sumo Digital
Sysdolphin	HAL Laboratory
Telltale Tool	Telltale Games
TheEngine	SkyFallen Entertainment
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		Formerly known as Scimitar, Anvil, AnvilNext, and AnvilNext 2.0
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
X3D	4X Technologies
Xerus Engine
Zouna	Asobo Studio

External links

• https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Category:Engines