The Best Game Engines of 2021

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Are you wondering what game engine you should use on your gamedev journey? Then this video is for you!
In previous videos, we have talked about game engines we personally like but for this episode, we asked the Ask Gamedev community to tell us about their game engine of choice. Well... the community has spoken. While there were too many suggestions to list, we’ve tabulated the votes, and have come up with the Ask Gamedev community’s top 5 favourite Game Development Engines.
► Check out the Engines:
►► Construct 3 - www.construct.net/en
►► Construct Classic - sourceforge.net/p/construct/c...
►► GameMaker - www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker
►► Unreal Engine - www.unrealengine.com/en-US/un...
►► Unity - unity.com/
►► Godot - godotengine.org/
►► Pico-8 - www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
►► GDevelop - gdevelop-app.com/
►► Phaser - phaser.io/
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@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! For more Ask Gamedev, check out 8 Ways to Generate Video Game Ideas - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fDqnw5pNebk.html

@djlclopez128 3 года назад

Wonderful video! This was perfect for highlighting every aspect of the game engines, including: prices, licenses/royalties, engine capabilities, port possibilities, and even popular games associated with the engines. Top notch video from the Ask GameDev team, keep it up!

@sprgames2908 2 года назад

For 2D games I personally prefer Scratch

@GhostSlamz 2 года назад

can you add links for the game engines plz

@tobiaswilhelmi4819 2 года назад

1:12 Construct 3 4:23 GameMaker Studio 2 7:40 Unreal Engine 11:22 Unity 15:15 Honourable Mentions 19:45 Godot

@flippers1074 Год назад

Thanks I was looking for this exact comment

@Verinius 3 года назад

I just want to say thank you for everything that you are doing. The AskGameDev team have been helping out so many indiedevs and you certainly are a blessing to the indie game community!

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks Verinius! Hope development is going smoothly on Lawmage Academy!

@mycloudvip 2 года назад

I must admit... after watching Game Engine Reviews for the past 5 years.... This video and your Channel simply outrun any other review out there. Congrats!!!!

@ReusableRocket 2 года назад

This is probably the most in-depth video on which game engines are best. Usually a video might just list a few game engines, give a breif description, and move on. But this video goes into a ton of detail about which game engine is best for certain types of games like 2D and 3D, it also mentions compatibility with other devices, the coding language and if its text-based or visually-based, pricing, etc. Thank you so much for making this video, it’s super useful!

@Luredreier 2 года назад

15:43 "It's open source, that means that there's no royalties or subscriptions to pay" No, open source means that the source code of the engine is freely available. But depending on the open source license used it's actually possible to make open source products that costs money even as the source of that product remains open source. Open source means free as in freedom not free as in gratis. Although in the case of that engine it's probably gratis too.

@johantitulaer1052 2 года назад

I think it's funny how "gratis" is used in current English while it's actually a normal Dutch word.

@romulo2714 2 года назад

@@johantitulaer1052 Gratis is a word that is in latin as well, there's like, at least 5 languages where it is a normal word.

@johantitulaer1052 2 года назад

@@romulo2714 Interesting, I never knew that. I thought it was a borrowed word from the Dutch from back in the colonial ages. I know American English has some Dutch words, but I didn't know gratis was originally, and not even altered, Latin.

@romulo2714 2 года назад

@@johantitulaer1052 I just said what they told me in school man, Brazil moment. Edit: Also I misworded the phrase, I meant "gratis is IN latin", English isn't my first language and I have to re check A LOT what I write but some cracks still pass through and I had a bad time picking words there

@muhammadalimkakani954 2 года назад

and in indonesian, "gratis" is a common use word that means "free" 😅

@martingoodson1651 3 года назад

Godot at #1? I'm shocked! Shocked! :) Congratulations to Godot.

@nanethverano9642 3 года назад

Actually i was doubt if i were download godot cause Unity is not free so when i watch this vid ahh ok.. Now smash download button

@upsurge5541 2 года назад

@@nanethverano9642 wdym unity is not free it's free fam?

@messypy7217 2 года назад

@@nanethverano9642 Godot has it's own very simple scripting language that can be use for a beginner developer, but Unity is using C# which it was pretty hard for beginner to learn.

@cassy3217 2 года назад

@@messypy7217 Ehm unity is still better, godot cant make high quality games at all while unity can plus godot doesn't have many learning videos and godot cant export to consoles plus it cant really make Great graphics. everyone says use godot because its free and because people are tired of unity

@MiyaMam948 2 года назад

@@cassy3217 Can you explain what you mean by "Godot can't make high-quality games" what does that mean exactly?

@rafaelgpontes 3 года назад

I'm really glad Godot is drawing people's attention! It's a great engine!!

@aryantzh2028 Год назад

@Vencer Vencer cringe

@HelperWesley 3 года назад

Glad Gdevelop got an honorable mention, but it does make me a little sad that it didn't end up on the list properly. It makes sense, we're less well known than other engines, but we're working on it with better games coming from our growing community. 👍

@gavinthegreatgavinthegreat97 3 года назад

Used to use GDevelop, too limited. Edit: Typo

@HelperWesley 3 года назад

@@gavinthegreatgavinthegreat97 I get that. I personally haven't run in to any wall with the kinds of games I'm making though. 🤔

@gavinthegreatgavinthegreat97 3 года назад

@@HelperWesley I’m learning C# in unity now, making good progress, but I wish you well on your games in GDevelop.

@DrewcrewAnimations 2 года назад

Rise of Gdevolop!!!

@HelperWesley 2 года назад

@gucci mane in 2006 To their credit, they're not exactly the same. Construct does have some features Gdevelop lacks, and vice versa. But the real kicker is the number of proper commercially released games made by the construct community. Gdevelop has a few good releases, but we need to start pumping out more to get on the radar. 👍

@CorianderGames 3 года назад

Thank you so much for mentioning my upcoming game Miko Adventures Puffball at 16:09 ❤️ A very awesome video : )

@whycantwebefriends9178 2 года назад

I usually dont comment much, but this video is great. its so in depth, giving advice on where to start each engine. i love it! thumbs up!

@Dominik-K 3 года назад

Thanks a lot for this amazing list! It'll come in handy for sure!

@BrasilPopular 2 года назад

Excellent video. When you cite some of the games made with the engine, it would be nice if you could also cite some of the biggest and most successfull one made with each engine too, so that we could have an idea of what the best games made with each engine are. But that's just a suggestion.

@Montegasppa 3 года назад

About Godot (which is my favourite), GDScript is just lackly inspired by Python, but brings a singular and peculiar feeling.

@zephyrphyan2860 3 года назад

Do you think knowing some Python would help me using GDscript for the first time?

@TurkerTUNALI 3 года назад

@@zephyrphyan2860 definitely.

@Montegasppa 3 года назад

@@zephyrphyan2860 Absolutely!! Python, Genie, Boo, and GDScript are very similar, knowing one, you can use any other.

@fa-pm5dr 3 года назад

@@zephyrphyan2860 yes but Python is more profound (although Python isnt that profound to start with)

@Montegasppa 3 года назад

@@fa-pm5dr Right! GDScript is the simpler and less-recourse’d out of the four languages I’ve been talked about, yet enough powerful.

@game-editor2 2 года назад

We are developing a very easy to use 2D and 2.5D engine that anyone can use to make amazing games with it. Check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OVhk7qVEMGs.html

@SidFish 3 года назад

Thanks heaps for the shout out at 19:30, love your channel :)

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for stopping by! Neon Farmer Bros looks like a lot of fun!

@HelperWesley 3 года назад

Ngl, had a little fan boy moment when I heard your name. ;)

@SidFish 3 года назад

@@HelperWesley haha, thanks man :)

@tilanitaliarin 9 месяцев назад

this video was actually very helpful, thanks for uploading!

@UmzGames 3 года назад

Loved this. Great list and information about these engines.

@raiseledwards 3 года назад

I'm so happy Black Pellet showed up here even when my name was misspelled lol. Thank you so much!!!

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for popping in, and sorry about the misspelling!

@raiseledwards 3 года назад

@@AskGamedev Great content guys!!!

@auralitegames3367 3 года назад

I'm interested in unity and Godot but I'm already learning unreal and I love it so far. Maybe eventually I'll get to those engines just to try it.

@dylanlahman5967 2 года назад

I'm surprised people are still ranking unity over unreal

@baitposter 2 года назад

@@dylanlahman5967 VR game development, differences in royalties, the courses, the community, also has a robust asset store, etc. make something greater than the sum of its parts. It's how such a small project came to rival a massive player in the first place.

@maximoxtech1125 2 года назад

is it true that u need a 6 gd vram? gpu

@auralitegames3367 2 года назад

@@maximoxtech1125 I only have 4gb and it works fine, 16gb of ram and ssd too

@heart.s_ 3 года назад

I was smiling for the whole section of Godot, that it made it 1st and it's my favourite game engine.

@RiddleRations 4 месяца назад

Great video! Loved learning about game engines!

@CyMaCoX 3 года назад

Great Details Man! Thanks For Full Explanation!

@JamPunchStorytelling Год назад

Clear and informative! Exactly what i needed, because i know _nothing_ about making games

@dukeselwood 3 года назад

Godot is an awesome game engine!

@vishwanathareddym9960 3 года назад

thank you so much for this video...helps game devs alot

@Leander_X 2 года назад

Thanks for your video. My Top 5 is Godot, Gdevelop, GameMaker, Pico-8, Construct 2 (All for 2D games) since 2010.

@djk7013 Год назад

Awesome video! Thank you so much

@publicmmi 3 года назад

My fav. list: 3D: Unreal, Unity 2D: Unity, Godot 3D+2D: Unity, Godot 4.0 (we will see if it's 3D is improved)

@tres-2b299 3 года назад

Godot 4 will be fully vulcan so better 3D!

@publicmmi 3 года назад

@@tres-2b299 We will see. Vulcan is the underlying layer, but the 3d capabilities of the engine is still important too, so lets "Waiting for Godot" ;)

@tres-2b299 3 года назад

@@publicmmi true

@mohammediftekhar1424 3 года назад

Godot is the best choice for python programmers 💜👌👏

@ramoncf7 3 года назад

What a great video!

@lrod312 2 года назад

This was really good. I have so many ideas for a type of Japanese mecha-action JRPG inspired by xenogears, the gundam series and zone of enders but didn’t really know which engine to use as RPG Maker makes it difficult for what I am trying to do. I guess I can try Godot.

@quitchemmy 2 года назад

Why Japanese style?

@pjemrey6676 2 года назад

For inspiration, you should check out the Power Dolls games. They're old as dirt but you can still them running with an emulator

@stylestudy9671 3 года назад

Would love to see more videos from you Thx in advance

@imdavidanimations2018 3 года назад

THX ASK GAMEDEV.

@juggernautx1779 2 года назад

been using Unreal for 2 years now developing my first game, an FPS. Willing to try Godot very soon for a sides roller game like Bio Menace and other similar games.

@ratonlaveurambitieux4117 2 года назад

Yes !!!!! One video with no promess of gain some cash. Thanks 2 u

@deontemerritt91 Год назад

I'm working on creating my games with Unreal Engine 5.1 I am still going to be learning how to create my characters also know how to do gameplay development and cutscenes by watching the tutorials.

@DragoniteSpam 3 года назад

"GameMaker Studio 2 is a 2D-only game engine..." *stares intently from the corner*

@Ali.Almosawi 3 года назад

hhhhhhhhhh Game maker now great for 3d

@gavinthegreatgavinthegreat97 3 года назад

Not nearly as good for 3D as other ones.

@ICharlyl Год назад

I have a killer idea for a videogame but I've been struggling finding motivation to start since I'm getting overwhelmed with the code tax

@PlayWithFurcifer 3 года назад

Godot is SO good!

@hdhwkq 3 года назад

yes

@contrahorizon2192 3 года назад

Only problem is small community ._.

@messypy7217 2 года назад

@@contrahorizon2192 Yeah... If their community is big maybe almost all developer use it cuz when i'm finding a game tutorial for godot engine, only few people are making the tutorial... Some people made 1 tutorial and then quit :v

@AryanSingh-wx7by 2 года назад

The opposite because the interface isn't for a children whose 10 and learning java after python then is going to learn C++.

@stellar5706 2 года назад

I Despise Godot...

@jalipeno97 3 года назад

as a foss fangirl godot is my personal favourite engine, and im currently using it to develop two games, an rpg with a mini rts battle system and a first person immersive sim metroidvania hybrid

@ethanalkout949 3 года назад

Interesting.

@Red_Eagle 3 года назад

19:11 im in the video! :O thank you guys :O

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for participating!

@thomasmaier7053 3 года назад

Godot Engine

@NewHopeGames 3 года назад

My personal favorites are Unity and Game Maker Studio 2. I've tried Construct 2 and 3, both good and I messed around with Unreal years ago, great for 3D. Just to mention, a great game developed with Unity is Valheim. I haven't tried Godot yet but heard good things about it. Great video!

@kipa_chu Год назад

But unity's license sucks. If your game is a overnight success you're fucked..

@aryantzh2028 Год назад

i learned unreal and unity but unity got very long loading everytime (opening projects, importing files, compiling, etc.) while everything seems fast in unreal. maybe that's why c++ is better than c#, its faster. meanwhile godot have c# and c++ hmm, interesting.

@LPMarvin99 3 года назад

I love your Videos! I tried many different Game engines: godot, construct 3, unity and more. Construct 3 is awesome but when you make big games that have many cutscenes than construct 3 will crash. Are there other game Engines with a programming language like construct 3 that are open source and powerfull even for games with many cutscenes?

@jotomato 3 года назад

Optimisation, optimisation and optimisation. I used to ignore that until I realised my mistake. Heavy large resolution will always go south. C3 can really handle a lot if you know how to optimise. Just look at Blast Mode’s Mighty Goose game.

@nyn2k259 2 года назад

Thanks for the vid bro, tell me can Godot make Turn Based RPG games as well as Card Building Deck Games if yes do you have any links to tutorials please thanks.

@DrewcrewAnimations 2 года назад

I am so happy that gedevolp 5 got in 😔

@shytut 3 года назад

Wish you had shown the great PC games being made with Construct 3! And it also supports Javascript now.

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

We love Construct 3! Check out this showcase we did on the great games being made with it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o7G7Innt6vE.html

@drkmgoswami3042 3 года назад

Waiting for new video from long time

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for waiting! Our next video will come out much sooner than this one did :)

@marciomageskimarques6235 3 года назад

Very nice video. Do you think that is a good ideia to learn more then one game engine? Something like Unity, Game Maker and Construct? This process can disrupt the deepening knowledge in one or other?

@ShiloBuff 3 года назад

I think its great to learn multiple engines. Just like languages, when you learn one, it makes it easier to learn the next. Becomes a point where learning languages or engines become trivial. But you most definitely should try to put most of your time and dedication into one engine when you are serious. The goal is to make games and you will do that best once you put lots of time into one engine.

@striaa_af 2 года назад

Although many game engines have a lot of feature,i always just using *Gamemaker and Unity*

@rolandkatsuragi 3 года назад

So many good resources now for visual coding

@moorhexe1400 2 года назад

what do I do when I wanna make all animations in another program? i don't need physics or anything, my idea is to make a choice based psychological horror game with dope art and nice writing. the only game play is dialogue, a ton of interactive cutscenes and a few short combat and mini game elements. I wanna do all the art by myself. so basically videos playing with linked options that influence those videos

@sebastiansossa6834 3 года назад

I love Godot, before I used to use unity, a great engine too.

@zraakuladann3946 2 года назад

Why did you change? Just curious

@meatslaper2216 2 года назад

@@zraakuladann3946 i guess we'll never know

@jonnymillerproductions 2 года назад

@@meatslaper2216 :(

@Konayo_ Год назад

Sad 😢

@RainyWolf7 Год назад

Somehow I think people should hire me for game ideas, not that I'm creative, but more that I want their money

@stylestudy9671 3 года назад

Man this is a great video

@MEGA_TREE 2 года назад

Very good

@KamranWali 3 года назад

Awesome video! I am currently using Unity3D for game development. Have used JME3 and Unreal in the past. All of them are good game engine but Unity3D feels right to me as an indie dev. :)

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Nice! Good luck on your game's development!

@ethanalkout949 3 года назад

GL HF

@KamranWali 3 года назад

@@AskGamedev @ethan alkout Thank you. :)

@gamedev_navneet 3 года назад

For beginners I will recommend first start with Construct 3 / 2 , next Unity

@googyegg4108 2 года назад

Thank you so much

@mkgh7322 2 года назад

Thanks bro

@albertoramirez9465 2 года назад

Defold is my favorite for 2D games

@mosog8829 2 года назад

It's interesting to know that construct started as "Open Sourced"

@content8420 Год назад

so bottomline for me. I am really thinking of learning unity as my first game engine but I don't know C# but on the other side I know C++ but unreal engine seems so heavy for me not as a developer( since I have quiet a good workstation) but the end term user I don't my game to be too heavy. So I want to make a 3d game initially for android then later on for windows and different platform but I'm just not sure whether to start with unreal engine or unity I am so confused. Unreal engine lacking tutorial but then also supporting c++ which as an software engineering student I learned and then the unity which I think is good for my game dev journey but supports C# which i don't know and I think I need to spend extra time on if I want to work on unity. Please help me decide which game engine should I pick or should I just go with godot. Considering most people recommend it for 2d games and I don't want to create 2d games yet I want to create something similar to zelda (if this helps to get what I wanna try to accomplish with the game engine)

@butchdeadlift10 Год назад

I am looking for a software to make a 2d brawler like X-men arcade or turtles in time. What would work best for that?

@pspstories 3 года назад

Why you showed GDevelop in the cover of the video but not show it in the list?

@z3n1te 2 года назад

godot even has addons that add even more programming languages.

@gravityhamster8805 2 года назад

It is actually untrue that Gamemaker is 2D only. It *does* work with 3D, however it is not easy to use with 3D as the engine does not include a 3D room editor or other 3D tools that 3D based engines would include. Also, if you are going to go to the trouble of learning visual script, you might as while learn actual coding for engines that have that capability. While many engines may include visual scripting, many features are often walled off to those who provide it.

@qraon5013 2 года назад

what is the best for a darksouls like game in vr

@PhillipAmthor 2 года назад

Can i release games made with unreal engine on steam as a small developer?

@kalebgeorge5744 3 года назад

Unreal Engine is so cool it's my favorite game engine.😃😃😃

@dannil5793 3 года назад

1:21 whats the background music?

@gabriel_pogorzelski 2 года назад

Me and my friend are planning on creating a game, but dont know what engine should we use. We need a engine that is free, not really hard to use and learn because it is our first game and has some kinda multi-user feature so we can create without being in the same computer. And if its possible, is there some good online game engine or for low end pc, because I dont think my friend's computer is the best for the task? Which game engine can you recommend? We have not decided if the game is gonna be 2D or 3D, but probably 2D because we have no experience in creating games.

@igorthelight Год назад

How is that going? Still need an advice? ;-)

@nito8066 9 месяцев назад

that dang backround song

@Rdg-bg9vr 2 года назад

I'm making a game and I had the tough choice between unity and godot. Im a beginner and just trying something new to be honest but unless I change my mind, I will use unity because it does handle 3d better in case I ever wanna make an fps game or something, and there are more tutorials to help me learn to use the engine

@joaquimneto5617 3 года назад

Is the narrator here the same one from the infographics show?

@warriorz9451 2 года назад

Is there a version of godot I can download on android tablet. If so link please

@jadepoplar4774 2 года назад

If you think these games are good you need to check out the solo developer behind break city entertainment. The trailer to his upcoming game looks amazing and a cut above everything else out there at the moment.

@niilokolehmainen Год назад

just waiting for unity to add 4D features (or maybe 5D) :D

@tres-2b299 3 года назад

Why am i watching this, i already chose unity, but great to see godot being noticed.

@infinitivez 3 года назад

Very strange to me that Godot gets first place? I get it has fans, but I didn't think it had enough fans to spam a poll so radically in the course of just a year. I'm pleasantly surprised, and wondering how many of them are linux users now? About dang time!

@ShiloBuff 3 года назад

I'm sure the rank is subjective (opinion). But I believe Godot has the greatest potential of all engines. It's the best free engine out their that actually can go head to head with the other leading engines. I assume is the fastest growing engine. It's also open source which is a massive advantage to improvements and future. It also has a license with lots of freedom for the user. The mix of it all just makes it #1 in my eyes, regardless of if it has the best features or not. Just wish it improved it's asset store and development was faster. So much potential that seems to be too slow atm.

@exe.boi19 2 года назад

I need a game engine for 2d pixel rpg games hope i find a good one!

@JermaineMorgan 3 года назад

Finally a new video

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for your patience! This one took a while to make :)

@xmgentertainment Год назад

I tried using Godot on my Android tablet but the UI was so small I could barely do anything

@lewolfengang 2 года назад

I have started to use Unreal Engine 4. I like it!

@xgamerunknown6414 2 года назад

I tried it. I don't understand it. Then again I have never done game development

@lewolfengang 2 года назад

@@xgamerunknown6414 I don’t use it anymore, my computer cannot run it properly lol

@xgamerunknown6414 2 года назад

@@lewolfengang i actually really want to learn it. I had an idea for a game.

@colwarsstudiobrickfilmandm8580 Год назад

At one point there were no engines and we had to use only code…. We are lucky!

@Alex-px9oy Год назад

Anyone have info on 5a upcoming engine?

@michaelthomashamilton 3 года назад

Godot Engine FTW

@sweer7048 3 года назад

I notice ctjs wasnt featured

@GMAH111 2 года назад

So is there a reason not to pick godot?

@abhishek-farswan 3 года назад

best godot teacher is heartbeast

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Heartbeast makes awesome videos on Godot! We talk about the channel in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qdmu1caEvOE.html

@abhishek-farswan 3 года назад

@@AskGamedev big fan sir :) you really replied

@YTtopPAULO 2 года назад

hello guys i need a game engine for low laptop whos the enigine gaming is good for low laptop?

@SamuelForFun 8 месяцев назад

Game maker is soooo good, I was surprised when i tried i❤

@sriyanimangalika5905 3 года назад

I was waiting for your videos❤ took you guys long enough😂

@AskGamedev 3 года назад

Thanks for waiting! Our next episode will come out much sooner than this one did :)

@sriyanimangalika5905 3 года назад

@@AskGamedev Thanks so much❤ keep up the good work

@marciomageskimarques6235 3 года назад

Is it a good idea focus on one engine or learn more than one (maximum three, for example)?

@bexplosion 3 года назад

Start with one and find the strength and weakness, then you better know what to look for in next engine if you want to change.

@infinitivez 3 года назад

In the long run, it's always best to broaden you knowledge. Especially if you're the type of person who can adapt several programming languages without issue.

@ShiloBuff 3 года назад