Alternatives to Shiva

  • Game Guru

    Welcome to GameGuru, the easy game maker. Our mission is to create the easiest and most enjoyable game creator. Join us and our great & enthusiastic community on this journey. Imagine creating a world that you and your friends come together and …

    Commercial Windows

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  • NeoAxis 3D Engine

    NeoAxis 3D Engine is positioned as a universal development framework for 3D projects. The framework can be applied when developing various types of 3D projects, such as the creation of video games, development of simulators, virtual reality and visu…

    Mac Windows

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  • Wintermute Engine Development Kit

    Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds). The kit includes the runtime interpreter (Win…

    Open Source Free Windows

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  • HARFANG 3D

    HARFANG® is a high-end platform for 2D and 3D application development. It grants developpers to create applications ranging from data visualization to games.HARFANG® is written in C++ with a binding available for Python 3.2+ (as a Python wheel) and …

    Free Personal Linux Windows

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  • PlayN

    PlayN is a cross-platform game library that allows you to create a single Java codebase that runs in HTML5, Java, Android and Flash.

    Windows

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  • Leadwerks

    Leadwerks Game Engine provides the smoothest learning curve to take you from beginner to full-fledged game developer. Use the visual editor and the flowgraph system to set up game interactions without code. Use Lua to write your own game scripts. Ad…

    Oculus Rift HTC Vive Linux Windows

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  • WorldForge

    The WorldForge project is the original open-source MMORPG project, dating back to 1997. The intent lies in creating a widely used development framework and set of libraries by motivating interested developers to improve on the original code.

    Open Source Free Self-Hosted Linux Mac Windows

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  • Project Anarchy

    Project Anarchy is a complete end to end game engine and state-of-the-art toolset for mobile. Project Anarchy includes an entirely free license to ship your game on iOS, Android and Tizen platforms. Source code: https://github.com/projectanarchy/pro…

    Free Windows

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  • Coppercube

    CopperCube is a 3D editor for creating interactive 3D applications or simple games for Flash / Stage 3D, WebGL or as application. No programming is necessary for this. Simply import your 3D models, specify camera controllers and behaviors, and hit '…

    Freemium Mac Windows Web-Based

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  • Game Builder

    Game Builder is an experimental game-building sandbox. Create games within a 3D game world you create. Choose from thousands of ready-made 3D models through Poly. Design game logic by arranging various blocks in a sleek drag-and-drop interface. Or c…

    Free Steam Mac Windows

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  • Hero Engine

    The only true complete development platform for online games. HeroEngine seamlessly integrates the entire client and server architecture required to operate an online game directly into the development process. Focus on building your game, not the b…

    Commercial Windows

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  • Thinking Worlds

    Thinking Worlds is a globally unique 3D sims & games creation environment. It enables novice and advanced developers alike to create and publish highly immersive sims & games – rapidly. It has been designed from the start around the needs of…

    Free Windows

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  • Cafu Engine

    The Cafu Engine is an all-purpose, modern 3D graphics engine and game development kit, feature complete to get you started quickly. Cafu is available to everyone as 100% free software under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). It can be used to c…

    Free Lua Linux Windows

  • Smile Game Builder

    SMILE GAME BUILDER is software to make RPGs for your PC.

    Commercial Windows

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  • S2 ENGINE HD

    Developing games is as fun as playing them using S2 ENGINE HD!Its simplicity and a powerful, just-ready, all-in-one toolset let hobbyists – and game enthusiasts – turn on their computers and create amazing visuals in minutes just as if they were pro…

    Commercial Windows

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  • Atavism Online Engine

    Atavism Online is a full fledged MMORPG Engine for use with Unity. Atavism opens up development opportunities of virtual online worlds to everyone regardless of programming knowledge or artistic ability. Integrated with the Unity engine as the clien…

    Commercial Mac Windows

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  • Project Spark

    Project Spark is “where players create and creators play”. Project Spark is a powerful, yet simple way to build and play your own worlds, stories, and games. Experience the ultimate interactive playground, delivered as a free digital download with m…

    Free Personal Windows

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  • Unity

    Unity is a multi-platform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity offers the free Personal Edition with all features, a Plus subscription at 25$ a month and a Pro subscripti…

    Free Personal Linux Mac Windows

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  • Unreal Engine

    Unreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower…

    Open Source Free Linux Mac Windows

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  • CryENGINE

    Achieve your Vision using our cutting-edge, 100% royalty-free technology! With CRYENGINE, we have a simple goal: To create the most powerful game engine in the industry, and to give creators all across the globe the tools to harness this power to cr…

    Open Source Free Personal Linux Windows

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