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godotengine/godot

Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #gamedev #godot #godotengine #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18,566 open

114,760

stars

Forks: 26,153
Commits: 85,332 commits
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mrdoob/three.js

JavaScript 3D Library.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#3d #augmented-reality #canvas #html5 #javascript #svg

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 390 open

114,028

stars

Forks: 36,454
Commits: 47,645 commits
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pixijs/pixijs

The HTML5 Creation Engine: Create beautiful digital content with the fastest, most flexible 2D WebGL renderer.

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #canvas2d #data-visualization #game #glsl #javascript

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-01-21
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 351 open

47,892

stars

Forks: 5,050
Commits: 8,722 commits
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phaserjs/phaser

Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

Stack

JavaScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #discord-activities #facebook-instant-games #game-development #game-frameworks #gamedev

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-12
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 121 open

40,028

stars

Forks: 7,144
Commits: 20,969 commits
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BabylonJS/Babylon.js

Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.

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Stack

TypeScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#3d #babylon #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #typescript

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-06-27
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 20 open

25,860

stars

Forks: 3,674
Commits: 47,602 commits
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libgdx/libgdx

Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

Stack

Java Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #android #cross-platform #framework #game

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-06
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 334 open

25,255

stars

Forks: 6,539
Commits: 15,637 commits
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cocos2d/cocos2d-x

Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cocos2d #cocos2d-x #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-06
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,605 open

19,125

stars

Forks: 7,053
Commits: 37,362 commits
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ppy/osu

rhythm is just a *click* away!

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#beatmap #catch #game #mania #osu #rhythm

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-26
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,890 open

18,770

stars

Forks: 2,765
Commits: 77,037 commits
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lichess-org/lila

♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞

AI dev

Stack

Scala Svelte npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#chess #free-software #functional-programming #game #lichess #non-profit

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-02-19
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 1,283 open

18,490

stars

Forks: 2,738
Commits: 77,489 commits
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liabru/matter-js

a 2D rigid body physics engine for the web ▲● ■

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #javascript #physics #physics-engine #rigid-bodies #web

Updated: 2024-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-19
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 279 open

18,334

stars

Forks: 1,991
Commits: 1,002 commits
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OpenEmu/OpenEmu

🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

Stack

Swift

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #macos #objective-c #openemu #retrogaming

Updated: 2025-10-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2009-01-14
History: 13 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 419 open

17,674

stars

Forks: 1,351
Commits: 7,411 commits
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bkaradzic/bgfx

Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Stack

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx-11 #directx-12 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 287 open

17,333

stars

Forks: 2,116
Commits: 9,380 commits
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OpenRA/OpenRA

Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#command-and-conquer #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #dune-2000 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-06-19
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,600 open

17,147

stars

Forks: 2,991
Commits: 30,863 commits
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playcanvas/engine

Powerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#3d-gaussian-splatting #3dgs #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gaussian-splatting

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-24
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 541 open

16,366

stars

Forks: 1,943
Commits: 13,331 commits
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OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #discord #game #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-01
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,606 open

15,993

stars

Forks: 1,856
Commits: 30,270 commits
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SFTtech/openage

Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

Stack

Python CMake pip

GitHub topics

#age-of-empires #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #cpp20 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-22
History: 40 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 214 open

14,347

stars

Forks: 1,264
Commits: 5,817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +10 +0.1%
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Website GitHub

MonoGame/MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

AI dev

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d #c-sharp #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-02
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 753 open

14,226

stars

Forks: 3,092
Commits: 13,693 commits
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Website GitHub

luanti-org/luanti

Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp17 #game-engine #lua #luanti #minetest

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-11-26
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,460 open

13,355

stars

Forks: 2,395
Commits: 13,569 commits
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gabrielecirulli/2048

The source code for 2048

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#2048 #2048-game #game #javascript #online-game #puzzle-game

Updated: 2024-10-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-05
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

13,342

stars

Forks: 17,569
Commits: 181 commits
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Website GitHub

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cataclysm #game #hacktoberfest #zombies

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-04
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,871 open

12,780

stars

Forks: 4,575
Commits: 129,072 commits
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Website GitHub

mapeditor/tiled

Flexible level editor

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake Maven npm

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #editor #game #game-development #hacktoberfest #java

Updated: 2026-07-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-05-05
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 820 open

12,764

stars

Forks: 1,942
Commits: 7,104 commits
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Website GitHub

SFML/SFML

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#audio #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #games #graphics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-28
History: 4 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 154 open

11,965

stars

Forks: 1,902
Commits: 3,953 commits
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Website GitHub

fogleman/Craft

A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #game #glsl #minecraft #multiplayer #opengl

Updated: 2024-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-09
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 129 open

11,077

stars

Forks: 1,440
Commits: 753 commits
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Website GitHub

mozilla/BrowserQuest

DEPRECATED - A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#abandoned #unmaintained

Updated: 2023-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-03
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

9,377

stars

Forks: 2,925
Commits: 153 commits
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Website GitHub

mrdoob/stats.js

JavaScript Performance Monitor

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2024-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-04-08
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

9,137

stars

Forks: 1,187
Commits: 148 commits
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CreateJS/EaselJS

The Easel Javascript library provides a full, hierarchical display list, a core interaction model, and helper classes to make working with the HTML5 Canvas element much easier.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 221 open

8,164

stars

Forks: 1,924
Commits: 1,780 commits
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Website GitHub

OpenTTD/OpenTTD

OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#game #isometric #openttd #sandbox #simulation

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2004-08-09
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 416 open

8,115

stars

Forks: 1,235
Commits: 33,029 commits
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Website GitHub

endless-sky/endless-sky

Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d-game #adventure-game #arcade-game #c-plus-plus #cpp #endless-sky

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-01
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 921 open

7,464

stars

Forks: 1,285
Commits: 9,891 commits
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Website GitHub

veloren/veloren

[mirror of https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren] An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page.

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #cube #cubeworld #game #gfx-rs #multiplayer

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-02
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

7,422

stars

Forks: 528
Commits: 18,438 commits
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jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II

A running-jumping-swordfighting game I made on the Apple II from 1985-89

Stack

Assembly

Updated: 2024-09-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-17
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

6,839

stars

Forks: 737
Commits: 23 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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