ENGINES

Engine Info Links
Adventure Game Studio
Allows you to create your own point-and-click adventure games similar to the early 90's Sierra and Lucasarts games.
Free
App Game Kit
Build apps for a variety of different platforms!
Commercial ($49.95)
Blitz3D
A game engine based on the BASIC language, with support for 3D using DirectX 7.
Free (zlib/libpng)
Clickteam Fusion 2.5
Clickteam products are powerful and complete development studios that require no programming knowledge to use.
Commercial (€79/€299)
Construct 2
Construct 2's primary export platforms are HTML5 based.
Free (retired)
Construct 2
Construct 2's primary export platforms are HTML5 based.
Free (retired)
Construct 3
Use Construct 3 Anywhere, Anytime Construct 3 runs in the browser - and works offline. Browser based software done right.
Commercial ($22/$133)
Construct Classic
Construct Classic is a free open-source game creator for Windows, designed for 2D games
Free (GPL)
Custom
Custom built projects made directly with a programming language.
Any
Dot World Maker
Free 2D Multi-Player RPG maker for browser
Free / 30$
Dragon Ruby
A professional grade (yet beginner friendly) 2D game engine. It's tiny (~3MB), fast as hell, and cross-platform.
Commercial ($40) or Free
Duality
A modular 2D game engine
MIT license
EasyRPG
A community project to create a free and portable RPG Maker 2000/2003 game interpreter and editor.
Free (GPLv3)
Eclipse Engine
Eclipse Origins is a windows based 2D MMORPG game creation suite.
Silver (free) / Gold ($59.95USD)
Engine001
An action RPG maker/game maker where you can create your own Action and RPG Games using point-and-click events.
$79.99
Game Maker Studio
A general game making suite designed to allow its users to easily develop computer games without needing to program.
$100 (desktop) $150(web) $400
GameGuru
Create, play and share fun games on your PC with absolutely no technical knowledge needed!
Commercial ($19.99)
GameMaker Studio 2
A cross-platform multi-genre game creation suite, backwards compatible with GMS
Commercial
GDevelop
GDevelop is an open source, cross-platform game creator designed to be used by everyone - no programming skills required.
MIT license
GG Maker
Use a Graphically Assisted Scripting approach to develop games for PC or mobile
Commercial
Godot
An advanced, feature-packed, multi-platform 2D and 3D open source game engine
MIT license
IG Maker
The latest software from Enterbrain. It features a unique interface and the ability to create several distinct game genres.
Commercial ($59.99 USD)
ika
An open-source and Python-powered game engine with hardware acceleration for blazing performance.
Free (GPLv2)
Mega Maker
Mega Man fan game level maker
Freeware
OHRRPGCE
OHRRPGCE is a free open-source utility used to create your own RPG game
Free (GPL)
Other
Games made in an engine not currently listed here, but not coded from scratch in a programming language
N/A
Pixel Game Maker MV
Pixel Game Maker MV allows you to create thrilling action games with ease
Commercial
Renpy
Python-based visual novel creator
Free (MIT)
RPG 20XX
The RPG Maker 2003-alike engine that can go up to 11
MIT
RPG Maker 2000
RPG Maker 2000 is officially available in English! The legendary point and click tile based RPG engine is available.
Commercial
RPG Maker 2003
RPG Maker 2003 is officially available in English! The legendary point and click tile based RPG engine with sideview battles.
Commercial
RPG Maker 95
First ever Windows-based RPG Maker program released by ASCII in 1997.
Commercial
RPG Maker FES
3DS RPG Maker
Commercial (3DS)
RPG Maker MV
A multi-platfor tile-based point and click engine tailored towards creating traditional RPGs integrated with javascript plugins.
Commercial ($80)
RPG Maker MZ
A multi-platfor tile-based point and click engine tailored towards creating traditional RPGs integrated with javascript plugins.
Commercial ($80)
RPG Maker VX
A tile-based point and click engine tailored towards creating traditional RPGs integrated with Ruby scripting.
Commercial ($59.99 USD)
RPG Maker VX Ace
A tile-based point and click engine tailored towards creating traditional RPGs integrated with Ruby scripting
Commercial ($70)
RPG Maker XP
A tile-based point and click engine tailored towards creating traditional RPGs integrated with Ruby Scripting
Commercial ($29.99 USD)
RPG Paper Maker
A versatile engine that allows you to create both paperesque and 3D games.
Non-Commercial/Commercial
RPG Toolkit
The RPG Toolkit is an open-source tool for creating 2D role-playing games and more
Free
RPG Tsukuru 2000
A maker dedicated to producing traditional top-down SNES-era-like RPGs with a Dragon Quest-like default battle system.
Commercial
RPG Tsukuru 2003
A tile-based point and click RPG engine with a sideview battle system, class system and native MP3 support.
Commercial
rpgboss
rpgboss is an in-development open source RPG engine and editor
AGPL
RPGWizard
A free 2D RPG engine with a graphical editor and browser based game player
Free
Sim RPG Maker 95
A tactical role-playing game maker
Commercial
Smile Game Builder
A 2D/3D game making engine with a place and click map style.
Commercial ($79.95)
Solarus
A free and open-source Action-RPG game engine.
GPL v3
Sphere
An open source RPG development engine based in the JavaScript language.
Free (GPLv2)
SRPG Studio
By using SRPG Studio, you can easily create a 2D SRPG (Simulation RPG)
Commercial
Stencyl
A 2D game creation platform game framework that allows a flexible, write once, run anywhere style of game creation
free(indie $99/y)(studio $199/y)
Super Mario Bros NES Builder
A faithful simulation and level builder for the original Super Mario Bros. game on the NES
Free
Super Mario Bros. X
A custom Super Mario Bros. game engine and level editor that blends elements from SMB1, SMB2, SMB3 and SMW, with SMB3 physics.
Free
Super Mario Bros. X2
A collaborative, open-source project to improve and expand on the original SMBX.
Free
TheXTech
A full C++ cross-platform port of SMBX Engine
GPLv3
TURBU
Converts RM2k and RM2k3 projects to TURBU projects via an importer adding new functionality and allowing for the use of scripts
MPL 1.1
Tyranobuilder
Visual Novel Studio
Commercial
Unity
An integrated authoring tool for creating 3D video games
Free (Pro $1,500); (Sub $75/m)
Unreal Engine 4
Professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms
Free
Verge3
An open-source 2D game engine with support for tile-based maps, software rendering, and scripting in either Lua or VergeC.
Free (BSD)
Visual Novel Maker
A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.
Commercial
WOLF RPG Editor
Free 2D RPG Editor for Windows, translated from Japanese
Free
Zelda Classic
A Legend of Zelda game engine and quest creator
Free