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Game Engines

2D and 3D engines and frameworks

Crates

  • Ambient

    The multiplayer game engine

    • License:
      Apache License 2.0
    • Stars:
      3,883
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-07
  • Ascending Client

    Open Source Client and Server 2D Game Engine.

    • Stars:
      7
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-31
  • bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine and app framework

    • Latest version:
      0.16.1
    • Downloads:
      2,803,427
    • Recent downloads:
      391,400
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      41,082
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • blue_engine

    General-Purpose, Easy-to-use, Fast, and Portable graphics engine

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      115,241
    • Recent downloads:
      14,535
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      467
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • Chariot

    A cross-platform open-source reimplementation of the Age of Empires (1997) engine

    • Stars:
      412
    • Last activity:
      2018-04-17
  • chuot

    AGPL licensed and opinionated game engine for pixel-art games

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      8,216
    • Recent downloads:
      1,186
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      42
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-11
  • coffee

    An opinionated 2D game engine focused on simplicity, explicitness, and type-safety

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      28,468
    • Recent downloads:
      2,304
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,117
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-03
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      74,680
    • Recent downloads:
      7,946
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      232
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-10
  • corange-rs

    Rust interface to the Corange game engine, written in Pure C, SDL and OpenGL by Daniel Holden. Features include: deferred rendering, UI rendering, text rendering, multiple lights, post-processing effects, SSAO, shadow mapping, color correction, skeletal animation, inverse kinematics, collision detection, OpenCL support, asset management, entity management, terrain, file loaders including .dds, .wav, .bmp, .obj, .smd, 3D math.

    • Latest version:
      0.8.0
    • Downloads:
      3,020
    • Recent downloads:
      249
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      47
    • Last activity:
      2015-12-20
  • crayon

    A small, portable and extensible game framework.

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      29,800
    • Recent downloads:
      2,428
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      181
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-13
  • doryen-rs

    Pure rust OpenGL accelerated roguelike console API with native/wasm support

    • Latest version:
      1.3.0
    • Downloads:
      21,576
    • Recent downloads:
      2,041
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      288
    • Last activity:
      2023-10-12
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,087
    • Recent downloads:
      1,116
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      307
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • MuOxi

    MuOxi, a modern mud game engine written in Rust.

    • License:
      GNU General Public License v3.0
    • Stars:
      91
    • Last activity:
      2023-06-22
  • fyrox

    Feature-rich, easy-to-use, 2D/3D game engine with a scene editor. Like Godot, but in Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.36.2
    • Downloads:
      44,766
    • Recent downloads:
      5,074
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      8,429
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • gate

    A specialized 2D game library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      18,531
    • Recent downloads:
      1,474
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      320
    • Last activity:
      2023-03-19
  • gdnative

    The Godot game engine's gdnative bindings.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.3
    • Downloads:
      87,382
    • Recent downloads:
      4,524
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,637
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • gemini-engine

    A 2D/3D monospaced ASCII rendering engine for the terminal

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      59,756
    • Recent downloads:
      6,843
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-15
  • ggez

    A lightweight game framework for making 2D games with minimum friction, inspired by Love2D.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      466,384
    • Recent downloads:
      38,477
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,460
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-14
  • UnicornConsole

    Unicorn Console: create quick fantasy game in Rust/Python/Lua/Rhai/Wasm !

  • vulkust

    An engine for Vulkan in Rust, tries to implement modern graphic features. (suspended for now)

    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-02
  • hotham

    A framework for creating incredible standalone VR experiences

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      4,580
    • Recent downloads:
      642
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      411
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-02
  • keeshond

    A fast and fun 2D game engine for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.27.0
    • Downloads:
      36,210
    • Recent downloads:
      3,823
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-29
  • lotus_engine

    Lotus is a game engine with the main focus of being easy-to-use and straight forward on developing 2D games.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.43
    • Downloads:
      21,843
    • Recent downloads:
      9,600
    • License:
      MPL-2.0
    • Stars:
      16
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • macroquad

    Simple and easy to use graphics library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.14
    • Downloads:
      968,958
    • Recent downloads:
      137,931
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      3,957
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-16
  • Eldiron

    Create cross-platform classic RPGs in 2D and 3D with powerful built-in world editing tools.

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      386
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • mold2d

    A simple platformer game library in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      4,594
    • Recent downloads:
      426
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-14
  • musi_lili

    musi_lili is a retro game engine for GB styled games written in Rust. Inspired by pico8.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      1,760
    • Recent downloads:
      546
    • License:
      LGPL-3.0-only
  • nannou

    A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.19.0
    • Downloads:
      231,016
    • Recent downloads:
      23,304
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      6,356
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-21
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      56,549
    • Recent downloads:
      6,468
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      926
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
    • Latest version:
      0.46.1
    • Downloads:
      96,465
    • Recent downloads:
      9,302
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      463
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-23
  • peacock

    A game engine for making beautiful games.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.1
    • Downloads:
      1,722
    • Recent downloads:
      176
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2021-04-04
  • piston

    The Piston game engine core libraries

    • Latest version:
      1.0.0
    • Downloads:
      1,427,033
    • Recent downloads:
      86,277
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,680
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-21
  • quicksilver

    A simple game framework for 2D games in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      124,418
    • Recent downloads:
      9,896
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      786
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-23
  • raylib

    Safe Rust bindings for Raylib.

    • Latest version:
      5.5.1
    • Downloads:
      136,651
    • Recent downloads:
      21,916
    • License:
      Zlib
    • Stars:
      215
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-19
  • rhachis

    A game framework based off wgpu and winit

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      17,805
    • Recent downloads:
      2,172
    • License:
      MIT
  • rltk

    A CP437/ASCII terminal library and helpers to make creating roguelike games in Rust easy. Similar to libtcod, but aiming to be Rust-native.

    • Latest version:
      0.8.7
    • Downloads:
      129,671
    • Recent downloads:
      10,645
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,609
    • Last activity:
      2024-02-14
  • rusty_engine

    Learn Rust with a simple, cross-platform, 2D game engine.

    • Latest version:
      6.0.0
    • Downloads:
      66,113
    • Recent downloads:
      7,639
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      390
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-19
  • screen-13

    An easy-to-use Vulkan rendering engine in the spirit of QBasic.

    • Latest version:
      0.12.6
    • Downloads:
      53,382
    • Recent downloads:
      7,412
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      317
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-23
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,489,865
    • Recent downloads:
      194,810
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,888
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.36
    • Downloads:
      65,065
    • Recent downloads:
      22,500
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      237
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-14
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      195,857
    • Recent downloads:
      17,105
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-31
  • space_editor

    Prefab editor for bevy game engine. Make levels/object templates with intuitive UI

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,348
    • Recent downloads:
      395
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      470
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-23
  • stereokit

    Bindings to StereoKit: an easy-to-use Mixed Realty engine, designed for creating VR, AR, and XR experiences

    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-18
  • tetra

    A simple 2D game framework written in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.0
    • Downloads:
      136,591
    • Recent downloads:
      12,238
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      982
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-20
  • turbine

    A 3D game engine with built-in editor

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      4,172
    • Recent downloads:
      333
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      137
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-08

Archived

These crates are no longer maintained, but may still be of interest.
  • amethyst

    Data-oriented game engine written in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.15.3
    • Downloads:
      376,864
    • Recent downloads:
      23,081
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8,028
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-06
  • arcana

    Easy to use game engine

    • Stars:
      70
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-24
  • caper

    Minimalist game framework

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      72,236
    • Recent downloads:
      7,655
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      100
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-14

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