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Game Engines

2D and 3D engines and frameworks

Crates

  • Ambient

    The multiplayer game engine

    • License:
      Apache License 2.0
    • Stars:
      3,855
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-07
  • Ascending Client

    Open Source Client and Server 2D Game Engine.

    • Stars:
      7
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-04
  • bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine and app framework

    • Latest version:
      0.16.0
    • Downloads:
      2,365,454
    • Recent downloads:
      342,408
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      39,362
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      95,110
    • Recent downloads:
      20,448
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      435
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • Chariot

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

    • Stars:
      408
    • Last activity:
      2018-04-17
  • chuot

    AGPL licensed and opinionated game engine for pixel-art games

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,652
    • Recent downloads:
      1,622
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-10
  • coffee

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

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      25,694
    • Recent downloads:
      2,975
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,114
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-03
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      64,861
    • Recent downloads:
      9,186
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      229
    • 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:
      2,714
    • Recent downloads:
      234
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      45
    • Last activity:
      2015-12-20
  • crayon

    A small, portable and extensible game framework.

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      26,657
    • Recent downloads:
      3,299
    • 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:
      18,916
    • Recent downloads:
      2,271
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      285
    • Last activity:
      2023-10-12
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      7,582
    • Recent downloads:
      1,236
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      303
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-27
  • MuOxi

    MuOxi, a modern mud game engine written in Rust.

    • License:
      GNU General Public License v3.0
    • Stars:
      90
    • 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:
      38,498
    • Recent downloads:
      7,316
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      8,220
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • gate

    A specialized 2D game library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      16,543
    • Recent downloads:
      2,035
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      318
    • Last activity:
      2023-03-19
  • gdnative

    The Godot game engine's gdnative bindings.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.3
    • Downloads:
      81,495
    • Recent downloads:
      6,913
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,634
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      50,049
    • Recent downloads:
      9,988
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      30
    • 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:
      423,185
    • Recent downloads:
      44,305
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,392
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • 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:
      2022-10-17
  • hotham

    A framework for creating incredible standalone VR experiences

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      3,754
    • Recent downloads:
      625
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      407
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-04
  • keeshond

    A fast and fun 2D game engine for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.27.0
    • Downloads:
      30,966
    • Recent downloads:
      4,766
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-29
  • macroquad

    Simple and easy to use graphics library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.14
    • Downloads:
      812,073
    • Recent downloads:
      130,455
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      3,730
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • Eldiron

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

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      366
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • mold2d

    A simple platformer game library in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      4,053
    • Recent downloads:
      403
    • 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:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      918
    • Recent downloads:
      479
    • License:
      LGPL-3.0-only
  • nannou

    A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.19.0
    • Downloads:
      204,995
    • Recent downloads:
      24,807
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      6,222
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-17
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      48,591
    • Recent downloads:
      7,695
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      900
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
    • Latest version:
      0.46.1
    • Downloads:
      83,367
    • Recent downloads:
      12,558
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      461
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-23
  • peacock

    A game engine for making beautiful games.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.1
    • Downloads:
      1,498
    • Recent downloads:
      214
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      58
    • Last activity:
      2021-04-04
  • piston

    The Piston game engine core libraries

    • Latest version:
      1.0.0
    • Downloads:
      1,326,208
    • Recent downloads:
      109,255
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,663
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-21
  • quicksilver

    A simple game framework for 2D games in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      112,324
    • Recent downloads:
      11,960
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      787
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-23
  • raylib

    Safe Rust bindings for Raylib.

    • Latest version:
      5.5.1
    • Downloads:
      112,511
    • Recent downloads:
      21,233
    • License:
      Zlib
    • Stars:
      179
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-12
  • rhachis

    A game framework based off wgpu and winit

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      14,828
    • Recent downloads:
      2,691
    • 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:
      117,648
    • Recent downloads:
      12,568
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,584
    • Last activity:
      2024-02-14
  • rusty_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      6.0.0
    • Downloads:
      56,599
    • Recent downloads:
      9,441
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      384
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-10
  • screen-13

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

    • Latest version:
      0.12.5
    • Downloads:
      43,487
    • Recent downloads:
      8,815
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      303
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,268,792
    • Recent downloads:
      182,403
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,839
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-31
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.26
    • Downloads:
      38,293
    • Recent downloads:
      21,333
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      182
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-29
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      175,705
    • Recent downloads:
      20,542
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      667
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-08
  • space_editor

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      2,825
    • Recent downloads:
      440
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      443
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-03
  • 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:
      121,411
    • Recent downloads:
      14,696
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      963
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-19
  • turbine

    A 3D game engine with built-in editor

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      3,751
    • Recent downloads:
      378
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      138
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-21

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:
      350,830
    • Recent downloads:
      26,851
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8,012
    • 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:
      62,306
    • Recent downloads:
      9,380
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      101
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-14

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