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Game Engines

2D and 3D engines and frameworks

Crates

  • 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:
      0.17.2
    • Downloads:
      3,406,675
    • Recent downloads:
      695,854
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      42,845
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-26
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      126,232
    • Recent downloads:
      13,896
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      477
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • Chariot

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

    • Stars:
      417
    • Last activity:
      2018-04-17
  • chuot

    AGPL licensed and opinionated game engine for pixel-art games

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      9,031
    • Recent downloads:
      1,018
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-20
  • coffee

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

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      30,594
    • Recent downloads:
      2,604
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,123
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-03
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      80,428
    • Recent downloads:
      7,175
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      233
    • 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:
      3,204
    • Recent downloads:
      227
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      46
    • Last activity:
      2015-12-20
  • crayon

    A small, portable and extensible game framework.

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      31,357
    • Recent downloads:
      1,932
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      182
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-13
  • doryen-rs

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

    • Latest version:
      1.3.0
    • Downloads:
      23,226
    • Recent downloads:
      1,982
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      289
    • Last activity:
      2023-10-12
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,757
    • Recent downloads:
      842
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      308
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • MuOxi

    MuOxi, a modern mud game engine written in Rust.

    • License:
      GNU General Public License v3.0
    • Stars:
      92
    • 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:
      51,159
    • Recent downloads:
      7,367
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      8,626
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-26
  • gate

    A specialized 2D game library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      19,571
    • Recent downloads:
      1,322
    • 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:
      92,743
    • Recent downloads:
      6,216
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,645
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      64,488
    • Recent downloads:
      6,020
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      38
    • 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:
      518,603
    • Recent downloads:
      61,438
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,522
    • 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:
      4,966
    • Recent downloads:
      487
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      418
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-02
  • keeshond

    A fast and fun 2D game engine for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.27.0
    • Downloads:
      38,386
    • Recent downloads:
      2,740
    • 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:
      0.2.2
    • Downloads:
      28,143
    • Recent downloads:
      7,630
    • License:
      MPL-2.0
    • Stars:
      20
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-10
  • macroquad

    Simple and easy to use graphics library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.14
    • Downloads:
      1,093,594
    • Recent downloads:
      153,543
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,062
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-25
  • Eldiron

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

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      400
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-25
  • mold2d

    A simple platformer game library in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      4,823
    • Recent downloads:
      292
    • 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:
      2,145
    • Recent downloads:
      471
    • License:
      LGPL-3.0-only
  • nannou

    A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.19.0
    • Downloads:
      263,125
    • Recent downloads:
      37,270
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      6,399
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-21
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      61,171
    • Recent downloads:
      5,716
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      937
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-18
    • Latest version:
      0.46.1
    • Downloads:
      103,012
    • Recent downloads:
      8,099
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      464
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-23
  • peacock

    A game engine for making beautiful games.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.1
    • Downloads:
      1,864
    • Recent downloads:
      179
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2021-04-04
  • piston

    The Piston game engine core libraries

    • Latest version:
      1.0.0
    • Downloads:
      1,542,877
    • Recent downloads:
      135,499
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,689
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-21
  • quicksilver

    A simple game framework for 2D games in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      131,750
    • Recent downloads:
      9,192
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      788
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-23
  • raylib

    Safe Rust bindings for Raylib.

    • Latest version:
      5.5.1
    • Downloads:
      163,468
    • Recent downloads:
      32,332
    • License:
      Zlib
    • Stars:
      258
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-22
  • rhachis

    A game framework based off wgpu and winit

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      19,233
    • Recent downloads:
      1,831
    • 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:
      141,577
    • Recent downloads:
      14,494
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,632
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-29
  • rusty_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      6.0.0
    • Downloads:
      72,984
    • Recent downloads:
      8,156
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      400
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-27
  • screen-13

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

    • Latest version:
      0.12.6
    • Downloads:
      58,313
    • Recent downloads:
      5,987
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      321
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-25
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,726,456
    • Recent downloads:
      281,893
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,921
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.16.1
    • Downloads:
      88,514
    • Recent downloads:
      28,906
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      263
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-20
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.25.1
    • Downloads:
      213,138
    • Recent downloads:
      20,829
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-22
  • space_editor

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,639
    • Recent downloads:
      359
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      478
    • 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:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      147,508
    • Recent downloads:
      13,200
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      993
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-29
  • turbine

    A 3D game engine with built-in editor

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      4,443
    • Recent downloads:
      337
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      140
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

Archived

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

    The multiplayer game engine

    • License:
      Apache License 2.0
    • Stars:
      3,882
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-07
  • amethyst

    Data-oriented game engine written in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.15.3
    • Downloads:
      404,503
    • Recent downloads:
      33,074
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8,018
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-06
  • arcana

    Easy to use game engine

    • Stars:
      69
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-24
  • caper

    Minimalist game framework

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      76,211
    • Recent downloads:
      5,011
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      102
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-14

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