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Game Engines

2D and 3D engines and frameworks

Crates

  • Ambient

    Game Engines

    The multiplayer game engine

    • License:
      Apache License 2.0
    • Stars:
      3,826
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-07

  • Ascending Client

    Game Engines

    Open Source Client and Server 2D Game Engine.

    • Stars:
      7
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • bevy

    Game Engines

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine and app framework

    • Latest version:
      0.15.2
    • Downloads:
      2,074,335
    • Recent downloads:
      289,229
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      37,956
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16

  • blue_engine

    Game Engines · 2D Rendering · 3D Rendering

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.2
    • Downloads:
      77,512
    • Recent downloads:
      14,874
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      389
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-11

  • caper

    Game Engines

    Minimalist game framework

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      54,140
    • Recent downloads:
      7,094
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      101
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-14

  • Chariot

    Game Engines

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

    • Stars:
      407
    • Last activity:
      2018-04-17

  • chuot

    Game Engines

    AGPL licensed and opinionated game engine for pixel-art games

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      5,242
    • Recent downloads:
      1,520
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-28

  • coffee

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      23,305
    • Recent downloads:
      2,697
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,102
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-03

  • console_engine

    Game Engines · Tools

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      57,482
    • Recent downloads:
      10,819
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      232
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-10

  • corange-rs

    Game Engines

    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:
      2,524
    • Recent downloads:
      369
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      46
    • Last activity:
      2015-12-20

  • crayon

    Game Engines

    A small, portable and extensible game framework.

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      24,025
    • Recent downloads:
      3,193
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      183
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-13

  • doryen-rs

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      1.3.0
    • Downloads:
      16,923
    • Recent downloads:
      3,280
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      287
    • Last activity:
      2023-10-12

  • dotrix

    3D Rendering · Game Engines · ECS

    3D Game Engine

    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      6,483
    • Recent downloads:
      1,741
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      299
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-06

  • MuOxi

    Game Engines

    MuOxi, a modern mud game engine written in Rust.

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

  • fyrox

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      0.36.0
    • Downloads:
      32,590
    • Recent downloads:
      5,993
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      8,021
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16

  • gate

    Game Engines

    A specialized 2D game library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      14,800
    • Recent downloads:
      1,659
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      318
    • Last activity:
      2023-03-19

  • gdnative

    Game Engines

    The Godot game engine's gdnative bindings.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.3
    • Downloads:
      76,179
    • Recent downloads:
      5,938
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,634
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09

  • gemini-engine

    2D Rendering · 3D Rendering · Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      1.1.1
    • Downloads:
      41,815
    • Recent downloads:
      8,914
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      29
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-01

  • ggez

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      386,582
    • Recent downloads:
      42,917
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,339
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-10

  • UnicornConsole

    Game Engines

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

  • vulkust

    Game Engines

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

    • Stars:
      63
    • Last activity:
      2022-10-17

  • hotham

    Game Engines · VR

    A framework for creating incredible standalone VR experiences

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      3,219
    • Recent downloads:
      999
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      404
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-04

  • keeshond

    Game Engines

    A fast and fun 2D game engine for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.27.0
    • Downloads:
      26,829
    • Recent downloads:
      4,140
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-29

  • macroquad

    Game Engines

    Simple and easy to use graphics library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.13
    • Downloads:
      700,646
    • Recent downloads:
      104,411
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      3,557
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16

  • Eldiron

    Game Engines

    Create cross platform classical RPGs in 2D and 3D with integrated procedural world editing.

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      356
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16

  • mold2d

    Game Engines

    A simple platformer game library in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      3,714
    • Recent downloads:
      657
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      20
    • Last activity:
      2018-12-06

  • musi_lili

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      511
    • Recent downloads:
      511
    • License:
      LGPL-3.0-only

  • nannou

    Game Engines

    A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.19.0
    • Downloads:
      184,995
    • Recent downloads:
      24,408
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      6,146
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-11

  • notan

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.12.1
    • Downloads:
      41,989
    • Recent downloads:
      6,704
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      860
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-12

  • oxygengine

    Game Engines

    Oxygengine

    • Latest version:
      0.46.1
    • Downloads:
      73,822
    • Recent downloads:
      12,191
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      462
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-23

  • peacock

    Game Engines

    A game engine for making beautiful games.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.1
    • Downloads:
      1,326
    • Recent downloads:
      181
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      59
    • Last activity:
      2021-04-04

  • piston

    Game Engines

    The Piston game engine core libraries

    • Latest version:
      1.0.0
    • Downloads:
      1,235,631
    • Recent downloads:
      96,761
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4,651
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-21

  • quicksilver

    Game Engines

    A simple game framework for 2D games in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      102,995
    • Recent downloads:
      12,167
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      784
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-23

  • raylib

    Game Engines

    Safe Rust bindings for Raylib.

    • Latest version:
      5.0.2
    • Downloads:
      94,623
    • Recent downloads:
      18,516
    • License:
      Zlib
    • Stars:
      142
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-15

  • rhachis

    Game Engines

    A game framework based off wgpu and winit

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      12,428
    • Recent downloads:
      2,164
    • License:
      MIT

  • rltk

    Game Engines

    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:
      107,454
    • Recent downloads:
      11,656
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,563
    • Last activity:
      2024-02-14

  • rusty_engine

    Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      6.0.0
    • Downloads:
      48,733
    • Recent downloads:
      10,323
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      382
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-10

  • screen-13

    3D Rendering · Game Engines

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

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      35,768
    • Recent downloads:
      10,850
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      284
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-15

  • sdl2

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,118,251
    • Recent downloads:
      152,015
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,815
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-20

  • sdl3

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · 3D Rendering · Input · Windowing

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.11
    • Downloads:
      19,937
    • Recent downloads:
      12,648
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      109
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16

  • sfml

    2D Rendering · Game Engines

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      158,776
    • Recent downloads:
      21,109
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      649
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-14

  • space_editor

    Game Engines · Tools

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      2,445
    • Recent downloads:
      690
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      429
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-09

  • stereokit

    Game Engines · VR

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

    • Stars:
      45
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-18

  • tetra

    Game Engines

    A simple 2D game framework written in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.0
    • Downloads:
      109,459
    • Recent downloads:
      19,372
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      946
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-10

  • turbine

    Game Engines

    A 3D game engine with built-in editor

    • Latest version:
      0.0.2
    • Downloads:
      3,440
    • Recent downloads:
      362
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      139
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-10

Archived

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

  • amethyst

    Game Engines

    Data-oriented game engine written in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.15.3
    • Downloads:
      328,547
    • Recent downloads:
      26,771
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8,002
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-06

  • arcana

    Game Engines

    Easy to use game engine

    • Stars:
      71
    • Last activity:
      2024-05-24

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