GameMaker Alternatives

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Considering alternatives to GameMaker? See what this market GameMaker users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Unreal Engine

4.6

Overall experience has been positive - the quality of the visual output is very high and our development team loves the breadth and depth of the toolset. The learning curve is very steep, however, and we've had to ensure that our resource pool of end users has experience in code development to be able to leverage the advanced features that require C++ knowledge. Read all insights and reviews for Unreal Engine

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2. 3ds Max

4.6

very good 3d modeling software, popular in different industries for design and rendering 3d. In our case we have been testing the software for gaming rendering. 3ds Max is a powerful tool and has a lot of utilities that could be the perfect tool for your 3d workflows if you intend to use the software extensively, due it cost and its learning curve, it takes time and practice to master and price is worth if you use it for your projects in a continuous way.Read all insights and reviews for 3ds Max

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3. Unity Enterprise

By Unity Technologies

4.4

Our overall experience with Unity Enterprise has been very positive. The platform provides a powerful yet flexible engine that supports both 2D and 3D development at scale. It has enabled us to build immersive experiences with high performance and cross-platform reach! While large enterprise deployments require careful resource management, Unity Enterprise offers the scalability, support, and integrations needed for professional-grade projects. Read all insights and reviews for Unity Enterprise

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4. Maya

4.5

It has been a great overall experience. The platform is reliable and smooth, it delivers what we need without unnecessary complexity. The ease of use and stability really stands out, and their team has been consistent in support and allows a few small learning curves but nothing that gets in the way of using this long term Read all insights and reviews for Maya

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5. GDevelop

4.7

GDevelop has been a pleasure to learn and understand building without having to dive into deep coding. It's approachable for beginners, but is still sufficient for complex projects allowing the projects to feel polished. Tis bee a smooth experience overall and even though sometimes it feels limited to a bigger engine, it still mechanically performs well on projects Read all insights and reviews for GDevelop

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6. Construct 3

4.6

Construct 3 offers a great starting point for creating your own little and not so little 2D games. It offers a friendly user interface and you don't need to write any code at all since it offers a pretty polished visual scripting system using blocks. Read all insights and reviews for Construct 3

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7. Cryengine

4.3

Helped Create stunning visuals for my pet project which is a Game . Has a steep learning curve but it is worth it as from the very beginning this gives your approach an edge over others in terms of scalability and maintaining industry grade quality.Read all insights and reviews for Cryengine

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8. Cocos Creator

4.2

has been a solid game development platform, offering a good balance between ease of use and powerful features, particularly for 2d game development and cross-platform deployment. The visual editor is intuitive and the component-based architecture makes it easy to organize projects. While there's a learning curve, especially if you're coming from other engines, the documentation and community support have been helpful. The engine performs well for mobile games, which has been the primary target platform.Read all insights and reviews for Cocos Creator

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