Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Pricing	Description
Unity	Game Engine	Free, Subscription	Unity is the ultimate game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.
Unreal Engine	Game Engine	Free, Royalty	Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences.
Godot	Game Engine	Free	Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.
Game Maker Studio 2	Game Engine	Free, Subscription	YoYo Games is the home of GameMaker. The easy to use powerful game engine that is the best for 2D games. Making games is for everyone. Uses GML Scripting, similar to JavaScript.
GDevelop	Game Engine	Free	Create your own games with GDevelop: an open-source game creator. No programming skills are required! Quickly build and share your games on mobile (Android and iOS), desktop and on the web.
Phaser	Game Engine	Free	Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework. A fast, free and fun open source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.
MonoGame	Framework	Free	MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
LOVE	Framework	Free	LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.
Heaps.io	Framework	Free	Heaps.io is a mature cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games.It is designed to leverage modern GPUs that are commonly available on both desktop and mobile devices.
Ren'py	Framework	Free	Ren'Py is a visual novel engine – used by thousands of creators from around the world – that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers and mobile devices.
RPG Maker MZ	Game Engine	Trial, Paid	Introducing RPG Maker MZ, the latest version from the RPG Maker series that allows anyone to make an RPG with ease! Thanks to new functions and improved operations, on top of accessing an enhanced creative environment and more powerful production elements, you can make a game that really answers what players want.
Twine	Game Engine	Free	Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
Adventure Games Studio	Game Engine	Free	Adventure Game Studio (AGS) provides the tools to make your own point & click adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest.
Scratch	Game Engine	Free	Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Education Tool designed to help teach kids programming my making games and animations.
Audiokinetic Wwise	Sound Engine	Free, Paid	Audiokinetic Wwise - revolutionizing audio authoring and sound engine development tools for game developers and interactive media.
FMOD Studio	Sound Engine	Free, Paid	Made for games - FMOD Studio is fast, fluid and flexible software for creating adaptive music and sounds.
AWS Game Tech	Backend Services	Trial, Subscription	Build faster, operate smarter, and create innovative games using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Use AWS with any platform, any genre, any engine — join for free.
Azure PlayFab	Backend Services	Free, Subscription	Azure PlayFab is the complete LiveOps back-end platform for building and operating live games. Get analytics, delivery across clouds, devices, and game engines.
Google Cloud Platform	Backend Services	Free, Subscription	Discover Google Cloud solutions recommended for gaming companies.
Atlassian DevOps	DevOps Suite	Free, Trial, Subscription	DevOps isn't one size fits all. Atlassian unifies work across the development lifecycle, with Jira as the source of truth for your team and the business.
GitHub	DevOps Suite	Free, Subscription	Get the right tools for the job. Automate your CI/CD and DevOps workflow with GitHub Actions, build securely, manage teams and projects, and review code in one place.
JetBrains Space	DevOps Suite	Free, Trial, Subscription	An all-in-one collaboration solution for software development, instant communication, and team and project management. Get started free, in the cloud.
Easy Anti-Cheat	Anti-Cheat	License	Easy Anti-Cheat is the industry-leading anti–cheat service, countering hacking and cheating in multiplayer PC games through the use of hybrid anti–cheat mechanisms.
BattlEye	Anti-Cheat	License	BattlEye is the gold standard of anti-cheat services because we relentlessly hunt down any hacks, not stopping until they have been dealt with. This means that BattlEye is constantly evolving to make hacking ever-increasingly harder. We truly care about the games we protect 7 days per week, 365 days per year. We think that anti-cheat is not just a business.
Visual Studio	IDE	Free, Trial, Subscription, License	The best comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ developers on Windows. Fully packed with a sweet array of tools and features to elevate and enhance every stage of software development.
JetBrains IDEs	IDE	Free, Trial, Subscription, License	However big or small your team is, our products will ensure that it always has a smooth and enjoyable experience when building and shipping your code, planning your work, and collaborating. Free with Education License.
Backtrace	Crash Report	Free, Subscription	Fix, track and report any production errors with your system and application. Backtrace provides an all-around crash reporting tool to diagnose the problem real-time.