Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Cocos2d-x

Product categories

2D Game Engine 3D Game Engine Developer Tools Game Development Game Engine

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Cocos2d-x are Unity, Godot Engine, and GDevelop. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Unity Landing Page
1

Unity

The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions
Godot Engine Landing Page
2

Godot Engine

Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 446 social mentions
GDevelop Landing Page
3

GDevelop

GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 75 social mentions
LibGDX Landing Page
4

LibGDX

Libgdx is a Java game development framework that provides a unified API that works across all...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 6 social mentions
JMonkeyEngine Landing Page
5

JMonkeyEngine

What is jMonkeyEngine? It's a free, open source game engine, made especially for Java game developers who want to create 3D games using modern technology.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 23 social mentions
raylib Landing Page
6

raylib

Cross-platform, open-source game development library in C.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 6 social mentions
Oxygine Landing Page
7

Oxygine

Oxygine is free C++ engine and framework for 2D games on iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and Mac.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #2D Game Engine
nCine Landing Page
8

nCine

Cross-platform 2D game engine in C++
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #2D Game Engine 4 social mentions
MonoGame Landing Page
9

MonoGame

MonoGame is an open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 2 social mentions
CryENGINE Landing Page
10

CryENGINE

The most powerful game development platform is now available to everyone. Full engine source code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine
Stencyl Landing Page
11

Stencyl

Make iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android, Flash, Windows & Mac games without code using Stencyl.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 4 social mentions
SFML Landing Page
12

SFML

SFML provides a simple interface to the various components of your PC, to ease the development of games and multimedia applications. It is composed of five modules: system, window, graphics, audio and network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Game Development #3D Game Engine 1 social mentions