Easy to learn and beginner friendly
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“if you are new ive tried unreal unity and now this and godot is by far the simplest”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Godot Engine
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Positive · 91%Positive · 91%Godot Engine2016Sandbox
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
Godot is a free, open-source, lightweight engine that's easy to learn and strong for 2D and stylized 3D. Skip the Steam build if you need C# or a pinned engine version.
Great for
Beginners, solo and indie devs making 2D or stylized 3D games who want a free, royalty-free engine
Main risk
Steam build lacks C# and auto-updates, and the learning curve is steep for total beginners
What players love
Free and open source, no fees
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“doesn't randomly impose fees (unity), enclose you in a greedy corporate ecosystem (roblox), or require a NASA computer to run the UI (unreal engine)”
Steam review · 139.9 h played ↗
Lightweight and fast, runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“I've used it in very powerful computers and in rotten potatoes, and it always works.”
Steam review · 1075.8 h played ↗
Great for 2D and prototyping
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Lightweight, easy to use, coding shaders is easy, and a 2d KING.”
Steam review · 121.8 h played ↗
Helpful community, docs and active updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“there is a wiki baked into the engine allowing you to find so much information without having to google anything”
Steam review · 67.3 h played ↗
Steam client handles updates and time tracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Auto updates are so nice, as I no longer have to go through manually updating Godot”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Missing features, not ready for serious projects
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“this engine is perfect for learning gamedev and making microgames. but does not scale at all in its current state (4.4)”
Steam review · 366.3 h played ↗
Steep learning curve, unintuitive UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“all of the reviews saying that this is ""beginner friendly"" is a gigantic liar. its not. at all.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Crashes and lost work
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“sometimes crashing when i save, and now ive lost 5 hours worth of coding and hard work”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Steam version lacks C# / .NET support
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“if you wanna use C# and C++ you have to download the other version from their website, NOT this version.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Steam build is buggy; use the website version
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The steam version is awful. Most of the time the steam overlay gets glitched with the whole screen”
Steam review · 352.1 h played ↗
Poor documentation and tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“there's very little documentation online, and what IS there is usually out of date”
Steam review · 58.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
Processorx86_64 CPU with SSE4.2, or x86_32 CPU with SSE2
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsSupport for OpenGL 3.3
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
GraphicsSupport for Vulkan 1.2 or DirectX 12
OSWindows 10
Processorx86_64 CPU with SSE4.2, or x86_32 CPU with SSE2
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsSupport for OpenGL 3.3
Storage2 GB available space
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