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Pick up to four tools and compare adoption, momentum and maintenance at a glance. The crown marks the leader in each row.

Data-driven Rust game engine built around an ergonomic ECS; pre-1.0 but growing quickly.

Free, MIT-licensed 2D/3D engine with GDScript and C#; the fastest-growing open-source engine.

Free, lightweight 2D/3D engine with Lua scripting, tiny builds and strong web and mobile export.

TypeScript 2D/3D engine and editor popular for mobile and web mini-games, especially in Asia.

Head to head

Metric	Bevy	Godot	Defold	Cocos Creator
Stars	49.5k	120k	6.5k	9.9k
Weekly downloads	205k	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+50%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	74/100	93/100	70/100	73/100
Forks	5k	27.4k	464	2.1k
Open issues	3.6k	19k	880	1k
Last commit	1w ago	4d ago	6d ago	2w ago
Latest version	0.20.1Oct 28, 2026	n/a	n/a	n/a
License	Apache-2.0	MIT	n/a	n/a
First released	2020	2014	2012	2015
Signals	Rising	TrendingPopular	None	None
Listed in	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines

Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): Godot, Defold, Cocos Creator.

Data-driven Rust game engine built around an ergonomic ECS; pre-1.0 but growing quickly.

Free, MIT-licensed 2D/3D engine with GDScript and C#; the fastest-growing open-source engine.

Free, lightweight 2D/3D engine with Lua scripting, tiny builds and strong web and mobile export.

TypeScript 2D/3D engine and editor popular for mobile and web mini-games, especially in Asia.

Metric	Bevy	Godot	Defold	Cocos Creator
Stars	49.5k	120k	6.5k	9.9k
Weekly downloads	205k	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	+50%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	74/100	93/100	70/100	73/100
Forks	5k	27.4k	464	2.1k
Open issues	3.6k	19k	880	1k
Last commit	1w ago	4d ago	6d ago	2w ago
Latest version	0.20.1Oct 28, 2026	n/a	n/a	n/a
License	Apache-2.0	MIT	n/a	n/a
First released	2020	2014	2012	2015
Signals	Rising	TrendingPopular	None	None
Listed in	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines	Game Development › Game Engines

Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): Godot, Defold, Cocos Creator.