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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.

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

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

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

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

Head to head

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

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

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

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

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

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