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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, 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.

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	Godot	Bevy	Defold	Cocos Creator
Stars	120k	49.5k	6.5k	9.9k
Weekly downloads	n/a	205k	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	+50%	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	93/100	74/100	70/100	73/100
Forks	27.4k	5k	464	2.1k
Open issues	19k	3.6k	880	1k
Last commit	4d ago	1w ago	6d ago	2w ago
Latest version	n/a	0.20.1Oct 28, 2026	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	n/a	n/a
First released	2014	2020	2012	2015
Signals	TrendingPopular	Rising	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.

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.

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	Godot	Bevy	Defold	Cocos Creator
Stars	120k	49.5k	6.5k	9.9k
Weekly downloads	n/a	205k	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	+50%	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	93/100	74/100	70/100	73/100
Forks	27.4k	5k	464	2.1k
Open issues	19k	3.6k	880	1k
Last commit	4d ago	1w ago	6d ago	2w ago
Latest version	n/a	0.20.1Oct 28, 2026	n/a	n/a
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	n/a	n/a
First released	2014	2020	2012	2015
Signals	TrendingPopular	Rising	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.