2D Game Engines
- ZZT (1991)
- text-mode game with its own editor and scripting language
- Adventure Game Studio (1997-)
- for graphical point-and-click adventure games
- O.H.R.RPG.C.E. (1997-)
- Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine (for classic NES/SNES/GBA-style RPGs)
- RPG Maker (1998-)
- for rpgs! (costs $, but never buy it at full price! they go on sale in almost every steam sale)
- GameMaker (1999-)
- any genre; use a drag-and-drop visual programming language or a scripting language (GML)
- Ren'Py (2004-)
- for visual novels
- LÖVE (2008-)
- any genre; code in Lua
- Puzzlescript (2013-)
- HTML5 puzzle game engine
- Godot (2014-)
- Bitsy (2017-)
- for little adventure games and stories
- bitsy hacks: code you can paste into your game to add new functions
- GB Studio (2019-)
- any genre; drag-and-drop visual editor; games compatible with the limitations of the gameboy
- Decker (2022-)
- multimedia engine inspired by HyperCard
- Narrat (2022-)
- for narrative games with RPG features, visual novels, and interactive fiction