The Best 2D Game Engines in 2018

By the end of this video, you’ll know what 2D game engine choices to consider, what type of games these engines have made in the past, and what genres of games they are best used for.

2D games represent the single biggest games market, and these are the best game engines for creating awesome 2D games that can compete on mobile, console, or desktop. Whether you are distributing on iOS, Android, consoles, or Steam, these game engines have the features and track record to deserve your consideration.

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[originalnick]

Anyone else wants to see a part 2 of this video? (AKA 2020 edition)

Edit: I just chose Unity and I am happier than ever!

[countregular]

Can you please make a 2020 version of this Video? thank's.

[atitiif]

Total of six mentions.

1:15 Cocos 2D-X
2:20 Unity
3:20 Gamemaker Studio
4:11 Godot
5:23 Construct Free
6:50 Fusion

[LudensLudonaut]

OMG NO WAY MOON CHEESER IS THERE

Thank you so much for the featuring, you guys are

[diegofloor]

Unity's license could have been better elaborated. You can make commercial games with the personal license under some (very common) circumstances.
Another thing I missed in the video is a better description of the pros and cons of each choice. What does Cocos does better or worse than others? What are the limitations? etc

[shakos]

oh my..this may sound weird, but your voice is super soothing

[AskGamedev]

Which game engine will you use to make your 2D games? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching and supporting our channel!

[jaaaime]

I think you guys should’ve included Duality, it’s a C#, highly polished, free open source MIT licensed, unity like game engine which is made by one person. I really recommend liked it after trying it.

[pietuuh]

I can't decide between Unity2D and GameMaker Studio 2. I've already bought GMS2 so I thought I would just use it but then I thought it would be better to use Unity because that's the engine I'll use for 3D games.

[introvertedwifi]

I'm going to make a classic top down game cuz theres a lac of classic oldschool games

-Me at 3 am

[TamalPlays]

where is cup head for unity? and other good 2d games made with unity?

[mrcyberpunk]

glad to see Fusion represented. Not enough people know about it. Fusion 3 will be amazing if it ever actually sees a release.

[Uradamus]

Even though it's pretty niche in what it can do, I'd say Ren'Py deserves a mention. It's by far the most popular western engine for visual novels, which fall clearly into the 2D game realm. Also, even though I'm not much of a fan of them, the RPG Maker series of engines are still somehow going strong. I still remember messing around with the Playstation version of the original back in the '90s, I think I still got it collecting dust here somewhere, lol.

[andreasaugusto]

Subscribing right now. You're great!

[nainocard]

I clicked the thumbnail.
Freaking Hilarious 😂😂😂.
Oh yeah great vid😂😂😂
Love you guys👍🏼

[Sunnykr]

Good to see your channel growing to 5k subscribers guys....keep making amazing video you guys have a long way to go good luck 😁😉(hope you gain more subscribers)

[arachnophobikmusic]

Since you've mentioned working on a Construct 3 tutorial series, I hope you'd make one for Godot in the future ^_^ Godot is a great engine, but I just can't get around to it having no experience on game development. Lots of its game tutorials on youtube are Platformers which I don't know how to apply yet since what I want to make is a top-down RPG but there doesn't seem to be any complete Godot tutorials for it, I've only went as far as character movement and animating sprites. More power to you guys! Doing great!

[kyle-carpio]

Not related to the video topic, but I really want to find where I can listen to the musics you use since it's catchy and I just love it. XD

[MrSirFluffy]

Adobe Flash I'll miss you. I dont think there will ever be a more complete workspace as adobe flash pro.