Defold
VerifiedFree, lightweight, cross-platform 2D/3D game engine scripted in Lua
- Deployment On Premises
- Starting price Free
- Free trial Not offered
- Best for Freelancers, Startups, SMEs
What is Defold?
Defold is a free, cross-platform game engine for building 2D and 3D games for desktop, mobile, web, and consoles from a single project. Games use a component-based architecture and are scripted entirely in Lua, while the engine core runs on fast C++. Exported games are known for a very small footprint, often under 2MB with low RAM usage, and the editor includes hot reload, a profiler, and a debugger for a fast workflow.
The engine is owned and developed by the Defold Foundation, a Swedish foundation whose charter legally prevents Defold from ever adopting fees, royalties, or a subscription model. Source code for the engine, editor, and build tools is publicly available on GitHub, and developers can extend the engine using native C/C++ extensions or trim it down with a custom app manifest.
Key Features of Defold
Defold lists 9 documented features, including Completely free to use with no royalties, licensing fees, or subscriptions, Lua scripting for all game logic and Component-based, modular architecture. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- Completely free to use with no royalties, licensing fees, or subscriptions
- Lua scripting for all game logic
- Component-based, modular architecture
- Built-in visual editor for scenes, UI, and animation
- Small runtime footprint (often under 2MB, low RAM use)
- Hot reload, fast builds, integrated profiler and debugger
- Native extensions (C/C++) and App Manifest for customizing engine size
- Cross-platform export to iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, HTML5, and consoles
- Built-in 2D/3D physics and animation system
Defold Pricing
Defold lists 1 plan without published figures. Pricing is quoted on request.
Defold
Free
Unlimited
Full engine, editor and all features free forever, no royalties, subscriptions, or licensing fees
Defold Specifications
Defold is available on Windows, macOS and web app and has iOS and Android apps. It has a free plan.
- on premises
- windows
- macos
- web app
- ios
- android
- freelancers
- startups
- smes
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