Top Game Development repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “game-development”: 61 repositories with 1M stars between them, mostly written in C++, C# and JavaScript. The highest-rated is Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, #86 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills

Open on GitHubPython

Make games with your AI coding agent: 79 game-dev skills and a router for Godot, Unity, Unreal, Roblox, three.js, Phaser and 6 more engines. Checked on the real engines.

  • 1,932+12 Elo, change today
  • 8.9k stars
  • 911 forks
  • 45 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills.git
  • agent-skills
  • ai-agents
  • awesome-list
  • bevy

melonjs/melonJS

Open on GitHubJavaScript

A modern & fully featured HTML5 game engine (2D & 3D) for JavaScript/TypeScript, with WebGL/WebGPU rendering, built-in physics, Tiled map & glTF support and WebAudio.

  • 1,448−8 Elo, change today
  • 6.5k stars
  • 680 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/melonjs/melonJS.git
  • 2d
  • 3d
  • agent-skills
  • canvas

htdt/godogen

Open on GitHubPython

Autonomous game development with Claude Code and Codex

  • 1,554+16 Elo, change today
  • 7.3k stars
  • 688 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/htdt/godogen.git
  • claude
  • claude-code
  • claude-code-skill
  • codex

Kavex/GameDev-Resources

Open on GitHub

:video_game: :game_die: A wonderful list of Game Development resources.

  • 1,526+16 Elo, change today
  • 7.1k stars
  • 625 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/Kavex/GameDev-Resources.git
  • 2d
  • 2d-framework
  • 2d-game
  • 2d-game-engine

love2d/love

Open on GitHubC++

LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

  • 1,533−9 Elo, change today
  • 8.9k stars
  • 673 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/love2d/love.git
  • game-development
  • gamedev
  • love2d
  • lua

o3de/o3de

Open on GitHubC++

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.

  • 1,604−5 Elo, change today
  • 9.8k stars
  • 2.5k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/o3de/o3de.git
  • 3d-graphics
  • 3d-graphics-engine
  • animation
  • game-development

Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios

Open on GitHubShell

Turn Claude Code into a full game dev studio — 49 AI agents, 72 workflow skills, and a complete coordination system mirroring real studio hierarchy.

  • 2,257+5 Elo, change today
  • +278 stars gained
  • 39.5k stars
  • 5.1k forks
  • 268 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios.git
  • ai-agents
  • ai-assisted-development
  • anthropic
  • claude

Top 61 on the Elo ladder

  1. #86
    Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios

    Turn Claude Code into a full game dev studio — 49 AI agents, 72 workflow skills, and a complete coordination system…

    2,257 Elo +5939.5kShell
  2. #118
    godotengine/godot

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    2,213 Elo +6120kC++
  3. #508
    bevyengine/bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    1,972 Elo −3149.7kRust
  4. #546
    ocornut/imgui

    Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

    1,958 Elo −3577.1kC++
  5. #600
    4ian/GDevelop

    🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.

    1,941 Elo +2928.9kJavaScript
  6. #623
    emilk/egui

    egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

    1,935 Elo −632.3kRust
  7. #633
    gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills

    Make games with your AI coding agent: 79 game-dev skills and a router for Godot, Unity, Unreal, Roblox, three.js…

    1,932 Elo +1918.9kPython
  8. #933
    raysan5/raylib

    A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

    1,869 Elo −935.6kC
  9. #1,081
    phaserjs/phaser

    Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting…

    1,843 Elo −2540.7kJavaScript
  10. #1,098
    CoplayDev/unity-mcp

    Unity MCP acts as a bridge between AI assistants and your Unity Editor. Give your LLM tools to manage assets, control…

    1,841 Elo +4615.9kC#
  11. #1,250
    BabylonJS/Babylon.js

    Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript…

    1,820 Elo +2326.3kTypeScript
  12. #1,542
    ellisonleao/magictools

    :video_game: :pencil: A list of Game Development resources to make magic happen.

    1,779 Elo +2617.7kMarkdown
  13. #1,665
    playcanvas/engine

    Powerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF

    1,765 Elo +4217.3kJavaScript
  14. #1,785
    kitao/pyxel

    A retro game engine for Python

    1,751 Elo +1918.6kRust
  15. #1,940
    libgdx/libgdx

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    1,734 Elo −1125.5kJava
  16. #2,095
    jrouwe/JoltPhysics

    A multi core friendly rigid body physics and collision detection library. Written in C++. Suitable for games and VR…

    1,717 Elo +3412.3kC++
  17. #2,250
    clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB

    Development at the speed of light

    1,701 Elo −6425.5kRust
  18. #2,463
    Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama

    Unleash your creativity with Pixelorama, a powerful and accessible open-source pixel art multitool. Whether you want to…

    1,679 Elo +4011.1kGDScript
  19. #2,883
    leereilly/games

    Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.

    1,646 Elo −4625k
  20. #2,899
    aframevr/aframe

    :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

    1,645 Elo −717.7kJavaScript
  21. #2,901
    cocos2d/cocos2d-x

    Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across…

    1,644 Elo −3219.2kC++
  22. #2,929
    lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

    🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

    1,642 Elo −2520kC++
  23. #3,049
    bulletphysics/bullet3

    Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics…

    1,633 Elo +2714.8kC++
  24. #3,192
    MonoGame/MonoGame

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

    1,624 Elo +414.6kC#
  25. #3,506
    o3de/o3de

    Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators…

    1,604 Elo +649.8kC++
  26. #3,523
    assimp/assimp

    The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data…

    1,603 Elo −513.3kC++
  27. #3,532
    mapeditor/tiled

    Flexible level editor

    1,603 Elo +2113kC++
  28. #3,974
    skypjack/entt

    Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more

    1,575 Elo +3613.2kC++
  29. #4,030
    00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and…

    1,572 Elo +296.8kJava
  30. #4,036
    recastnavigation/recastnavigation

    Industry-standard navigation-mesh toolset for games

    1,571 Elo −98.1kC++
  31. #4,126
    SFTtech/openage

    Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

    1,566 Elo +1914.6kPython
  32. #4,327
    ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets

    Reliable & unreliable messages over UDP. Robust message fragmentation & reassembly. P2P networking / NAT traversal…

    1,555 Elo +3810kC++
  33. #4,341
    htdt/godogen

    Autonomous game development with Claude Code and Codex

    1,554 Elo +807.3kPython
  34. #4,465
    cocos/cocos-engine

    Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine…

    1,547 Elo +449.9kC++
  35. #4,506
    hajimehoshi/ebiten

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    1,545 Elo +3813.6kGo
  36. #4,726
    love2d/love

    LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

    1,533 Elo +698.9kC++
  37. #4,742
    Calinou/awesome-godot

    A curated list of free/libre plugins, scripts and add-ons for Godot

    1,532 Elo +4710.9k
  38. #4,861
    Kavex/GameDev-Resources

    :video_game: :game_die: A wonderful list of Game Development resources.

    1,526 Elo +767.1k
  39. #4,863
    pygame/pygame

    🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia…

    1,526 Elo −149kC
  40. #4,906
    SanderMertens/flecs

    A fast entity component system (ECS) for C & C++

    1,524 Elo +208.8kC
  41. #5,111
    endless-sky/endless-sky

    Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

    1,514 Elo −157.7kC++
  42. #5,375
    FyroxEngine/Fyrox

    3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

    1,502 Elo +269.6kRust
  43. #5,963
    flame-engine/flame

    A Flutter based game engine.

    1,475 Elo +610.8kDart
  44. #6,209
    QianMo/Game-Programmer-Study-Notes

    :anchor: 我的游戏程序员生涯的读书笔记合辑。你可以把它看作一个加强版的Blog。涉及图形学、实时渲染、编程实践、GPU编程、设计模式、软件工程等内容。Keep Reading , Keep Writing , Keep…

    1,464 Elo −3710k
  45. #6,390
    0xFA11/MultiplayerNetworkingResources

    A curated list of Multiplayer Game Network Programming Resources

    1,457 Elo +448.7kC
  46. #6,611
    melonjs/melonJS

    A modern & fully featured HTML5 game engine (2D & 3D) for JavaScript/TypeScript, with WebGL/WebGPU rendering, built-in…

    1,448 Elo +866.5kJavaScript
  47. #6,953
    gonglei007/GameDevMind

    最全面的游戏开发技术图谱(Game Development Map)。帮助游戏开发者们在已知问题上节省时间,省出更多的精力投入到更有创造性的工作中去。

    1,435 Elo +256.6kPython
  48. #6,982
    EllanJiang/GameFramework

    This is literally a game framework, based on Unity game engine. It encapsulates commonly used game modules during…

    1,434 Elo +126.9kC#
  49. #7,024
    PixiEditor/PixiEditor

    PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs

    1,432 Elo +458.1kC#
  50. #7,051
    stride3d/stride

    Stride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.

    1,431 Elo −67.9kC#
  51. #7,053
    jynew/jynew

    JinYongLegend-like RPG Game Framework with full Modding support and 10+ hours playable samples of game.

    1,431 Elo −199kC#
  52. #7,077
    FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine

    Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine

    1,430 Elo +517.1kC++
  53. #7,540
    BoomingTech/Piccolo

    Piccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games104

    1,413 Elo +66.7kC++
  54. #7,802
    a1studmuffin/SpaceshipGenerator

    A Blender script to procedurally generate 3D spaceships

    1,403 Elo +237.8kPython
  55. #7,942
    sschmid/Entitas

    Entitas is a super fast Entity Component System (ECS) Framework specifically made for C# and Unity

    1,398 Elo +17.6kC#
  56. #8,057
    defold/defold

    Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, console, mobile and web games.

    1,394 Elo +106.4kC++
  57. #8,061
    tobspr-games/shapez.io

    shapez is an open source base building game on Steam inspired by factorio!

    1,393 Elo +37kJavaScript
  58. #8,071
    agones-dev/agones

    Dedicated Game Server Hosting and Scaling for Multiplayer Games on Kubernetes

    1,393 Elo +77.1kGo
  59. #8,691
    P1xt/p1xt-guides

    Programming curricula

    1,366 Elo −187.1k
  60. #8,701
    Xtremilicious/projectlearn-project-based-learning

    A curated list of project tutorials for project-based learning.

    1,366 Elo +206.4kTypeScript
  61. #9,440
    RyanNielson/awesome-unity

    A curated list of awesome Unity assets, resources, and more.

    1,323 Elo −167k