Top Gamedev repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “gamedev”: 53 repositories with 969k stars between them, mostly written in C++, Rust and C#. The highest-rated is Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, #86 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

patch-gg/pixelfx

Open on GitHubJavaScript
  • Gold III
  • Trending #9 · 2-day streak
  • New & Rising · Nov 2026

244 pixel art effects, every one a small piece of code. Plus a Claude Code skill to make your own.

  • 1,562+51 Elo, change today
  • 7.5k stars
  • 988 forks
  • 22 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/patch-gg/pixelfx.git
  • agent-skills
  • animation
  • canvas
  • claude-code-plugin

horizon-rust/horizon

Open on GitHubRust
  • Diamond V
  • New & Rising · Nov 2026
  • New & Rising · Oct 2026

Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses. Get it with the Horizon launcher.

  • 1,921+45 Elo, change today
  • +502 stars gained
  • 10.2k stars
  • 1.7k forks
  • 54 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon.git
  • differential-testing
  • game-engine
  • gamedev
  • linux

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

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

agmmnn/awesome-blender

Open on GitHubTypeScript

🪐 A curated list of awesome Blender add-ons, extensions, AI/MCP tools, tutorials, and 3D resources.

  • 1,561+11 Elo, change today
  • 7.6k stars
  • 481 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/agmmnn/awesome-blender.git
  • 3d
  • 3d-models
  • awesome
  • awesome-list

horizon-rust/horizon

Open on GitHubRust
  • Diamond V
  • New & Rising · Nov 2026
  • New & Rising · Oct 2026

Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses. Get it with the Horizon launcher.

  • 1,921+45 Elo, change today
  • +502 stars gained
  • 10.2k stars
  • 1.7k forks
  • 54 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/horizon-rust/horizon.git
  • differential-testing
  • game-engine
  • gamedev
  • linux

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 53 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. #681
    horizon-rust/horizon

    Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses…

    1,921 Elo +30510.2kRust
  9. #933
    raysan5/raylib

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

    1,869 Elo −935.6kC
  10. #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
  11. #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#
  12. #1,179
    game1024/OpenSpeedy

    🎮 An open-source game speed modifier.

    1,830 Elo +920.9kTypeScript
  13. #1,542
    ellisonleao/magictools

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

    1,779 Elo +2617.7kMarkdown
  14. #1,634
    Pumpkin-MC/Pumpkin

    Empowering everyone to host fast and efficient Minecraft servers

    1,769 Elo +6312.9kRust
  15. #1,665
    playcanvas/engine

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

    1,765 Elo +4217.3kJavaScript
  16. #1,785
    kitao/pyxel

    A retro game engine for Python

    1,751 Elo +1918.6kRust
  17. #1,940
    libgdx/libgdx

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    1,734 Elo −1125.5kJava
  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. #2,494
    heroiclabs/nakama

    Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

    1,676 Elo +4713.7kGo
  20. #2,599
    mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse

    Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics

    1,667 Elo −4625.5kC#
  21. #2,708
    wolfpld/tracy

    Frame profiler

    1,659 Elo +2217.1kC++
  22. #2,719
    bkaradzic/bgfx

    Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

    1,658 Elo −317.6kC++
  23. #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
  24. #2,899
    aframevr/aframe

    :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

    1,645 Elo −717.7kJavaScript
  25. #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++
  26. #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++
  27. #3,192
    MonoGame/MonoGame

    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

    1,624 Elo +414.6kC#
  28. #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++
  29. #3,974
    skypjack/entt

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

    1,575 Elo +3613.2kC++
  30. #4,036
    recastnavigation/recastnavigation

    Industry-standard navigation-mesh toolset for games

    1,571 Elo −98.1kC++
  31. #4,197
    patch-gg/pixelfx

    244 pixel art effects, every one a small piece of code. Plus a Claude Code skill to make your own.

    1,562 Elo +3747.5kJavaScript
  32. #4,227
    agmmnn/awesome-blender

    🪐 A curated list of awesome Blender add-ons, extensions, AI/MCP tools, tutorials, and 3D resources.

    1,561 Elo +697.6kTypeScript
  33. #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++
  34. #4,506
    hajimehoshi/ebiten

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    1,545 Elo +3813.6kGo
  35. #4,726
    love2d/love

    LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

    1,533 Elo +698.9kC++
  36. #4,861
    Kavex/GameDev-Resources

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

    1,526 Elo +767.1k
  37. #4,863
    pygame/pygame

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

    1,526 Elo −149kC
  38. #4,906
    SanderMertens/flecs

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

    1,524 Elo +208.8kC
  39. #5,111
    endless-sky/endless-sky

    Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

    1,514 Elo −157.7kC++
  40. #5,375
    FyroxEngine/Fyrox

    3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

    1,502 Elo +269.6kRust
  41. #5,963
    flame-engine/flame

    A Flutter based game engine.

    1,475 Elo +610.8kDart
  42. #6,390
    0xFA11/MultiplayerNetworkingResources

    A curated list of Multiplayer Game Network Programming Resources

    1,457 Elo +448.7kC
  43. #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
  44. #6,635
    mxgmn/MarkovJunior

    Probabilistic language based on pattern matching and constraint propagation, 153 examples

    1,447 Elo +58.5kC#
  45. #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
  46. #7,051
    stride3d/stride

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

    1,431 Elo −67.9kC#
  47. #7,077
    FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine

    Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine

    1,430 Elo +517.1kC++
  48. #7,132
    Facepunch/sbox-public

    s&box is a modern game engine, built on Valve's Source 2 and the latest .NET technology, it provides a modern intuitive…

    1,428 Elo +336.5kC#
  49. #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#
  50. #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++
  51. #8,061
    tobspr-games/shapez.io

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

    1,393 Elo +37kJavaScript
  52. #8,988
    amethyst/amethyst

    Data-oriented and data-driven game engine written in Rust

    1,351 Elo −78kRust
  53. #10,199
    Hugo-Dz/spritefusion-sprite-normals

    A tool to generate normal maps from any sprite and animated sprite sheet.

    678 Elo +8831Rust