Game Engines

See also Devmaster 3D engine database.

Not that long ago, the only obvious choice for a low-cost game engine was Torque and most of the expensive ones were developed specifically for a game and licensed for secondary revenue by their developers, such as Monolith (Lithtech), Epic (Unreal), Crytek (CryEngine), Id, Valve... Netimmerse and Renderware were notable exceptions, although RenderWare was not a complete game engine but a renderer.

Now Renderware is gone (sold to EA), NetImmerse is Gamebryo, but there are of options out there now, with prices ranging from "call us", down to a few hundred dollars, and even free!