What are some good tools for developing games?
Asked "What are some good tools for developing games?", Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, ChatGPT and Google AI Mode named 38 distinct tools across 5 answers on September 8, 2026, and 12 of them in two or more answers.
12 of 38 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · asked September 8, 2026 · 5 engines
Good options for game development include Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot, each with strengths in areas like cross-platform development, high-fidelity visuals, and open-source flexibility. Other notable tools are GameMaker for 2D games, Phaser for web-based games, and specialized software like Blender for 3D modeling and FMOD for audio design. The choice of tool depends on the project's scope, the developer's experience, and specific needs like platform support or visual quality.
- 1Unitynamed in 5 of 5 answers
- 2Unreal Enginenamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 3Blendernamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 4Audacitynamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 5GameMakernamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 6Asepritenamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 7FMODnamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 8GitHubnamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 9Godotnamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 10Godot Enginenamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 11Phasernamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 12Wwisenamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 13Unreal Engine 5named in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 14Godot 4named in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 15GameMaker Studionamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 16GameMaker Studio 2named in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 17PlayCanvasnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 18CryEnginenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 19Construct 3named in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 20Constructnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 21GDevelopnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 22Mixamonamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 23Autodesk Mayanamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 24Open 3D Enginenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 25Cocos2d-xnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 38 names.
- How many of the 5 answers named each of them.
- 63 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.