JavaScript Game Engine

Open-source JavaScript projects categorized as Game Engine

Top 23 JavaScript Game Engine Projects

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  1. A-Frame

    :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

    Project mention: React Three Ecosystem | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-10
  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  3. GDevelop

    ๐ŸŽฎ Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.

    Project mention: No-Code Game Development: Using AI to Build Your First Game | dev.to | 2025-05-16

    GDevelop combines open-source flexibility with powerful no-code features. Their recent AI plugins provide remarkable capabilities:

  4. engine

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

    Project mention: Release Radar ยท August 2024: Major updates from the open source community | dev.to | 2024-09-05

    If you love building games, this one is for you. PlayCanvas is a WebGL and HTML5 game engine. Some of the web's most popular games have been built with PlayCanvas. The latest release has tonnes of breaking changes from removing WebGL1 support along with dozens of other legacy scripts and functions. There are also some new rendering features, materials, and blending tools. Dig into all the changes in the release notes.

  5. melonJS

    a fresh, modern & lightweight HTML5 game engine

    Project mention: 10 must known JS/TS open-source packages | dev.to | 2024-06-11

    melonJS Lightweight HTML5 game engine.

  6. LittleJS

    LittleJS is the tiny fast HTML5 game engine with many features and no dependencies. ๐Ÿš‚ Choo-Choo!

    Project mention: Ask HN: Who Are Your Favorite Photography and Generative Coding Artists? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-26
  7. react-native-game-engine

    A lightweight Game Engine for React Native ๐Ÿ•นโšก๐ŸŽฎ

  8. bitECS

    Flexible, minimal, data-oriented ECS library for Typescript

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB โ€“ Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  10. microstudio

    Free, open source game engine online

  11. sprig

    ๐Ÿƒ Learn to code by making games in a JavaScript web-based game editor. (by hackclub)

    Project mention: Sprig: Build a game, get an open source console | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-27
  12. quadplay

    The quadplayโœœ fantasy console

  13. ranviermud

    A node.js based MUD game engine

  14. noa

    Experimental voxel game engine.

  15. react-native-game-engine-handbook

    A React Native app showcasing some examples using react-native-game-engine ๐Ÿ’โœจ

  16. text-engine

    A browser-based text adventure game engine and sample game

  17. HTML5-Canvas-Game-Boilerplate

    Provides a set of default code that makes getting up and running with an HTML5 canvas game very easy.

  18. goldensun_html5

    An online Golden Sun Engine entirely built in HTML5 with Phaser 2. Check https://gshtml5.org/

  19. transfer-thought

    ๐Ÿ”Web platform for building virtual reality experiences.

    Project mention: Show HN: Open Sourcing Our No-Code WebXR Editor After 5 Years of Development | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-03
  20. GDevelop-extensions

    Repository of behaviors, actions, conditions and expressions to be used in GDevelop for creating games

  21. jsrl

    JavaScript/TypeScript Roguelike Template - The basics to start building your own

  22. MERN-template

    A website template using the MERN stack. It is geared towards Persistent Browser Based Games (think neopets), but is flexible enough for a number of different uses.

  23. GDevelop-examples

    Repository of examples and templates for GDevelop - the open-source, no-code game engine

  24. oddslingers.poker

    The Django + React codebase powering the free, open-source poker platform: OddSlingers.com

  25. blocks

    webxr multiplayer voxels engine (by danielesteban)

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • Wheel Reinventor's Principles

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Mar 2025
  • What is GDevelop: An Open-Source Game Engine

    1 project | dev.to | 24 Jan 2025
  • Release 0.4 // Final PR

    2 projects | dev.to | 9 Dec 2024
  • Release 0.4 // The Plan

    1 project | dev.to | 29 Nov 2024
  • Procedural Generation and Noise

    5 projects | dev.to | 20 Nov 2024
  • Hackoberfest: Part 4

    1 project | dev.to | 31 Oct 2024
  • Hackoberfest: Part 3

    1 project | dev.to | 31 Oct 2024
  • A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
    www.influxdata.com | 18 May 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Game Engine projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 A-Frame 17,047
2 GDevelop 14,070
3 engine 10,154
4 melonJS 6,058
5 LittleJS 3,656
6 react-native-game-engine 2,992
7 bitECS 1,041
8 microstudio 1,031
9 sprig 988
10 quadplay 906
11 ranviermud 808
12 noa 638
13 react-native-game-engine-handbook 610
14 text-engine 347
15 HTML5-Canvas-Game-Boilerplate 256
16 goldensun_html5 176
17 transfer-thought 169
18 GDevelop-extensions 160
19 jsrl 125
20 MERN-template 73
21 GDevelop-examples 72
22 oddslingers.poker 63
23 blocks 63

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