Lua Game Engine

Open-source Lua projects categorized as Game Engine

Top 8 Lua Game Engine Projects

Game Engine
  1. UnicornConsole

    Unicorn Console: create quick fantasy game in Rust/Python/Lua/Rhai/Wasm !

  2. Nutrient

    Nutrient – The #1 PDF SDK Library, trusted by 10K+ developers. Other PDF SDKs promise a lot - then break. Laggy scrolling, poor mobile UX, tons of bugs, and lack of support cost you endless frustrations. Nutrient’s SDK handles billion-page workloads - so you don’t have to debug PDFs. Used by ~1 billion end users in more than 150 different countries.

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  3. xmake-repo

    📦 An official xmake package repository

  4. game-engine-2d

    Planimeter Game Engine 2D - LÖVE-based game engine for Lua

  5. NobleEngine

    A li'l game engine for Playdate.

  6. cubzh

    Cubzh is a User Generated Social Universe, an online platform where all items, avatars, games, and experiences are made by users from the community.

  7. matchanovel

    A visual novel framework library for Defold.

  8. PGM_CE

    A simple game engine for Sony PSP

  9. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  10. DroidSpot

    DroidSpot game for Windows (Demo)

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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  • A note from our sponsor - Nutrient
    www.nutrient.io | 16 Feb 2025
    Other PDF SDKs promise a lot - then break. Laggy scrolling, poor mobile UX, tons of bugs, and lack of support cost you endless frustrations. Nutrient’s SDK handles billion-page workloads - so you don’t have to debug PDFs. Used by ~1 billion end users in more than 150 different countries. Learn more →

Index

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

# Project Stars
1 UnicornConsole 906
2 xmake-repo 757
3 game-engine-2d 739
4 NobleEngine 431
5 cubzh 219
6 matchanovel 48
7 PGM_CE 13
8 DroidSpot 0

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