Rust Gamedev

Open-source Rust projects categorized as Gamedev

Top 23 Rust Gamedev Projects

  1. bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    Project mention: Bevy Engine | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-04
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  3. egui

    egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

    Project mention: WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-14
  4. pyxel

    A retro game engine for Python

    Project mention: Getting Started with 2D Games Using Pyxel (Part 1): Introduction | dev.to | 2026-01-05

    Pyxel is a game engine that makes it easy to handle things like character rendering, movement, and collision detection. It is especially recommended for those who love retro-style games.

  5. Fyrox

    3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

    Project mention: Build Android apps using Rust and iced | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-21
  6. Pumpkin

    Empowering everyone to host fast and efficient Minecraft servers.

  7. gdext

    Rust bindings for Godot 4

  8. Ambient

    The multiplayer game engine

  9. rx

    👾 Modern and minimalist pixel editor (by cloudhead)

  10. valence

    A Rust framework for building Minecraft servers.

  11. avian

    ECS-driven 2D and 3D physics engine for the Bevy game engine.

  12. feather

    A Minecraft server implementation in Rust (by feather-rs)

  13. bevy-cheatbook

    Unofficial Reference Book for the Bevy Game Engine

    Project mention: Unofficial Bevy Cheat Book | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-17
  14. ash

    Vulkan bindings for Rust

  15. mun

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    Project mention: Mun Programming Language | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-01
  16. spritefusion-pixel-snapper

    A tool to snap pixels to a perfect grid. Designed to fix messy and inconsistent pixel art generated by AI.

    Project mention: Isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-23

    Someone else posted this on HN a while back -- https://github.com/Hugo-Dz/spritefusion-pixel-snapper

    Maybe you can use that^ to snap the pixels to a perfect grid

  17. bevy_hanabi

    🎆 Hanabi — a GPU particle system plugin for the Bevy game engine.

  18. Coffee

    An opinionated 2D game engine for Rust (by hecrj)

  19. kira

    Library for expressive game audio.

  20. rust-ecosystem

    Rust wants & tracking for Embark 🦀

  21. Tetra

    🎮 A simple 2D game framework written in Rust

  22. notan

    Cross-platform multimedia layer

  23. renet

    Server/Client network library for multiplayer games with authentication and connection management made with Rust

  24. laminar

    A simple semi-reliable UDP protocol for multiplayer games

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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Index

What are some of the best open-source Gamedev projects in Rust? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 bevy 46,440
2 egui 29,309
3 pyxel 17,517
4 Fyrox 9,406
5 Pumpkin 7,725
6 gdext 4,848
7 Ambient 3,897
8 rx 3,430
9 valence 3,227
10 avian 2,978
11 feather 2,710
12 bevy-cheatbook 2,346
13 ash 2,281
14 mun 2,114
15 spritefusion-pixel-snapper 2,068
16 bevy_hanabi 1,342
17 Coffee 1,147
18 kira 1,024
19 rust-ecosystem 1,024
20 Tetra 1,012
21 notan 971
22 renet 917
23 laminar 869

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