Indie Game Engine Usage Statistics (2026)
Which game engines are indie developers actually using in 2026? A data-driven breakdown by genre, release trend, and developer country.
Data sources: SteamDB, Steam, and IGDB.
Data is usually updated on Sundays for the past week.
Last updated: September 8, 2026
Methodology
This dataset tracks Game releases on Steam and cross-references each title against SteamDB and IGDB to identify its game engine, genre, and the developer's country. Manual enrichment is done for games with missing data. The table below currently covers 7,660 released games with a known engine.
Key Findings
- Unity is the most-used engine among indie releases tracked here, appearing in 52% of 7,660 analyzed games.
- The next most common engines are Unreal (18%) and Godot (15%).
- Among games with a known developer location, United States is the most represented, at 30%.
Total games analyzed
7660
Game Engine Distribution
Distrubution of Game Engines based on released games
Releases Over Time
Genre Breakdown
A game can have multiple genres, this chart shows the share of the games that have that specific genre
Country Breakdown
Country attribution is based on the first game developer listed in Steam
Engines
Followers and Rating shown on engine rows are the median across that engine's games.
| Engine / Game | Genre / Developer | Country | Release Date | Followers | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | — | — | 4020 games | 77 | 70.3% |
| Unreal | — | — | 1365 games | 90 | 67.1% |
| Godot | — | — | 1153 games | 27 | 69.2% |
| GameMaker | — | — | 373 games | 131 | 76.3% |
| Other | — | — | 749 games | — | — |
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