Nintendo Switch game engines
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List of video game engines compatible with the Nintendo Switch (and
by nature cross-platform)
Link | Nintendo Switch support | First Switch game | Nintendo Switch games | Programming Language | Open source | Free plan | Price | Notes | Website | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity3D | Mar. 31st 2017 | Mar. 3rd 2017 | I Am Setsuna, Overcooked, Super Bomberman R | C# | No Proprietary | Yes Revenue lower than $100K /year | $ 40 /mo | unity3d.com/... | unity3d.com/... | |
| Unreal Engine | Feb. 15th 2017 | Nov. 14th 2017 | Rocket League, Yoshi's Crafted World | C++ | - Source available with copyright | Yes Revenue lower than $3000 /3months | $ 150 (5% royalty) | unrealengine.com | unrealengine.com/... | |
| MonoGame | Aug. 25th 2017 | Oct. 4th 2017 | Stardew Valley, Axiom Verge, Celeste, TowerFall | C# | Yes Microsoft Public License | Yes | $ 0 | monogame.net | wikipedia.org/... | |
| Castle Game Engine | Mar. 23rd 2019 | Aug. 16th 2019 | Escape from the Universe, The Unholy Society (2020) | Object Pascal | Yes LGPL+ | Yes | $ 0 | castle-engine.io | castle-engine.io/... | |
| Godot Engine | Oct. 2nd 2019 | Resolutiion, Spooky Ghosts Dot Com | C++, C#, GDScript... | Yes MIT license | Yes | $ 0 | godotengine.org | |||
| GameMaker Studio | Oct. 2nd 2018 | Sep. 15th 2018 | Undertale | GML | No | Yes 30 days | $ 799 /year | $1500/year to target all platforms | yoyogames.com | yoyogames.com/... |
| Nintendo Dev Interface (official SDK) | Jan. 13th 2017 | Mar. 3rd 2017 | C++ | No | No | $ 450 | Registered developers only | nintendo.com/... | ||
| MT Framework | Feb. 18th 2017 | May 26th 2017 | Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, Monster Hunter XX, Resident Evil Revelations 1+2 | C++ | No | No | Internal tool (no public release) | capcom.com | twitter.com/... | |
| Retro Engine (Star Engine) | Jan. 13th 2017 | Aug. 14th 2017 | Sonic Mania | C++ | No | No | twitter.com/... | |||
| id Tech | Sep. 13th 2017 | Nov. 10th 2017 | Doom, Wolfinstein 2: The New Colossus | C++ | No | No | Internal tool | idsoftware.com | ||
| Snowdrop | Jul. 26th 2017 | Aug. 29th 2017 | Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle | C++ | No | No | Internal tool (no public release) | massive.se | ntower.de/... | |
| UbiArt Framework | Jul. 26th 2017 | Sep. 12th 2017 | Rayman Legends | C++ | No | No | No public release & no evolution planned | ubisoft.com | ||
| Diesel Engine 2.0 | Feb. 23rd 2018 | Payday 2 | C++ and Lua | No | No | Internal tool | ||||
| Omega Engine | Mar. 3rd 2017 | Dragon Quest Heroes I + II, Fire Emblem Warriors, Attack on Titan 2 | No | No | Omega Force (Koei Tecmo) internal tool | gamecity.ne.jp | ||||
| Vblank Engine | Aug. 3rd 2017 | Retro City Rampage, Shakedown Hawaii | No | No | Internal tool (no public release) | vblank.com | ||||
| Crystal Tools | Sep. 21st 2017 | Dragon Quest X | No | No | Internal tool | square-enix.com | ||||
| Hedgehog Engine 2 | Nov. 7th 2017 | Sonic Forces | No | No | Internal tool | sonicteam.com | ||||
| Telltale Tool | Minecraft Story, Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy | No | No | Abandoned since 2018 | telltale.com | wikipedia.org/... | ||||
| Bedrock Engine | Minecraft | |||||||||
| 2K Engine | NBA2K 18, WWE 18 | No | No | Internal tool | ||||||
| Creation Engine | Skyrim | |||||||||
| EA Switch Custom | FIFA 18, 19 & 20 | No | No | Internal tool | ||||||
| AnvilNext 1.0 | Jan. 28th 2019 | May 21st 2019 | Assassin's Creed III Remastered, Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection (IV Black Flag + Rogue) | No | No | Internal tool | ubisoft.com | eurogamer.net/... | ||
| AnvilNext 2.0 | Oct. 5th 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey (cloud-based game available in japan only), Steep (cancelled) | No | No | Never ported on Nintendo Switch! | ubisoft.com | twitter.com/... metro.co.uk/... wikipedia.org/... |
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