game-engine-comparisons

A community breakdown of the similarities and differences between game engine features.

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✔️: Feature IS supported.

❌: Feature IS NOT supported.

❔: Feature support is TBD. You can help replace these with ✔️ or ❌.

📓: Feature requires additional clarification via Additional Notes section.

Feature	Summary	Unity	UE4	Godot	GMS2
Components	Building blocks of data	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
GameObjects	Things in the world	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Levels	Spaces for GameObjects	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

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Levels

A visual space in which to place and configure game objects.

Unity

Name: Scenes Structure: A

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Class Definitions

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Class Inheritance

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Class Composition

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Tags

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Object Persistence

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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Scripted Data Files

Unity

Unreal Engine 4

Godot Engine

Game Maker Studio 2

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