GameMaker: Studio

GameMaker: Studio is a 2D game engine and development platform. Games are built from a single code base and can be exported to desktop, web, mobile and console platforms.

What GameMaker offers

• Game engine — tools for making 2D games, using its own scripting language called GML.
• Export options — Windows, macOS, Linux, web, mobile and console targets, depending on edition.
• Editions — separate tiers for beginners, professionals and enterprise studios.
• Tutorials and community — learning material plus active forums.
• GX.games — a place to publish and share finished games.

Who it works with

Hobbyists, students, indie developers and larger studios.

Key facts

• Downloads: the earlier listing text cites over five million across the product family
• Earlier platforms: Android, iOS, OS X, HTML5, Ubuntu and Windows UWP