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The Big Game Engines Report of 2025

Video game engines have evolved significantly over the past decade. While mobile game development has long been dominated by third-party engines—most notably Unity—the same was not true for PC and console games.

Until recently, the majority of large titles were developed using in-house, custom-built engines. Not anymore.

This report covers:

– State of game engines today
– Game engine market share trends over time
– Forecasting the future trends
– Did Unity’s pricing debacle impact market share?
– The growth of Unreal Engine
– Is Godot really winning share?
– Game engine shares by sub-genre of games

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Highlights of the Report:

  • Unity, Unreal Engine (UE) and custom game engines of large AAA studios continue to dominate the game engine market
  • However, the market shares have been shifting
  • Unreal Engine is quickly winning share from custom engines, becoming the go-to game engine for many AAA studios
  • Unity is retaining its market share for now, but is getting pressured by both UE on the higher end and Godot on the lower end

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