Defold - Official Homepage - Cross platform game engine

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The game engine for high-performance cross-platform games

No setup

Defold comes fully featured out of the box. There's nothing to set up or configure, not even when building. Simply download the editor and get creative!

  • Visual Editor
  • Code Editor
  • Lua Scripting
  • Lua Debugger
  • Scene Editor
  • Particle Editor
  • Tilemap Editor
  • 2D & 3D

Bring me Cakes by PotatoJam

Truly cross-platform

Using just one code base, and without the need for external tools, Defold lets you publish your game to all of the major platforms:

  • PlayStation®5
  • PlayStation®4
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Android
  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Steam
  • HTML5
  • Facebook
  • XBox - Coming Soon!

Turn-key solution

  • Use basic building blocks to create complex behaviour.
  • Everything you need to make a game in one tool
  • Write game logic using Lua.
  • Zero-config cloud build for native code

Isometric turn-based roguelike by Dragosha

Star Jammer by Ben James

Custom configuration

  • Add new functionality from the Asset Portal.
  • Setup your own local build environment.
  • Write your own native code to extend the engine.
  • Integrated with tools such as Atom, VS Code, Rive, Spine, TexturePacker and Tiled.

Particle effects editor with live preview

Duo Vikings by Flazm

Production ready

  • Proven track record of game releases on mobile, web, desktop and consoles.
  • Integrations with analytics, app economy and game services available out of the box.
  • Actively developed, with a new release every month.
  • Technical support contracts available if needed.

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Blog updates

Defold release 1.11.2
Published on Nov 03, 2025
Defold 1.11.2 has been released. - READ

Defold release 1.11.1
Published on Oct 08, 2025
Defold 1.11.1 has been released. - READ

Defold release 1.11.0
Published on Sep 08, 2025
Defold 1.11.0 has been released. - READ

Latest News

Towards First-Class Teal Support
Published on Sep 11, 2025
We made a big step towards a first-class Teal support - READ

Photon Realtime integration
Published on Aug 14, 2025
The Defold Foundation adds a Photon Realtime integration with the Defold game engine - READ

Defold Foundation x Poki Integration!
Published on Apr 25, 2025
A quick update on new features from our partnership - READ

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