FanRealms vs GameArt2D

FanRealms is a web marketplace and community for indie game creators, built with Godot creators in mind but open to everyone. Members can join free and browse or download assets at no cost. Listings can include sprites, tilesets, shaders, plugins, UI kits, fonts, animations, 3D models, music, sound effects, templates, and complete projects for any engine. Creators upload asset packs for sale, choose a platform fee from 1% to 5% per sale, and pay no monthly or listing fees; the default fee is 5%. Stripe handles payment processing, with a stated fee of about 2.9% + 30¢, and Stripe Connect sends creator earnings automatically to a bank. FanRealms also lists indie games, jobs and gigs for developers, artists, and designers, plus a forum and devlogs. Creators retain ownership and can delete listings. Digital products are usually final sale, though broken or inaccurately described items may receive case-by-case refunds. Payments are secured by Stripe.

GameArt2D is a marketplace for royalty-free 2D game art assets, with more than 100 items. The catalog includes platformer and top-down tilesets, character spritesheets, game GUI, space-shooter assets, backgrounds, icons, and other graphics. Free assets are available for Unity, Godot, Unreal, and other game engines. Paid items include single assets and bundles: the Nature Platformer Tileset Bundle contains 12 packs, and the Spec-Ops pack has four animated characters, each with 22 animation states and 10 frames per animation. Spec-Ops supports several 2D engines, including Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine Paper2D, GameMaker Studio, Construct, and Cocos2d, and includes PNG animation sequences, Spriter SCML, and vector source files.

Purchased assets can be used in personal or commercial projects, including paid, freemium, and ad-supported games. The license allows unlimited copies, sales, or downloads of games made with the assets, but prohibits reselling or redistributing the assets themselves. Freebies are offered under Creative Commons Zero or public-domain terms. Free assets cost nothing; the listed 4 Directional Sprite costs $18, paid once, and the Nature bundle costs $29.99, paid once.