Flax Engine vs Wicked Engine
Flax Engine
flaxengine.comWicked Engine
wickedengine.netSide by side
| Figure | Flax Engine | Wicked Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Game Engine Software | 8.9 (#10) | 7.2 (#87) |
| Product | Flax Engine is a modern 3D game engine written in C++ and C#. | Wicked Engine is an open-source 3D engine with modern graphics, usable as a C++ framework, standalone 3D editor, Lua scripting environment, or learning tool. |
| Rendering | The feature set includes realtime global illumination, reflections with custom software ray tracing, and GPU lightmap baking. | The site lists physically based materials, real-time lighting, ray tracing, terrain generation, and high quality effects. |
| Support | The feature page promises direct communication and help from engine developers, and the site provides a contact form. | The project links to Discord chat and its GitHub source code; its GitHub README directs users to Discord or GitHub issues for help. |
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In their own words
Flax Engine
Flax Engine is a 3D game engine written in C++ and C#, with visual scripting and full Editor source code available. It supports C++, C#, and visual scripting, with hot-reloading for both programming languages in the Editor. Rendering features include real-time global illumination, reflections using custom software ray tracing, and GPU lightmap baking. World-building tools cover terrain, foliage, fog, nested prefabs, level streaming, and large-world 64-bit coordinates. Multiplayer projects can use low- and high-level networking APIs. Its Online system supports services such as Steam, Xbox Live, and PlayStation Network for profiles, friends, achievements, presence, and cloud saves. Supported targets include Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, web, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series, and Nintendo Switch. Web support is experimental and lacks C# scripting, video playback, and some other engine features. NDA-protected platform support is excluded from the public repository. The engine is free for non-commercial or educational use; commercial releases pay a 4% royalty on earnings exceeding $250,000 per calendar quarter.
Wicked Engine
Wicked Engine has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.