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

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

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.

Free. Forever.

No up-front cost.
No licensing cost.
No royalties.
No runtime fee.
Free forever. Thanks to the objectives of the Defold Foundation.

Particle effects editor with live preview

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.

PRODUCT FEATURES

Family Island

What would your life be without modern technology on the deserted island? Dive into simplicity of the primal world with the modern Stone Age family in this thrilling offline adventure game. Stranded on the remote island, a family of four - Bruce, Eva and their kids - needs your guidance and help starting a new family home from scratch and navigating through various family life situations with humour.

Developer	Melsoft
Release date	2019
Platforms	iOS, Android
Downloads	50M+ on Google Play (Sep 2023)

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Blog updates

Editor scripting improvements in the upcoming 1.10.4 version
Published on Jul 11, 2025
Defold editor now supports editing scenes using editor scripts! - READ

Defold release 1.10.3
Published on Jul 07, 2025
Defold 1.10.3 has been released. - READ

Innovation is expensive and painful. Start with copying a decent bike.
Published on Jun 18, 2025
Piece of Cake Merge & Bake is one of the most successful games in the Merge 2 genre. Joined by our friends from Playgama, we talked with Rustam Batyrkhanov, founder of HG Point - the great minds behind the game. Read on to learn about failed projects, get free insights on the web dev market and find out who really brings the big bucks to Activision Blizzard. - READ

Latest News

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

Defold 2024 Showreel
Published on Mar 05, 2025
The Defold 2024 showreel has been published on YouTube. The showreel contains some of the amazing games which have been released in 2024. - READ

Announcing editor scripts for UI creation
Published on Sep 26, 2024
We are excited to announce our first technical preview of editor scripting API for creating interactive UI elements in the editor! - READ