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
Q3 2024 XBox

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

Defold release 1.9.8
Published on Mar 10, 2025
Defold 1.9.8 has been released. - READ

Defold release 1.9.7
Published on Feb 03, 2025
Defold 1.9.7 has been released. - READ

Defold release 1.9.6
Published on Dec 18, 2024
Defold 1.9.6 has been released. - READ

Latest News

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

Defold cloud builder improvements
Published on Sep 23, 2024
We are happy to announce that we've finished a large overhaul of the build servers to simplify development, maintenance and the setup of local build servers. - READ