• Maalus@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      Doublechecked it, and it’s 4% based on steamdb for 2023, and 5% for 2024 That’s of course counting only these three.

      Steam released 14500 games in 2023 (all engines).

      Unreal on steam was 2400

      Unity was 7400

      Godot 400

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      24 days ago

      Before the Unity suicide, I doubt it had 10% either. And you know, making games takes time, so in terms of released games, we might still not see an uptick.

      But I do think newly developed, particularly indie titles will go beyond those 10%, and maybe even quite easily so.
      There’s not many statistics out there, so here’s some horribly biased ones: https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-popularity-at-gmtk-jam-2024-explodes/

      This is from a gamejam held by a particular YouTube channel. That YouTube channel has an ongoing series about making a Unity game, nothing about Godot yet.
      But it is a gamejam, where people sit down for just a weekend to make a game, so people will be much more willing to try a new engine out. Although they’ll typically have some prior experience, since you don’t want to spend the whole gamejam learning an engine.

      But yeah, those caveats notwithstanding, that still is a significant growth for Godot.