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Indie game developers, schools, colleges, universities and businesses of all sizes. If you want to make a game, Construct 3 is the tool to try. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 323 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Scirra - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$4.99 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Available to businesses and educational institutions. From £9.99 per year. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more ## Features - Animation - Physics Simulation - Player Management - Prototype Creation ## Integrations (3 total) - Dropbox Backup - Google Drive - OneDrive ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum ## Category - [Game Making Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30951/game-development/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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For a while the animation editor didnt copy 0 alpha backgrounds, it just filled it in with black, that sucked but its fixed now. > > Love it and recommend it to everyone. I have made a few games now and will continue to use construct until i cant afford it. ----- ### "Pretty good game engine for code-less development." — 5.0/5 > **Maksims** | *8 February 2025* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's a powerful engine that allows you to build a basic game in half an hour if you know what you're doing. The exporting options are a major highlight, for a conventional project going from a finished project file to a deployed game is under 30 mins. > > **Cons**: As someone educated in Computer Science, SOME of the way Construct expects you to design things is counterintuitive to what you'd be doing on any other code-based development platform. This is expected I suppose, as some things have to be changed to allow for code-free development, but it's something that can feel annoying. There IS an option to write JS code instead of working code-free, but I've not explored it. > > Its good :) You can make a large variety of 2D games ridiculously quickly, ----- ### "My experience with Construct 3 has been very positive." — 5.0/5 > **Zaidan** | *7 May 2026* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Construct 3 is very helpful for creating my final DKV project game. The visual scripting system makes it easier to develop an autorunner and quiz-based educational game without advanced coding skills. Fast workflow, beginner friendly, and great for 2D game development. > > **Cons**: Some advanced features and export options are limited for students with a low budget. Large projects can also become harder to manage without better organization tools. ----- ### "Solid and Versatile. A great choice even for experienced programmers." — 5.0/5 > **Zizaco** | *17 September 2025* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: As someone with experience using other game-making tools and programming professionally, I can attest that Construct is a remarkably versatile game engine. It's straightforward to get started, even for those with no coding experience, yet it's also quite powerful for experienced developers familiar with programming languages. > > **Cons**: One downside is the price, but I think it's a fair trade-off given the tool's quality. I'd rather pay a higher price for a tool that helps me ship a game than use a cheaper alternative that takes 5 times as long to build the same game. > > For me, the standout feature is how productive Construct makes me. I can develop features and try out new ideas really fast. Construct doesn't get in my way, and event sheets make prototyping and development a breeze. Whenever I need to create more advanced features that I'd rather code in a programming language, I can use TypeScript (a fully fledged programming language, pretty similar to C\#). ----- ### "Construct is one of the best tools" — 5.0/5 > **Diana** | *22 April 2026* | Outsourcing/Offshoring | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The tool is incredibly easy to use. It's simple to work with different user profiles. the result of super well optimized HTML games. The support is amazing. > > **Cons**: What you can achieve with the tool, as you use it, you'll get the most out of it to achieve incredible things. The HTML games I've created so far work wonderfully; the screen adaptation and game size have met all my expectations. > > The HTML games I've created so far work wonderfully; the screen adaptation and game size have met all my expectations. 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