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This subreddit is all about game engines! Talk about methodologies, projects, or ideas for game engines and software engineering. Feel free to post about the projects you're working on or find interesting.

29k subscribers252 posts / mo in Sep 2026173 authors / mosince 2020

r/gameenginedevs has 29k members (+57% over the last 12 months). It gets about 252 posts a month from 173 people. Top topics: Voxel Games & Engines, Game Development Tools & Studios and Rust Game Dev.

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Subscriber growth

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+57%in 12 months · +8.1% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 202628k
Growing28k subscribers
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+147%vs Sep 2025 · +8.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026252
BusierPeaked at 285 in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Voxel Games & Engines1.8%
  2. Game Development Tools & Studios1.7%
  3. Rust Game Dev1.1%
  4. Programming Languages0.5%
  5. Unity Tutorials & Tips0.5%

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