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Construct 3 pricing
Construct 3 publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Construct 3 pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Construct 3 plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Personal | $99/year | 4 | +$99/year, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers web-based editor, html5 export, asset library, community support.
Personal
$99/yearOver Free, this tier adds:
- All Free features
- Offline editor
- Advanced export
- Priority support
Where Construct 3 stops being free
Free, Free
- Web-based editor
- HTML5 export
- Asset library
- Community support
Personal, $99/year
The first thing you pay for:
- All Free features
- Offline editor
- Advanced export
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Construct 3 feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Visual event system
- Drag-and-drop editor
- Physics engine
- Sprite editor
- Particle effects
- Sound effects
- Web-based
- HTML5 support
Integrations
- GitHub
- Dropbox
- Google Play
- App Store
Security
- Cloud storage
- Project encryption
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Web deployment
- Mobile deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
Localization
- Visual Programming language support
People bring Construct 3 in for building 2d browser games without writing code, publishing html5 games to the web, desktop and mobile stores from one project. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Construct 3 are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Game Development
Too few game development tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construct 3 (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Perforce Helix Core | Free | quote | - | vs Construct 3 |
| Photon Engine | Free, then $9/month | Per month by peak concurrent users | - | vs Construct 3 |
| Cocos Creator | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Construct 3 |
| GDevelop | Free | free | - | vs Construct 3 |
| GameMaker Studio 2 | Free | freemium | - | vs Construct 3 |
| Cocos2d-x | Free | free | - | vs Construct 3 |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Construct 3 badges page.
Before you pay for Construct 3
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $99/year, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Construct 3 runs on windows, macos, linux, ios, android, web, and is published by Scirra Ltd of Nottingham, UK. The full record is on the Construct 3 review, and the rest of the category is under best game development tools.
Construct 3 pricing questions
- How much does Construct 3 cost?
- Construct 3 publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to $99/year for Personal. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Construct 3 have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers web-based editor, html5 export, asset library. Paying starts at $99/year for Personal.
- What is the difference between Free and Personal on Construct 3?
- Personal costs $99/year against Free, and adds all free features, offline editor, advanced export, priority support.
- Which game development tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 game development tools listed alongside Construct 3 have a free tier: Perforce Helix Core, Photon Engine, Cocos Creator, GDevelop, GameMaker Studio 2.
- What am I actually paying for with Construct 3?
- The record lists 24 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for building 2d browser games without writing code, publishing html5 games to the web, desktop and mobile stores from one project.
- Does Construct 3 charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Construct 3 prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Construct 3 against before paying?
- The closest game development tools in this directory are Perforce Helix Core, Photon Engine, Cocos Creator, GDevelop. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Construct 3 covering price, platforms and features.