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Flax Engine pricing
Flax Engine publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the game development tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Flax Engine 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 | 7 | Entry tier |
Where Flax Engine stops being free
Free, Free
- Full engine
- Visual editor
- C# scripting
- 3D graphics
- Physics engine
- Audio support
- Community support
No paid tier on record
Flax Engine lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Flax Engine 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.
Core
- 3D graphics rendering
- Visual editor
- C# scripting
- Physics engine
- Audio system
- Particle effects
- Skeletal animation
- Material system
- Lighting system
Integrations
- C#
- .NET
- Visual Studio
Security
- Open-source
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Console deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Linux support
- Playstation support
- Xbox support
Localization
- C# language support
People bring Flax Engine in for building 3d games in c# and c++ with full engine source access, multi-platform deployment from one editor, prototyping with the bundled flax samples projects. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Flax Engine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flax Engine (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Clickteam Fusion | $99/one-time | subscription | - | vs Flax Engine |
| Bevy | Free | free | - | vs Flax Engine |
| AppGameKit | Free | free | - | vs Flax Engine |
| Aseprite | $19.99/once | one-time | - | vs Flax Engine |
| Buildbox | Free | freemium | - | vs Flax Engine |
| Adventure Game Studio | Free | free | - | vs Flax Engine |
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 Flax Engine badges page.
Before you pay for Flax Engine
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Flax Engine runs on windows, linux, playstation, xbox, and is published by Flax Team of Community-driven. The full record is on the Flax Engine review, and the rest of the category is under best game development tools.
Flax Engine pricing questions
- How much does Flax Engine cost?
- Flax Engine publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Flax Engine have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full engine, visual editor, c# scripting.
- Which game development tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 game development tools listed alongside Flax Engine have a free tier: Bevy, AppGameKit, Buildbox, Adventure Game Studio, Armory3D.
- What am I actually paying for with Flax Engine?
- The record lists 20 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for building 3d games in c# and c++ with full engine source access, multi-platform deployment from one editor, prototyping with the bundled flax samples projects.
- Does Flax Engine charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 Flax Engine 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 Flax Engine against before paying?
- The closest game development tools in this directory are Clickteam Fusion, Bevy, AppGameKit, Aseprite. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Flax Engine covering price, platforms and features.