Babylon.js
Shares rank 18 of 20 game engines by recommenders
A free 3D engine for the web that full-stack developers can pick up without game experience, praised for impressive browser demos and batteries-included game development features.
A free 3D engine for the web that full-stack developers can pick up without game experience, praised for impressive browser demos and batteries-included game development features.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Batteries included for game development
“gives you more batteries included for game development”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 in “Introducing GPT-5.5” “a small, fast, web-based game engine”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Babylon.js – Web-Based 3D at It's Best” Impressive browser demos and results
“Both the regular and lite demos are pretty amazing for browserware!”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “I tested 10 model/harness combinations on the same Three.js task” “I'm pretty astounded at how well it works out.”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)”
Other game engines people recommend
The four most recommended other game engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godot | 213 | 57 | 79% | 12 | 2 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Unity | 110 | 165 | 40% | 12 | 16 yrs8 owners | — |
| Unreal Engine | 104 | 89 | 54% | 12 | — | — |
| Bevy game engine | 50 | 18 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Babylon.jsThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've been considering migrating to babylon lite as webgpu webxr is nearly ready”
“threejs webgpu and og babylon are way behind”
“Both the regular and lite demos are pretty amazing for browserware!”
“gives you more batteries included for game development”
“which was easy to step into as a full-stack dev with zero game building experience”
“a small, fast, web-based game engine”
“I'm pretty astounded at how well it works out.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.