# Cube engine

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Cube engine and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source game engine that people remember fondly, praised for its octree rendering and for providing the ENet networking library.

## Why people recommend it

- Fondly remembered, admired engine work (2 comments): "I have fond memories of porting Cube, Sauerbraten and AssaultCube to the Mac back in the day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47246651)) "His early work on Cube engine and Amiga-E are still awesome to look at." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243243))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Godot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/godot.md): 213 recommend
- [Unity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unity.md): 110 recommend
- [Unreal Engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unreal-engine.md): 104 recommend
- [Bevy game engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bevy.md): 50 recommend
- [id Tech engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/id-tech-engine.md): 26 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cube engine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cube/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).