

The engine, which supports over 25 platforms from the obvious iOS to PS4, to the less visible Windows Mixed Reality or Android TV, has been installed more than 33 billion times in just the last 12 months. Unity game players are located in 195 countries - which is literally every single country on the planet. Some data does partly support that image: as of September 2019, 52% of the top 1,000 mobile games were powered by Unity, as well as 60% of all AR/VR content, according to the company. While it's hard to back up this statement with cold hard facts, it is without a doubt the most common belief when it comes to Unity: the engine is known for being the go-to development environment for indie and mobile games.

Looking across the Rezzed zone at EGX, Tea for Two co-founder Garry Williams jokes that 99% of the indie developers exhibiting on the show floor probably use Unity. You can read our other in-depth guides on all the major game engines on this page. Here, we'll try to address many of the issues concerning one of the most popular game engines, Unity, so you can see if it's the right game engine for your project. For developers just starting in the industry, the task of choosing the best game engine can be daunting.
