CryENGINE Free Use

Anyone can now download a full version of the best All-In-One Game Development Engine, for free and use it without charge for non-commercial game development. You can try out the fastest toolset for creating game worlds and use the power of CryENGINE 3 in your own games

CryENGINE Free Use
You can use CryENGINE 3 for free in educational facilities, even if you are charging tuition. We have always offered our engine for free to educators, but now individual students can also freely download the engine and use it to learn about real-time 3D development.

CryENGINE 3 is also free for non-commercial use; if you are distributing your game or application for free (and not charging for your work in producing it, whether directly or indirectly), no additional license is required.

CryENGINE 3 Independent Developers Platform
We want you to make games with CryENGINE 3 that people will want to play. We hope that your work will lead to a product you can commercialise. If this is the case, before you can sell your work or your game, you must seek a development license for CryENGINE 3.

CryENGINE 3 for Independent Studios, Free To Play Games or Downloadable Games
Crytek has attractive options for smaller games built with CryENGINE 3, with shorter development timescales. If you want to move your game onto platforms other than PC, or you need access to CryENGINE 3 source code, please contact Crytek to find out more about our licensing for Independent Studios.

System Requirements [Developer]

• • Supported operating Systems: XP, Vista, Windows 7 (with Windows 7 recommended)
• • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2GHz or better
• • Memory: 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• • Video Card : nVidia 8800GT 512MB RAM, ATI 3850HD 512MB RAM or better

System Requirements [End User]

End Users who only use the game launcher without Sandbox have lower system requirements.

• • Supported operating Systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 or SP2, Windows 7
• • CPU: 32-bit or 64-bit processor (a multi-core processor is strongly recommended)
• • Memory: 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
• • Video Card: ShaderModel 3 capable graphics card (for example an NVidia 6 series card)

SDK FAQ

Source Sample Assets

CryTiff Plugin

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