Average sentiment around major game engines on game dev subreddits

Summary · qwen2.5:32b

A visualization of sentiment analysis for major game engines on r/gamedev and similar subreddits from 2009 to 2026 shows generally stable sentiments over time, except for Unreal and Unity, which have gradually received less praise. The data is subject to biases, such as more positive comments about niche engines due to their limited user base.

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<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1uoi481/average_sentiment_around_major_game_engines_on/"> <img alt="Average sentiment around major game engines on game dev subreddits" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/65QS3CvN0xYxYe4LuBqWql9SO8lMNFosqrV4Vqjgx8g.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=38e1cb5886947723b81ec3efd9ff683b854ba223" title="Average sentiment around major game engines on game dev subreddits" /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, small visualization I made for fun on sentiment for different game engines on gamedev subreddits (mainly <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev">r/gamedev</a>). Don't take it too seriously, it's probably filled with biases (for example people might say more positive things about a niche engine just because it's niche)</p> <p>Data from 2009 to 2026, I also plotted the sentiment overtime and it didn't change that much except for unreal and unity where they gradually started receiveing less praise.</p> <p>I also did two plots by category discussed I'll share the links in a comment (or images if I can, posts can't have images here)</p> <p>What do you think? It might be a little more useful if scaled it since It would have more categories (for example in Networking there is only enough data for Unity and Unreal)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tryhard_314"> /u/Tryhard_314 </a> <br /> <span><a href="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/29596417/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1uoi481/average_sentiment_around_major_game_engines_on/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>