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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Amazon Lumberyard? Game development platform which assists businesses of all sizes fan engagement, visual designs and editing. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 36 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Free and open-source platform. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Animation - Physics Simulation - Player Management - Virtual Reality ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Game Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30951/game-development/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Above all Lumberyard is free with no hidden fees and strings attached. > > **Cons**: It's a new game engine so it's harder to find help with errors. Cloud support is only limited to AWS. > > It's a complete platform to develop and share modern games for PC, console, and mobiles. ----- ### "Simply Amazing" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *11 September 2018* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: \> Increase productivity with better feature and content creation \> Integrated with the worlds largest streaming sight, Twitch. \> Manage work using modularity making your devs more efficient \> Host your game with Amazons other services for a highly available and robust server system. \> FREE\! It is FREE\! You only pay for the other AWS service you use which begs the question, are you on the cloud? > > **Cons**: You are unable to distribute the engine you when you have customised the engine due to licence agreements. This is understandable but still disappointing if you have spent a large amount of time souping it up. > > I work closely with developers in numerous Games companie. i administer and monitor these services providing cost reports and assistance where required. I have played games developed on this engine and they are simply sublime ----- ### "Amazon Lumberyard (To Infinity & Beyond)" — 3.0/5 > **JAZE** | *15 August 2021* | Architecture & Planning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: You can develop games on various platforms such as PC, Android, Ios, MacOs, PS4 and Xbox. It's free to use so if you feel like getting your hands dirty and making your very own game come to life, you can certainly take a gander. > > **Cons**: If you don't have a background as a software developer, then this might turn out to be quite mind boggling. The system requirements needed to run the engine are not mediocre either. You better have at least 14gb of RAM to spare, a 3GHZ quad-core processor and a semi-high-end GPU to render all of these graphics on your machine. > > This was my first time at attempting anything of this magnitude and I must say it has been quite the experience from day one until now. One thing's for sure though, it has been a rollercoaster ride seeing Lumberyard go through its growing pains but in the end, I believe it will prevail through it all. ----- ### "An Intuitive Gaming Engine." — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *4 April 2022* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The aesthetics are stunning, and the landscaping is very straightforward in terms of complexity. The Gizmo widget is easy to identify and has a better tooltip to explain what the cog is doing. > > **Cons**: The software has some limits, as well as the design options available to you. There is no doubt that there is opportunity for further development. > > I'm in regular contact with programmers from a variety of game studios. My job is to keep an eye on these services, providing cost reports and support as needed. Several games I've played on this engine have left me speechless. ----- ### "Lumberyard is a great multi-level program." — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *19 February 2018* | Telecommunications > > **Pros**: From when it first became available, I've loved using Lumberyard. It's got so many features that are all in one place that you really can't go wrong. It also has improved massively over the years, with more to come I'm sure. Just like anything else, though, you'll want to experience with every tool for your project. > > **Cons**: Sometimes it would break down on me, but with the level of improvements, I think they're ironing out a lot of issues. I can also see how some things could be confusing for new users in the UI ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/157216/amazon-lumberyard?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/157216/amazon-lumberyard) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data