What is Unity and what can I do with it?
Unity is a fully integrated development engine that provides rich out-of-the-box functionality to create games and other interactive 3D content. You use Unity to assemble your art and assets into scenes and environments; add physics; simultaneously play test and edit your game, and when ready, publish to your chosen platforms, such as desktop computers, the Web, iOS, Android, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Unity’s complete toolset, intuitive workspace and rapid, productive workflows help users to drastically reduce the time, effort and cost of making games.
How do I get Unity?
You can download Unity for free from anywhere on our website. No charge whatsoever and no strings attached. Anyone who meets the terms of the license agreement can use Unity to create, publish and sell games for desktop computers and the web at no cost.
Discover Unity Pro
From our online store, you can purchase Unity Pro, which combines Unity’s ease-of-use with a richer, more powerful feature set than our free version. Unity Pro gives you high-end options for post-processing special effects, pathfinding, light effects, audio filters and performance optimization. Check out our Unity license comparison page for details.
What platforms can I target?
Using Unity, you can publish your game on the following platforms:
Mac OSX App, Windows Executable, Web Browsers (using the Unity WebPlayer), iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360
What kind of games can I make?
Unity supports the creation of almost any game imaginable, including:
Browser-based MMOGs, First-person shooters, Racing games, Real-time strategy games, Third-person shooters, Roleplaying games, Side-scrollers, ...and many more
Visit the gallery section of our site to see some of the games that have been powered by Unity.
Read more about publishing Visit the galleryWhat kind of support does Unity offer?
Crucial resources are freely available to help make the road to your game shorter, faster and a lot more fun. The Unity Community of users is unmatched for its vibrant and open dialog, helpfulness, and camaraderie. Unity Forums, Unity Answers, the Unity Asset Store, our comprehensive Documentation and free step-by-step collection of tutorials - and those made freely available by Unity customers - all help users to stay motivated, jump hurdles, get unstuck and learn about crucial shortcuts and optimizations.