BRUTAL
A free, open source C# framework for making games, or your own game engine. Direct access to native APIs and Vulkan, with the low-level libraries around them. The foundation under Kitten Space Agency and RimWorld's Waylith engine.
BRUTAL launched on 14 October 2026. It ranked #87 on Daily Launch on 20 October 2026 with a Launch Score of 17, from +63 stars on 20 Oct on GitHub. It moved down 8 places from the day before.
What is BRUTAL?
A free, open source C# framework for making games, or your own game engine. BRUTAL is a framework. You can make a game directly with it, or use it as the foundation for a separate engine. We made Kitten Space Agency directly on BRUTAL. Ludeon built their Waylith engine on it to move RimWorld off Unity.
From its README on GitHub
BRUTAL is a repo by ahwootech on GitHub. It is written in C#.
How to get BRUTAL
git clone https://github.com/ahwootech/BRUTAL.gitFrom its README on GitHub
More steps and the source are in its repository on GitHub.
Screenshot of ahwoo.com