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24 alternatives to GameLisp, a scripting language for Rust game development

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GameLisp, a scripting language for Rust game development launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Rust 1.0▲6

   A high-level, safe and concurrent alternative to C++

   2015 · rust-lang.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Torchbear – fast, safe, simple, and complete(R) Rust scripting engine▲6

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   A minimal working Rust / SDL2 / WASM browser game▲82

   "Game" is a stretch, but I put together this repo containing a pure Rust app which uses SDL2 and compiles to WASM (and can be run in a browser). Older resources were a bit out of date and a bit too verbose for my purposes, so here's a minimal working example.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Encrusted – A Zork Interpreter Written in Rust / WebAssembly▲6

   2018 · sterlingdemille.com · its alternatives →

5. 5CH
   CodeJunkers – HTML5 Loot-Based Programming Game▲6

   2017 · codejunkers.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AP
   A Python Web Framework with Rust Runtime▲5

   2022 · sanskar.me · its alternatives →

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   A REPL for practising bitwise operations, written in Rust▲5

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Maelstrom – A Hermetic, Clustered Test Runner for Rust (and It's Fast)▲6

   2024 · maelstrom-software.com · its alternatives →

9. 9RR
   Rust / Red Alert inspired WASM game in the browser (open source)▲6

   Jun 2026 · punnerud.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ockam Workers – An Actor Model Implementation in Rust▲5

    2021 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

11. 11OP
    Object Playground - The definitive guide to object-oriented JavaScript▲5

    2013 · objectplayground.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    My Peer-to-Peer Multiplayer JavaScript Game Framework▲9

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AT
    A tool for making live-moddable games in Clojure▲6

    2014 · nightmod.net · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Rusdantic▲5

    A unified, high-performance data validation and serialization framework for Rust, inspired by Pydantic's ergonomics and powered by Serde.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CG
    Codebattle – game for coders▲7

    2015 · battle.hexlet.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Rocket▲5

    Web Framework for Rust

    2016 · rocket.rs · its alternatives →

17. 17FA
    Fallgate – A tiny game built in TypeScript▲6

    2019 · mbforbes.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18EI
    Erth.io – a multiplayer platform brawler▲9

    2017 · erth.io · its alternatives →

19. 19IB
    I built a JSON based multiplayer framework and platform for web games▲6

    2022 · docs.acos.games · its alternatives →

20. 20ET
    engine262 - the self-hosted JavaScript engine▲5

    2019 · engine262.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Tophat – a 2d game framework for Umka▲5

    Tophat 2d game framework

    2023 · tophat2d.dev · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Rust 1.1▲1

    A memory-safe alternative to C/C++ with modern semantics

    2015 · blog.rust-lang.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A book introducing Geospatial and Rust▲11

    My friend and I have been collaborating on this lighthearted introduction to doing geospatial computation in rust. Don't know Rust? Don't know geospatial? I'd be interested to know what you think.

    2022 · book.georust.org · its alternatives →

24. 24MR
    My recreation of cyberpunk/futuristic UI in rust▲8

    2020 · ivanceras.github.io · its alternatives →

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