80 GameDev Tools Cheat Sheet

80 GameDev Tools Cheat Sheet

Here’s a quick look at the most popular gamedev tools in 2025:

📝 PLANNING
• Asana
• Jira
• ClickUp
• HacknPlan

💬 COMMUNICATION
• Slack
• Discord
• Google Meet
• Zoom

📄 DOCUMENTATION
• Notion
• Confluence
• Google Docs
• Coda

🧠 WHITEBOARD
• Figma
• Miro
• Mural
• Canva

👥 HR
• Workable
• Greenhouse
• PeopleForce
• Lever

💻 CODE
• JetBrains
• Visual Studio
• Xcode
• Eclipse

🕹️ GAME ENGINE
• Unity
• Unreal Engine
• Godot
• Cocos

🌐 NETWORKING
• Photon
• Mirror
• Nakama
• Unity Multiplayer

⚙️ CI/CD
• TeamCity
• Jenkins
• GitLab CI/CD
• Bamboo

🧪 QA
• TestRail
• Bugsee
• GameBench
• AltTester

🎨 3D ART
• Blender
• 3DS Max
• ZBrush
• Substance Painter

🖌️ 2D ART
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Spine
• Gimp

🎞️ ANIMATION
• Maya
• Mixamo
• Cascadeur
• Move AI

🎧 SOUND
• Wwise
• FMOD
• REAPER
• Nuendo

✍️ NARRATIVE
• Articy:Draft
• Twine
• Inky
• Google Sheets

📊 MARKET RESEARCH
• Sensor Tower
• App Magic
• SteamDB
• Playliner

📈 ANALYTICS
• Game Analytics
• Firebase
• Tableau
• Amplitude

🎮 PLAYTESTING
• Antidote
• Playtest Cloud
• Playtesting Games
• QATestLab

💰 MONETIZATION
• AppLovin
• AdMob
• Balancy
• Chartboost

🌍 LOCALIZATION
• Lokalise
• Phrase
• Gridly
• memoQ