Board Game Engine

Board Game Engine

Omnibox Games Ltd · January 22, 2022 · Board Game, Simulation, Tabletop, Game Development, Level Editor

Board Game Engine is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mostly Negative36% · 14 📉 Recent reviews down 20%
This game is free to play. Get it on Steam →

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Board Game Engine price

Board Game Engine is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Board Game Engine

Normally the Editor would be paid, however since multiplayer has not been implemented we are allowing free access until we release the multiplayer update. You can buy the Editor early to support us, but note that it does not unlock additional features at this time.

The Board Game Engine was built with game developers in mind as a tool for designing and prototyping your very own tabletop games with as much freedom as possible.

Free to Play


Play your favorite games or playtest upcoming titles for free! Pay only for the Editor.

Game Editor


A detailed game editor for creating your final prototypes. Everything you need to make your games can be found in the Game Editor, though dedicated editors are planned for all components. Modify core mechanics like players, hand limits, create a grid, or place snapping points for objects.

Versioning Support


All save types have versioning support, so you can switch between different versions of any type of save, even down to individual components. Update items of the same version in bulk inside the game editor.

Deck Editor


A dedicated deck editor, pulling together all saved cards into one simple UI for constructing decks.

Steam Workshop Support


Upload and download creations on the Steam Workshop. Free to play users can download from the Workshop too!

Board Game Engine — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Dec 15, 2023
---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ If it's on sale ☐ Not recommended ☑ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☑ Game breaking ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ Completeness }--- ☐ Feels complete ☐ Obvious progress ☐ Devlog progress ☐ No evident progress ☑ Abandoned ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☑ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
12 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 26, 2022
It's been almost a year since I purchased this and not one single update has been made. The program is impossible to use, even for something like creating cards. I can't import any pawns, cards, models, nothing. Waste of money.
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 18, 2022
unfinished and bad
2 found this helpful
Not recommended May 7, 2023
It appears that you have to create all objects external and pick them from folders. But all in all it is not even far described what to do and how. No tutorial what so ever, if you want to start you have to trial and error with the "options" wich are also very limited if not absend at all! The sad thing here is, that this is litterally a wasted potential of something that could have been great - IF it would have been user-friendly but it sure just isn´t and it also seems like it will never become hence the lack of further development - so it seems... So do you want to buy it? NOPE definitily not, if you on the other hand REALLY want to give it a try, grab the free to use version , BUT bring a lot of time and PATIENCE, or you will not be happy with this software - like I mentioned, you need exterial software like paint or similar.... Havn´t tryed things like blender for eventually creating 3D-pawns (at least in the options to pick a data-formate their has been the option to choose .mdl and .obj datafiles...) Based on all mentioned above, I cannot recomment this software, even if it is for free; not worth the time especially not worth a dime!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 21, 2023
[h1]Before I played Board Game Engine, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 15, 2025
Raw and boring. Almost no features, no multiplayer, and a weak editor.

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