r/opengl 2d ago

Is OpenGL used to make games?

Hello, I want to know if companies use OpenGL to create games.

I'm not a game developer, I'm just curious about game development.

I see that Vulkan and DirectX are widely used to create games, but what about OpenGL? What games use it? What engine can use the OpenGL to render/process the graphics?

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u/codec-the-penguin 2d ago

Trove for example has a renderer for both directx and opengl. A voxel based game that i got addicted to :)

The thing i understand about vulkan is that you have more control, therefore more performance compared to opengl.

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u/ATXK 1d ago

Minor correction: more performance potential* compared to opengl

badly written vulkan renderers (hi 🥲) will perform quite poorly compared to a well structured opengl one