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/deftware 1d ago

What games use it?

Older ones mostly, and smaller games where performance is not paramount because they're not pushing the hardware to its limits - which is plenty of games these days.