GameMaker for Mac

GameMaker is now available on Mac!

Note: GameMaker for Mac is version 7 and not compatible with GameMaker for Windows 8.1 or GameMaker: Studio™.

Already bought GameMaker for Mac? Download it here.

Are you new to game development? Do you have great ideas for games, but don't have the programming ability to make them a reality? Or are you an experienced designer, artist or programmer who just wants to speed up your game development process?

Whatever level of experience you have, GameMaker for Mac will provide you with the tools you need to make exciting games, quickly and easily.

GameMaker for Mac

Offering a drag-and-drop interface for rapid design and iteration of gameplay features, graphics and sound, as well as a fully-featured integrated development environment (IDE) and a flexible, built-in scripting language (GML, GameMaker Language), GameMaker for Mac is the perfect low-cost tool for quick, easy games development for Mac OS X.

Or if you're interested in multi-platform development, including HTML5 web applications and mobile devices, take a look at our flagship product, GameMaker: Studio™. As well as add-on export modules, GameMaker: Studio™ also includes a host of new features like built-in physics and source control management.

Made with GameMaker

Lazy Mouse Planet Descent Simply Sudoku Grave Maker B.A.S.E. Jumper Simply Minesweeper Simply Word Search Simply Solitaire Pro

See what's possible with GameMaker! The Game Showcase contains a complete list of the great games made with GameMaker and published by YoYo Games on iOS, Android, Symbian and in HTML5.

Try GameMaker

If you want to try out GameMaker before you buy, you can do so free of charge! Download GameMaker for Mac Lite version now to try out this amazing application!

Key features

A side-by-side comparison of features in the full and lite versions of GameMaker for Mac:

Feature Lite Full
Price (USD) Free $19.99
Drag & drop interface Yes Yes
Backgrounds, sprites & images Yes Yes
Animated graphics Yes Yes
Rotate sprites No Yes
Internal image editor Yes Yes
Modify resources at run-time – sprites, backgrounds, paths etc. No Yes
Particle effects No Yes
3D graphics No Yes
3D hardware acceleration No Yes
Off-screen surfaces – for rendering dynamic textures No Yes
Interstitial screens – loading screens, videos No Yes
Font control Yes Yes
Advanced text drawing – rotation etc. No Yes
Sound effects & music Yes Yes
Built-in data structures – stacks, lists, dictionaries, queues etc. No Yes
Paths and timelines Yes Yes
AI pathfinding No Yes
Internal code editor – with user-definable syntax colouring Yes Yes
GameMaker Language (GML) – highly flexible scripting language Yes Yes
Extensions – using custom external DLLs No Yes
Packaged with images and sounds – freeware samples Yes Yes
Auto-updater – for updates and bug fixes Yes Yes
Create executables No Yes
Price (USD) Free $19.99
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System requirements

Intel Mac, running Mac OS Leopard v10.5 or Snow Leopard v10.6.

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