What are the best sources of royalty free game assets?

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Best sources of royalty free game assets	Price	Last Updated
89 Kenney Assets	-	Jul 8, 2020
84 Unity Asset Store	-	Jul 10, 2020
-- OpenGameArt	-	Aug 14, 2018
-- Game Assets Garden	-	Jul 14, 2020
-- CraftPix.net	0	Apr 13, 2020

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score 29 · Answer 1

Kenney Assets

Top Pro

Public domain license

All game assets are public domain licensed, which means they're completely free to use in both personal and commercial projects. Attribution isn't required. See More

Top Con

Large gaps between new asset releases

Because just two people are creating assets, Kenney and his girlfriend, new asset releases can have gaps of up to a month. See More

Top Pro

Nice and beautiful

Top Pro

All game assets are completely free

All of the 20,000 game assets available on the site can be downloaded for free, they require no sign-up. See More

Top Pro

Wide array of asset types

The game assets come in package with 2D sprites, 3D models, audio files, fonts, UI elements, textures and full game sources (Construct). See More

Top Pro

Packs can be combined

The various packs all have a similar style which makes it easy to mix-and-match various asset packs to create a complete game. See More

Top Pro

Original vector files also included

This makes it possible to re-save these assets at any resolution needed. See More

Top Pro

Assets can be filtered and searched

Game assets can be filtered (by type, tag) and searched through. See More

Top Pro

Friendly reddit community

New releases, pack requests and help with the site can found on r/kenney. See More

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score 16 · Answer 2

Unity Asset Store

Top Pro

User review system helps gauge asset quality

Those who have downloaded an asset can give it a rating (5-star system) and optionally a written review. Packages with at least four show their average rating, and total number of ratings. (Packages below the threshold show "Not enough ratings" instead.) See More

Top Con

Unity3D license required to download assets

Though assets may be browsed through the web, they can only be downloaded from within a licensed and registered copy of Unity3D (Free or Pro). However, once downloaded, the Asset Store EULA does not prevent using them in non-Unity projects so long as those projects match the "games and interactive media" description. See More

Top Pro

Excellent presentation, organization, and search

The Unity Asset Store is well-presented, with an intuitive category system and effective search. In addition, the requirements to place an asset on the store include providing several standardized graphical and descriptive elements so that individual packages match the same presentation standards as the store itself. See More

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score 12 · Answer 3

OpenGameArt

Top Pro

Committed to free/open licensing

All assets made available through OpenGameArt must be licensed under one (or more) of the following: CC0, OGA-BY, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, GPL or LGPL. See More

Top Con

Mediocre organization and search functionality

The curator of OpenGameArt acknowledges that the tools for finding the assets you need are sub-par. Correcting this is a near-future priority for improvement, and as of September 2014 is the next milestone goal of the site's Patreon campaign. See More

HilariousCerberus's Experience

The interface is really conforting, the insane amount of content and variety makes me get stuck just looking at the assets and sounds people have made, and their stories of why are their products in there, and, it's an amazingly helpful page, for a lot of people, including me. keep uo the good job! See More

Top Pro

2D and 3D art

OpenGameArt has both 2D and 3D art assets. See More

Top Con

Assets may have restrictive licenses

OpenGameArt hosts art under any of several licenses, some of which may not be suitable for commercial projects or for release on certain distribution platforms. Careful review of which licenses are compatible with your project is essential. The site's search facility allows filtering by license. See More

Top Pro

Supports asset requests

OpenGameArt has community forum sections dedicated to Resource Requests and Open Commissions. See More

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score 20 · Answer 4

Game Assets Garden

Top Pro

It's a great site

Top Con

Nothing I can think of.

GenuineEkecheiria's Experience

Highly recommended!!! See More

RationalEpimetheus's Experience

Exceptional See More

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score 22 · Answer 5

CraftPix.net

Top Pro

Opportunity to get unlimited access to the entire collection for $17 a month

IncredibleDiJun's Experience

Material muito bom disponibilizado de graça! See More

Top Pro

Regular updates

Regular updates of the collection. See More

Top Pro

Price-quality ratio

Top Pro

High-priority support

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score 5 · Answer 6

Freesound

Top Con

Some assets may have restrictive licenses

Freesound permits uploaders to select the CC-BY license, which disallows the use of DRM, and the CC-BY-NC license, which disallows commercial use entirely. Licenses are prominently displayed on an asset's details page, and represented by a small icon in list views, but there is no option to filter by asset when searching or browsing. See More

Top Pro

Extensive asset information

Each sample has a details page which includes a waveform view, a full-length audio preview, user-assigned tags, author-assigned "pack" grouping, and an author chain ("remixes and sources") for derivative assets. See More

Top Con

Audio samples and sound effects only

Freesound does not host music tracks, or any kind of non-audio asset. See More

Top Pro

Creative Commons licensing

All assets made available through Freesound are required to be licensed under either CC0, CC-BY or CC-BY-NC. See More

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score 13 · Answer 7

GameDev Market

Top Pro

Offers a good variety of resource types

GameDev Market includes 2D, 3D, UI, and audio resources. See More

Top Con

Personal storefronts could have better discoverability

Currently personal storefronts / seller profiles have a simple list of assets. There are no categories, tags, genre-information, type information, etc that could help narrow the list down. See More

Top Con

Basic search

Search only matches keywords with titles. No way to search based on type, color, etc. See More

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score 12 · Answer 8

Mobile Game Graphics

Top Pro

High Quality Free Game Assets

Mobile Game Graphics offers hundreds of free game assets. Get free game graphics, sprites, tile sets, parallax game backgrounds, themes, pixel art, sprite sheet, and characters. See More

Top Con

Questionable licensing

Some game assets (like the 'Pixel Heroes' set) have a questionable license, where there's no mention of the original copyright holder (Marvel). See More

Top Pro

Reasonably Price

Price of game assets is very affordable. With Mobile Game Graphics you don't need to break the bank to get high-quality game assets. See More

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score 2 · Answer 9

IndieGameMusic.com

Top Pro

Exclusive licensing available

Some tracks are available for exclusive licensing. They become yours alone, and get removed from the track listing. See More

Top Con

Some assets may have restrictive licenses

Hosted tracks are permitted to enforce a Freeware license, which restricts their use to freeware projects only. The search system allows filtering by license. Track listings are visually tagged with available licenses. See More

Top Pro

Supports asset requests

IndieGameMusic.com provides a searchable database of musicians available for project work. See More

Top Con

Music only

IndieGameMusic.com hosts only full-length musical compositions, not sound clips or assets of any other type. See More

Top Pro

Comprehensive tagging and search facility

Tracks may be searched by artist, genre, mood, license, file type, license fee, and other criteria. See More

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score 7 · Answer 10

Clickstore

Top Pro

Lots of free items

http://clickstore.clickteam.com/libraries/graphic-libraries See More

Top Pro

Open Source Game Templates

http://clickstore.clickteam.com/open-source See More

Top Pro

Effects Libraries

http://clickstore.clickteam.com/libraries/effect-libraries See More

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score 3 · Answer 11

GameMaker:Studio Marketplace

Top Con

Can be used with Game Maker only

Assets are only offered to Game Maker developers. See More

Top Pro

Has a selection of free assetts

About 30 free assets are available. See More

Top Pro

Reasonably priced

Most assets are under $5. The more advanced assets can usually go for around $20-$25. See More

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score 14 · Answer 12

Scirra Asset Store

Top Pro

Bundles available

Buy multiple royalty free assets in bundles at a discount. See More

Top Con

Asset license is restricted to 1 commercial project

Scirra uses a proprietary license for their store, which disallows using any asset in more than 1 commercial project unless the license is re-purchased. Free projects are excluded from this restriction, and it does not apply to assets purchased under an exclusive license. See More

Top Pro

Supports lots of world currencies

GBP, USD, Euros. CAD, RUB, AUD and lots more. See More

Top Pro

All assets licensed with the same Royalty Free License

Makes it easy and safe to buy all assets. See More

Top Pro

Ease of use for vendors

The Scirra store is particularly easy to use for asset vendors - an approved vendor can upload a new asset in a matter of minutes, version and sub-version handling is handled simply, and demoing and feedback of products can be handled by Scirra's existing (and also very easy-to-use) infrastructure, such as the Arcade and forum. The review process for assets is very efficient, despite ensuring a high quality of content. See More

Top Pro

Browse through pack contents

The site allows to browse the packs content without purchasing first. See More

Top Pro

Frequent sales

Top Pro

Can easily see what you are going to buy

The assets are displayed well and easy to browse. See More

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score 4 · Answer 13

Game Creator Store

Top Pro

Offers variety of resource types

Offering 2D, 3D, audio resources as well as others. See More

Teabone's Experience

The most affordable assets for game developers anywhere on the entire web. The free assets are also nothing to sneeze over either. See More

Top Pro

Always running promotions

Top Pro

Lots of free and cheap assets

Good selection of free and cheap assets from range of creators. See More

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score 1 · Answer 14

Skirmish Marketplace

Top Pro

Quickly finds game assets from various stores

score 1 · Answer 15

Quaternius LowPoly Assets

Top Pro

A lot of different models, even animated characters

CaffeinatedBelili's Experience

Really easy to implement See More

score 1 · Answer 16

15 Options Considered

My Recommendation for Kenney Assets

My Recommendation for Kenney Assets

Public domain license

Large gaps between new asset releases

Nice and beautiful

All game assets are completely free

Wide array of asset types

Packs can be combined

Original vector files also included

Assets can be filtered and searched

Friendly reddit community

My Recommendation for Unity Asset Store

My Recommendation for Unity Asset Store

User review system helps gauge asset quality

Unity3D license required to download assets

Excellent presentation, organization, and search

My Recommendation for OpenGameArt

My Recommendation for OpenGameArt

Committed to free/open licensing

Mediocre organization and search functionality

2D and 3D art

Assets may have restrictive licenses

Supports asset requests

My Recommendation for Game Assets Garden

My Recommendation for Game Assets Garden

It's a great site

Nothing I can think of.

My Recommendation for CraftPix.net

My Recommendation for CraftPix.net

Opportunity to get unlimited access to the entire collection for $17 a month

Regular updates

Price-quality ratio

High-priority support

My Recommendation for Freesound

My Recommendation for Freesound

Some assets may have restrictive licenses

Extensive asset information

Audio samples and sound effects only

Creative Commons licensing

My Recommendation for GameDev Market

My Recommendation for GameDev Market

Offers a good variety of resource types

Personal storefronts could have better discoverability

Basic search

My Recommendation for Mobile Game Graphics

My Recommendation for Mobile Game Graphics

High Quality Free Game Assets

Questionable licensing

Reasonably Price

My Recommendation for IndieGameMusic.com

My Recommendation for IndieGameMusic.com

Exclusive licensing available

Some assets may have restrictive licenses

Supports asset requests

Music only

Comprehensive tagging and search facility

My Recommendation for Clickstore

My Recommendation for Clickstore

Lots of free items

Open Source Game Templates

Effects Libraries

My Recommendation for GameMaker:Studio Marketplace

My Recommendation for GameMaker:Studio Marketplace

Can be used with Game Maker only

Has a selection of free assetts

Reasonably priced

My Recommendation for Scirra Asset Store

My Recommendation for Scirra Asset Store

Bundles available

Asset license is restricted to 1 commercial project

Supports lots of world currencies

All assets licensed with the same Royalty Free License

Ease of use for vendors

Browse through pack contents

Frequent sales

Can easily see what you are going to buy

My Recommendation for Game Creator Store

My Recommendation for Game Creator Store

Offers variety of resource types