Top 40 Game Development Forums in 2025

1. GameDev Forums

Forum https://www.gamedev.net/forums/ + Follow
GameDev.net is your resource for game development with forums, tutorials and more with a goal to provide a platform for professionals, hobbyists, and students in the games industry to learn, share, and connect.MORE Twitter Followers 16.7K Frequency 7 posts/week View Recent Threads

2. Idle Thumbs » Game Development

Forum https://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/forum/38-ga.. + Follow
Idle Thumbs forum is the home of video game podcasts, if you're making a game, or trying to learn to make games, this is for you. Discuss indie marketing, find a list of computer game graphic designers and composers for your next project, post your creation, and get feedback.MORE Facebook Followers 2.3KTwitter Followers 54.1K Frequency 10 posts/quarter Since Feb 2014 View Recent Threads

3. HTML5 Game Devs Forum

Forum https://www.html5gamedevs.com/ + Follow
This forum is a place to get all HTML5 game development talks. Read the latest HTML5 Game Dev news, explore articles, talk about game releases, frameworks, & demos, and find related videos, tutorials, and more.MORE Twitter Followers 15.5K Frequency 3 posts/week View Recent Threads

4. TIGForums

Forum https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php + Follow
TIGSource is a community of independent game developers and players. The TIGForum is a community for independent gaming discussions like playtesting, DevLogs, audio, design, technical, business, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 4.4KTwitter Followers 15.1K Frequency 12 posts/day View Recent Threads

5. Indie DB » Development Banter

Forum https://www.indiedb.com/forum/board/developme.. + Follow
Smack talk other indie / mod / commercial game developers. Shall your secrets, talk about the industry at large in this category. IndieDB is a community for game developers with an aim to support independent developers and their games, by providing them with a place to showcase their hard workMORE Facebook Followers 39.4KTwitter Followers 72.7K Frequency 1 post/week View Recent Threads

6. Epic Developer Community Forums

Forum https://forums.unrealengine.com/ + Follow
A place to discuss, share, and learn all things Unreal. Talk about asset creation, animation, world creation, modding and more. Unreal Engine is the world's most open and advanced real-time 3D tool.MORE Threads 476K Posts 3M Members 7M Twitter Followers 575.5KInstagram Followers 997K Frequency 30 posts/day View Recent Threads

7. Reddit » Game Development

Forum https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/ + Follow
Game Development is a subreddit for serious discussion about anything related to game development. Talk about game programming, math, art, music, business, and marketing, share about your favorite games or just cool images & GIFs, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 1.9MTwitter Followers 1.1M Frequency 26 posts/day Since May 2008 View Recent Threads

8. Game Development Stack Exchange

Forum https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/ + Follow
Game Development Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professional and independent game developers. Ask questions, clear your doubts, and share your opinions & suggestions on game development.MORE Facebook Followers 516.9KTwitter Followers 243.4K Frequency 6 posts/day View Recent Threads

9. FreeGameDev Forums

Forum https://forum.freegamedev.net/ + Follow
FreeGameDev Forums is an open source game community & development. This is mainly for discussions on general game, developer, featured projects, project showcase, collaborations and more.
Frequency 1 post/week View Recent Threads

10. Devtalk » Game Development

Forum https://forum.devtalk.com/c/game-developer-fo.. + Follow
Devtalk community is a place to come chat about what's trending in the developer space. The following category focusses on discussions related to general dev, code editor, memory leaks, frontend development, backend development, content creators and more.MORE Twitter Followers 973 Frequency 4 posts/month View Recent Threads

11. Brackeys » Programming

Forum https://forum.brackeys.com/categories/program.. + Follow
Brackeys is a community for game developers. This section of the forum focusses on asking programming related questions, getting guides, tutorials, images, error and more.
Facebook Followers 26KTwitter Followers 51.9K Frequency 1 post/month View Recent Threads

12. Wildfire Games » Game Development & Technical Discussion

Forum https://wildfiregames.com/forum/forum/312-gam.. + Follow
Wildfire Games is an independent free software video game developer and is an international community consisting of dozens of game developers and gamers. This category is for technical discussion about the development of the game 0 A.D. Feel free to ask questions of the developers and among yourselves.MORE Frequency 5 posts/month View Recent Threads

13. Hive Workshop » Game Development

Forum https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/game-deve.. + Follow
The Hive Workshop is the largest Warcraft III community centered around modding, custom games, programming, and art. This section is a place for game designers to show off their work, get help in their game-creation venture and discuss their ideas.MORE Facebook Followers 3.4KTwitter Followers 1.3K Frequency 3 posts/year View Recent Threads

14. Code Forum » Game Development

Forum https://codeforum.org/forums/game-development.66/ + Follow
Code Forum's mission is to help each other learn, build and share code by providing a community that supports each other through discussion & question-based threads and providing resources that will give developers the upper hand on creating their project. This category is for discussing all content for game development including Roblox development, Lua, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 49Twitter Followers 89Instagram Followers 185 Frequency 1 post/quarter View Recent Threads

15. Thrive Development Forum

Forum https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/ + Follow
Thrive Development Forum is for discussing the game's future releases, programming, game performance, process panel, gameplay, graphics, process system design, save / load menu functions, sounds, game mechanics, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 post/week View Recent Threads

16. Choice of Games » Game Development

Forum https://forum.choiceofgames.com/c/game-develo.. + Follow
Choice of Games Forum is for discussing choice of games, for writing your own game in ChoiceScript, and for having choice-based interactive fiction. This section of the forum is a place to discuss game development related tutorials, coding issues, questions, queries, doubts and more.MORE Facebook Followers 12.2KTwitter Followers 9.8KInstagram Followers 664 Frequency 3 posts/week View Recent Threads

17. Indie Game Dev Forums

Forum https://indiegamedev.net/forums/viewforum.php.. + Follow
A forum dedicated to providing information and help for solo and hobby game developers for discussing game design, development, architecture, audio, feedback and more.
Twitter Followers 204 Frequency 3 posts/week View Recent Threads

18. Python-Forum » Game Development

Forum https://python-forum.io/forum-11.html + Follow
Python-Forum is a place to post questions regarding Pygame, Pyglet or general game logic. This category of the forum is for asking game development related questions, tutorials, applications, and more.MORE Frequency 3 posts/month View Recent Threads

19. Buildbox Forum

Forum https://www.buildbox.com/forum/index.php + Follow
Buildbox is a truly drag and drop game builder that anyone can use to create beautiful games for a myriad of platforms. Their forum community holds general discussions, questions, technical discussions, gameplay, level designing, game marketing, and more.MORE Twitter Followers 6.7K Frequency 5 posts/week View Recent Threads

20. Cocos Forums

Forum https://discuss.cocos2d-x.org/ + Follow
Cocos Creator is a unified package of game development tools. Their forum holds discussions on extensions, developer interviews, documentations, game demos, editor tools, collaborations and other generic announcements.MORE Facebook Followers 9 Frequency 1 post/day View Recent Threads

21. Open Game Art

Forum https://opengameart.org/forums/art-discussion + Follow
Open Game Art Forums offers space for discussing anything that relates to art and free/open source game development like programming, art, game projects, and also to answer questions.
Facebook Followers 850Twitter Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 post/week View Recent Threads

22. Reddit » IndieDev

Forum https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/ + Follow
This is the place for indie devs and gamers to share anything, be it game development, their favorite games or just cool images, GIFs and music from an indie game in a casual community-run environment.MORE Facebook Followers 1.9MTwitter Followers 1.1M Frequency 30 posts/day View Recent Threads

23. Reddit » Learn Game Development

Forum https://www.reddit.com/r/learngamedev/ + Follow
Here you can ask other game developers how to do something, what languages to use, what libraries are good, or anything else related to game development.
Twitter Followers 1.1M Frequency 2 posts/month View Recent Threads

24. Reddit » Game Development

Forum https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDevelopment/ + Follow
This subreddit is a game development community for serious discussions about anything related to game development. Share videos, tutorials, technical and ask questions.
Twitter Followers 1.1M Frequency 3 posts/day View Recent Threads

25. GameDev.tv Community

Forum https://community.gamedev.tv/ + Follow
GameDev.tv Community is for students and instructors to help you on your GameDev journey. Ask questions and get advice regarding different aspects of game development here.
Facebook Followers 11.1KTwitter Followers 16.5K Frequency 9 posts/day View Recent Threads

26. Develteam Forums

Forum https://www.develteam.com/Forums/Develteam/De.. + Follow
Develteam is a Collaboration-based Social Network for Indie Game Developers. Find Artists, Programmers, Designers, Writers, and Musicians to work on game projects with. Catch up with different Indie game devs in the forum community and talk about different aspects of game development.MORE Facebook Followers 190Twitter Followers 293 Frequency 1 post/day View Recent Threads

27. MakeWebGames Forum

Forum https://makewebgames.io/forum/38-general/ + Follow
The MakeWebGames forum is a place to discuss about web game development. Ask questions, talk about game engines, game building technics, and engage with an active community.
Frequency 1 post/day View Recent Threads

28. Indie Gamer » Game Development

Forum http://forums.indiegamer.com/forums/game-deve.. + Follow
Indie Gamer is a community dedicated to indie game developers, artists and composers. This category is for discussing the technical aspects of game development including programming, web development, porting, localization, and technical issues.MORE Twitter Followers 4K View Recent Threads

29. Unity Forum

Forum https://forum.unity.com/ + Follow
Unity is the ultimate game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.MORE Twitter Followers 20.4KInstagram Followers 294.8K Frequency 30 posts/quarter View Recent Threads

30. Greenheart Games Forum

Forum https://forum.greenheartgames.com/ + Follow
A place to discuss all things surrounding Greenheart games, game dev tycoon, or gaming in general. Exchange information and knowledge about app development, keyboard issues, device info, update versions, multiplayer servers, mod and more.MORE Facebook Followers 6.7KTwitter Followers 9.2K View Recent Threads

31. Lumberyard Community

Forum https://forums.awsgametech.com/ + Follow
Amazon Lumberyard Game Dev community is to grab knowledge, help, and connect with others in the community. Browse through technical guidance about Game Tech to learn more or showcase your expertise. Discuss issues and problems while editing, & character animation, share video tutorials & images, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 567.5K View Recent Threads

32. RPGMaker Central » Programming

Forum https://www.rpgmakercentral.com/forum/244-programming/ + Follow
RPGMaker Central is a place to get resources & advice on game production and game development. This category is for those who need help with scripts/plugins and is a place for all your coding needs. Ask questions, get your queries resolved, and post your completed codes here.MORE Frequency 4 posts/year View Recent Threads

33. Game Development Forum

Forum https://gamedevelopment.forumming.com/ + Follow
Forumming is one of the best place for Game Development developers where you can discuss anything about Game Development. Chat about rendering, lighting, textures, gaming graphics, shadow mapping and much more. Talk about the problems you face while developing your game and get relevant advice on the forum.MORE View Recent Threads

34. JVM Gaming

Forum https://jvm-gaming.org/ + Follow
New to Java game development? Post your questions here and get them answered. JVM Gaming is a place to talk about game play and design, debugging, showcasing your game demos to other, talking about your game progress and much more.MORE View Recent Threads

35. rpgmaker.net » Game Design & Development

Forum https://rpgmaker.net/forums/design/ + Follow
The goal of RPGMaker.net is to be the definitive source for the creation of RPGs, its history, its future; to provide a platform for amateur game developers to grow and succeed no matter their skill level; and to forge an open-minded community that can share experiences, best practices, and constructive criticisms. Talk about game design and development in this category.MORE Twitter Followers 3.5K Frequency 16 posts/year View Recent Threads