Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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when you really try, how small can a game made in unity actually be?

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I noticed how the games that I make end up being surprisingly big despite them being small games (in visuals and in scope). So I wanted to answer the question: If I were to make a game, in Unity, how small can I make it be? And compared to other engines like Godot, Unreal Engine 5, GameMaker (and even Monogame), what would be the best engine if you want to make small games?

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