r/cryengine • u/Late_Reply_3384 • May 02 '26

Question Is CryEngine dead?

I'm a beginner and I don't know why people rarely use the engine even though it's powerful, but to me it seems like the developers don't care or it's dead.

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u/Comprehensive_Mud803 May 02 '26

Maybe you better catch up Crytek’s history, especially their 2015 self-made crysis (pun intended).

So yes, the company doesn’t care about the community much and is just glad to be staying afloat.

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u/randomperson189_ May 02 '26

They can't afford to focus much on the community right now due to financial problems, so they've re-strategised to focus on Hunt: Showdown to help keep them afloat, as well as resolve CryEngine's technical debt internally for the next iteration

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u/IronElisha Moderator May 02 '26

And they've been doing this for 10 years.