CryEngine Fans Push Back as Official Updates Stall
The discussion highlights a gap between the engine's proven performance in recent releases and the stalled pace of official public updates, with a community edition stepping in.
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A Reddit post arguing that CRYENGINE is underrated has drawn attention. The poster says the engine holds untapped potential and could serve as a royalty-based alternative to Unreal Engine. Official public updates have been quiet since 2022, though recent titles like Kingdom Come: Deliverance II show the engine's capabilities.
A Reddit post titled 'CryEngine doesn't deserve to be mostly forgotten' has sparked discussion about the engine's place in the industry. The poster, randomperson189_, argues that CRYENGINE still has potential that Crytek has not fully used, pointing to its modern features like ECS and the Schematyc visual scripting system as making it a middle ground between Unity and Unreal Engine.
Public updates to the engine have been limited since CRYENGINE 5.7.1 LTS in May 2022. Meanwhile, Warhorse Studios' Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, released in February 2025, used a custom-improved CRYENGINE and was praised for running well on lower-spec PCs. The poster also countered suggestions that Open 3D Engine could replace CRYENGINE, noting that Amazon rewrote most of O3DE's codebase.
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