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Top 10 Free 2D Game Asset Sites 2021

by Tim Mars · 03/02/2017 (1:25 pm) · 4 comments

Top 10 Free 2D Game Asset Sites


Beginning game developers do not always have the opportunity to buy expensive game assets. I had once also faced this problem. And now I decided to share the top 10 free sites with game assets.

1. CraftPix Free Game Assets


A lot of high-quality free game assets: Sprites, GUI, Backgrounds, Icons, Tilesets. The whole graphics is designed for different genres from simple platformer to RPG. The license allows the use for commercial purposes. Constant updating.

www.craftpix.net

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2. Open Game Art


A large website where the authors post their game assets for free use. Here you will find thousands of interesting works that you can use in your projects.

www.opengameart.org

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3. itch.io


Section with free graphics for indie developers. Various artists spread here game assets. Just choose your favorite and download.

www.itch.io

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4. UnLucky Studio



UnLucky Studio provides free game assets for indie developers in a special section on the website. Perfect for those who create casual games. Author Sujit Kumar Yadav.

www.unluckystudio.com

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5. Kenny Game Assets


Studio of game graphics Kenney that produce game assets. Some of them are available free of charge. It has a clearly expressed style.

www.kenney.nl

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6. Mobile Game Graphics


A section on the website where you can download the game graphics, available for free. Here you will find the backgrounds, characters and other assets. Just choose the one you like.

www.mobilegamegraphics.com

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7. Yoyo Games


Rubric with free game assets. A large number of interesting graphics, mainly for puzzles. Also available music and program codes.

www.marketplace.yoyogames.com

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8. KRASI WASILEV



Blog where the author KRASI WASILEV from Latvia lays out game assets in PNG format. All graphics on the website is free, but you can thank the author using the donate.

www.freegameassets.blogspot.ru

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9. Super Game Asset


Here you can download graphic sets for RPG games. Mostly icons and tilesets. The quality of of works is high.

www.supergameasset.com

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10. Reiner's Tilesets



On this site you will find a large number of graphic elements for creating games. Just go to the appropriate section, then find the appropriate graphics and click download.

www.reinerstilesets.de

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#1
07/12/2017 (7:52 pm)
This is the complete list of game assets websites. Thank you for posting this great list.
#2
12/01/2017 (8:35 am)
There are many websites, where we can find many games. One of my favourite is for sure gamivo.com. We can get there for example: Call of Duty, World Warcraft, Wolfenstein and many others in good prices:):
#3
01/11/2018 (12:27 pm)
I think https://www.gamedeveloperstudio.com is more than worthy of your list.
#4
02/10/2018 (3:47 am)
Thanks, very interesting websites! I think it maybe useful also https://www.creativegameassets.com/