# NVIDIA Tools for Game Engines Unreal Engine and Unity are software development environments that allow developers to create interactive experiences that span industries, from games to extended reality (XR) to architecture, engineering, and construction (AECO). Explore the NVIDIA tools that are helping designers create stunning content in these worlds. ## Different Types of Game Engines - [Unity](https://developer.nvidia.com/game-engines#unity) - [Unreal Engine](https://developer.nvidia.com/game-engines#unreal) - [Custom Engines](https://developer.nvidia.com/game-engines#custom) ### Unity Build interactive real-time content with a flexible development platform that has a dynamic community of millions of developers around the world and across multiple industries. [Learn more about Unity](https://developer.nvidia.com/game-engines/unity-engine) ### Unreal Engine Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Continuously evolving beyond its original purpose as a state-of-the-art game engine, it gives creators across industries the freedom and control to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds. [Learn more about Unreal Engine](https://developer.nvidia.com/unrealengine) ### Custom Engines If you’re looking to use a custom engine, we offer SDKs that enhance and help you get the most out of your choice of engines. Join the NVIDIA developer community to access SDKs—like NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), NVIDIA RTX™ Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), and NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD)—that can empower you even further. [Explore NVIDIA SDKs](https://developer.nvidia.com/industries/game-development) ## Featured RTX Technologies ### Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) DLSS leverages the power of a deep learning neural network to boost frame rates, create new frames, and generate beautiful, detailed images for your games. [Learn More About DLSS](https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx/dlss) ### NVIDIA Reflex NVIDIA Reflex, available in both Unreal Engine and Unity, allows game developers to implement a low-latency mode that aligns game engine work to complete just-in-time for rendering, eliminating the GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure in GPU-bound scenarios. [Learn More About Reflex](https://developer.nvidia.com/performance-rendering-tools/reflex) ## Ask NVIDIA Experts Questions About Your Integration The 'Level Up with NVIDIA' webinar series connects developers with NVIDIA experts and provides insights about integrating the NVIDIA RTX™ platform within game engines. **[Next-Gen Lighting with NvRTX](https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/experience/elitenvidiabrill/1407606/3849291/level-up-with-nvidia)** In this installment, dive into the NVIDIA RTX Branch of Unreal Engine (NvRTX) which enables game developers to add RTX leading-edge technologies to their Unreal Engine games through custom branches. [Register now](https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/experience/elitenvidiabrill/1407606/3849291/level-up-with-nvidia) ## Latest NVIDIA Game Development News November 13, 2025 #### How to Get Started with Neural Shading for Your Game or Application For the past 25 years, real-time rendering has been driven by continuous hardware improvements. The goal has always been to create the highest fidelity image possible within 16 milliseconds. This has fueled significant innovation in graphics hardware, pipelines, and renderers. But the slowing pace of Moore’s Law mandates the invention of new computational architectures to … [Read more](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-to-get-started-with-neural-shading-for-your-game-or-application/) March 20, 2025 #### NVIDIA Demonstrates GeForce NOW for Game AI Inference and Streamlined Hands-on Opportunities NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamers—and offer new experiences only possible through the cloud. These tools lower local GPU requirements to expand reach and eliminate cost by offloading AI inference tasks to the cloud. At the Gamer Developer’s Conference (GDC) … [Read more](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-demonstrates-geforce-now-for-game-ai-inference-and-streamlined-hands-on-opportunities/) March 17, 2025 #### NVIDIA RTX Advances with Neural Rendering and Digital Human Technologies at GDC 2025 AI is transforming how we experience our favorite games. It is unlocking new levels of visuals, performance, and gameplay possibilities with neural rendering and generative AI-powered characters. With game development becoming more complex, AI is also playing a role in helping artists and engineers realize their creative visions. At GDC 2025, NVIDIA is building upon … [Read more](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-rtx-advances-with-neural-rendering-and-digital-human-technologies-at-gdc-2025/) February 20, 2025 #### Bring NVIDIA ACE AI Characters to Games with the New In-Game Inferencing SDK NVIDIA ACE is a suite of digital human technologies that bring game characters and digital assistants to life with generative AI. ACE on-device models enable agentic workflows for autonomous game characters that can perceive their environment, understand multi-modal inputs, strategically plan a set of actions and execute them all in real time, providing dynamic experiences … [Read more](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/bring-nvidia-ace-ai-characters-to-games-with-the-new-in-game-inference-sdk/)