Is Unity royalty free?

Does Unity take royalties? No, Unity is royalty-free. We don't charge on a per-title basis or require a revenue share model.
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Is Unity free for commercial use?

If you're a freelancer using Unity for commercial projects and your gross annual revenue for the previous fiscal year was less than USD100,000. Unity is available free of charge.
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Are Unity assets royalty-free?

Once you have purchased/downloaded an asset from the Asset Store, it becomes yours to do with as you like within your games and apps. You will be able to use these assets in your game for commercial use on a royalty-free basis.
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Is Unity free to publish?

Yes you can create and sell a game with the free version of Unity, without paying royalties or any revenue share.
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Is Unity still free 2020?

Will there still be a free Unity version? Yes. Unity Personal remains free to creators with revenue or funding (raised or self-funded) below USD $100K in the past year.
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Do you need Unity Pro?



Can you sell a game made with Unity?

You can absolutely sell commercial games made in the Personal Edition of Unity. To do this, you must meet the requirements to use Unity Personal Edition. This is that you did not earn or receive more than $100,000 in revenue or funding in the most recent 12 month period.
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Does Unity own my game?

No, they don't own your game.

But they do own their engine. In Unity's EULA you can find relevant information about how the license between the developer and Unity works out.
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How can I publish my game for free?

The 5 Best Free Places to Publish Your Game
  1. ITCH.IO. Itch.io is hands down the best platform available for indie game publishing. ...
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  3. DESURA. ...
  4. KONGREGATE. ...
  5. ROAST MY GAME.
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What happens if you make more than 100k with Unity?

Again if you earn more than 100k you are not allowed to use a personal license. So you're not allowed to even start the Unity Editor since you don't have a valid license in such a case. Keep in mind that the restriction applies to how much you earned in the last 12 month.
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Is unreal better than Unity?

Unity has a wide range of mods in comparison to unreal. Unreal has around 10000 assets while unity has 31000 assets. Graphics: Both tools have good graphics but the unreal engine is preferred over-unity because of its graphic quality. Source Code: Unreal engine has open-source making the development process easier.
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Do I have to credit Unity assets?

if you get the Standard Assets provided by unity, you'll have to dig, find, read and understand the actual license, where there is no mention that you must credit the author; if you get the SciFi Robots, you'll find no license on the Asset Store page, and no readme and no license.
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Can Unity student be used commercially?

Students are free to use the Student plan for commercial purposes as long as revenue does not exceed $100K.
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Is Unreal engine royalty free?

You can earn advertising revenue or Twitch donations from Unreal Engine videos and publish to YouTube. No royalty is owed on this revenue.
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How much royalty does Unity take?

It isn't Epic's fault that Unity doesn't have a royalty program. Unity doesn't get a "cut" of your game profits, anyway. They get $1500/year/developer. Unity is royalty-free altogether, you pay a subscription for the development tools (think Adobe CC or MS Office365) and get all upgrades during your subscription.
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Can you use Unity without a license?

Unity only works with an active license.
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Does Unity steal your data?

We do not share developer account information in any way that constitutes a “sale” of data under California law; however, we permit you to opt-out of certain uses of your personal information, such as contributing information to certain internal usage statistics analysis.
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Can C++ be used in Unity?

It is possible to use C++ with the Free version of Unity, although it is easier to work with if you have a Unity Pro license. All you have to do is wrap it up in a DLL and follow the instructions below on where to place it.
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Is Unity making money?

It has an average of 80 million monthly players. They are the second most profitable game, and they were made with Unity and some of the spin-offs have been made through Unity. Now let me take a quick look at this company's products. First is the creation of the game.
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Do students get free Unity Pro?

The Unity Student plan is free and allows individual students to learn and create with Unity at home or school on their personal devices. The Education Grant License is for institutions that need to install Unity on institutional devices, such as in classrooms or labs.
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How much of a cut does Unity take?

To compete, Unity could cut its own take of the asset store revenue — it captures the standard 30 percent.
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Is the free version of Unity good?

Unity offers a completely free version ready for download if your revenue or funding is below $100,000 in the past year. This can be a great option if you are just wanting to get started. It has all the features that Unity Pro has and is capable of making excellent games, without having to spend a dime.
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What version of Unity does VRChat use?

The current Unity version in use by VRChat is Unity 2019.4.31f1.
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Is Unity Hub same as Unity?

The Unity Hub is a standalone application that streamlines the way you find, download, and manage your Unity Projects and installations. In addition, you can manually add versions of the Editor that you have already installed on your machine to your Hub.
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