What is an “engine” in video games

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I hear it everywherere “this game is gonna use that engine” … Google doesn’t seem to give me a good explanation, so here I am…

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So a game is made of many different components: graphics, sound, gameplay, menus etc.

The engine is just the program that is used to put all these components together and present it as a playable game.

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