Platforms

Xenko is cross-platform game engine. This means you can create your game once, then compile and deploy it on all the platforms Xenko supports. The engine converts C# and shaders to the different native languages, and abstracts the concepts that differ between platforms, so you don't have to adapt your code for each platform.

Windows Desktop 7, 8, 10
Windows Universal (UWP)
Linux (Ubuntu)
Android 2.3 and later

Tip

To check which platform your project uses, add a break point to your code (eg in a script), run the project, and check the Platform.Type variable.

Direct3D 9 (limited support), 10, 11, 12
OpenGL 3, 4
Vulkan

Note

Warning

Direct3D 9 doesn't support HDR textures. Using HDR textures with DirextX 9 will crash your game.

You set the graphics platform in the Game settings asset under Rendering settings > Target graphics platform.

For more information, see .

Xenko defines preprocessor variables if you want to write code that compiles only under a specific platform. For more information, see Preprocessor variables.