Best Godot Courses and Tutorials for Godot 4 (2026)

Last updated: 16 October 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology.

Godot is a free, open-source game engine, and the current stable release is Godot 4.7.2 (18 August 2026). The best
course for most beginners is Jumpstart to 2D Game Development: Godot 4 for Beginners on Udemy: it is
built for Godot 4.6 and 4.7, was updated in August 2026, and has a 4.8 rating from 4,477 learners. If you want to start
for free, Godot’s own “Your first 2D game” tutorial and GDQuest’s browser-based GDScript course cover the basics
without spending anything.

The best Godot courses at a glance

We checked every rating, student count and update date below on 16 October 2026. Udemy prices change daily, so the table leaves them out.

Which version of Godot should you learn?

Learn Godot 4. Godot 4.7 arrived in June 2026 with HDR output, a new Asset Store, Control offset transforms for UI
animation and standalone Android exporting, and 4.7.2 is the build on the official download page
today. The Godot team describes 4.7 as the polish phase of a version line that is now three years old, so a course recorded
for 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 will still teach you almost everything you need: menus move and a few node names change, but the
scripting language and the scene system are the same.

Godot 3 is a different story. Godot 4 rewrote the renderer and changed parts of GDScript, so a Godot 3 course will
show you code that no longer runs as written. Only take one if you maintain a Godot 3 project. Every course we recommend
below teaches Godot 4.

Godot is released under the MIT license: it costs nothing, there are no
royalties, and the games you make are yours. That matters when you compare it with Unreal Engine,
which charges a 5% royalty above $1 million in lifetime revenue per product, and with Unity’s paid tiers.

1. Jumpstart to 2D Game Development: Godot 4 for Beginners (best overall)

Jumpstart to 2D Game Development by Richard Allbert and Martyna Olivares is the
course we would hand to someone who has never opened a game engine. It runs 67.5 hours, builds seven or more small 2D games,
and its page says it is updated for Godot 4.6 and 4.7. On 16 October 2026 it had a 4.8 rating from 4,477 reviews and 29,843
students, and it was last updated in August 2026, which makes it one of the most current Godot courses on any platform.

The length is the point and the drawback. Each game adds a new idea (input, collisions, UI, saving, sound), so you
practice the same core skills several times instead of once. If you want a single finished game in a weekend, start with
the survivors course below instead.

• Good for: complete beginners and people who learn by repetition.
• Watch out for: it is long; plan on several weeks at a few hours a week.
• Certificate: a Udemy certificate of completion.

See Jumpstart to 2D Game Development →

2. Complete 3D Godot 4 Game Development Course (best for 3D)

The same instructors’ Complete 3D Godot 4 Game Development Course is the 3D
follow-on: 91 hours and five games, updated in September 2026. It had a 4.7 rating from 656 reviews and 5,824 students
on 16 October 2026. That is a smaller review count than the 2D course, so treat the rating as less settled, but the update date
means it reflects the current editor.

3D in Godot means cameras, lighting, physics bodies and imported models, and this course spends real time on each.
If you already finished a 2D course, this is the natural next step. If you have never coded, do the 2D course first:
3D adds math (vectors and transforms) that is easier to learn once GDScript feels familiar.

See the Complete 3D Godot 4 course →

3. Create a Complete 2D Survivors Style Game in Godot 4 (best single project)

Firebelley Games’ Create a Complete 2D Survivors Style Game in Godot 4
builds one game, an arena survival roguelike in the style of Vampire Survivors, from an empty project to a finished,
playable build in about 17 hours. It had a 4.8 rating from 3,768 reviews and 21,044 students on 16 October 2026, and it is one
of the Godot courses Reddit users bring up by name.

Its last update was May 2023, early in the Godot 4 line, so expect a few menus and warnings to look different in
4.7. The teaching holds up because it focuses on structure: how to split a game into reusable scenes and components so
it stays manageable as it grows. That is the skill most beginners lack after their first tutorial.

See the Survivors course →

4. Complete Godot 3D by GameDev.tv (a shorter 3D course)

Complete Godot 3D: Develop Your Own 3D Games Using Godot 4 from GameDev.tv
(instructor Bram Williams) covers three 3D games in about 20 hours. It had a 4.7 rating from 2,132 reviews and 14,339
students on 16 October 2026 and was last updated in April 2024. Pick it over the 91-hour 3D course if you want a faster
overview, and expect to look up a few changes in the newer editor.

GameDev.tv courses come with a community forum and Discord, which helps when you are stuck. Some Reddit reviewers
said the final projects in GameDev.tv courses felt rushed, so plan to finish and polish the last game on your own.

See Complete Godot 3D →

5. Build a Metroidvania in Godot (for platformer systems)

Thomas Yanuziello’s Build a Metroidvania in Godot is an 11-hour course on
one genre: a side-scrolling platformer with abilities that open new areas. It was updated in September 2026. The 4.6 rating
comes from only 57 reviews and 628 students, so it has a much smaller track record than the picks above. It suits someone
who has finished a beginner course and wants to build a specific kind of game. We would not start here: 11 hours on one
genre leaves less room for the basics of scenes, signals and GDScript than a beginner course gives them.

See Build a Metroidvania in Godot →

6. GameDev.tv on its own site

GameDev.tv also sells its Godot courses directly at gamedev.tv. On 16 October 2026 its
Complete Godot 4 2D course (11.5 hours) was on sale for $29 (list $59), and a seven-course “Get Good at Godot” bundle was
$59. It also listed an eight-week coached program, Ultimate Godot, for learners who want deadlines and feedback. Buying
direct gets you the same forum and Discord access as the Udemy versions, and the site offers a free course if you want to
try its teaching style before paying. We do not earn anything from GameDev.tv’s own site.

7. GDQuest (free GDScript basics, then paid courses)

GDQuest has taught Godot for 11 years and runs two of the best free starting
points: Learn GDScript From Zero, an interactive course that runs in your browser with no login, and
Godot Tours, which walks you through the editor from inside Godot itself. Its paid Godot 4 courses go
deeper into 2D and 3D game systems. GDQuest’s free GDScript app is also the best answer to “do I need to know programming
first?”: it teaches exactly the programming Godot uses. We do not earn from GDQuest.

8. Zenva Godot courses (short lessons by topic)

Zenva had 94 Godot courses in its catalog on 16 October 2026, most of them short (one to six
hours), plus multi-course series such as a 17.5-hour JRPG series. That suits learners who want to pick one skill (a
turn-based battle system, a walking simulator) rather than follow a long course. One Reddit reviewer who tried both
found GameDev.tv explained the “why” better and Zenva’s courses too short. Read our
Zenva Academy review before subscribing.

Browse Zenva Godot courses →

The best free Godot courses and tutorials

You can get surprisingly far without paying. We checked each of these on 16 October 2026; the YouTube lengths and view
counts are what YouTube showed that day.

Here is the order we would use them in:

1. Godot’s own tutorial first. The official
   Your first 2D game
   tutorial builds a small game called Dodge the Creeps and introduces scenes, nodes, signals and input. It is written
   for the current version, which most videos are not.
2. GDQuest’s Learn GDScript From Zero alongside it if you have never programmed. It teaches variables,
   functions and loops in GDScript itself, so nothing you learn has to be translated later.
3. Brackeys’ beginner video to see a whole small game come together in just over an hour. Brackeys
   was one of the best-known Unity teachers before moving to Godot, and the video’s view count reflects that.
4. Clear Code’s long introduction once you are ready to put in real hours. Reddit users recommend it
   more than any other free course because most sections end with a challenge you have to solve yourself. One learner
   said the video took them 30 to 35 hours once they did every challenge, which is a realistic estimate for a free
   beginner course done properly.
5. Godot’s documentation and demo projects after that. Once you know the basics, the docs are where
   you learn new features, and they are better than most engines’ docs.

What free material rarely gives you is structure: a sequence of projects that each add one idea, plus someone to ask
when you are stuck. That is what you pay for with the courses above. If you finish the free path and still feel lost when
you start your own game, a long project-based course is the fix.

Godot vs Unity vs Unreal: which engine should you learn?

Most people searching for a Godot course are also weighing the other two engines. Here is how they compare for a
learner in October 2026:

If you want to make 2D games for fun or for itch.io, start with Godot. If you want to build for phones, headsets
or the widest job market, look at our best Unity courses. If you want photorealistic 3D or
a job at a large studio, start with the best Unreal Engine courses. Skills transfer
between all three: scenes, game loops, physics and input work the same way in principle.

Which Godot course is right for you?

• You have never coded: Learn GDScript From Zero (free), then
  Jumpstart to 2D Game Development.
• You can code in another language: skim Brackeys’ GDScript video, then go straight to
  the Survivors course for project structure.
• You want 3D: finish one 2D course, then the
  Complete 3D Godot 4 course, or GameDev.tv’s shorter Complete Godot 3D.
• You want deadlines and feedback: GameDev.tv’s coached Ultimate Godot program on gamedev.tv.
• You want one specific system (a battle system, a dialogue tree): a short
  Zenva course on that topic.
• You are on a tight budget: the free path above. It is enough to finish a first game.

Godot 3 courses: skip them unless you maintain a Godot 3 game

Two Godot 3 courses still sell well on Udemy: Create a Complete 2D Platformer in the Godot Engine
(4.6 from 974 reviews, last updated July 2022) and Discovering Godot (4.3 from 840 reviews,
last updated April 2023, built on Godot 3.1). Both were good courses in their day. Neither teaches Godot 4, so code from
them will need changes to run in the current editor. If you are starting today, choose a Godot 4 course.

Is there a Godot certification?

No. The Godot Foundation does not run a certification exam, and no employer-recognized Godot credential exists.
Udemy, GameDev.tv and Zenva issue certificates of completion, which show you finished a course but do not test you.

For game-development jobs, a playable portfolio matters far more than a certificate: two or three small, finished
games on itch.io with clean source code on GitHub. If you want a recognized credential in games, the closest option is
Coursera’s Epic Games Game Design Professional Certificate, which uses Unreal Engine rather than Godot; we cover it in our
Unreal Engine courses guide.

Is Godot good for beginners?

Yes, and it is the engine we would suggest to most hobbyists making 2D games. Three reasons: the download is small
and needs no installer or account, the editor is simple to find your way around, and GDScript reads like Python, so new
programmers pick it up quickly. Godot runs well on modest laptops, unlike Unreal.

It is less suited to some goals. Large 3D games with photorealistic graphics are still easier in
Unreal Engine, and most game-studio job ads still ask for Unity or Unreal. If your goal is a
job at a studio, look at our best Unity courses too. For mobile AR and VR, Unity has much more
learning material; see our guides to augmented reality courses and
virtual reality courses.

What language does Godot use?

Godot’s main language is GDScript, which was built for the engine. The .NET build of Godot also supports C#, and the
official download page offers it as a separate version. C++ is available through GDExtension for performance-critical
code. Godot has no official Python, JavaScript or Lua support, though GDScript’s syntax will feel familiar to Python users.
For a first game, use GDScript: almost every course and tutorial does. If you would rather learn
programming in general before picking an engine, start with our best coding courses.

Can you make mobile and web games in Godot?

Yes. Godot exports to Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the web from the same project. Godot 4.7 added
standalone Android exporting and publishing, which removes several setup steps that used to trip beginners up. iOS export
still needs a Mac with Xcode, as it does in every engine. Web exports run in the browser, which is how most game-jam entries
are shared on itch.io.

Most beginner courses target desktop first and add an export lecture near the end. If mobile is your goal, check that
the course covers touch input and screen sizes before you buy, and test on a real phone early: performance on a phone is
very different from your laptop.

What to look for in a Godot course

• Godot 4, and ideally 4.4 or later. Check the course page or the first lecture for the version.
  Anything that says Godot 3 is out of date for new projects.
• A recent update date. On Udemy it is printed as “Last updated” near the top. A course updated in
  2026 has kept up with editor changes.
• Several projects, not one. Repetition across two or three games is what makes the basics stick.
• Challenges you solve without the video. Courses that only ask you to copy code leave you stuck
  when you start your own game.
• A place to ask questions. A Q&A board, forum or Discord saves hours when an error message
  makes no sense.
• A refund window. Udemy offers a 30-day refund on most purchases, so you can try a course and switch
  if the teaching style does not suit you.

How long does it take to learn Godot?

With a few hours a week, most beginners can finish a small 2D game in four to six weeks and feel comfortable in the
editor after two or three months. Here is a six-week plan that fits around a job:

The common mistake is jumping from tutorial to tutorial without finishing your own project. Stop after week 4 and
build something small on your own, even if it is rough.

What to build after your first course

Finishing a course is not the same as being able to make a game. The fastest way across that gap is a game jam:
a short event where you build a small game around a theme in a few days. The Godot Wild Jam
is a regular jam just for Godot users; jam #98 was running when we checked on 16 October 2026. A jam forces you to finish, and
you get feedback from other developers.

Good first solo projects are small and use one mechanic you already know: a one-screen arcade game, a short
platformer with three levels, or a top-down survivor game like the one in the Firebelley course. Avoid open worlds,
multiplayer and RPG systems until you have finished two or three small games.

What learners say on Reddit

We read eight threads on r/godot and r/gamedev about Godot courses (14 October 2026; the threads date from 2023
onward). Several points came up repeatedly:

• Start with the free video. Clear Code’s Godot 4 introduction is the most-recommended single
  resource, mainly because its challenges make you write code on your own.
• GameDev.tv is beginner-friendly. Learners praised its pacing, forum and GitHub repos; a few said the
  last projects felt rushed.
• Zenva courses are short. Good for one topic, less good as a first course.
• Firebelley’s survivors course is a favorite project course for people who already know the basics.

We left out advice we could not check, such as claims about which course “gets you hired”.

How we chose these courses

On 16 October 2026 we loaded every course page in a browser and recorded its rating, review count, student count, length
and last update. We checked Godot’s current version on the official download and release pages, and we read Reddit threads
for learner experience. We ranked courses on how current they are for Godot 4, how much practice they build in, learner
ratings at scale and value. We have not taken every course end to end. Some links earn us a commission (Udemy and Zenva);
GameDev.tv’s own site and GDQuest do not, and they are recommended because they are good.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Godot course for beginners?

Jumpstart to 2D Game Development: Godot 4 for Beginners on Udemy. It is built for Godot 4.6 and 4.7, was updated in August 2026 and had a 4.8 rating from 4,477 reviews on 16 October 2026. If you want to start free, use Godot’s official Your first 2D game tutorial and GDQuest’s Learn GDScript From Zero.

Is there a free Godot course?

Yes. Godot’s official Your first 2D game tutorial, GDQuest’s Learn GDScript From Zero and Godot Tours, and Clear Code’s Godot 4 video on YouTube are all free. Paid courses add structure and more projects.

Is there a Godot certification?

No. There is no official Godot certification. Udemy, GameDev.tv and Zenva give certificates of completion, but a portfolio of finished games matters more to employers.

Should I learn Godot 3 or Godot 4?

Godot 4. The current stable version is Godot 4.7.2 (August 2026). Godot 3 courses teach code that needs changes to run in Godot 4, so only take one if you maintain a Godot 3 project.

Is Godot good for beginners?

Yes. It is free, small, needs no account, and GDScript reads like Python. It is a strong choice for 2D games. For large photorealistic 3D games or studio jobs, Unreal Engine and Unity are more common.

Can Godot use Python or C#?

Godot uses GDScript by default. The .NET version supports C#, and C++ is available through GDExtension. There is no official Python support, but GDScript’s syntax is close to Python.

How long does it take to learn Godot?

With a few hours a week, most beginners finish a small 2D game in four to six weeks. One Reddit learner said a 15-hour free video course took 30 to 35 hours once they completed every challenge.

Is Godot free?

Yes. Godot is free and open source under the MIT license. There are no fees or royalties, and the games you make are yours to sell.

Is GameDev.tv worth it for Godot?

For beginners who want a community, yes. Its Godot courses include a forum and Discord, and its Complete Godot 3D course had a 4.7 rating from 2,132 reviews on Udemy on 16 October 2026. Some learners said the final projects felt rushed.

Are Zenva Godot courses good?

They are short and focused, which suits learning one topic. One Reddit reviewer found GameDev.tv explained more of the reasoning. Zenva had 94 Godot courses on 16 October 2026; see our Zenva Academy review before subscribing.

Related: For younger learners who want to make games before moving to an engine like Godot, see our best Roblox coding courses, with ages and safety notes for parents.

Related course guides

Comparing engines? Read our guides to the best Unreal Engine courses,
best Unity courses and game development courses. For
mobile and headset development, see augmented reality courses and
virtual reality courses. Apple-only 2D games: SpriteKit tutorials.

Related guide: best SpriteKit tutorials and courses, Zenva Academy review.