Gambo AI alternative: where to make games now that Gambo has closed

Gambo shut down on May 1, 2026, and gambo.ai is now a parked domain. These are the free places to make a game from a prompt today.

Quick answer

Gambo AI closed on May 1, 2026. Free picks as of November 2026: Rosebud AI, a website with 10,000 free credits a week; Astrocade, free to start on web and phone; GDevelop, a free open-source editor; and Roam, an iPhone app, free to download and play, where making works without a subscription and optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation.

Updated Nov 4, 2026. Roam is our app, and the Roam team wrote this comparison. Roam is free to download and play on iPhone, and making works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play.

Side by side

Roam vs Gambo at a glance (checked Nov 4, 2026)
	Roam	Gambo (closed May 1, 2026)
Status today	Live on the App Store	Shut down May 1, 2026. Its notice said editing would end April 7 and accounts and data would be deleted after May 1
Platforms	iPhone and iPad app (App Store); Android: pre-register on Google Play	A website for making browser games. No phone app listed
How you make a game	Describe it in a sentence or start from a photo, then change it by talking	Typed prompts, AI-made art, music and sound effects, and a map editor
Free to start	Free to download and play; making works without a subscription. Optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation	Free plan: 1 game and 100 credits for editing
Paid plan	Optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs (prices on the App Store)	Pro $25 a month with 2,000 credits, code export and custom domains
Play with friends	Solo or with friends	Some showcase games had local two-player modes
Earn from your game	Not published	Home page promised built-in ads, added with one prompt
Who owns the game	You keep ownership. Roam gets a license to run, improve and showcase it; you can opt out of AI improvement	Not published clearly
Age rating	13+ (App Store)	Not published

Gambo facts come from its archived home and pricing pages (spring 2026) and its own shutdown notice. Roam does not publish its free limits.

Which one to pick

Pick Rosebud AI if

You want the closest thing to Gambo on a computer: a website where you chat with an AI to build a browser game. The free plan gives 10,000 credits a week, and code download starts on Pro at $50 a month.

Pick GDevelop if

You want to earn from ads like Gambo promised and you are fine learning an editor. GDevelop is open source, has a free plan, and its pricing page lists AdMob ads in Android games.

Pick Roam if

You liked typing an idea and getting a game back, and you have an iPhone. Describe it, play it, then change it by talking, solo or with friends. Roam has no web or PC version, so skip it if you want to build on a computer.

What happened to Gambo AI?

Gambo called itself a game vibe coding agent. You typed a prompt and it built a game, with AI-made characters, animations, tilesets, music and sound effects. A map editor let you shape levels, and its home page promised ads added with one prompt.

In spring 2026 the team posted a shutdown notice. Editing stopped on April 7, 2026. Subscriptions were canceled, and the notice said unused credits would be refunded to the original payment method. After May 1, 2026, accounts and data were deleted. Today gambo.ai shows a parked domain page.

If you exported your project code before May 1, you still have it. If not, write the idea down in one line and rebuild it somewhere else.

Free Gambo AI alternatives

Rosebud AI A website where you describe a game and chat with its AI to change it. Free plan: 10,000 credits a week in eligible regions. Paid plans run from $15 to $100 a month, with commercial rights from the $30 plan.
Astrocade Free to play on its website and in its phone apps. Its App Store page lists no in-app purchases, and its terms describe subscriptions, 7-day trials and credits without prices. You describe a game, AI builds the art, sound and gameplay, and you share it in a feed.
GDevelop An open-source game editor for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web, iPhone and Android. The free plan has 40 AI credits a month and 3 cloud projects. Silver, Gold and Pro add more, and App Store publishing starts on Gold.
Websim A website where you describe what you want and the AI writes it. It ended free daily credits in January 2026. You can still earn credits from rewards and tips, or buy them.
Roam An iPhone app, free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Describe a game in a sentence and play it solo or with friends, and browse a feed of games other people made.

Rosebud AI alternatives, compared

Gambo vs Roam: what changes if you switch

Gambo was built for the web. You worked in a browser, people played in a browser, and on Pro you could export the code or use your own domain. It also put ads front and center, as a way to earn from the first player.

Roam is built for your phone. You do not write code. Type an idea or add a photo of your cat or a friend, and it comes back playable. Then say "more enemies" or "make it two-player". Roam does not publish ad or revenue tools, so if earning is the goal, look at GDevelop.

Bring a Gambo idea to Roam

Copy the prompt you used on Gambo, or write the game down in one line.
Paste it into Roam on your iPhone and play what comes back.

Your Gambo idea, back as a game on your phone

Type the game you made on Gambo in one line, and play it again on your iPhone.

Try: "top-down tank battle in a junkyard, waves of enemy tanks, power-ups in crates and a giant boss tank every fifth wave"

Questions people ask

Is Gambo AI shut down?

Yes. Gambo's own notice said it would shut down on May 1, 2026, that editing would end on April 7, and that accounts and data would be deleted after May 1. The gambo.ai domain now shows a parked page.

What is a free alternative to Gambo AI?

Rosebud AI has a free plan with 10,000 credits a week, Astrocade is free to start, and GDevelop has a free plan with 40 AI credits a month. Roam is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation.

Was Gambo AI free?

Partly. Its archived pricing page shows a free plan with 1 game and 100 credits for editing. Pro was $25 a month with 2,000 credits, code export, custom domains and no Gambo badge.

Can I still get my Gambo games back?

Only if you exported them before May 1, 2026. The shutdown notice asked users to export their data before that date, because accounts and data would then be deleted.

Is Roam free?

Roam is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription. Optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation.

Sources, checked Nov 4, 2026

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