Cheat Engine

Cheat Engine
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Free (GPL)
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Jon Riggall

“Cheating for experts!”

by Jon Riggall about Cheat Engine

While many games have built in cheats, like codes and shortcuts that allow you to easily beat the game, there are exceptions. Cheat Engine is for those times.

From invincibility to limitless weaponry and beyond, there's a lot that can help the stuck gamer. However, not all games include cheats, and not all games include the cheats you want. Cheat Engine is an application that allows you to create your own cheats, but be warned it is very much for the patient and technologically advanced user!

On opening Cheat Engine you will be presented with an interface that will mean very little to anyone except programmers and hackers. The developer has included a step-by-step tutorial, which runs with the program, but, it is still far from a simple process. You will need lots of knowledge, or the patience to research online to learn about code to decipher Cheat Engine.

For people able to use it, Cheat Engine is a neat tool from which to alter values in a game's code to create cheats. On the developer's home page there are cheat sheets ready to use with lots of games that have been submitted by other users.

For the hardcore cheater, this free Cheat Engine may be an invaluable tool, but most people will probably beat games faster by simply practicing more!

Pros
  • Complete memory scan
  • Tons of configuration modes
  • Cheat Sheets available online
  • Includes tutorial
Cons
  • May falsely create alerts in some antivirus suites
  • Not user friendly
  • Tutorial unhelpful to beginners
Free Download Cheat Engine 6.1

Cheat Engine is virus free

We have analyzed the latest version of Cheat Engine with 30 antivirus engines and it is virus free. See analysis results.

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Cheat Engine (5) User reviews

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  • Mindraker Mindraker
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    1

    All you're doing is changing the value of a variable with this program in a game. For example, if you have "gold", you can change the value of whatever your... More

    • Review of Cheat Engine - 16 Jul 2011
      This review is liked by 268 of 314
  • mb1995 mb1995
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    Norton said it was safe
    Works great you just need to know how to use it (witch isn't hard. works on most games.... More

    • Review of Cheat Engine - 26 Dec 2011
      This review is liked by 53 of 70
  • bdtw bdtw
    User reviews
    1

    I tried it and all I got was a toolbar which ended up in every webprintout covering words which were important. Could not find the player plug in.exe
    I followed all instructions up till there with... More

    • Review of Cheat Engine - 11 Feb 2012
      This review is liked by 22 of 40
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