Best AI tools for game animation

Separate in-engine motion from trailer previz. Mixamo and Cascadeur land on a rig. Runway and Luma make a clip. Capture tools sit in between.

1. 01

   Mixamo

   Free auto-rig and a library of motions for humanoid characters, with an Adobe login.

   Why it is on this list. The fastest free path for an ordinary humanoid: auto-rig, motions, FBX.

2. 02

   Cascadeur

   Character animation software with AI-assisted posing and physics, exporting to Unity and Unreal.

   Why it is on this list. A full character-animation tool when the motion needs a real edit.

3. 03

   Plask

   Turns video into 3D character animation.

   Why it is on this list. Video in, character animation out, when you have no capture stage.

4. 04

   Move AI

   Markerless motion capture from video.

   Why it is on this list. Markerless human motion from video.

5. 05

   Rokoko

   Motion-capture hardware and software, including capture from video, for Unity and Unreal.

   Why it is on this list. Hardware plus video capture, with Unity and Unreal in the pipeline.

6. 06

   Runway

   AI video generation and editing for animatics, previz, and trailer shots.

   Why it is on this list. Previz and trailer shots, not a replacement for the in-engine clip.

7. 07

   Luma AI

   AI video from text and images, used for animatics and short cinematic shots.

   Why it is on this list. Short generated shots for animatics and reference.

8. 08

   DeepMotion

   AI motion capture that turns ordinary video into 3D body animation.

   Why it is on this list. Another video-to-body path for prototyping motion.