Snowdrop
Snowdrop is the engine Massive Entertainment built at Ubisoft for Tom Clancy’s The Division. Since 2016 other Ubisoft studios have used it for games as different as Mario + Rabbids and Star Wars Outlaws.
History
Massive started work on Snowdrop in 2009, according to former brand art director Rodrigo Cortes, and revealed it at E3 2013 with The Division, which shipped in 2016. That February Massive confirmed that every Ubisoft studio could use the engine. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and South Park: The Fractured but Whole followed in 2017. In June 2021 Ubisoft confirmed an upgraded Snowdrop for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The Division Heartland, built on Snowdrop, was cancelled in May 2024.
Games made with Snowdrop
8 games, oldest first. Each game links to the article that names its engine.
| Game | Year | Developer | Engine version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Clancy’s The Division | 2016 | Massive Entertainment | Snowdrop |
| Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle | 2017 | Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris | Snowdrop |
| South Park: The Fractured but Whole | 2017 | Ubisoft San Francisco | Snowdrop |
| Starlink: Battle for Atlas | 2018 | Ubisoft Toronto | Snowdrop |
| Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 | 2019 | Massive Entertainment | Snowdrop |
| Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | 2022 | Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris | Snowdrop |
| Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | 2023 | Massive Entertainment | Snowdrop |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 2024 | Massive Entertainment | Snowdrop |
At a glance
- Developer
- Massive Entertainment (Ubisoft)
- First game
- Tom Clancy's The Division (2016)
- Licence
- In-house, Ubisoft studios
- Status
- Active
Sources
Checked .
- Snowdrop Engine — Massive Entertainment
- Snowdrop (game engine) — Wikipedia
Image credits
- Snowdrop logo — Ubisoft. Trademark of Ubisoft. Placed on a white square and converted to WebP
