Install Pygame Studio

Pygame Studio is a desktop app. The installer ships with Python 3.13 and uv, so you don’t need to install Python to get started.

Download

The files for each system are on the download page. It also has the checksums to verify the file and the step by step to open the app on macOS, Windows and Linux.

First launch

1. Open Pygame Studio. The start screen shows New project, Open project and your recent projects.
2. If the embedded Python can’t be found, the start screen says so. With a regular installer this doesn’t happen.
3. Click New project, pick a name, a folder and a template.

The first time a project is created, the editor builds its Python environment (a .venv inside the project folder) from the packages bundled in the installer, without using the internet. It takes a few seconds.

What uses the internet

Making and running games works offline. The internet is used for:

• checking for app updates;
• the first desktop export (the editor downloads PyInstaller);
• browser export, both to build and to play.

Next step

Follow the first game (15 minutes).