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Audio middleware with a Free Indie License for small developers: under $200k USD revenue per year, on a project under $600k development budget. Above that, per-game fees apply. Every licence level requires an in-app credit line and the FMOD logo on a startup splash screen.
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The Free Indie terms are thresholds, not a blanket grant: revenue counts the whole company and all development partners, and budget is the expected cost at full commercial release. Check both before shipping.
The project must be registered in your FMOD profile before a commercial release.
The authoring tool (FMOD Studio) is free for all use, including commercial, when making content for the FMOD engine; the licence thresholds apply to the FMOD Engine shipped in the game.
The logo requirement can be waived only for a fee, on the Basic and Premium licences.
fmod.com pages are script-rendered, so a plain fetch returns an empty shell (as on 2026-07-19); on 2026-09-26 they were read in a full browser.
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Target URL https://www.fmod.com/licensing — fetch returned empty body (2026-07-19). Re-open manually before promoting.
Live Licensing (2026-09-26): "Free Indie License available for developers with less than $200k revenue per year, on a small (under $600k) development budget." FMOD Logo row: "Required" for Indie, Basic and Premium.
Same page (2026-09-26), EULA: "This EULA grants you the right to use FMOD Engine, for limited Commercial use", subject to a development budget under $600k USD, revenue under $200k USD, registration, and "Product includes attribution in accordance with Clause 3."
Same page (2026-09-26): "All FMOD licenses require a logo be displayed on a splash screen".
Live Attribution (2026-09-26): "Projects using FMOD Studio must include an in-app credit line and the FMOD logo." Example credit: "Made using FMOD Studio by Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd."
