Most modern GC-ed languages offer more than just garbage-collector: On top of my head: 1. Prevents memory corruption 2. Have way better compilation time than

Most modern GC-ed languages offer more than just garbage-collector: On top of my head: 1. Prevents memory corruption 2. Have way better compilation time than C++ and Rust, absolutely horrid compile time for both. 3. Have all sorts of developer-ergonomics features (like being able to write functions in arbitrary order (compared to C/C++)) 4. Have built in reflection (none in C/C++) 5. IDEs/autocomplete/refactoring tools etc, just generally work better for C#/Java/etc. Garbage collection is probably close to bottom on the list why I would use GCed language when making an indie or hobby scale game I would never consider using Rust simply because it takes too long time to compile even for relatively small projects. Especially not for hobby or indie scale game projects.