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Can I use Meshy models in a commercial game?
Short answer: Yes. On a paid Meshy plan you own the models you generate. On the free plan, Meshy owns them but licenses them to you under CC BY 4.0, which allows commercial use as long as you credit Meshy. Models you post to the Meshy Community page become CC0, so anyone can use them. Disclose AI 3D models on Steam.
Checked 2026-10-16 against the official pages quoted below. Quotes are verbatim; anything we couldn't confirm is labelled. Not legal advice.
What the official terms say
"makes such rights available to free plan customers under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (the "CC BY 4.0 License"), as long as the free plan customer provides appropriate credit to Meshy."
"such customers on a paid Meshy plan own their Customer Output."
"Customer Output, including 3D models, is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication"
"This includes content such as artwork, sound, narrative, localization, etc."
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What it means for your game
- Free plan: commercial use is allowed under CC BY 4.0. Credit Meshy, for example in your game's credits and store page, and link the licence.
- Paid plans: you own the output and need no credit.
- Community uploads: models you share there become CC0, so competitors can reuse them.
- Steam: AI-generated 3D art counts as shipped content; declare it in the Content Survey.
- Fab / Unity Asset Store resale: those stores require AI tagging. Check the CC BY credit duty before reselling free-plan models.
Tool licences at a glance
Commercial use in a shipped game, from each vendor's own terms and pricing pages (dataset checked 2026-10-16).
| Tool | Free plan | Paid plans | Licence (paid) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshy | commercial use allowed with attribution | commercial use allowed | Private licence; assets 'Private & Customer owned' Details |
| Tripo | no commercial use | commercial use allowed | Private models, commercial use Details |
| Rodin (Hyper3D) | conflicting vendor statements | commercial use allowed | Creator+: 'Unlimited export and any use'; Business: commercial licence included Details |
| Hunyuan3D 2.1 (open weights) | commercial use allowed with conditions | n/a | n/a Details |
| 3D AI Studio | commercial use allowed | commercial use allowed | Same; every plan listed as 'Assets Private & Customer Owned'. API Terms s.7(2): customer 'may use, modify, reproduce, distribute, and commercially exploit' API Output,… Details |
| Sloyd | no commercial use | commercial use allowed | Plus: commercial use; Pro: commercial use and reselling Details |
Store rules
| Store | AI disclosure | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Steam (Valve) | Required (pre-generated and live AI) | Disclose AI content that ships and is consumed by players (pre-generated), and describe guardrails for live-generated AI. Efficiency tools used during development are not the focus. |
| Fab (Epic asset marketplace) | Required for assets you sell/publish | Publishers must mark assets made with generative AI as 'Created with AI' at publish time; misclassifying violates Fab terms. Buyers can hide Created-with-AI results. A separate NoAI tag opts an asset… |
Copyright where you sell
- United States: purely AI output not protected. Purely AI-generated material is not protected. Human-authored parts, creative selection/arrangement and creative modifications of AI output can be. The Supreme…
FAQ
Can I sell a game with Meshy free-plan models?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0, as long as you credit Meshy. Meshy's Terms (Sep 19, 2026) make free-plan output available under CC BY 4.0 'as long as the free plan customer provides appropriate credit to Meshy.'
Who owns Meshy models on a paid plan?
You do. The Terms say customers on a paid Meshy plan own their Customer Output.
How do I credit Meshy?
CC BY 4.0 asks for appropriate credit and a link to the licence. A line like 'Some 3D models generated with Meshy (meshy.ai), CC BY 4.0' in the credits and store page is a common approach (our suggestion).
Do I need to disclose Meshy models on Steam?
Yes. Steam's Content Survey covers AI content that ships with your game, including artwork.
Sources
Related: Can I use Tripo 3D models commercially? · Does Steam allow AI-generated art? · Can I sell AI-generated assets on the Unity Asset Store? · Can I ship it? checker · AI rules by store · Commercial use by tool
Cite this page
Asset Forge Index, "Can I use Meshy models in a commercial game?", https://assetforgeindex.com/guides/can-i-use-meshy-models-in-a-commercial-game, checked 2026-10-15. Data is free to reuse with a link. Machine-readable versions are listed in llms.txt.