Can't import pygame - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pygame.base'

Question

I am having the same (or very similar) issue, as here ( Importing Pygame, ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pygame.base' ) but the recommendations didn't help me.

I had to wipe my Windows machine 2 days ago, so I reinstalled Python 3.9 (from python.org), and installed pygame without any problems.

When I try to import pygame at the beginning of a file, my error looks like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\g\code\snakegame\py\snakegame.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pygame
  File "C:\Program Files\Python39\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 90, in <module>
    from pygame.base import * # pylint: disable=wildcard-import; lgtm[py/polluting-import]
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pygame.base'

If I try running the following, as recommended on ( Pygame installation, no module named pygame.base )

from pygame import base
import sys

module = 'pygame.base'

if module in sys.modules:
    print("OK")
else:
    print("KO")

I get...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\g\code\snakegame\py\pygame_import.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pygame import base
  File "C:\Program Files\Python39\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 90, in <module>
    from pygame.base import * # pylint: disable=wildcard-import; lgtm[py/polluting-import]   
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pygame.base'

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling pygame.

python -m pip uninstall pygame
python -m pip install -U pygame

I tried reinstalling python. I tried python from python.org, the python app from the windows store, and I also tried installing pycharm via the jetbrains toolbox.

I tried uninstalling pygame and installing pygame-2.0.0-cp39-cp39-win32.whl manually. The .whl was pulled from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pygame

I checked and there does exist this .pyd... C:\\Program Files\\Python39\\Lib\\site-packages\\pygame\\base.cp39-win32.pyd

I checked for related issues on https://github.com/pygame/pygame/issues

Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

Pygame isn't compatible with Python 3.9 ON WINDOWS at the moment. In fact a lot of packages aren't. Pygame is compatible with Python 3.7 on windows, so you are gonna have to install python 3.7.7 or earlier.