Open Source RPG Maker AlternativesTop Game Development Tools and other similar apps like RPG Maker

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   Godot Engine

    624 likes

   Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

   184 Godot Engine alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • Argentina

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • Epic Games Store
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Steam
   • FreeBSD
   • Flatpak
   • itch.io
   • Meta Quest

   • Argentina

   

   

   

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   Godot Engine vs RPG Maker Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Jan 19, 2020

   This engine isn't as simple as RPG Maker, but it is a fully featured engine with MIT license to boot.

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Jun 4, 2020

   Requires coding while RPG maker doesn't

   Positive comment by Guest · Oct 12, 2020

   Godot is a power tool to make real games. Would be cool if it supported a proper programming language tho.

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   • Godot Engine is Free and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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   GDevelop

    196 likes

   GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events.

   126 GDevelop alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Flathub

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Apr 20, 2020

   While GDevelop has a lot of great features, it really isn't very similar to RPG Maker at all. The games you make for GDevelop are more like games you would play on your phone rather than actual RPGs.

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   • GDevelop is Freemium and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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   Scratch

    123 likes

   Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas...

   80 Scratch alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Game Development
   • Code Learning

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • United States

   

   

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   GB Studio

    39 likes

   A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Jun 11, 2020

   If you want retro-style gameboy games, this is the one for you! No programming needed, though there is LOTS of limitations to fit with the game boy format. The best thing is that you can put it into an actual game boy console!!!

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   • GB Studio is Free and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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   GABE

    5 likes

   Offers an integrated Gradle build environment for compiling, building, and testing Godot game projects natively on Android, supporting seamless on-device workflows without a PC. Facilitates game development using open-source tools within the Android editor environment.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • Argentina

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • Meta Quest

   • Argentina

   

   

   

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   microStudio

    23 likes

   microStudio is a free game engine online. Create games, learn programming, play, share, prototype and jam!.

   178 microStudio alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Raspberry Pi

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Redot Engine

    20 likes

   Redot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform fork of the Godot game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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    EasyRPG

     9 likes

    EasyRPG is a project aimed at producing a free and open source role playing game interpreter and editor compatible with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    • Global

    

    

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    Positive comment by Guest · Apr 25, 2017

    It is compatible with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003.

    Positive comment by Guest · Nov 23, 2020

    The engine is fully compatible, well-tested and actively developed. It's free software, it can run in your browser and on Android. The native editor is not yet usable, but you can use R48 (gabien-app-r48) if you need a freely-licensed editor for now (it's not as user-friendly as RPG Maker but totally usable).

    Positive comment by Guest · Oct 13, 2020

    Good copy of the original - and it's even compatible.

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    • EasyRPG is Free and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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    Eldiron

     6 likes

    Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role-playing games (RPGs). Its primary goal is to enable the creation of RPGs reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s while incorporating modern features such as multiplayer support, procedural content generation, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Origin

    • Thailand

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac

    • Thailand

    

    

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    UPBGE

     12 likes

    A extremely powerful application to make games in python as well as in visual programming

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Blender

    

    

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    Bevy Game Engine

     24 likes

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. Free and Open Source Forever!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

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    Solarus

     6 likes

    Solarus is a free and open-source Action-RPG game engine, licensed under GPL v3, and written in C++. It runs quests in Lua, and can work on a great number of platforms. Solarus also features a game editor and a game launcher.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • France
    • EU

    

    

    

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