GB Studio AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like GB Studio

GB Studio is described as 'A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system' and is a game development tool in the games category. There are six games similar to GB Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best GB Studio alternative is RPG Maker. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Open RPG Maker or RPGWizard. Other GB Studio like games are RPG Paper Maker, RPG Playground and Nesmaker.

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

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GB Studio alternatives page was last updated Jun 20, 2023
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    RPG Maker

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    The RPG Maker software series is a set of game creation suites aimed at easy 2D role playing game creation. With an emphasis on JRPG gameplay mechanics, the suites typically include map, tile and sprite editors, character, encounter and dialog tools, among countless other...

    84 RPG Maker alternatives
    RPG Maker VX Ace

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    Game Creation (VX Ace)
    Game Creation (RPG Maker XP)
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    Create your hero(s), villagers, animals, monsters etc. You can choose between all sorts of characters and even auto generate characters to make them unique for your game.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Royalty free
    3.  2D Game Creation
    4.  Visual Programming
    5.  Royalty free assets
    6.  Textured tiles
    7.  Text boxes
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    • RPG Maker is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GB Studio.

    • RPG Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to GB Studio.

    • RPG Maker is Paid and ProprietaryGB Studio is Free and Open Source
    • RPG Maker is LightweightGB Studio is not according to our users
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    RPG Paper Maker

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    RPG Paper Maker is a free game maker engine including a 3D universe with many 2D sprites and some simplified 3D objects. Pretty close to the RPG Maker series, RPG Paper Maker finally give a way to create RPGs in a totally 3D universe as easy as it is in 2D!

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    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Moddable

    Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  RPG Maker
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    • RPG Paper Maker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GB Studio.

    • RPG Paper Maker is Free Personal and Open SourceGB Studio is Free and Open Source
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    Open RPG Maker

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    Open RPG Maker is a free and open source clone of features from the RPG Maker series (i.e. rpgmaker200, rpgmaker2003, rpgmakerxp), as well as many other features. All of the data files are in XML format and are easily editable with any text editor.

    85 Open RPG Maker alternatives
    Open RPG Maker screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Open RPG Maker Features

    1.  RPG Maker
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    +5
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    Discontinued

    The last update was released on February 12th, 2014.

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    RPGWizard

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    RPGWizard is an open-source 2D game creation tool that specializes in making RPGs. It comes with a graphical editor and browser based game engine, both of which are completely free-to-use.

    68 RPGWizard alternatives
    RPGWizard screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    RPGWizard iconGB Studio Icon

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    RPG Playground

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    Make your own Role Playing Games, fast, easy and for free.

    17 RPG Playground alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad

    RPG Playground Features

    1.  RPG Maker
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    • RPG Playground is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to GB Studio.

    • RPG Playground is Free and ProprietaryGB Studio is Free and Open Source
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    Nesmaker

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    NESmaker is software for PC that allows users to create brand new, hardware playable, cartridge based games for the Nintendo Entertainment System in a modern development environment. Users with zero coding experience can begin building their dream NES games without ever writing...

    5 Nesmaker alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Nesmaker Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  8-bit Game
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