RPG Maker AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as IDEs

The best free IDE alternative to RPG Maker is GDevelop, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to RPG Maker and three of them are free IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free IDE alternatives to RPG Maker are Phaser Editor and Project Anarchy.

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    GDevelop

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    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.

    121 GDevelop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    The new editor interface, which now supports 3D editing.
     
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    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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    • Some users think GDevelop is a great RPG Maker alternative, some don't.

    • GDevelop is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to RPG Maker.

    • GDevelop is Freemium and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
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    Phaser Editor

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    Phaser Editor is a tool for HTML5 games creation. It provides several built-in editors for texture packing, JavaScript coding, Assets management, and 2D level building.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Project Anarchy

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    Project Anarchy is a complete end to end game engine and state-of-the-art toolset for mobile. Project Anarchy includes an entirely free license to ship your game on iOS, Android and Tizen platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    vForge
     
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