Free RPG Maker Alternatives

The best free alternative to RPG Maker is Godot Engine, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to RPG Maker and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to RPG Maker are GDevelop, Open RPG Maker, Scratch and GB Studio.

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  1. Flax Engine icon
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    Flax Engine is claimed the most agile game engine. It's open source, cross-platform and it lets you write scripts in C++ and C# seamlessly. Also focused on lightweight development. A true game changer.

    110 Flax Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. GemRB icon
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    GemRB (Game Engine Made with preRendered Background) is a portable open-source reimplementation of the Infinity Engine that underpinned Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment. It sports a cleaner design, greater extensibility and several innovations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • NetBSD
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Symbian S60
    • ReactOS
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
     
  3. Drag[en]gine icon
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    A free software game engine focusing on developing games faster, more modular and stable with true -1 day portability support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Haiku
     
  4. ezEngine icon
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    ezEngine is a free, open source game engine written in C++. Its philosophy is to be modular and flexible, such that it can be adapted to many different use cases. EZ utilizes a plugin system to integrate features such as FMOD or Jolt Physics.

    62 ezEngine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. LunarEngine icon
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    LunarEngine (formerly Librebox) is an open-source game engine powered by Luau. It delivers a sandbox-style API and development model inspired by popular sandbox engines, so existing Luau code runs with minimal changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Alice icon
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    Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. RPGWizard icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
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    Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. QICI Engine icon
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    QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. PaletAI icon
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    App to create, play, and share AI-generated mobile games, no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  11. Duality icon
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    Duality is a modular 2D game engine / editor combo, written entirely in C# and built on top of an OpenGL backend. It's open source, features an open architecture that invites extensibility and technical ownership, and it embraces C# as a language rather than a scripting...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Tululoo Game Maker is a complex game creation environment that allows you to create browser based games. The program generates a Javascript code that can be played in web browsers using the next generation web standard HTML5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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