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{{Short description|Video game franchise}}
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{{Infobox video game series
|title                  = Princess Maker
|image                  = Princess Maker cover.jpg
|caption                = MSX2 cover art
|genre                  = [[Social simulation game|Social simulation]]
|developer              = [[Gainax]]<br>GeneX<br>CFK
|publisher              = Gainax<br>CyberFront<br>CFK
|first release version  = ''Princess Maker''
|first release date     = May 24, 1991
|latest release version = ''[[Princess Maker 5]]''
|latest release date    = March 3, 2007
|platforms              = [[PC-98]], [[MSX2]], [[MS-DOS]], [[FM Towns Marty]], [[PC Engine]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[X68000]], [[Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Nintendo Switch]], Mobile phones
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{{nihongo|'''''Princess Maker'''''|プリンセスメーカー}} is a series of [[Social simulation game|social simulation]] [[bishōjo game]]s where the player must act as a parental figure and raise a young girl. The series was produced by the video game and [[anime]] production company [[Gainax]]. The first ''Princess Maker'', while popular enough to be translated into Chinese, was never released in the United States. ''[[Princess Maker 2]]'' was translated by SoftEgg for a North American release, but this release was cancelled because publisher [[Intracorp]] went bankrupt.  ''Princess Maker 3'', ''Princess Maker 4'', and ''[[Princess Maker 5]]'' have subsequently been released, as did several spin-off games. The series has been translated and released in Korea (Fujitsu) and Taiwan (Kingformation). An English release of ''Princess Maker 2'' was attempted in mid-90s, but it resulted in failure, and no games in this series were released in English until ''Princess Maker 2 Refine'' in 2016.<ref name="gematsu_pm2r_steam">{{cite web|title=Princess Maker 2 Refine coming to PC via Steam in English on October 3|date=September 22, 2016|url=http://gematsu.com/2016/09/princess-maker-2-refine-coming-pc-via-steam-english-october-3|publisher=Gematsu|access-date=September 23, 2016|archive-date=September 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923174512/http://gematsu.com/2016/09/princess-maker-2-refine-coming-pc-via-steam-english-october-3|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]'', an anime series loosely based on the third game but with characters from all previous games, ran for 26 episodes in 2002–2003.