Role-playing game creation software

Template:Refimprove Role-playing game creation software is a game creation system (software program) intended to make it easy for non-programmers to create a role-playing video game. The target audience for most of these products is artists and creative types who have the imaginative abilities to assemble the elements of a game (artwork, plotline, music, etc.) but lack the technical skill to program it themselves.

RPG Maker

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The most famous RPG maker is the commercial Japanese RPG Maker series that has been released since 1988 for many systems ranging from the PC-8801, MSX, PC-9801, and Microsoft Windows, to the Super Famicom, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, and cellphones.

Other role-playing game creation software

Name	License	Publisher	Initial release	Linux	Mac	Windows	Mobile	Description
Template:Rh| Adventure Construction Set	Template:Dunno	Electronic Arts	1984	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	An early RPG maker for creating top-down view tile-based role-playing and adventure games. Published for the Commodore 64 and later ported to other 8-bit and early 16-bit microcomputers.
Template:Rh| Adventure Creator	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	An early RPG maker for Apple II computers that allowed users to build very simple games. Not to be confused with Graphic Adventure Creator, a simplified version of which was also released as Adventure Creator.
Template:Rh| Bard's Tale Construction Set	Template:Dunno	Electronic Arts	1991Template:Citation needed	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	A (relatively) early RPG maker by Interplay, based on the basic design (first-person view and tile set) of the Bard's Tale games, using a version of the Thief of Fate game engine.<ref name=Barton_part2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| Mire Engine	Template:Proprietary	Making Italia	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	A 2D cross platform game engine using WebGL, DirectX and HTML5.
Template:Rh| BYOND	Template:Dunno	BYOND Software	1996	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Used for NEStalgia, and others.
Template:Rh| DCGAMES	Template:Proprietary	DC Software	1990	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| EasyRPG	Template:Free	EasyRPG community	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes<ref name=EasyRPG_edit>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=EasyRPG_play>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=EasyRPG_play/>	Template:Yes<ref name=EasyRPG_edit/><ref name=EasyRPG_play/>	Template:Partial<ref name=EasyRPG_play/>	A cross-platform, open source RPG development tool and client, compatible with RPG Maker.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Rh| 001 Game Creator	Template:Proprietary	SoftWeir Inc.	2006	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	A commercial action/RPG maker, it uses a subscription model.
Template:Rh| Unlimited Adventures	Template:Proprietary	Strategic Simulations, Inc.	1993	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Dunno	A commercial game builder by MicroMagic using SSI's "Gold Box" engine.<ref name=Barton_part2/>
Template:Rh| RPG Creator	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	A commercial game development toolkit which runs through HTML5.
Template:Rh| RPG Playground	Template:Proprietary	Template:Dunno	2012	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	A free, web based RPG maker to make, share and play RPG's.<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Template:Rh| KAGE	Template:Free	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	A free software game development toolkit able to make RPGs utilizing KonsolScript.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| OHRRPGCE	Template:GPL-lic<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	OHRRPGCE community	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| RpgBoss	Template:Free	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| Solarus	Template:Free	Template:Dunno	2002	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| Sphere RPG Engine	Template:Free	Template:Dunno	2000	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	A set of open source RPG makers utilizing JavaScript.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| Verge	BSD		1997	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	PSP	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Rh| Maker3D	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno	A 3D RPG creator in manga style.
Template:Rh| Lugdunon	Template:Proprietary	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Dunno || Template:Yes || Template:Yes || Template:Yes || Template:Yes || A 2D online RPG creator platform.

While not an RPG maker per se, the Worldforge game engine is intended for creating MMORPGs.