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RPG Maker MZ
You want to create an RPG, but every game making tool you have found was either too complex or too limited? RPG Maker MZ empowers you with simple tools to create your RPG right out of the box, yet is customizable enough to make the exact RPG you want!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“It's great if you're new to game dev. Just make sure you temper your personal ambitions. Like all things, nothing is "Easy" about game dev. Eventually you WILL have to learn something new and boring to be able to make something amazing. The great Cathedrals of Europe were once…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played“It's not easy. It's really frustrating. It's really annoying. It's surprisingly flexible. It's annoying to get help for the thousands of little things you want to change. It's easy to get up and running. It allows you to stretch your legs first before grinding down. In short,…”
— a player, Steam review · 119 hrs played“This is an interesting way to spend some free time, and on sale, the basic program might be worth it. if you stop there. Unfortunately nearly all the DLCs, including from the developer, are riddled with incomplete sets and poorly identified assets that aren't even organized into…”
— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:16 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Official DLC: 3 Unique Tilesets, a Plugin, and Two Music Packs!
This week brings three tilesets and music packs that add color to a wide variety of worlds, along with the MZ version of a plugin previously released for MV. NEONPIXEL - ANIME FAIRYTALE VALLEY SET is
Official DLC: 4 New MZ/MV Asset Packs Featuring UNITE Characters Now Available!
This week, four new Animated Battler asset packs inspired by the default characters of RPG MAKER UNITE have been released! Each pack includes four characters and comes with walking character sprites a
New DLC: Another World Heroine Generator 8 for MZ
Gee-kun-soft expands their MZ generator collection once more, with 40 new generator parts to add even more appearances to your heroines and NPCs! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4623440/RPG_Maker_M
Official DLC: Unique Tilesets, SV Assets, and Two New Music Packs Available Now!
This week’s releases include a laboratory-themed tileset, retro-style 8-bit SV assets, and fantasy music packs perfect for your next project. Useful Laboratory Tiles is a tileset designed for creating
Official DLCs: Retro Handheld RPG-Style Packs & Horror Music Collection
This week brings the release of three graphic packs inspired by classic retro handheld RPGs, along with a music pack perfect for mystery and horror projects. “Pocket Valley Graphic pack Essentials” is
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG, Design & Illustration, Education, Web Publishing, Game Development |
| Player tags | RPG · Game Development · RPGMaker · Anime · JRPG · 2D · Singleplayer · Party-Based RPG · Top-Down · Design & Illustration · Web Publishing · Software (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://rpgmakerofficial.com/product/mz/?utm_source=Steam&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Steam_OfficialPageClick |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows® 8.1/10/11 (64bit) Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Compatible OpenGL / VRAM 1GB or better Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display